1. I like to move around more than I admit.
2. I don't like eating meat and have struggled with this for several years now.
3. I have two cats, Neisha and Sid.
4. I am currently in nursing school.
5. I am so excited about starting clinicals in the fall.
6. I am so terrified of starting clinicals in the fall.
7. I actually hope every day that the first patient I lose is oldm really old- and not a kid.
8. My favorite place in the whole world is Durango, Colorado- I love the mountains.
9. I've always hoped I would get married one day at Rip Van Winkles; Katrina destroyed it.
10. I recently lost my home and everything I owned in Hurricane Ike and lived on an oyster boat with no plumbing for a few months.
11. I didn't let that stop me from getting a 3.8 last semester.
12. Yes, I'm proud of that.
13. Despite it all, I understand why people keep rebuilding in the same flood zones on the coast... because it's home. and there's no place like home.
14. I have a B.S. in psyschology and english.
15. No one cares that I have a B.S. in psychology and english as they are apparently not useful for any job outside of waiting tables.
16. I still cry. alot. since my little brother killed himself last year.
17. I love music. love, love, love music.
18. I'm so OCD about hand-washing since taking Microbiology this semester.
19. It never fails that I will always date the wrong men.
20. This in no way implies that they are bad people. I'm still friends with several of my ex boyfriends. This just means that we are fundamentally wrong for each other.
21. Despite it all I am a hopeless romantic and truly believe that the perfect man for me is out there somewhere.
22. Scrubs is the greatest show ever and I physically want to lick Zach Braff on his face. Just lick him. Like an icecream cone. Yum.
23. Jane Austen is my absolute favorite author. I love a story about a lonely (but spunky) british heroine finding her happily ever after, after overcoming many amusing derailments.
24. I went to Mardi Gras in NO several years ago... and yes, I flashed my boobs for beads.
25. Pink is my favorite color.
26. I really love wearing skirts and dresses, makeup, girly stuff.
27. I'm girly. get over it.
28. The best christmas gift I ever got was a sewing machine.
29. I love to sew.
30. And to crochet. I'm a happy hooker.
31. I absolutely and completely adore Firefly, Serenity, and Captain Malcolm Reynolds... its a shame that show got booted- it was the best thing to ever happen to the SciFi Channel.
32. I like to run. There's nothing better than a runner's high.
33. I wish I had more time to run. School swamps me.
34. I still like to play music really loud and dance around in my undies.
35. I have a mandatory no-pants rule on weekends.
36. Tomatoes are the greatest food on the planet.
37. Followed by rice.
38. Third place would be cake. mmm... cake.
39. I love to sing.
40. I used to host a karaoke show and absolutely adored it.
41. I would love to be a travel nurse.
42. I would love to travel.
43. My top 5 destinations: Indonesia, Egypt, Nepal, Norway, Costa Rica
44. My top 5 US destinations: Seattle, Fairbanks, Manhattan, anywhere in Vermont, Vegas
45. I plan to see all of these places and then some as a travel nurse.
46. I have the cutest nieces and nephews ever. it's true.
47. I love crossword puzzles.
48. and board games. i love board games.
49. and wine. man i love wine. red wines. and rieslings.
50. My favorite wine is Cataldi Madonna Montepulciano d'Abruzzo. Bust out that bad boy if you ever want to impress me.
51. I also love love love a good pinot noir.
52. When I'm old I plan on having brunch every Sunday morning after church with all the other fancy-pants old people, at some fancy-pants bistro and sipping Mimosa's in fancy hats.
53. I admit it... I love watching Bridget Jones' Diary. I've seen it more times than I care to admit.
54. Though I'm girly--- i love camping. and hiking.
55. I have, at one point or another, dyed my hair just about every color imaginable.
56. I am terrified of snakes. terrified.
57. You know how some people like to watch scary movies for the adrenaline rush of a good scare? I am NOT one of those people. I don't like scary movies.
58. I do however like the Resident Evil trilogy, despite the zombies. go zombies!!!
59. I love to dress up on Halloween. Costume parties rock.
60. My favorite beer is Corona.
61. I love a good martini- and I like them obscenely dirty.
62. I have a tattoo on my, umm- hip area, that is the chinese symbol for the word "RANDOM"
63. I got this tattoo with some girlfriends after the craziest, drunkiest, out-all-night danciest, guitar and beer on the porchiest with pat green and some cute neighbor boys kinda summer.
64. I think Journey is one of the greatest bands ever.
65. Ben Folds is also one of the greatest musicians of my time.
66. There are few things as awesome as a night out at a piano bar.
67. Ben Harper rocks my world too.
68. Top 5 Ben list actually: 1. Ben Folds, 2. Ben Harper, 3. Ben Kweller, 4. Ben Lee, 5. Ben E King
69. Lots of people don't get jazz. I do. good jazz can seep into your soul.
70. I like to watch old black and white golden hollywood era movies.
71. I adore all things kitschy, retro, and vintagey.
72. I love thrift/antique stores.
73. I had an awesome vinyl collection pre-Ike.
74. I miss it.
75. I also miss Austin- where I lived until about a year ago. beautiful city.
76. Trampolines are so deeply number one.
77. I actually prefer winter to summer. people think this is strange.
78. I grew up in a very very small town. Less than 200 people. one road in and out. on a peninsula jutting out into Galveston Bay. I now have small town issues.
79. I am easily amused.
80. Sports bore me. I can't watch them on tv.
81. Except for the winter olympics. I like the winter olympics.
82. I have lots of friends, but I don't have a best-best friend. I haven't in years. I don't let people get close enough to me anymore. I tend to push them away when they start getting too close.
83. This fact makes me sad sometimes.
84. I am divorced.
85. That was the last time I
really let anyone in. And I got hurt.
86. It is something I'm trying to change. opening up, that is.
87. Top 5 tv shows: 1. Scrubs, 2. Firefly, 3. Futurama, 4. Sex and the City, 5. Dead Like Me
88. Honorable Mention for 6. goes to Dexter.
89. I love tubing. It amazes me how much fun something so simple can be.
90. Top 5 authors: 1. Jane Austen, 2. Mary Karr, 3. Chuck Palahniuk, 4. C. S. Lewis, 5. Tom Wolfe
91. I love animals. I'm a cat person. If I had tons of money I'd build a happy place for every sad kitty on the planet who had no loving and happy home. (I have an ex-boyfriend who adopted a crap-ton of cats just to make me happy who can vouch for this one. lol.)
92. top 5 movies: 1. bridget jones 2. serenity 3. princess bride 4. life aquatic 5. garden state
93. honorable mention goes out to the Harry Potter movies, and also to High Fidelity-so good- gotta love John Cusack-- oh and Say Anything (I gave her my heart and she gave me a pen!)
94. I really am super excited about being a nurse... despite the poop, and blood, and --------- insert other gross bodily fluid here.
95. The biggest issue in my life is selfishness. I try so hard not be, but fail miserably sometimes.
96. I can not stand smug people. i just want to pinch their heads off. it's my biggest pet-peeve.
97. I like to listen to music that makes me sad sometimes. It reminds me of my own humanity.
98. At 17, I enlisted in the Marine Corps. hoping for excitement and adventure. A few weeks before I shipped out I had a head injury that got me booted. I was so sure that that was what I was meant to do that I felt lost for years. Enrolled in college because that was the only other thing I could figure out to do- had no direction and spent way more time partying than studying. I've been wandering aimlessly since, trying to find my place in this world.
99. This is not where I thought I'd be at 27 years old... but it's the first time in a decade that I've felt like I was doing something right- something I was supposed to be doing... moving in the right direction at least.
100. Though a bit of a feminist-- I secretly hope that chivalry is not entirely dead. don't tell or they'll kick me out of the club. lol.
