REPOST: 200 Things About ME (Up Close and Personal)

Ok...this is a repost from October 2005, but I didn't include it in this new blog. So here it is, updated of course. :-)

1. My favourite colours are green, black and darker shades of purple. And sometimes red.
2. I am a vegetarian.
3. My favourite type of jewellery is rings, and I currently wear 4 (a thumb ring and a pinky ring I purchased myself, an 'eye of Ra' ring I found on Ebay and purchased from San Fransico, and a ruby and diamond ring I got from my mom and gramma for my Grade 8 graduation)
4. I like wine, vodka and beer (Budweiser)
5. I think I was Egyptian in a past life.
6. My favourite band is TOOL and I love Maynard (musical genius!)
7. I love candles and incence.
8. I like zebras.
9. I feel inadequate in front of every crowd or when I am meeting someone for the first time but I think I hide it fairly well.
10. I am a cigarette smoker and I started when I was 14
11. My parents are divorced.
    
12. I have one brother who is 4 yrs younger than I
    
13. I have 2 step brothers and one step sister. I only know one of my step brothers well.
14. I am an internet addict.
15. I like puzzles, mysteries and enigmas.
    
16. I am especially attracted to men who wear glasses. It makes them look more intellectual.
17. I need an intellectual/mental connection before I fall in love.
18. I have a small Tibetan flag beside my computer monitor
19. My home is somewhat designed according to principles of Feng Shui
20. I used to live on a small island.
21. I have 1 cat.
22. I love chai tea.
23. I would really like to study Tai Chi.
24. I would rather go hang gliding than bungee jumping.
25. I would rather jump out of an airplane with a parachute than go bungee jumping.
26. I would love to work in a library (and have)
27. My favourite flower is the iris.
28. I have 2 tattoos.
29. I like poker.
30. My staple foods are rice and pasta.
31. My favourite vegetable is corn.
32. One of my favourite bands is Korn.
33. I am discovering that my son is more like me than I realized.
34. I had an argument with one of my best friends in 1996. I feel very bad about it still. We don't talk anymore but I still love her and think about her often. (Miss you, Big Red)
    
35. My favourite number is 7 and 11. I was born on the 7th month on the 7th day. (The Dalai Lama was born on the 7th month on the 6th day).
36. The Tibetan first name my teacher gave me means "Lucky"
37. I do not live in my hometown, but my Mother and Step-Father do.
38. My Father lives in the United States.
39. I am a card carrying member of PETA
40. It took me 7 years to finish my university degree
41. I love thunderstorms.
42. I drink way too much coffee.
43. I don't drink enough water.
44. I want to teach English to as one of my preparations for teaching Buddhism someday
    
45. I like people.
46. I used to hate people.
47. I like Star Trek and Star Wars
48. I have call display but I don't like to tell people and sometimes I just don't answer my phone.
49. I now believe in soulmates again, ironically
50. I am a jack of all trades, master of none.
51. I do tarot card readings
52. I like opera.
53. I like things that are shiny.
54. I am a hopeless and incurable romantic
55. I am extremely open-minded.
56. Sometimes I am TOO honest. But I don't care.
    
57. I try to be generous and compassionate.
58. I try to give love unconditionally.
    
59. I like words. I love both writing and reading poetry.
60. I am intense.
61. I like watching movies
62. I like pizza.
63. I am not a very patient person sometimes.
64. I would rather hurt myself than someone else.
65. I do not like country music.
66. I would sacrifice money for happiness.
67. I am an extremist.
68. I like to excel.
69. I enjoy competition.
70. I play chess.
71. I am still afraid to watch horror movies by myself
72. I sleep on the couch alot.
73. I get 5-6 hours of sleep at night during the week.
74. After I come home from getting groceries, and they are all put away, I enjoy just standing there in front of my cupboards, just staring at my food. My brother enjoys the same thing. (we both just recently discovered this about each other)
    
75. The only other province in Canada that I would live in (besides Ontario) is British Columbia. I visited there when I was 14.
76. I do not steal. Ever. But when I was younger I did.
77. I like Survivor and The Amazing Race.
78. I am independent and I like it.
79. Being different used to bother me but now I thrive on it.
80. One of the reasons I got my tattoo just under my wrist was so that...umm i dont think I''ll tell you.
81. I like candles so much that sometimes I like to light up the entire apartment with them.
82. Sometimes I do dumb things. But I try not to do dumb things that hurt people.
    
83. Out of the 5 people I consider to be my closest friends (besides my brother) 3 of them are men.
84. I will try just about anything at least once (unless it involves harming someone or eating strange body parts or live insects)
85. The weirdest animal parts I have eaten in the past were moose liver and moose tongue. I will NEVER eat head cheese. (what the heck is that stuff anyway?)
    
86. 13 1/2 years of my life were spent in long-term relationships.
87. I sleep on my side in the fetal position.
88. I don't want any more children.
89. I am glad that I don't have a sister.
90. I think my brother is the best possible brother ever. My son's middle name is after my brother.
91. I like cheese.
92. I am impulsive sometimes.
93. I prefer salty snacks over sweet ones.
94. I love music and art and literature and philosophy.
95. Money, big cars, status, fame and muscular bodies DO NOT impress me.
96. Confident, intelligent and philosophical men with talent/abilities DO.
97. I need alot of solitude.
98. I used to want to be Prime Minister. But I also wanted to be a lawyer.
99. Sometimes when I think of her I feel like I really want to hug her. I don't quite know why. Once I actually did.
    
100. I see a little bit of myself in everyone I meet.
101. I like popcorn
102. I like cheesecake (especially my mom's)
103. I bake better than I cook.
104. Before I became a vegetarian I used to cook a MEAN turkey
105. I am not a vegetarian that eats fish, nor am I a vegan.
106. I have 2290 songs on my computer.
107. I LOVE books.
108. I like cayenne pepper.
109. I like to grate cheese over my pasta.
110. I don't like Starbucks coffee
111. I love Tim Horton's coffee
112. I take two milk or cream in my coffee...no sugar
113. In my chai tea I like two milk and two or three sugar.
114. I have a weird sense of humour
115. I have a pretty large collection of books, but its nothing compared to what I used to have a few years ago
116. I would love to visit Machu Pichu
117. I like listening to people's stories
118. I liked the movies Kill Bill Volumes 1 and 2
119. I like pictures
120. I miss my Grandmother (who passed away in 2000)
121. I recognize and appreciate the small things
122. I am a good public speaker
123. I do not excel in taking care of plants.
124. I keep my promises. That's why I don't say "I promise" often.
     
125. I think Jennifer Anniston and Angelina Jolie are cool women.
126. I took Zyban to quit smoking but it made me feel crazy. It did take away the withdrawal symptoms though.
127. I have also used the patch to quit smoking.
128. I quit smoking when I was pregnant.
129. I think geeks and nerds are cool.
130. I also think goths are cool.
131. I also think hippies are cool.
132. I wish aliens would make first contact in a big way.
133. I like quizzes.
134. I like trivia.
135. I would like to be on Jeopardy some day.
136. I have a collection of fairies.
137. Having too many 'things' makes me feel claustrophobic
138. I watched the PETA video "Meet Your Meat" and no I will not eat meat again...except turkey on Christmas to make my mom happy.
139. I go to mass on Christmas Eve with my mom to make my mom happy.
140. I just recently told my mom I was a Buddhist.
141. I liked the movie "Saw" but it had some disturbing images that I still think about now and then.
142. My step brother has Down's Syndrome.
143. I hated being a kid
144. I am a night person.
145. I like hoodies.
146. I like baths
147. I have long hair.
148. Someday, according to Buddhist tradition, I WILL shave my head.
149. I love Canada.
150. My favourite painting is "Irises" by Van Gogh
151. I am 5 feet 7 1/2 inches tall
152. I have brown eyes, like my Dad.
153. My son has blue eyes, like his dad.
154. In highschool I learned how to play the violin, but its been years since I touched one
155. I took a class in Russian in my first year of university
156. I have a good memory for birthdays
157. I have my orange belt in Judo
158. I was in Army Cadets when I was 12
159. I want to send my son to space camp next summer
160. I dislike doing dishes
161. I like Latin
162. I was raised Catholic.
163. I like exploring other cultures
164. I love learning.
165. I used to sell Avon but had to stop because I couldn't resist giving everybody my discount and was losing money
166. I have worked as a burger flipper
167. I have seen Disturbed and Ill Nino live in concert
168. I am a paradox
169. My anger comes quickly, but not often and I get over it just as quickly.
170. I do not hold grudges.
171. I like long hair
172. I want an evolved relationship...something that is more open and more enlightened than the standard 'norm'...all or nothing.
     
173. My favourite form of travel is by airplane.
174. During the week I wake up at 6:30 am.
175. The worst physical pain I ever felt was when I slammed my finger in the car door. My mom had just finish telling me to watch my fingers.
176. I like bargains.
177. I love second-hand stores.
178. I also like yard sales.
179. I was born at sunrise.
180. I was in labour for 24 hours when i had my son.
181. My son, my brother and I were all born in the same hospital and had the same pediatrician.
182. I don't think I have lived a normal life, but I'm glad. I don't think I would want to live an ordinary life.
183. Sometimes I am afraid that everything that comes out of my mouth just sounds stupid to everyone else.
184. I would like to learn how to paint someday.
185. I like swimming and downhill skiing.
     
186. I like visiting my home town but would never live there again.
187. I like receiving mail.
188. When I was a kid I had a paper route but it had alot of papers. I got really lazy and started just leaving them in the bush. LOL
189. When I was really little my mom told me that babies came from 'special passages' so I thought that babies came from women's mouths for some reason.
190. I like metaphysical poetry.
191. I like reading novels about ancient Egypt.
192. I really like The Sphinx
193. I put a computer together by myself once...and it worked!!
194. Sometimes I think I'm kind of weird.
195. I am really tired right now but will not complain because I am talking to someone who has not slept ALL NIGHT.
196. I like picking things up with my toes.
197. I am a dreamer
198. I would like to live to 125 so i could see the turn of the next century (somedays)
     
199. If I had a choice to go with the aliens, I would.
200. One night I talked with a friend online who lives half way across the world for about 7 hours.

WOW That was fun. Please let me know if any of you decide to write your own...I'm curious....


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