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100 Things about Me
OK, here it is -- my one concession to weblog/internet culture: the 100 things about me.
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1. According the to popular emode.com IQ test, my IQ is 131, I am an experiential learner, and -- get this! -- I have a mathematical mind. Mathematical: me. Me! 2. But I think I know hardly anything. 3. I am an INFP. 4. I dream in colour. 5. While I will admit to an interest in metaphysics, personal growth, and spiritual enlightenment -- I am not new agey. 6. My arms and legs are too short for my torso. As a result of this inconvenience, purchasing off the rack trousers and blouses that fit is impossible -- so I compensate with three-quarter length sleeves and below-calf pencil skirts. 7. I I think that a British-tailored, three-button, dark wool suit is quite lovely on a man. It looks pretty hot on Isabella Rosselini, too. 8. I prefer dresses and skirts to trousers. I go hiking in skirts. 9. I have a goldendoodle named Chloe -- but I don't consider myself a "dog person." 10. I think I look great in a black mock turtleneck -- that and a silk skirt is my fail-safe outfit. 11. Whenever I wear a blouse or shirt with a button front, I always wear a tank top or camisole underneath so that someone sitting next to or standing over me will not be able to sneak a peek through the gaps between the buttons. 12. Girls Say Yes by the Jazz Butcher is the sexiest song ever. 13. I greatly enjoy and am inspired by the Billy Nayer Show. I wish I had even half of the creativity and drive of Cory McAbee. 14. A chocolate chip cookie warm from the oven trumps some fancy-pants dessert anytime (although I will not pass up the fancy-pants dessert if a chocolate chip cookie is unavailable). 15. I enjoy Crendain Crema de Almendrado tequila from grocery stores in Mexico, and Makers Mark or Jim Beam bourbon. 16. I am not a picky eater. 17. I am no longer a vegetarian. My sweetie took me to Sullivan's for his birthday and I had filet mignon, and that was that. 18. I am no good at video or computer games. 19. I do not like sports. 20. I love going to natural hotsprings -- especially the ones in the eastern Sierra Nevada. 21. I have eaten or tasted most of the things that grow wild at my ranchette outside Tucson: saguaro fruit and flowers; sauteed cholla segments; barrel cactus fruit and flowers; prickly pear pads, fruit, and flowers; mesquite pods; Mormon tea plant tea; and creosote bush tea (not recommended). 22. In the city and on crowded freeways I am a conservative, courteous, defensive driver. I stay within the speed limit and I am rarely frustrated by other drivers -- although I realize my wimpyness may cause them some frustration. But put me on a lonely road in the desert and I love to feel those g's, baby. 23. I do suffer fools, but not martyrs, victims, or shirkers. 24. I am generally easy to please and find amusement in much that surrounds me. I laugh often. 25. I cannot drink a whole can of pop. 26. I am a tea drinker. Jasmine is my favourite. Darjeeling is lovely, too. 27. People think I'm French because I wear berets in the winter (they don't give you hathead, see), and silk scarves tied around my neck. 28. How could one live without a Bialetti caffettiera? 29. Most of my shoes are a variation of the Mary Jane style. 30. I miss swimming in large, open bodies of water. 31. My second toe is longer than my big toe. My third toe is the same length as my big toe. 32. I love Le Cave's mango empanadas the best of all. 33. I like frogs, and turtles, and ravens. And roadrunners! 34. Even though I am a friendly person, I prefer to keep to myself, and really do not have much to say. It's gotta be drilled out of me. 35. Although, I do enjoy dinner parties or intimate gatherings with lively conversation. 36. I dislike crowds. A crowd is more than 8 people. But I love people-watching. 37. I need my space, man. I need space and I need warm. I am Desert Girl. 38. Lawren Harris is my favourite painter. 39. My favourite books include Leondard Cohen's Beautiful Losers, Ann-Marie MacDonald's Fall on your Knees, Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast trilogy, Robertson Davies' The Cunning Man, and the Gorodish and Alba books by Delacorta. 40. I clean my bellybutton with a QTip. 41. I walk to work. 42. Fairy duster honey rocks. 43. I am a girlie girl who takes no prisoners. 44. Ice cream rocks. 45. I like handpainted roadside signs that tell me there are strawberries or pistachios or watermelon around the bend. 46. I am terrible at staying in touch with people (must have something to do with the keeping to myself thing -- see number 34). 47. I always read the funnies first, then the front page. 48. My preference is for bittersweet, dark chocolate. Scharffen Berger if possible. Mexican chocolate by Ibarra is pretty darn good, too. 49. I wear Boucheron (a gift from my husband) or Chanel No. 5. 50. I do not hold grudges, but I will remain wary. 51. I prefer the design and construction of Spartan trailers to that of Airstreams. 52. I love to purge. It is liberating, and it thrills me to give something away to someone who appreciates it. 53. I still play with toys -- dolls and stuffed animals in particular. 54. I sleep with the bean bag frog ("Froggie") that I have had since I was two years old. If there is ever a fire in the house, Froggie is to be rescued. 55. I also sleep with a stuffed Domo-kun. I quite enjoy that Domo character. 56. While once having no desire to have a kiddo, I realized that circumstance and the right person can change your mind; I'm due mid March 2007. See number 74. 57. My life, overall, has been very fortunate and I am thankful for that. 58. I have learned from my mistakes and grown as a result of any misfortunes, sadnesses, or unpleasant episodes. 59. After re-reading numbers 53, 54, and 55 I'm inclined to think I've regressed -- but I think it's ok, really. 60. I'm growing weary of irony -- although I am aware that being genuine runs the risk of humourlessness. 61. I am allergic to cats. 62. I am a fuzzy person. I have a little Frida Kahlo moustache. (Hello Sally Hansen creme bleach! Hello tweezers!) Hair everywhere. Lots of it. I'm sure when I am an old woman, it will come sprouting out my ears and I will have Brezhnev brows, too. 63. Despite the fuzziness, I think I am a reasonably pleasant-looking woman. 64. I exhibit calm under pressure. I am mellow. 65. I purchased a DVD player and a television just so that I could watch previous seasons of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." 66. The personality trait I value most is integrity -- if that's present, everything else just falls into place. 67. I like trains -- I live two blocks from the Southern Pacific Line in Armory Park and I've begun to recognize engineers by how they lay on the horn. 68. I love Dixieland and trad jazz, especially the Yerba Buena Jazz Band. 69. Krazy Kat is my favourite comic strip. 70. While I spent much of my formative youth in my bedroom, somehow I ended up being an outdoorsy adult. 71. I don't say swear words -- never got in the habit. When I was in highschool, the St. Mary's girls would sit in the back of the bus and say swears to shock the old ladies and I thought that was really lame. Even though I draw people having sex in my comic books, I never have them say swears. 72. I often make sound effects -- glurp, wooOOoop, chukkachukkachukka, zip, wawa, uuurk! -- to accompany my various actions (pouring maple syrup, tossing something in the trash, braking). 73. Things that most people consider normal -- watching television, resort vacations, toeing the line, eating at chain restaurants, wearing clothing with logos or sports teams or witticisms printed upon them, eating mass-produced food, having pets and children -- seem totally weird to me. 74. Coming home from work and making dinner is
one of my favourite things to do -- I'm really a June Cleaver in disguise. 76. Occasionally I find myself humming along with the muzak in the grocery store. 77. I can change the oil in my car, replace the battery, and fix a flat tire. 78. I have never had a speeding or parking ticket. Um, well, I got a ticket for making a left-turn on a fresh red a month before leaving California -- but it didn't follow me to Arizona! 79. I learned to drive at 26. 80. After driving a blue 1993 Honda del Sol until 2006, I finally bought my first new car -- a blue Scion xB. I call him "Li'l Blue Car" and he's thrilled with his upgrade from being a two-seater. 81. In November 2000, after a really bad asthma attack (delirium, emergency room, convulsions, turning blue, etc.), I had to take high dosages of prednisone for 6 weeks. It made me insane and kept me awake. I also would forget how to drive and had to pull over and recite "clutch, shift, gas -- clutch, shift, gas." I don't recommend prednisone. (Look what it's done to Jerry Lewis.) 82. Moving to Tucson has cured my asthma. 83. I am prone to silliness and talking in goofy voices. 84. I think California wines are overrated -- give me a lovely Ontario one anyday. Or an Orvieto or Remole. 85. I am a pacifist and liberal in the true sense, with an inclination toward anarchy and social-capitalism. I understand and respect other viewpoints and I am aware of my biases. 86. Any sort of fierce line-towing or pedantry makes me nervous. 87. I try to be a compassionate person. 89. Manufactured, commercialized "romance" has no hold on me -- so, if you are my sweetie, you do not need to remember Valentine's Day or give me a diamond. However, genuine, spontaneous, romantic fun is vital for the perpetuation of desire. (Update May 2006 -- although if you do give me a big ol' honkin' Aascher in a platinum setting, what am I gonna do -- say no? That would be rude.) 90. It disappoints me that I am unable to improvise on any musical instrument besides the kazoo. 91. I have camped by myself in the more remote regions of the Mojave Desert in the summertime and was not afraid. 92. I am not worried about or afraid of dying, but the idea of being a lifelong invalid troubles me. 93. I blow my nose into my hand when I'm in the shower. 94. When looking at old photographs of crowds, I often wonder how we have come to the point where blue jeans, tshirts, sneakers, bare midriffs, and gimme caps are considered normal and acceptable public attire. People just aren't snappy dressers anymore. 95.I practically baste myself in sunscreen and moisturizers. Living in the desert is not going to turn me into an alligator bag. 96. I love taking baths in my clawfoot tub -- I light candles, drink wine, eat chocolate...the whole shebang. I am hedonist, hear me roar! 97. My life was saved by rock and roll. Top Ten Desert Island Discs:
98. I will buy food products and bottles of pop only for the packaging. I often visit Indian, Chinese, or Japanese groceries to purchase unusual packages. 99. I brush my teeth with Tom's of Maine toothpaste. I love anise, fennel, mango-orange, and cinnamint flavours. 100. It took me two weeks to compile this list. (And 45 minutes to revise it in April 2004; and another 15 in September 2005 and October 2006.) |