101 Things About Me

1. I like my pizza with extra sauce.
2. I never, ever get sick of reality tv. Shane says it’s because I’m aspiring to be a behavioral scientist. Maybe he’s right.
3. We name all of our pets after famous people. So far, we’ve had Albert, Einstein, Rembrandt, Dylan (as in Bob), Calypso, Goliath, Dora, Pedro, Papi, Bogart, William, and Lucy (to name a few).
4. I have vitiligo a.k.a. the Michael Jackson skin disease.
5. I’ve been lucky as far as having vitiligo goes; I lose pigmentation only temporarily. (It returns every year, though.)
6. I graduated high school early. I like saying that because people automatically think I must be ambitious. I’m not, I just had too many credits because I had no social life.
7. When people bitch about being connected to service reps over the phone who do not speak English, they hand me the phone.
8. I cried when Pavarotti died.
9. I’ve been told, by a medical professional, that I am a very interesting case study.
10. My nationalities include Italian, Armenian, Native American, and Irish.
11. I am a direct descendent of Sitting Bull.
12. We sometimes call our cat, Akila, a tramp.
13. When I was 18 years old, I moved from Colorado to New Hampshire; New Hampshire to Idaho Falls, ID; Idaho Falls, ID to Lewiston, ID; Lewiston ID to New Hampshire; New Hampshire to BF, Vermont; and BF, Vermont to another place in BF, Vermont. A year after that I moved to Springfield, VT and I plan to stay here for a couple years. (GOD, I HOPE.)
14. I believe in the Christian God.
15. Shane and I moved in together two months after I met him in person.
16. Before that, we’d dated ONLINE (oh, I know) for six months.
17. While in Lewiston, ID (where Shane is from), I lived in a tent in someone’s backyard and sold my life on eBay.
18. Apparently, it wasn’t worth much, as I had to move three weeks later.
19. The Marines wouldn’t let me sign up due to my many interesting health issues.
20. At my cousin’s graduation party, I decided to carry an air mattress, on top of my head, up a slick, wet, grassy hill at midnight.
21. The results of that mistake are still laughed at during family parties.
22. I have a ridiculously large family.
23. When I was in third grade, a boy named Brady Bunches pushed me off of a twelve foot slide. I was knocked unconscious and broke my nose and arm.
24. I grew up in Broomfield, CO. It was a fantastic place to grow up. I went to elementary, middle and high school there and would go back in a heartbeat.
25. My parents are divorced, so while I lived with my father in Colorado, I visited my mother on school breaks.
26. I’ve was born on Treasure Island, CA (when it was a naval base).
27. I think that is pretty awesome, actually. Mostly because it’s so dangerous to live there now.
28. From Treasure Island (part of San Fran, btw), I lived in Orlando, FL; Syracuse, NY; Newport News, VI; and to Colorado when I was 4.
29. When my parents divorced, my mom moved to Winter Park, FL; Columbia, SC; and Charlestown, NH. I have very fond memories from every place I’ve lived.
30. Dammit, this list is hard.
31. My father works for the Dept of Energy.
32. I look like my father.
33. Sometimes I google my dad to see what’s new, as we don’t get to talk as often as we’d like.
34. I live one town north of my mom.
35. I met my best friend, Sona, in eighth grade and we instantly bonded.
36. I was too wussy to break up with my boyfriend in eighth grade, so she did it for me.
37. During the presidential election of 2004, Sona and I were featured on the news for something politically-related. But anonymously, as no one knew “who did it” per se.
38. Sona taught me how to speak Assyrian.
39. I also know French.
40. I’m learning Italian and Arabic.
41. I’m still working on my English.
42. Did I already complain about this list? Why did I decide to redo it?
43. I have a retroverted uterus.
44. If a menu has something fried, chances are I will order.
45. Even better chances that I won’t be able to fit into my pants the next day.
46. I cannot handle animal feces.
47. I suffer from heat exhaust.
48. I have issues with people who say “I love you” too casually.
49. Sometimes I need to step back and say, “Hold up, Whitney. You’re being a whiny bitch.”
50. But when I start talking to myself, people notice.
51. I’m flat-footed, therefore I walk very wobbly.
52. I used to wear leg braces because of it.
53. I find that I wear pjs basically everywhere.
54. I think my dog is homosexual.
55. There is a LONG line of reasons for that belief, many not appropriate for the internet.
56. I have five piercings.
57. I think sarcasm is underrated.
58. I haven’t gotten over the death of my black lab, Einstein. I had him for 17 years and he died while I was away on vacation.
59. I cried at my graduation dinner because my dad brought him up.
60. And then my dad felt like shit.
61. And so did I, because Einstein was the shit.
62. I drink wine religiously.
63. Right now, I have a bottle of Barefoot, the pink white zinfandel.
64. Not a big fan of red wine, but it doesn’t mean I’ll pass it up.
65. My accent is hard to point, because I’ve grown up all over.
66. I know that I tend to say “y’all” and “fixin’”
67. I hit a low point in my life when I discovered I started saying “idear.”
68. I can’t say the word “breakfast” correctly.
69. Wow, I talk a lot about language.
70. I always win in Scrabble.
71. I talk to myself at work.
72. I will never, ever buy a Mac.
73. My grandmother Nicola came to America when she was a child. I’m told I look like her.
74. I have a really bad habit of not returning voicemails or emails.
75. I get really anxious whenever I receive a voicemail.
76. I cannot stand checking my voicemail.
77. I also can’t be in a bathtub for too long, I become claustrophobic.
78. I refuse to wear socks to bed, again, my feet feel claustrophobic.
79. I played the flute in high school and hated every second of it.
80. My best friend and I competed for last chair in band.
81. For non-band geeks, last chair means worst player.
82. I could eat chocolate and cheese every single day for the rest of my life and be very happy.
83. Very fat, I’m sure. But happy nonetheless.
84. I have an ulcer and it annoys the hell out of me.
85. If I am just one minute late for work, I start to freak out and go paranoid, like, “My boss is SO going to write me up for this!”
86. He wouldn’t. My boss is freaking awesome.
87. I’m just a mental mess.
88. I don’t talk about work as a rule.
89. I like candles that smell like cleaning products.
90. I make my pesto without a food processor. It takes forever.
91. If you ever find yourself with an extra food processor, send it my way.
92. I’ll be your slave. For life.
93. If you think I’m kidding, you’re wrong.
94. I live two miles away from 100+ relatives.
95. I think I am related to half the state of Vermont.
96. Not the half that includes Howard Dean, however.
97. My ideal honeymoon would be a month in Orlando.
98. I want to have children some day.
99. Some day far, far away.
100. I absolutely hate coffee.
101. I never get carded.

Responses

What’s a retroverted uterus?

By: cengelsm on July 31, 2007
at 10:44 am

A retroverted uterus is a uterus that is tilted backwards instead of forwards (towards the spine). Mine is caused by endometriosis.

By: Myself on August 6, 2007
at 3:00 pm

So. Ever since I changed this blog over here, it messed up my numbers. Whoops.

By: Myself on September 21, 2007
at 11:40 pm

89. I like candles that smell like cleaning products.

HAHAHA!

Also, I think my dog is a homosexual as well - they should meet, shall I send you some pictures for your dog’s decision on whether to go forward with the relationship?

By: confusedtwenty on January 31, 2008
at 7:00 am