I don’t think I’m very good at these “about” things, but I always like to know about other people, so I should at least try to return the favor. Maybe a 100 things about me meme-ish deal could work?
- I have two masters degrees, an M. Litt. and an M.A.
- I don’t use either degree for my job.
- I dropped out of my Ph.D. program
- I’ll be paying off the student loans forever.
- I minored in music.
- I have played, at one time or another, the flute, oboe, piccolo, violin, french horn, and piano. I don’t really play anything these days.
- In choirs, I often sang alto because I could read music. I’m really a very high soprano, when my voice is in shape (which it’s not right now).
- I like Karaoke.
- My living room is painted orange. This was not my idea.
- I live with my boyfriend husband. The orange was his idea.
- Oddly, the orange looks really good.
- I love living in the city.
- I never want to move to the suburbs.
- I really really want a cat.
- My husband does not.
- I love my husband, despite the fact that he isn’t a fan of pets.
- My husband is over a foot taller than me.
- I’m 4’11”.
- My driver’s license says I’m 5′.
- For a few years, my drivers license said I was male.
- I am female.
- I want to learn how to knit faster.
- I want to learn how to knit continental. I learned how to knit continental.
- I think the last two statements may be linked. They are! I knit faster now. But still not as fast as I’d like.
- I bought a sewing machine on a lark a few years ago.
- I have no idea how to use it. I use it lots now! See my quilting posts.
- I love Neil Diamond.
- I love English church music.
- I live in the complex where one of the most famous scandals in American history took place.
- I have a pretty cool cityscape view from my apartment.
- I’m named after two of my great-grandmothers.
- I wish I were better at keeping in touch with friends. I am trying harder to be good at this.
- The only bone I’ve officially broken is my skull.
- Yes, now you know what’s wrong with me.
- I lived for a year in Scotland.
- I’d move there in a minute if I could.
- I’ve lived in 3 states (NJ, KY and NY) and a District (of Columbia).
- Despite learning several times, I still haven’t mastered a manual transmission on a car.
- I don’t own a car.
- I don’t like celery, grapefruit, olives or parsley. But let me tell you about the time I had all 4 in one dish.
- I’m asthmatic and allergic to pretty much any pollen or dander.
- I’m not allergic to foods, except hazelnuts and cottonseed. Huh.
- I was a waitress once, for a single shift. I quit and never went back.
- I’d love to own my own business someday.
- I love a clean house. I hate cleaning my house.
- I have a tattoo.
- I’m a terrible swimmer.
- I took lessons when I was 26 at the Y.
- I’m still a bad swimmer.
- I’m afraid I lack focus.
- I hate going to the gym.
- I like to do yoga. I don’t do it often enough, though.
- I like to run in cool weather.
- I will never run a marathon.
- I don’t know how I’d do if I lived somewhere without 4 seasons.
- This is problematic since my husband would like to live somewhere where it’s warm all year. (not so good for a knitter)
- I have an older brother.
- I wanted to have more siblings, until I realized I wouldn’t be the baby.
- It’s good to be the baby.
- If I had been a boy, my name would have be Jonathan.
- I never got detention in school.
- I have never seen Goonies.
- I love James Bond movies.
- I think I’m a feminist…depending on how it’s defined.
- I rarely wear makeup.
- Burts Bees lip balm is the best.
- I’m a Mac girl.
- Favorite breakfast food: Oatmeal with whiskey. Good on the coldest of cold days.
- I like to bake more than I like to cook.
- But cooking is not as onerous as it used to be!
- I’ve worn glasses or contacts since 2nd grade.
- I think there’s too much war and not enough looking for peace.
- I cry easily at TV shows and movies.
- I like to think I’m organized.
- I’m probably not as organized as I think I am.
- I work well under pressure…lots of pressure!
- If I could do anything all day it would be knit (and sew) and listen to audiobooks.
- And take a walk to get outside.
- I love a good thunderstorm (my husband doesn’t).
- I have bungee jumped.
- It was the worst thing EVER.
- I try to be nice to everyone, even to people I don’t like.
- It doesn’t always work.
- I feel absolutely awful if/when I offend anyone…it usually makes me cry.
- I don’t know what I want to do when I grow up.
- I was in marching band in high school.
- I secretly wanted to be a cheerleader.
- It doesn’t matter now, does it?
- I like pedicures better than manicures.
- I love to read.
- I am not so good at math.
- Political debates stress me out.
- I love dairy products.
- I love a good hamburger.
- My favorite poet is Rilke.
- I think I worry too much.
- I know how to snowboard, but not how to ski.
- I love giving and getting gifts.
- I hate it when people clip their nails in public.
- The Red Sox rock. (except when they don’t)