Random Facts

1. I wrote my first poem in fifth grade about the city of Simpsonville, South Carolina. In sixth grade, I started keeping a five-subject, spiral notebook for my poems. Let me tell ya, a lot of them are NOT pretty. You’d need some strong wine to go with all that cheese.

2. I have my father’s temper and my mother’s tendency to cry when she’s mad, which basically means that I’ll never be intimidating. Ever.

3. I have two black hairs that grow out of the same follicle on my right boob. I know; it’s disconcerting. I’ve been racking my brain trying to figure out what I ingested that caused them to grow there.

4. A cosmopolitan is my drink of choice, although if I’m at a Mexican restaurant I always get a Margarita, and no, I don’t drink cosmos because of “Sex in the City,” even though it’s one of my favorite shows. I drink them because they’re quite tasty. Anything with amaretto is quite nice as well. I also like Long Island Iced tea, and if I’m lucky enough to be somewhere that has Woodchuck Amber cider on tap, you’d better believe I’m having a pint. Hmm, perhaps I should stop listing drinks now…

5. Along those lines, I’m a silly drunk. I just sit back and stay relatively quiet and giggle. People seem quite amused by it.

6. I don’t drink any hot beverages when the temperature is above 55 degrees. Similarly, I can’t stand eating chili during the summer, and I don’t really care for salads in the winter. Is that weird?

7. My top five male celebrities: 5 - Christian Bale (Thank you, Batman Begins) 4 - Hugh Jackman 3 - John Cusak 2 - Michael Vartan 1 - (but only by the skin of that awesome southern accent) Matthew McConaughey

8. I love throwing parties. I almost always have one at Christmas, and I’ll start planning two months in advance - who to invite, what to fix, how to decorate. Yes, I’m that anal, so shut up.

9. I sleep with three pillows (not including my husband :-) ) a standard one for my head, a king-size one to curl up with and another standard between my knees. No perverted comments, please.

10. I have my hair colored every three months because I have more gray hair than my mother, and at 35, I just don’t wanna go there yet.

11. I’m a grad-school dropout.

12. The summer between my 5th and 6th grade year in school, my family got a VCR. (If you think that was late, I was in college before we got cable.) Every day that summer, my brother and I watched a tape that had one of the Herbie movies and an edited-for-TV version of Animal House.

13. I met my husband at work, and we still work together. Yeah, I’m crazy.

14. I had two bad experiences with college roommates - the one from freshman year stole from me and the one from the first half of my sophmore year read my journal. Kind of ironic that I have this blog now, huh?

15. Things I can’t keep track of: umbrellas, nail clippers, my checkbook, my sunglasses (and they’re prescription), candle lighters.

16. I love drinks with finely crushed ice, which is virtually impossible to find these days. Most fast-food chains don’t have this type of ice, except for Sonic and Zaxby’s. Many times, I have to go to one of those Mom and Pop greasy spoons, but man, those drinks are so refreshing. And I don’t have to worry about cracking my teeth on the ice when I eat it, because that’s another thing I do, eat ice.

17. I still like Hootie and the Blowfish. I was never fanatical about them, but I always like their albums. Were they overrated? Perhaps, but I’m still a fan. Sue me.

18. Pet peeves: self-importance, unsolicited advice, leaving a grocery cart in the parking spot (especially if it’s in the one I want to park in), habitual tardiness, drivers who stay within inches of my back bumper

19. For someone who never has money, I’ll sit with my calculator and figure up how much money we’ll have left over at the end of each week. And I’ll sit and compute ahead for weeks, even months. My hubby, calls it my “Calculation of the Earth’s Rotation.” If he catches me doing it, he asks if we’re going to fly off course toward the sun. Smart-ass.

20. I can’t stand the sound or feeling of metal against my teeth. I think this stems from the traumatic experience of having braces in elementary school.

21. I have never cut grass in my entire life, but I’m sure that will change when my husband reads this.

22. Skills I never mastered that I now believe it’s too late to learn: whistling, skating (roller and ice), skiing (water and snow).

23. My addictions: Moe’s Southwest Grill, Big Zax Snaks from Zaxbys, Tar-jay, Bath and Body Works, Alias, iTunes, and weather Web sites. Oh yeah, and blogging.

24. I gave up trying to get a tan in college because I don’t tan. I turn a reddish-brown and then I freckle. When I’m at the beach, I might be lying on the sand or by the pool while the sun is out, but I’m doing so only because I’m relaxing. Rest assured, I’m wearing a sunblock of at least 30 SPF.

25. I pop my knuckles — the first and last joints on my first three fingers. I’ve done it since elementary school, and I do it now without even thinking about it. So in 30 years, between the knuckle cracking and the daily computer use I’m going to have shriveled, carpal tunnel-afflicted, arthritic nubs instead of hands.

26. My husband and I have a dog; her name’s Domino (It’s a comic book thing that hubby decided on.) She’s part collie, part German Shepherd, part chow, and ALL DIVA. Other aliases: Domin-ho (because she’s all about lovin’), Dommy-doodle, Dom, Miss Priss, Pretty Girl, Baby Girl, Poocharina, Poochalita, Psychopath, Crazy Bitch (What? Bitch is the technical term!), and countless others that you will think we’re insane for coming up with — as if you don’t already think that!

27. I have some sort of allergy to frozen Italian dinners and canned spaghetti/ravioli type products. Within a few hours after eating such a meal, it comes right back up. I can eat frozen pizza, and canned tomatoes/paste/purée, but my body firmly draws the line at frozen spaghetti, lasagna and the like as well as Chef Boyardee and Spaghettios.

28. My birthday is May 12th (I have a wishlist on Amazon ;-) ), which makes me a Taurus, so I’m stubborn but loyal.

29. The ringtone on my cell phone is “Linus and Lucy” of Peanuts fame.

30. I am a Mac whore. Since high school, I’ve worked on nothing but Mac computers. So all you Windows freaks can shove it. Apple will have to crash and burn like a NASCAR accident before anyone can pry this little 12.1″ screen iBook from my fingers.

31. I am a horrible housekeeper. It’s so bad that when Hubby and I start a major housecleaning. The dog sits and looks at the front door because she knows company is coming.

32. I’m rather tall for a chick — 5′9″ to be exact.

33. I’ve had the flu twice in my life, the first time in high school and the last time four days after Hubby and I came back from our honeymoon.

34. I think I’m the only Democrat on my side of the family. My brother left the Dark Side joined me in voting Democrat in the last election, causing my parents to wonder where they’ve gone wrong.

35. My favorite outfit is a striped soft sweater and my slightly flared stretch jeans. It’s so comfy I could sleep in it.

Responses

love the way you write dear, make me laugh, so fresh and young.
I’ll come back with a fresh pizza home made and a nice bottle of French wine.Will husband you and dog invite me?
Sorry if my English isn’t perfect it’s not due to wine!!!but I’m french..but my blog is in English mind you…
Have a nice day
Mousie

By: Mousie on August 8, 2006
at 5:57 am

Hi!
I was looking at different writing blogs and came across yours. Love your writing style and have to tell you I’m in the next county over from you, Sparkle City! Although I’m ten years older, seems we have a lot in common! Except that I’m not married, don’t have a dog, and have a 3-year-old boy, but there were some things about you that we have in common. Anyway, great blog!!
Jan S

By: Jan S on May 31, 2007
at 1:31 pm

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