1. I am a Gemini, and share a birthday with Marquis de Sade
2. I smoke
3. I haven't done drugs in 15 years
4. I have an anxiety disorder
5. I shave my legs twice a day
6. I went to an all women's college and started when I was 25
7. I never had braces
8. I am part of Teach For America
9. I have lived in San Francisco for seven years
10. I have danced topless in public
11. Reading may well be my favorite activity ever
12. I read really fast
13. I do not weigh enough
14. I used to be a cat person, but am now a dog person
15. I have one brother, and we were raised separately
16. I cry at everything and it throws people off-guard
17. I am usually the first one to finish tests of any kind
18. I used to live in a building that had "stress" and "pressure" painted on it (& it wasn't graffiti)
19. I don't really like movies
20. I love to re-read young adult novels
21. I don't like meat or mushrooms
22. But I like almost all other food
23. I think low-fat and non-fat yogurt are a joke
24. I am not artistic
25. I don't really use a cell phone
26. I don't really believe that Neosporin does anything
27. My salary dropped by $20,000/ year when I went back to school
28. I will make less as a college graduate than I did before I went to college
29. But I don't really care because I am much happier now
30. I am constantly amazed at how talented my friends are
31. I spend way too much time talking to said friends about things like cleaning, relationships, families, jobs, real estate prices, etc., and not enough time talking about why these things are so important
32. My life is moving way too fast these days and I'm finding it hard to keep up
33. I cannot believe that I am getting older
34. I can't wait to have a family
35. I am eternally grateful to the lovely beau for a million different reasons
36. I finally enjoy my mom's company
37. I really miss my Grandpa a lot
38. I think my all-time favorite book is Anne Lamott's "Traveling Mercies"
39. I have recently discovered that I love Target
40. I still love getting letters in the mail
41. I have always been friends with my neighbors
42. I have only been to Europe once
43. I've never felt successful at yoga, but I can put my legs behind my head
44. I have a penchance for expensive jeans
45. I love nothing more than a nap
46. I used to love hot weather, but I hate it now
47. I was able to snowboard on my first try
48. I am not even slightly athletic
49. I used to be insane for Ani Difranco, but I don't care as much anymore
50. I went to her concert on my 21st birthday
51. I have lived 7 of my 28 years in Los Angeles, from 0-4 and 18-21
52. I really hate Los Angeles
53. I pick at my cuticles
54. I cannot tweeze my eyebrows
55. I am terrified of rats
56. I love being a teacher
57. I require a lot of down-time
58. I love The West Wing
59. My all-time favorite TV show is Family Ties
60. I am not religious
61. I have wireless DSL at home, which is sometimes a blessing and sometimes a curse
62. I like my feet, but haven't always
63. My hair is rarely long and I consider it long when it reaches my shoulders
64. I have a really long neck
65. I love hoodies
66. I get obsessive about random things all the time and quickly drop them
67. I haven't gotten totally wasted drunk in over two years
68. I am totally spoiled by Bay Area food
69. I use a Sonicare toothbrush
70. The lovely beau is cracking up that I mentioned the toothbrush, because it was just an ad on TV while I was typing
71. I have my great-grandmother's wedding ring and plan on using it for my own
72. I consider myself a feminist
73. I really like slam poetry
74. I never thought I could feel as passionate about anything as I do about teaching
75. I wish I could give up on trying to make everything perfect
76. I wish I could worry less and enjoy more
77. That being said, I really do enjoy a lot
78. I totally recognize that life is not forever
79. I have read poems at weddings and funerals
80. I'd like to go to Africa
81. I am really smell-motivated
82. I believe I was socialized out of math and science
83. I drive a Honda Civic and it's pretty much my dream car
84. I have 5 step-siblings
85. I love the Food Channel
86. I am sick of burritos
87. My body temperature runs hotter than most, which results in me feeling cold more often than most
88. I have diagnosed myself with a condition called "Turf Toe", which usually strikes football players
89. I hate writing academic papers
90. 22 is my lucky number and I don't know why
91. I always wear earrings
92. I rarely remove my wristwatch
93. As I'm typing this, my dog is sleeping next to me and dreaming about running (conclusive evidence: she moves her legs while she's sleeping as if she's running)
94. I hate nightgowns but love pajamas
95. I am an early to bed, early to rise kind of lady
96. I love ice cream
97. Most of my friends are people I've known since I was very young
98. I am not judgemental about many things
99. I try to make the world a better place, as trite as that may sound
100. I am tall for a girl, but never think of myself as tall
