"properly practiced, knitting soothes
the
troubled spirit...
and it doesn't
hurt the untroubled spirit either."
~elizabeth zimmerman
Friday, December 03, 2004
Bandwagon Jumper
I love reading everyone's '100 Lists', so forgive me for jumping on the bandwagon and doing my own. I don't expect you to be fascinated or anything, but it seems fun and challenging to come up with so many things about yourself that are worth sharing! (At least, theoretically)  20. I am a Political and Religious Progressive 21. I prefer the word 'Progressive' to 'Liberal', not for the connotation, but because the root of it is progress, and that's what I seek in both areas 22. My best friend is a cancer survivor 23. She has a beautiful name: Desiree 24. I've only known her for a few years, but I feel like we've been friends forever 25. People often mistake us for sisters 26. My other best friend is my [actual] sister, Heather  27. She's 26 and married to a very nice guy with the same name as my guy (Jason) 28. I have three half-sisters who are much younger than me (R-L: Rachel is 9; Nikki is 8; Lexi is 5)  29. I hate the phrase 'half-sisters'; they are not half-people 30. I love my family ferociously 31. They are all nuts 32. So am I 33. My stepdad is a wonderful man; he's been a true 'dad' to me since he came into my life 34. I had never had any ethnic foods until he came along 35. I am still in constant contact with my birth dad; we are close but he's more like a fun uncle than a father 36. I would never tell him this because it would hurt him a lot 37. I learned how to knit in February 38. I am itching to knit something more complicated than scarves and hats as soon as I finish my Christmahanukwanzakah knitting 39. I have a pretty impressive yarn stash for someone who has been knitting for less than a year 40. I want more 41. I am a coward 42. I hate exercise and will only engage out of necessity 43. I lost 30 lbs. on Weight Watchers this year 44. I've gained a lot of it back 45. But I'll try again because I know it works 46. I love yoga and kickboxing, so I'm going to join a gym. That will help. 47. I am a movie fanatic 48. I can quote lots of them, and frequently do 49. My sister (#23) and I frequently quote Friends episodes in casual conversation 50. I know that some people find this annoying 51. My favorite episode of Friends is the one where Ross decides to teach his kid about being Jewish and shows up as the Holiday Armadillo, eager to teach Ben about "The MACabees"  52. My favorite book is Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen 53. Until I started knitting, I read constantly 54. I haven't reached the point where I can do both simultaneously and I'm not sure I ever will 55. My current favorite TV show is LOST 56. I hate confrontation and avoid it as much as possible 57. I have a strong work ethic 58. Except when I'm blogging 59. Or reading blogs 60. I love to make people laugh 61. I have a twisted sense of humor 62. I have been diagnosed with both clinical depression and Generalized Anxiety Disorder 63. Sometimes I'm a real picnic to be around 64. I believe in therapy and the good that it does 65. I think if therapy were required of every single person, life would be a whole lot nicer in general 66. I love sentimental TV shows that make me cry (like Joan of Arcadia and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition) 67. I also love just about any show dealing with forensic medicine 68. If I weren't so afraid of blood, I would have been a pathologist 69. I'm afraid of a lot of things 70. Spiders and just about any bug top the list 71. I drive a Saturn; her name is Ruby 72. Ruby is my third Saturn, but the first I actually bought 73. I love '80s music with an irrational passion 74. I just discovered that Curb Your Enthusiasm can be rented on DVD 75. It is hy-sterical 76. I don't have cable, so I miss out on a lot of really great programs until much later 77. Like Sex and the City 78. Man, do I love that show 79. I now own the first five seasons on DVD (yay Ebay!) 80. I love Ebay when I'm really stuck to find something 81. My mom was really and truly addicted to Ebay 82. My stepdad had to password-protect the site on their home PC 83. She bought thousands of dollars of things she didn't want because of the high of the bidding process 84. I work in the technology industry 85. I've been laid off twice from technology jobs 86. Am I stupid? 87. I love Dean Martin's voice 88. I own a bunch of his CDs 89. My dad mocks me for this, and says I'm secretly old 90. When I need a pick-me-up, I watch my favorite Doris Day movies 91. Or Cary Grant -- [sigh] he had real class; and looks! 92. I am a serious Anglophile 93. I was definitely born in the wrong time period 94. And country (God Save The Queen!) 95. I think that one of God's cosmic jokes was giving me a recycled body 96. It's falling apart, and I'm not even 30 yet 97. This does not bode well for the future 98. I want to eat healthy and organic, but I don't even know how to get started 99. I love chocolate and sodas, which I see as a real obstacle to better health 100. I have no willpower whatsoever 101. Some people have 'a sweet tooth' 102. I have a mouth full of them 103. I guess I can't stop at 100 (how un-Virgoish of me!) 104. What do you know? I CAN go on and on with this kind of trivia... Well, I hope I didn't bore you too much. Have a nice weekend! |
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1 Comments:
OMG LOVED the list! They usually tell so much about the people behind the blogs! I, too, have started a 100 list...ah well.
My fave was the "progressive". It sounds so much more powerful and positive than "liberal." I might be having to swipe that term too!
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