This is a compilation of the old list... look for "update notes" in red.
1. I have a 30-minute commute from my apartment to the campus where I work and I absolutely love it. A highway drive that cuts through the Blue Ridge mountains... what's not to love? At this time of year I get a daily dose of gorgeous sunrises and sunsets, and coupled with Colbie Collait crooning love songs to me through my stereo, I couldn't ask for more. Sure as heck beats the old bumper-to-bumper carbon dioxide-infused rush-hour that Orlando has to offer. My commute still takes about 30 minutes, but ten of it is in the oasis of Biltmore Estate.
2. I like words that contain dashes (see last sentence of #1) and I also like to use the cliffhanger dash-- just like this.
3. I adore Netflix and am currently working through season three of ER. Michelle got me a Netflix subscription for Christmas (had to quit my subscription awhile ago) and I'm loving it! Joshua actually bought me several seasons of ER for Christmas and we've started from the beginning and are watching them together... he's hooked. :)
4. Speaking of ER, I am a die-hard fan (of seasons one through three, at least). My favorite character is Dr. Mark Greene, followed in short order by Dr. John Carter who actually was quite endearing as a med student. Then of course the Carol Hathaway/Dr. Doug Ross relationship is starting to heat up in this season, but for me that is bittersweet because I realize that shortly thereafter Dr. Ross (played by the devilish George Clooney) will be leaving the show. Obviously, still a die-hard fan.
5. I could not survive life on earth without bread and potatoes. I must be a true Italian.
6. I'm a complete sucker for snuggling.
7. I don't eat chicken, beef or pork. But sometimes I really want to eat BBQ ribs. Definitely fell off the vegetarian bandwagon.
8. Sometimes music will hit this sweet spot in my soul that I can't really explain to anyone, but there is nothing like it.
9. I graduated college with a degree in interpersonal communication and still find myself amazingly interested in it. It has made me consider pursuing my master's in intercultural communication one day. Mmm... probably not.
10. I have ambitions to learn Spanish, French, Italian, German, Arabic, Chinese and Russian. My boyfriend (Joshua) and I have decided that if we learn one language every seven years, we can have it done before we die. I'm able to hold my own with Spanish already, so I think I'm ahead of the curve.
11. I'm an only child, but wasn't always. My younger sister died of heart disease18 20 years ago. I now have a strange mix of only child/oldest child personality characteristics.
12. I love thunderstorms... which leads into the weird fact that I get very excited whenever a natural disaster is imminent. Is that sadistic? I am just most pumped in the midst of a crisis situation. Maybe I'm wired to do relief work.
13. My boyfriend bought me an iPod for Christmas. I had been secretly wanting one but trying to convince myself (quite publicly) that iPods are a detriment to society because they alienate people even further from one another in our already individualistic-to-the-point-of-ignoring-everyone-else lifestyles. I got an iPod speaker hook-up and share my tunes with everyone at work all day. I'm not sure if my Nigerian boss always digs my selection, but nobody has slammed their door shut yet. Seeing "my boyfriend" makes me smile. Still loving the iPod.
14. If I could live in any three American cities in my lifetime, I would pick Asheville, Chicago and D.C.
15. When I was in Rome I went to the Trevi fountain and threw coins over my shoulder so that I would come back to Italy married. I completely believe it will happen.
16. I like to organize the clothes hanging in my closet by color. Don't even get me started on the travesty of our clothing storage system.
17. Some days I really want to be married, and other days I am terrified of it. I'm pretty sure that's a sign I'm not ready yet. Ready or not... :)
18. I have these patent leather red high heels that make me feel absolutely bedazzling whenever I wear them.
19. I hate carrying a purse, but it's essential because I like to be forever prepared.
20. I spent a month in Nicaragua in 2006 and I'm pretty sure I left part of my heart there. I wonder a lot when I will get to go back. Hopefully this year with Dacia and Adam!
22. I love the sound of moving water. Rain. Waterfalls. Babbling brooks. Fountains. Ocean waves. I must live by that sound.
23. Going to the library makes me excited. I actually have daydreams about visiting the Library of Congress.
24. You know how little girls love horses? I never grew out of that stage.
25. I refuse to go shopping unless I have money because it puts me in a foul mood otherwise. I don't understand how "browsing for fun" is fun at all. I also have no patience when it comes to searching around for the best deal.
26. I have a Harley fetish. I am also not afraid of Bike Week and the girls in thongs and chaps and the saloons that go along with it.
27. If I could have one luxury in life, I would choose weekly massages. Oh, please.
28. I adore going to the symphony. The first time I went, it was to hear the Royal Philharmonic in Orlando and when they started to play, it literally took my breath away and I let out a huge gasp. It was one of the most glorious sounds I've ever heard.
29. I read the dictionary for fun.
30. I'm a brand-name snob, especially about food. Blame my mother. Umm... being poor has completely obliterated this. For the most part.
31. Somewhere along the way, I stopped being ashamed of liking what I like. Yes, I love Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and I own Season 1 on DVD. Yes, I like to eat ketchup on my garlic alfredo noodles. Yes, I like new age “earth sounds” music and some Kenny G and lots of country. And yes, I love cheesy chick flicks and “inspirational romance novels.”
32. I love working in academia even though I’m not an academician. Those are both real words, by the way. Josh told me that “academician” sounds like some sort of alien life form. Which makes me laugh, because sometimes I think they might be. But really—I am like a little sponge on my campus, and if I hang around these people for longer than ten minutes I never fail to learn something new, whether it be a new word for my voracious vocabulary or psychological theory. Like I said, I'm working for Biltmore Estate now, but it's still a place of history and learning and I'm soaking it up!
33. I love, love, love! having the perfect word. Articulation is a fine art.
34. I am interested in way too many things to ever become an expert on anything, I think. Except maybe intercultural communication. I can see myself becoming an expert on that. My boss wants me to go to graduate school. So did my old boss. So do my grandparents. But what about meeeee? How about we just get my husband through nursing school right now?
35. Despite my greatest attempts, I never drink enough water and always eat too much chocolate. (We have an M&M dispenser in my office that makes everyone on campus happy. When I came here I was told that my utmost duty is to make sure that it remains stocked. It is sorely overused, and sometimes the button you push to make the M&Ms come out doesn’t work and you have to shake it a little. Yesterday the button didn’t work. I was trying to be quiet… everyone else was being quiet. I gave it a little shake. Pushed the button. Nothing. A little bit bigger shake. Nothing. Finally, growing tired of making quiet rattles that were surely driving everyone crazy when they all knew by now that I wanted some M&Ms, I picked up the machine and started shaking it like crazy. The only thing is I didn’t put my hand over the lid. It flew off on the third shake and about 50 M&Ms went flying across the office, which drew a gasp and an “Oh no!” from me, and a sudden appearance from my boss, who declared she rather liked the color on the dull carpet anyway.) Definitely working on the water drinking thing. Still have no self-control when it comes to chocolate.
36. I went to the Alamo when I was little with my parents, but the only thing I remember is being scared of lizards when my dad made me pose on top of a big boulder and wanting to go back and swim at the hotel pool. Oh, the attention span of babes.
37. When I was 14 I started dying my hair and kind of got into a habit. Blond, auburn, bold white and fire-engine red chunks, and finally in the summer of 2006, jet black. After that I decided to go au natural for awhile and also I made a bet with a friend that resulted in me agreeing not to cut my hair until May 2008. I now have the longest, naturally beautiful brown hair ever. Still haven't cut it... just trims now and then.
38. I get giddy when I have a fresh journal/legal pad/notebook/post-it pad.
39. I love wearing skirts but hate shaving my legs. I think I have shaved my legs two times since I’ve moved to Asheville, and once was when I was back in Florida for the holidays and wanted to wear shorts. The other was for Valentine’s day. ;)
40. I’m not really into stuffed animals and teddy bears, but when someone I love buys one for me, it becomes my most precious possession. Hence the bear my dad bought me from EPCOT, the frog that says “kiss me, I’m your prince charming” from Josh and the huge Nemo that my dad got me for Christmas one year always adorning my bed and serving as snuggling companions.
41. I am absolutely thrilled by all the blossoms on the trees here as spring is arriving. It makes me giddy like a child because I've never seen anything like it. It is one of those things that makes my soul glow. New life. Beauty. Promise.
42. I haven't been to the dentist since before I went to college. Oops. I went. Twice. So there.
43. If I had a lot of money, I would buy everything organic that I possibly could.
44. The reason I wear glasses more than contacts is because I'm lazy. Period.
45. I kept a lot of my college textbooks because I think I might actually go back and read them one day. I'm not sure if that's delirium or just unrealistic expectations.
46. Joshua treats me like a princess and I love it.
47. I can't finish a whole beer, I get tipsy after two glasses of wine and I don't like the taste of hard liquor. I guess this is a good thing since I have an addictive personality and I'd probably end up being an alcoholic if I ever acquired a taste for it.
48. I love stories and could live my whole life for them. Reading stories in books, watching stories on TV or movies, hearing stories from people and writing stories... it makes me really, really happy.
49. I want to talk to the servers at Mexican restaurants in Spanish but I'm always too timid.
50. I am beginning to think that I mumble horribly and I need some practice in diction. Like Evangeline on Nanny McPhee. (Yes, I love children's movies. That's a bonus one for you tonight.)
51. I love event food. Popcorn and a soda at the movies, chicken strips and french fries at sporting events (don't do hotdogs, sorry fellow Americans)... if it has food that goes with it, I want some.
52. I am totally tempted to become a complete hippie (no car, TV, computer, cell phone; organic and locally grown food; sustainable living; etc.) but down deep I fear that I don't have what it takes.
53. I play the piano and have secret ambitions to make one of those naturescapes albums that has nature sounds in the background while I play my soothing melodies. I could totally do it.
54. I would love tohoneymoon vacation in Tahiti, Canada, or Colorado.
55. I want to have an insane amount of kids. Like not using birth control amounts of kids.
56. I truly desire communal living with the people I love. I haven't quite been able to put words on this concept yet, but I know it's in my heart.
57. I have never been able to make a successful batch of homemade chocolate chip cookies.
58. I can count on one hand how many movies that have made me cry in my lifetime. Music makes me cry MUCH more often.
59. In the words of Trainer Bob, I like relentless.
60. I can't stand political commercials. Thank God for the mute button.
1. I have a 30-minute commute from my apartment to the campus where I work and I absolutely love it. A highway drive that cuts through the Blue Ridge mountains... what's not to love? At this time of year I get a daily dose of gorgeous sunrises and sunsets, and coupled with Colbie Collait crooning love songs to me through my stereo, I couldn't ask for more. Sure as heck beats the old bumper-to-bumper carbon dioxide-infused rush-hour that Orlando has to offer. My commute still takes about 30 minutes, but ten of it is in the oasis of Biltmore Estate.
2. I like words that contain dashes (see last sentence of #1) and I also like to use the cliffhanger dash-- just like this.
3. I adore Netflix and am currently working through season three of ER. Michelle got me a Netflix subscription for Christmas (had to quit my subscription awhile ago) and I'm loving it! Joshua actually bought me several seasons of ER for Christmas and we've started from the beginning and are watching them together... he's hooked. :)
4. Speaking of ER, I am a die-hard fan (of seasons one through three, at least). My favorite character is Dr. Mark Greene, followed in short order by Dr. John Carter who actually was quite endearing as a med student. Then of course the Carol Hathaway/Dr. Doug Ross relationship is starting to heat up in this season, but for me that is bittersweet because I realize that shortly thereafter Dr. Ross (played by the devilish George Clooney) will be leaving the show. Obviously, still a die-hard fan.
5. I could not survive life on earth without bread and potatoes. I must be a true Italian.
6. I'm a complete sucker for snuggling.
7. I don't eat chicken, beef or pork. But sometimes I really want to eat BBQ ribs. Definitely fell off the vegetarian bandwagon.
8. Sometimes music will hit this sweet spot in my soul that I can't really explain to anyone, but there is nothing like it.
9. I graduated college with a degree in interpersonal communication and still find myself amazingly interested in it. It has made me consider pursuing my master's in intercultural communication one day. Mmm... probably not.
10. I have ambitions to learn Spanish, French, Italian, German, Arabic, Chinese and Russian. My boyfriend (Joshua) and I have decided that if we learn one language every seven years, we can have it done before we die. I'm able to hold my own with Spanish already, so I think I'm ahead of the curve.
11. I'm an only child, but wasn't always. My younger sister died of heart disease
12. I love thunderstorms... which leads into the weird fact that I get very excited whenever a natural disaster is imminent. Is that sadistic? I am just most pumped in the midst of a crisis situation. Maybe I'm wired to do relief work.
13. My boyfriend bought me an iPod for Christmas. I had been secretly wanting one but trying to convince myself (quite publicly) that iPods are a detriment to society because they alienate people even further from one another in our already individualistic-to-the-point-of-ignoring-everyone-else lifestyles. I got an iPod speaker hook-up and share my tunes with everyone at work all day. I'm not sure if my Nigerian boss always digs my selection, but nobody has slammed their door shut yet. Seeing "my boyfriend" makes me smile. Still loving the iPod.
14. If I could live in any three American cities in my lifetime, I would pick Asheville, Chicago and D.C.
15. When I was in Rome I went to the Trevi fountain and threw coins over my shoulder so that I would come back to Italy married. I completely believe it will happen.
16. I like to organize the clothes hanging in my closet by color. Don't even get me started on the travesty of our clothing storage system.
17. Some days I really want to be married, and other days I am terrified of it. I'm pretty sure that's a sign I'm not ready yet. Ready or not... :)
18. I have these patent leather red high heels that make me feel absolutely bedazzling whenever I wear them.
19. I hate carrying a purse, but it's essential because I like to be forever prepared.
20. I spent a month in Nicaragua in 2006 and I'm pretty sure I left part of my heart there. I wonder a lot when I will get to go back. Hopefully this year with Dacia and Adam!
22. I love the sound of moving water. Rain. Waterfalls. Babbling brooks. Fountains. Ocean waves. I must live by that sound.
23. Going to the library makes me excited. I actually have daydreams about visiting the Library of Congress.
24. You know how little girls love horses? I never grew out of that stage.
25. I refuse to go shopping unless I have money because it puts me in a foul mood otherwise. I don't understand how "browsing for fun" is fun at all. I also have no patience when it comes to searching around for the best deal.
26. I have a Harley fetish. I am also not afraid of Bike Week and the girls in thongs and chaps and the saloons that go along with it.
27. If I could have one luxury in life, I would choose weekly massages. Oh, please.
28. I adore going to the symphony. The first time I went, it was to hear the Royal Philharmonic in Orlando and when they started to play, it literally took my breath away and I let out a huge gasp. It was one of the most glorious sounds I've ever heard.
29. I read the dictionary for fun.
30. I'm a brand-name snob, especially about food. Blame my mother. Umm... being poor has completely obliterated this. For the most part.
31. Somewhere along the way, I stopped being ashamed of liking what I like. Yes, I love Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and I own Season 1 on DVD. Yes, I like to eat ketchup on my garlic alfredo noodles. Yes, I like new age “earth sounds” music and some Kenny G and lots of country. And yes, I love cheesy chick flicks and “inspirational romance novels.”
32. I love working in academia even though I’m not an academician. Those are both real words, by the way. Josh told me that “academician” sounds like some sort of alien life form. Which makes me laugh, because sometimes I think they might be. But really—I am like a little sponge on my campus, and if I hang around these people for longer than ten minutes I never fail to learn something new, whether it be a new word for my voracious vocabulary or psychological theory. Like I said, I'm working for Biltmore Estate now, but it's still a place of history and learning and I'm soaking it up!
33. I love, love, love! having the perfect word. Articulation is a fine art.
34. I am interested in way too many things to ever become an expert on anything, I think. Except maybe intercultural communication. I can see myself becoming an expert on that. My boss wants me to go to graduate school. So did my old boss. So do my grandparents. But what about meeeee? How about we just get my husband through nursing school right now?
35. Despite my greatest attempts, I never drink enough water and always eat too much chocolate. (We have an M&M dispenser in my office that makes everyone on campus happy. When I came here I was told that my utmost duty is to make sure that it remains stocked. It is sorely overused, and sometimes the button you push to make the M&Ms come out doesn’t work and you have to shake it a little. Yesterday the button didn’t work. I was trying to be quiet… everyone else was being quiet. I gave it a little shake. Pushed the button. Nothing. A little bit bigger shake. Nothing. Finally, growing tired of making quiet rattles that were surely driving everyone crazy when they all knew by now that I wanted some M&Ms, I picked up the machine and started shaking it like crazy. The only thing is I didn’t put my hand over the lid. It flew off on the third shake and about 50 M&Ms went flying across the office, which drew a gasp and an “Oh no!” from me, and a sudden appearance from my boss, who declared she rather liked the color on the dull carpet anyway.) Definitely working on the water drinking thing. Still have no self-control when it comes to chocolate.
36. I went to the Alamo when I was little with my parents, but the only thing I remember is being scared of lizards when my dad made me pose on top of a big boulder and wanting to go back and swim at the hotel pool. Oh, the attention span of babes.
37. When I was 14 I started dying my hair and kind of got into a habit. Blond, auburn, bold white and fire-engine red chunks, and finally in the summer of 2006, jet black. After that I decided to go au natural for awhile and also I made a bet with a friend that resulted in me agreeing not to cut my hair until May 2008. I now have the longest, naturally beautiful brown hair ever. Still haven't cut it... just trims now and then.
38. I get giddy when I have a fresh journal/legal pad/notebook/post-it pad.
39. I love wearing skirts but hate shaving my legs. I think I have shaved my legs two times since I’ve moved to Asheville, and once was when I was back in Florida for the holidays and wanted to wear shorts. The other was for Valentine’s day. ;)
40. I’m not really into stuffed animals and teddy bears, but when someone I love buys one for me, it becomes my most precious possession. Hence the bear my dad bought me from EPCOT, the frog that says “kiss me, I’m your prince charming” from Josh and the huge Nemo that my dad got me for Christmas one year always adorning my bed and serving as snuggling companions.
41. I am absolutely thrilled by all the blossoms on the trees here as spring is arriving. It makes me giddy like a child because I've never seen anything like it. It is one of those things that makes my soul glow. New life. Beauty. Promise.
42. I haven't been to the dentist since before I went to college. Oops. I went. Twice. So there.
43. If I had a lot of money, I would buy everything organic that I possibly could.
44. The reason I wear glasses more than contacts is because I'm lazy. Period.
45. I kept a lot of my college textbooks because I think I might actually go back and read them one day. I'm not sure if that's delirium or just unrealistic expectations.
46. Joshua treats me like a princess and I love it.
47. I can't finish a whole beer, I get tipsy after two glasses of wine and I don't like the taste of hard liquor. I guess this is a good thing since I have an addictive personality and I'd probably end up being an alcoholic if I ever acquired a taste for it.
48. I love stories and could live my whole life for them. Reading stories in books, watching stories on TV or movies, hearing stories from people and writing stories... it makes me really, really happy.
49. I want to talk to the servers at Mexican restaurants in Spanish but I'm always too timid.
50. I am beginning to think that I mumble horribly and I need some practice in diction. Like Evangeline on Nanny McPhee. (Yes, I love children's movies. That's a bonus one for you tonight.)
51. I love event food. Popcorn and a soda at the movies, chicken strips and french fries at sporting events (don't do hotdogs, sorry fellow Americans)... if it has food that goes with it, I want some.
52. I am totally tempted to become a complete hippie (no car, TV, computer, cell phone; organic and locally grown food; sustainable living; etc.) but down deep I fear that I don't have what it takes.
53. I play the piano and have secret ambitions to make one of those naturescapes albums that has nature sounds in the background while I play my soothing melodies. I could totally do it.
54. I would love to
55. I want to have an insane amount of kids. Like not using birth control amounts of kids.
56. I truly desire communal living with the people I love. I haven't quite been able to put words on this concept yet, but I know it's in my heart.
57. I have never been able to make a successful batch of homemade chocolate chip cookies.
58. I can count on one hand how many movies that have made me cry in my lifetime. Music makes me cry MUCH more often.
59. In the words of Trainer Bob, I like relentless.
60. I can't stand political commercials. Thank God for the mute button.
Okay, here are ten new ones for you today:
61. Remember #39 about not liking to shave my legs? And #52 about becoming a hippie? Well, I think the hippie thing is just some sort of conversion that happens gradually and naturally as you are assimilated into Ashevillian society. Unshaven legs? Check. (Although Valentine's day is coming up again and so I'll probably shave then... just because my legs really do look like man legs right now.) Nose ring? Check. Contemplating dreads? Check. Aversion to deodorant? Check. (Okay, I really hate body odor but not as much as I hate cancer. Applying metal and BHT to my lymph nodes everyday just seems like a bad idea, don't you think? We use Tom's... which kind of works. If I start using patchouli instead, then you'll know I have officially become a hippie.)
62. I miss the beach.
63. I love Disney World. The Worthys are leaving today to go on a one-week Disney vacation that they've been saving up for for YEARS... and I am so jealous. Joshua and I never got to go to Disney on our honeymoon because a tropical storm descended upon Orlando the day after we arrived, so we still have our tickets. We're hoping to make an anniversary trip sometime this year. I just think Disney is truly magical.
64. You know those endcaps in the grocery store (or any store) that have sale items on them? Complete sucker.
65. I love having my nose pierced and really want to get more body piercings. I'm a fan of the Monroe piercing but we'll probably just start with piercing up my ear.
66. It's possible I might be having a quarter-life "what's next?" crisis... which I would like to get figured out before we start popping out babies.
67. Every time I go into a store that sells DVDs I go and look for You've Got Mail but I think it's out of circulation. Which makes me sad because I love that movie and want to own it.
68. The silence of snowfall mesmerizes me more than any other natural wonder.
69. I've started making my first quilt and I am surprisingly good at it.
70. I want an iMac so bad.
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