copy-cat...

my friend colleen (she copied the idea from our friend haley, who copied the idea from her friend karen) made this list and it sounded like a really fun idea, so here it is: 50 things you should know about me.

1. i hate all white substances because they remind me of mayo which i hate more than anything: yogurt, cottage cheese, vanilla ice cream- you name it, i hate it.
2. i love the smell of rain.
3. i want to be a mother so badly sometimes my heart aches.
4. since i was 15 years old i have wanted to live in africa.
5. sometimes while i am driving i wonder what would happen if i swerved into oncoming traffic, i don't want to kill myself, i just wonder what would happen.
6. i'm meticulously organized.
7. i'm a bit of a control feak.
8. i have an on-going dialouge with myself.
9. i think the brawny-paper towel guy is hot.
10. people assume i exagerate because i did it when i was in jr. high and sometimes i want to punch them and yell, "LET ME GROW OUT OF MY POOR BEHAVIOR!"
11. my friends and family assume they know me really well and would be surprised to find out that i hide quite a bit of myself.
12. i love airports.
13. i've always wanted to be a rock star.
14. i have seen and expected miracles and yet i am constantly surprised by them.
15. a little piece of me has always wanted to live in a tiny apartment in greenwich village and write hugely successful novels.
16. i collect "strays", people and animals.
17. when someone says i "can't" do something i put every ounce of my being into proving them wrong.
18. i find myself hugely entertaining.
19. i have already picked out names for my kids.
20. i would be doing something completely different with myself right now if i didn't have student loans.
21. i love to cook.
22. i tend to think i know how my loved ones should live their lives better than they do.
23. i would wear a dress everyday if i could.
24. i have abandonment issues and my parents are not divorced.
25. i am the oldest child.
26. i always wished i had come from a big family. i always wanted to be the youngest girl, with 5 older brothers.
27. i think about meeting my future husband a good 70% of my day.
28. i am incredibly blessed.
29. i love 80s music.
30. swimming is the only time i feel really, truely athletic.
31. i love soap operas and i must admit i am a little ashamed to reveal that.
32. i love books and i have a test system one must complete if they want to borrow any of my books.
33. i wish i could make "make-believe" a reality.
34. i hate when people notice me.
35. i hate when people don't notice me.
36. i cry super easily.
37. i hear God through media.
38. i love a good fight.
39. i think sports with no defense shouldn't be called sports, they should be called "athletic endeavors".
40. i'm a good leader.
41. i'm an E.N.F.P. in the meyer briggs.
42. i love to name inanimate objects.
43. i've always wanted to travel to london, sit in a pub, watch rugy, drink a pint, and find true love.
44. i think disney perpetuates a belief that women need men to be satisfied.
45. i think women who are no longer little girls and dress up like a disney princess for halloween need to re-evaluate their priorities.
46. in jr. high my friend sophia calica made me promise that if i ever won an academy award i would thank her in my acceptance speech.
47. i have not seen sophia calica since jr. high, but if i ever won an academy award i would thank her in my acceptance speech.
48. my deepest fear is being alone.
49. i love my silent days.
50. i cannot be summed up in lists.