1. I sometimes wish my eyes were bluer and my hair blonder, but I refuse to get color contacts or dye.
2. I'm always surprised when I see myself in photographs.
3. I can't resist calling to a cat.
4. I often smile at homeless people asking for change, but I rarely give them any.
5. I have a natural tendency to blame others for my mistakes.
6. I suffer from a mild addiction to reality TV and daytime talk shows.
7. I love fast food.
8. I am a trained pianist and ballerina.
9. As she predicted I would, I have thanked my mother for forcing me to take piano lessons.
10. I have made piano teachers and babysitters cry.
11. I have never gone through a phase where I've hated my parents.
12. It sometimes baffles me who I am related to by blood.
13. I have never imbibed more beer at one time than the amount in the neck of one bottle.
14. I have never imbibed enough beer in my entire life to fill even half a bottle.
15. I have no plans to drink beer anytime in the near or distant future.
16. I thought college was easy.
17. I get attached to people easily and strongly.
18. I am still figuring out how to be friends with girls.
19. I have been in love more than once.
20. I really hope there's an afterlife and I really hope pets are allowed.
21. I have almost passed out at an amusement park (heat) and on an airplane (motion sickness).
22. I take Pepto Bismol tablets every time I eat out and a Dramamine every time I fly.
23. My biological clock is ticking.
24. I don't like getting older because I view it as one step farther from being a child genius.
25. I cannot leave this life until I have at least tried out for Jeopardy.
26. I think I have one novel in me.
27. My biggest regret about childhood is that I didn't get to do a book review on Reading Rainbow.
28. Sometimes I do Reading Rainbow-style book reviews in front of the mirror about things I'm reading now.
29. I deal with the fear of death nearly every day.
30. I suffer from moderate obsessive-compulsive disorder, claustrophobia, agoraphobia, and some sort of gastrointestinal dysfunction not-so-lovingly referred to as "stomach monkeys."
31. I believe the above neuroses were subconsciously invented to make up for my complete lack of common disorders such as low self-esteem, passive-aggressive behavior, distorted body-image, eating disorders, religious fanaticism, or bigotry.
32. I am one of the most well-adjusted people I know.
33. Although I am often facetious, the above statement was not one of those times.
34. One of my biggest fears is being misunderstood.
35. In an effort to make real life as much like a musical as possible, I sing and dance spontaneously every day.
36. I have been accused of being conservative and Republican and have taken great offense.
37. My musical taste spans every genre, but is mostly confined to songs you'd hear on the radio.
38. I have no desire to go to Prague.
39. I think "nice" people are highly overrated.
40. I think misdirected feminism can be just as destructive to women as tens of thousands of years of male dominance and oppression.
41. I love my job.
42. If they asked me to do my job for free, I would.
43. I suspect that my dad just might know everything worth knowing about the world.
44. I would rather stay home on a Friday night and watch Cops than go to a big party and mingle with strangers. (And I don't really like Cops.)
45. I think my abs kick ass.
46. My toenails are always painted.
47. I am desperately trying to stop biting my fingernails.
48. Once I'm actually at the gym, I really enjoy being there.
49. I can't deal with hyper dogs.
50. Babies don't like me, but two- to eight-year-olds do.
51. If I could only read one author for the rest of my life, it would be Shakespeare. No contest.
52. Beethoven has moved me to tears and inspired in me something akin to spiritual enlightenment.
53. I have never officially eaten "real" sushi.
54. I am not bitter about the Mormon church. Dismissive and annoyed, yes; bitter, no.
55. Breakfast is my favorite meal.
56. Spring is my favorite season.
57. People close to me don't allow me to eat cotton candy.
58. My calf muscles are extraordinarily long.
59. I do not automatically respect people just because they're older than me.
60. I think insurance is a scam.
61. I hardly read any fiction written in the last fifty years; when I do I'm usually disappointed.
62. I donated to several charities on my tax form last year.
63. My personal heroes are Anne Frank, Emma Woodhouse, Rory Gilmore, Pollyanna, Anne Shirley, Eloise, Annie, Lizzy McGuire, and Laura Ingalls, 'cause they gots smarts and they mostly get away with being a little prissy.
64. When telling stories, I have to fight a compulsion to exaggerate.
65. On a list of qualities I look for in a man, I would never put "sense of humor" anywhere near my top five.
66. I think intelligence is the sexiest thing about a person.
67. The lowest grades I've ever received were a B+ in middle school gym (for blatant disregard of the "no gum" policy) and a B+ in high school creative writing (for being late to first period for the last month of my high school career).
68. Before I moved to Berkeley, I'd only met one Jewish person.
69. I have never paid more than $100 for an article of clothing.
70. I'm saving my money to get my teeth straightened.
71. I can hold a wicked grudge.
72. I am a sentimental packrat.
73. The only time I've given a stranger my number was when I met a cute boy at an amusement park when I was twelve.
74. I know Latin.
75. I have eaten an undetermined number of boll weevils.
76. I didn't own a Barbie until my grandma gave me one in a purple cap and gown for high school graduation.
77. I often imagine inanimate objects have feelings and will be offended if I neglect them, throw them away, or take them to Goodwill.
78. Long hair, facial hair, and bulging muscles can just keep on walking.
79. I love Indian music videos.
80. I am a savant when it comes to Minesweeper and Tetris.
81. I wish I looked like Grace Kelly.
82. I have a thing for David Letterman.
83. I could not have told the World Trade Center towers from any other buildings until after 9/11.
84. I feel I am destined for greatness.
85. I consider The Wizard of Oz to be a perfect movie.
86. I would go out with any of the boys from Newsies.
87. I sometimes like the smell of cigarettes.
88. I think paranoia is a small price to pay for safety.
89. I far prefer the company of men to the company of women.
90. I am a substitute teacher's worst nightmare.
91. I have been sent to the principal's office and detention more than once, several times because I sassed a teacher and once because I helped saran wrap someone's car.
92. I am easily annoyed but almost impossible to offend.
93. I grew up in a house with a phone in nearly every room.
94. I discovered early on that band-aids attract attention but big gauze patches, ace wraps, and slings made out of bandanas attract more. Crutches are nice if you can get them.
95. If I could only eat one food for the rest of my life, it would probably have to be french fries.
96. I'm happy to say everyone was right when they told me one day I'd look up to my baby brother.
97. My first word was "kitty."
98. I have had chicken pox several times, always during the summer, always on vacation.
99. I like to wear things on my fingertips, including paperclips, rubber bands, empty Diet Coke cans, olives, and frosting.
100. I wish I could draw.

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