101 Factoids about Me

1. I am addicted to: Salads from Sonic, any type of alcohol (major vice... not AA addicted, mind you), Jack in the Boxes' new french fries.

2. I have dated men and women. I have had sex with more women than men. (4 men, 5 women)

3. I really like playing The Sims, Monopoly (I'm evil at that) and Yatzee.

4. I am the youngest in my family. My brother, who is closest in age to me, is 14 years older.

5. I almost lost my virginity at age 15, but didn't because my 19 year old boyfriend went limp.

6. I am the first woman in my family to graduate from college.

7. I don't like tomatos unless they are unable to squirt me (like cherry tomatoes eaten in one bite.

8. I have a major weakness for sweets of any kind.

9. My favorite colors are black, red and purple (in that order)

10. I have a special talent for writing (although sometimes you wouldn't think so from my diary)

11. I appear very confident from the outside, but really have very low self confidence.

12. I was hospitalized when I was 16 for major depression.

13. Do you ever wake up with bruises? I do.

14. I have two dogs, Mercedes and Porsche. They were named after cars I thought I would never own.

15. I still don't have a Mercedes or Porsche, but I do drive a BMW.

16. I did have a dog named Beamer, but we had to give her away because she kept running away.

17. When I get motivated to do something, I do it. So if I'm not losing weight its because I'm lying about my true level of motivation.

18. The last time I went to a strip club, I passed my phone number to the bartender and to a stripper. I got calls from two husbands thinking I was a guy who was screwing their wives.

19. I haven't been with a woman in over two years.

20. I used to be a web cam performer.

21. My hubby and I take the 500 question purity test as a checklist of things we could do.

22. On average, hubby and I have sex 2-3 times a day.

23. We've been married just over seven years.

24. We live on a lake, but we haven't been on it yet.

25. When I get sad, I shut down. But recently, when I get sad, I just start studying for the GMAT. I instantly feel better.

26. My work environment is like survivor. So far, three people in my department have been voted off the island in the six months I've been here.

27. Although I lack self confidence, I love to educate people. Explain that one.

28. I'm a Gemini.

29. When I was five, I had surgery to correct a lazy eye. If you look REALLY close today, you can tell which eye it was.

30. I've never broken a bone.

31. I come from a relatively poor family who lives in a small town.

32. The most I've ever weighed is 191.

33. I continued to interview even when I was eight months pregnant.

34. I love to read.

35. Even though there's a lot of griping around here about my boss. I secretly like her. It's scary, but I see some of myself in her.

36. I grew up Church of Christ and had a very strict upbringing.

37. I have never seen that movie where the little girl says, "Every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings."

38. I love Jimmy Stewart, though. My favorite movie of his is Harvey.

39. I want to be more girly... but I really think I need a coach.

40. TV and radio ads for food REALLY work on me.

41. I was reading at a college level in the fifth grade.

42. My mom always told me that I wasn't college material.

43. Now I teach junior college and I will be getting my MBA.

44. When I was 13, I was forced to give a guy a blowjob. I only give blowjobs when I'm feeling extremely insecure now or I'm on my period.

45. I didn't lose my virginity until I was 18 years old.

46. I tried to marry the guy I lost my virginity to because of religious guilt.

47. J never bought me an engagement ring, so I'm still wearing my first fiances ring.

48. I would smoke pot. But every time I've tried it, it has made me really paranoid.

49. The first time I tried smoking pot, I backed my car into a fence.

50. I'm attracted to really intelligent men.

51. I'm very very sloppy and tend to be a bit of a pig sometimes.

51. I used to work at a psych hospital.

52. One of my ex boyfriends from when I was a patient ended up being an in patient under my care.

53. He had a VERY unhealthy obsession with me.

54. I was born and raised in Texas, but I lived in California for eight years.

55. I am the only one in my immediate family to ever live outside of Texas.

56. A teacher once told me to stop writing, that I was terrible at it.

57. My work can now be seen on packaging and within product nationwide. Although, do I get a credit line? No.

58. I tend to not admit when I've done something wrong or have made a mistake.

59. I got married at age 20.

60. I got married in Vegas, but I wasn't of age to gamble. (4 months until my 21st birthday. You'd think I could have waited.)

61. J and I didn't have sex on our wedding night because I got atomic diarrhea and slept all night.

62. The first concert I ever went to was Extreme and Saigon Kick. I went with my dad and step mom.

63. I used to run concert contests for a newspaper and got free VIP seats all the time.

64. Since I left the paper, I haven't been to a concert.

65. I'm a big procrastinator. Case in point... I'm doing this instead of working.

66. I'm not happy unless someone is telling me how good I am. Sad, huh?

67. I don't think I'm as much good as I am good at looking like I'm good.

68. I'm guilty of planning my life too well. This can be a good thing... but I'm worrying about 5 years from now, right now.

69. I like to look at the blood leaving my arm when the doctor takes blood.

70. I have thalessemia minor, so I can't give blood.

71. Sometimes, when I really have to pee, but I'm working really hard on something, I will hold it until I finish what I'm doing.

72. Sometimes I think that my husband and I have nothing in common... until I realize that we're practically the same in every way.

73. If I don't write something down, I will forget it two minutes later.

74. I can't draw.

75. I can't cook.

76. My job helps me explore my inner nerd.

77. My mom made really ugly clothes for me when I was a kid and fixed my hair in horribly outdated styles.

78. My mom wouldn't let me wear black until I turned 13. Now its all I wear.

79. I am obsessed with my skin and wrinkles on my face.

80. Most of the clothes I own are from Goodwill.

81. I put off doing important things... like laundry.

82. I'm trying to regress into being a teenager again. I read Teen Vogue, YM, Girls' Life... and not just because I'm required to for work.

83. When I drink to get drunk, I have to watch it or I'll give myself alcohol poisoning.

84. I don't have a temper.

85. Sometimes I daydream about single life.

86. Sometimes I empathize with Marilyn Monroe. It is possible to seemingly have it all and still feel like your life has no meaning.

87. I'm addicted to reality TV.

88. I listen to alternative rock, dance and talk radio.

89. I'm a Republican.

90. I changed majors twice before settling on business: social work, psychology then marketing.

91. I went to four colleges before I graduated.

92. I want to learn German.

93. I really don't know how to make friends.

94. This was the year I graduated from high school, 1994.

95. No... I'm not going to my 10 year reunion. The reunion I want to go to is the school I didn't graduate from.

96. I went to three different high schools.

97. It is my plan to break the cycle of instability by going to one grad school.

98. I haven't been to church in almost nine years.

99. I've been trying to get J to go to church because I'm afraid of going alone.

100. I want children eventually. I just don't know how to tell them about Holly. Or even if I should.

101. I have so much more to tell. I have too many secrets.

Keep reading... I'll keep writing.

And yes... I had to pee while I was doing this, but I held it until I was finished.

2004-08-02 @ 10:03 a.m.
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