100 Things About Me • Part 3

Andrew threw down the gauntlet. He called me out and now my honor is at stake.

Here is installment three of 100 Things About Me. (Click here for Part 1. Here for Part 2.)

51. I remember exactly what I was doing when I heard the news that Elvis had died. I was listening to my transistor radio in my pink bedroom with my name painted in huge letters on the wall. I was putting Rose Milk lotion on my legs (which you can still buy BTW!).

52. I am still fanatical about putting lotion on every inch of skin. . .every single day.

53. I had posters of Shawn Cassidy and Leif Garrett on my bedroom walls as a “tweener.”

54. I don’t like spiders. I can kill them if I have to.

55. Centipedes make me want to die. I would leave the house and live in the yard before I would have the nerve to kill a centipede.

56. Once, in about second grade, I stole a book from another kid. It looked really good and I wanted to read it. When my parents asked me where it came from I told them that a kid had thrown it out the bus window onto our driveway and I picked it up.

57. I came home from school one day in first grade and my mom told me that she knew what was going to be on “Mister Rogers” at 4:00. I thought she was psychic!! It was a long time before I got the concept of TV Guide.

58. We lived in a big old house until I was in 7th grade. It had a hallway with 10 doors. Behind one of the doors was a bathtub. Just a bathtub the size of a closet. No floor. Nothing but a bathtub. My sister and I filled it with toys and played in there for hours. As far as I know, it never had water in it. Just a secret place for toys.

59. I’ve only been outside the United States once. I went with my boyfriend in high school and his family to Canada.

60. My first car was a Plymouth Horizon. Green. I called it Gumby.

61. I would love to go get my palm read. I think it would be fun.

62. I’m addicted to chapstick. I get really mad when I accidentally leave it in my pants pocket and then wash it. I get even madder when it accidentally makes it to the dryer.

63. When asked to add numbers, I still secretly count on my fingers.

64. Related to #63 – When I was in 4th grade I got a D in math. My dad said it was OK because girls weren’t supposed to be good at math.

65. I smoked pot twice. I didn’t really like the feeling of being high.

66. I don’t drink very much. I don’t really like the feeling of being drunk either.

67. I have several language related pet peeves. The most annoying is when someone says “anxious” when what they really mean is “eager.”

68. My favorite ice cream is Ben & Jerry’s Chubby Hubby.

69. I want to be cremated when I die.

70. My blood type is AB negative.

71. When I was a kid I wanted to be a postal carrier when I grew up. I still think that would be a great job – but only if I had a walking route.

72. I like the toilet paper to roll off the top rather than peel off the bottom. Wherever I go, it it’s not to my liking, I switch it.

73. When cravings hit me it’s always for something salty. I don’t often crave sweets.

74. I am slightly claustrophobic. Ask me about the IKEA story. . .

75. I am more of a process than product oriented creator.

OMG. . .can I really think of 25 more things??? I have to. . .Andrew is watching!