My 100

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1. I was born in Boston on April 24, 1975 sometime in the morning at the Women’s Lying In Hospital (now part of Brigham and Women’s)
2. I was conceived the summer before while my parents were on a brief vacation to Bar Harbor, Maine, where my mom’s family was for a week or so. Mom and Dad rode their bikes up there and apparently were so moved by nature that they took a rest under a tree, presumably on the way up, as she was sick the entire way home.
3. My grandmother and mother told me this story when I was a late teenager and my grandmother then gave me the pendant that Grandpa bought her that weekend. It’s still one of my favorite pieces of jewelry.
4. I’m an only child
5. My parents and I moved back to Ohio where my mom’s family was still centered in 1976 and when I finally moved out for graduate school in 1997, I moved directly back to Boston.
6. One of my neighbors, Todd, from our first Ohio house (in Painesville) was/is cousins with one of my closest childhood friends, Stacy, whom I met when I left Painesville to live in Mentor (in the house my parents are still in)-
7. My elementary school was across the street from my house.
8. Before I was 4, I had to visit the emergency room for 2 facial lacerations (within 6 weeks of each other while visiting my aunt in British Columbia), a broken foot (pretending to be Spider Girl), and a dog bite that covered the entire back of my thigh.
9. Both my mom and dad grew up in alcoholic environments
10. My parents didn’t have a television until I was 14, and that was only because I pestered through the provocation of my then boyfriend, Ed, who thought it would be neat if it worked.
11. I hated junior high
12. My first big crush was Allen Nimmo from the drama program I was in.
13. My first boyfriend was Mike Stipan in 8th grade and I thought I was in love
14. Both guys had almost no recollection of me by the end of high school
15. I went to Interlochen Arts Camp 2 times: 1990 and 1991. They were the best summers of my adolescence.
16. All of my closest friends from preschool and early elementary school have one or more children already (and all of them had their first child before they were 21).
17. I think my parents are cool
18. I don’t think I ever want to bungee jump or go sky diving
19. One of the biggest regrets in my life is that I hurt my ex boyfriend, Dan.
20. Of all my old boyfriends, Eddie from 8th grade was the best match for me, I think.
21. Of all my old boyfriends, Neville from my second summer in Interlochen was the most exotic: Native of USVI, blind, 2 years older, and the only black man I’ve dated. I wish I knew where he was now.
22. The first thing I’d want to change about myself would be being lactose intolerant
23. The second would be snoring. I could out-snore my grandfather by the time I was 3.
24. I have a type-A personality
25. I like to fix problems
26. Sometimes I still wonder if a monster is going to jump out at me in the dark I have “When I Grow Up” from Free to Be You and Me stuck in my head right now. That album was one of the primary, non-animate influences growing up
27. Ani DiFranco is my current idol
28. I’m a mystery novel junkie
29. I can’t manage to sit and do nothing most of the time
30. The most traumatic event in my life so far has been my maternal grandmother’s death.
31. There’s something really perfect about riding my bike down the bike trail, listening to the music favorite of the day and that experience can happen *any day* now.
32. Almost every time I went camping as a kid, I got sick with strep or an ear ache. So, I really don’t like camping now. I envy and am confused by those who love it.
33. I can divide my life by who my favorite female singer was: early grade school: Pat Benetar; late grade school: Cyndi Lauper; Jr. High: hm. Brief sabbatical while caught up with Poison- hey--- they had long hair and wore makeup!!; High school- Tori Amos; college- Indigo Girls; late college/grad school-to present: Ani DiFranco.
34. I’ve visited Europe on three occasions- age 13: UK with mom; age 17: Germany on exchange for a month; age 22: tour of many cities for 5 weeks
35. My parents have hosted AFS exchange students- Barbro from Norway, 1992/3; Basak from Turkey, 1993/4; Nina from Finland and Iris from Austria, 1995/6; Claire from France, 1995/6; Teresa from Italy, 1996/7; Frederica from Germany, 2000/01.
36. Dr. Pepper is my favorite soft drink
37. I am a Buffy addict
38. I want to buy a motorcycle- cruiser, preferably purple (not betting on it)
39. I don’t get to climb enough trees anymore
40. If I didn’t work in such a respectable job, I’d have purple hair
41. I almost went to Antioch College for undergrad
42. I ended up going to Ohio University
43. My B.A. is in history
44. I moved to Boston to go to Simmons College
45. My masters is in library and information science
46. I’m proud that I am actually using my degrees for what I do now, although undergrad one to a lesser degree
47. I find myself getting sucked into committees/volunteering situtions
48. I’m the head of the outreach committee for the New England Archivists
49. It seems like too much of my clothing I get second-hand
50. Becoming Donna Reed (with heels and pearls while vacuuming) has been my greatest phobia since I got married
51. I’m allergic to cats
52. I collect lizards- the not-live kind
53. I miss the art of creating compilation tapes
54. I go to dance class about once a week, but somehow I don’t feel like I’m a very good dancer these days
55. Monty Python? Yeah… I’ve memorized way too many of their sketches
56. The thing I really hate is to feel helpless
57. And inconsistency drives me nuts, too.
58. My calendar this year is Winnie the Pooh (original, not Disney)
59. I’m a feminist
60. My grandmother helped establish the Unitarian church I went to as a kid
61. When I was 3, I played the evil step mother/witch in the production of Sleeping Beauty. I actually remember doing my dramatic entrance and then had to be fed my lines from off-stage.
62. Somehow I always end up being the social secretary at my house
63. I worry too much
64. I can see the Boston State House dome from my office at work
65. I’m addicted to Yahoo game alchemy
66. I’ve been married for almost 5 years now
67. I couldn’t bring myself to change my name to Matt’s when we got married; I am I (and I wiggle my toes)
68. I’m not ready to have kids yet, but I’m finding it less of an alien concept than I did a few years ago
69. I think my fear of death is really more a fear of the unknown
70. I’m starting an impractical boot collection. So far all of them are black. I have 4 pairs as of yesterday
71. My primary hobby right now is knitting
72. I also love painting Doodle-Art posters (I just ordered 3, mail order so I could have designs other than the 5 that are available locally)
73. My last attempt at selling art was to make polymer clay butterflies/fairies. I still have a zillion of them since I am not actually good at marketing my stuff.
74. In 5th grade, my parents went to the BVIs with their friends for a week.
75. When I was in 6th grade, my dad took me to Disney World to make up for the fact that he and Mom left me at home when they went to the BVIs
76. I still haven’t been anywhere tropical. It’s my dream vacation to go *somewhere* with white sand and blue water
77. my fingernails are paper thin and have a tendency to bend
78. I have 2 nieces (Matt’s brother’s kids), but I consider myself to be an auntie-type to at least 3 other kids- Amy’s girls and to Kfir Wexelblat… which means that I’ll be an auntie-type to one more munchkin Very Soon Now.
79. I hate data processing
80. I’ve found one of the products of being an archivist is I take great pleasure in throwing the superfluous away
81. If I eat too much sugar, I turn into the biggest spaz in the world
82. I have almost no tolerance for alcohol; I just fall asleep
83. I could spend hours in an art store
84. My mom had an art store when I was in grade school.
85. Even back then, I was organizing things- like all the colored pencils and markers in mom’s store
86. I don’t believe in having just one best friend
87. I think Live Journal is a lot of fun
88. I hate reading directions
89. I think I make great apple pie
90. I’ve found that feeding guys really does work when it comes to fixing their attention on me
91. I’ve been told I have the “best looking ass on a white girl”
92. My parents’ music has shaped my taste and I think that’s a good thing
93. I don’t like playing shooting video games
94. I hope someday pinball will make a come-back
95. I don’t feel the draw to watch reality television
96. I’m waiting for fashion to get back to the 60s revival like in the early 90s. This 70s revival drives me nuts
97. I’ve never learned how to play an instrument
98. When I’m alone in the car, I sing along really loudly
99. I believe things will change for the better… someday.
100. My first job was as a sign carver

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