About Marci

Not just bananas…
This has got to be the absolute best place on the net to read and comment about baking, booze and butts. Oh, and sometimes sports. Whether you get more sports than booze (or butts) depends on the season, how stocked my liquor cabinet is and how many weeks since my last date. Sometimes, if you’re lucky, you’ll get it all at once. That, my friends, is what is called a good day.

“Baby Banana” came from…
I guess Buggie is the only one that knows what that is all about.  I’ll tell the story if you want me too, but I really don’t think it would retell very well. It was one of those punchy, teary-eyed laughter moments that barely make sense when *you* think about it, much less when you explain it to others. So it’s a nickname of sorts. And it makes for a good semi-anonymous blog identity.

Marci came from…
Minnesota.  Hence all the love for the MN teams.  It’s been a long time since I lived there, but I claim all sports allegiance to the state from whence I came,  allowing only the Nats, the Cubs and few others to garner legitimate cheers from my corner of the world.

100 Things (circa late 1995)…

  1. I claim all professional sports allegiances to Minnesota teams that were there when I left the state (Vikings, Twins and North Stars … while I appreciate the Wild and the Timberwolves, and will root for them on occasion, I feel no responsibility towards them nor do their wins or losses affect my moods).
  2. I have a sort of compulsion to exercise
  3. My eye color matches my hair color and I think this is really cool
  4. I am really drawn to the color orange. It makes me feel sated somehow
  5. I’ve been told (by those with foot fetishes and those without) that I have really cute feet
  6. I love coffee, but do not have an addiction. No, really.
  7. I want a dog desperately
  8. I love handbags
  9. It is generally a fruitless endeavor to speak to me before 10am if you are looking for some sort of response
  10. I love to travel. Plane trips, car trips, train trips, boat trips…I like it all. Chances are if you are going somewhere and there is an acceptable reason for me to tag along, I will try to go with you.
  11. My could-be-attainable-someday dream job would be running the event operations of a pro-football team
  12. If I could do it all over I would consider the following professions; dessert chef, pro/amateur sports trainer, or forensic scientist
  13. If it paid more AND I could do it all over again, I would consider being a elementary school teacher. But I think I am slightly too materialistic to be a teacher in the real-world.
  14. Chicago is my favorite U.S. city
  15. I love to bake. Cooking is nice, but I really dig baking. If I am stressed, I’ll bake all kinds of stuff. If there is an occasion, I’ll bake. My office mates love me for this
  16. I tend to over-explain things
  17. I have only lived in two states — Minnesota and Virginia
  18. Favorite alcoholic beverage, Grey Goose and vodka. Actually this is an inside joke (I really tried to order that at a bar once or twice), so I do love my vodka. Actual beverage of choice would be Chopin and soda
  19. I don’t have to shave my legs. I mean, not that any of us *HAVE* to (screw society!), but really I don’t. Sometimes I get longish/darkish hairs and I pluck them out, but I don’t shave. My girlfriends all hate me for this. I thank my mother and her Ojibwe genes.
  20. I am trying to be succinct here, it’s not working…I am not so good at that
  21. I love frozen treats on sticks
  22. I am good / decent at a lot of things
  23. I am afraid that I will only ever be “good / decent” at many things and never really excel in any one thing
  24. I am a little afraid I’ll never find “the one”, but it’s not something that bothers me (much)
  25. It doesn’t bother me much because I tend to take a rather Buddhist attitude toward love
  26. I am more afraid that my quasi-Buddhist attitude is a coping mechanism rather than the deep-down truth
  27. I have horrible grammar skills
  28. I learned more about English grammar in the 8 years of Spanish I took than in my entire elementary and high school education
  29. I love flowers
  30. But, I am not a fan of roses
  31. I am enamored with the moon and the sky
  32. I am not easily offended or insulted
  33. I used to be extremely uptight
  34. I like myself a lot more now that I am more easy-going
  35. I crave organization, but I don’t think I am that good at it
  36. Some have called me a perfectionist, and I used to argue. Now I agree.
  37. My memory is terrible unless there is a story or a feeling attached to the thing I am trying to remember
  38. I am a terrible joke-teller
  39. But I am generally quick with a quip
  40. People tell me I am funny, but a lot of the time I don’t see it
  41. I cannot carry a tune.
  42. I love to sing in the car…this is the ONLY time I sing. Unless it’s “Happy Birthday”.
  43. I want to be a soccer mom someday. Meaning, I want to have kids who play every sport known to man and I want to be *that* mom that screams and roots and makes snide comments about the opposing team.
  44. I am not a fan of suburbia
  45. This is mostly because I hate to drive
  46. I am allergic to bananas
  47. I don’t know if I am really open-minded or too damned chicken shit to take a definitive stance on anything
  48. I love cheese
  49. Actually, I love all dairy products
  50. I bring my lunch with me everyday to work
  51. I VERY rarely eat out
  52. I own my own condo and that has made for a HUGE sense of accomplishment for me
  53. I love playing interior designer and thinking about how I’d like each room to look, but I am afraid I am sort of haphazard in my thinking.
  54. I like to sleep with the window open in the dead of winter
  55. I just hate when the bedding is “tucked in”
  56. I don’t get sick very often, like germs just don’t stick to me
  57. I have one younger brother and one younger sister
  58. They still live at home, I’ve been out for 11 years
  59. I have one living grandparent, she’s a spunky 83 and a crazy Twins fan
  60. I have no tattoos, although I do want one
  61. But I do have freckles and if I connect some of the dots I am sure I could draw something fairly interesting
  62. When I was little, I had a sprinkle of 5 freckles on my thigh that I used to “connect” into a house (a square with a triangle on top)
  63. I’ve never broken any bones other than my fingers
  64. My mom had to call the ambulance for me when I was 9. Since it wasn’t anything major, they gave my parents the choice of taking the ambulance to the hospital or driving me themselves. My parents scooped me up and stuck me in the station wagon and followed the ambulance to the hospital. I was sad I didn’t get to ride in it. I am still sad I didn’t get to ride in it.
  65. Bennigan’s was my college experience. I went to GMU. All the things you learn at college, I learned at Bennigan’s. Damn, that was a corrupt place. I wouldn’t change it for the world.
  66. I was the geek that liked school — all of it. 2nd grade, 10 grade, and college…I loved it all.
  67. I am sometimes really quiet, but I think a lot and sometimes I forget to SAY what I am thinking…
  68. I go through 3 pairs of running shoes per year
  69. For the past couple of years, my legs/feet have averaged over 800 miles/year.
  70. Barring future injury, I will run a marathon within a year
  71. I don’t own a microwave
  72. I haven’t had cable television in over four years, not even basic!
  73. I am sucker for dimples and great skin
  74. I frequently have trouble sleeping — I hate this, because I love sleeping
  75. The government’s Food Pyramid is pretty close to what I eat every day
  76. But I eat ALL the time, it’s almost comical how many times a day I eat.
  77. I don’t keep bug spray in my house, but hair product and foaming upholstery cleaner do the same job
  78. I sleep with a fan running at night for the white noise
  79. I’ve only been dumped once, but it was pretty much the suckiest thing ever
  80. I was diagnosed with gum disease at 30, but I beat it! Woo!
  81. “Poop” is funny
  82. Is it apparent yet that I have a pretty juvenile sense of humor?
  83. I put myself through college and graduated debt-free
  84. My wrists are pretty small, I can wrap my my thumb and pinky around with much ease
  85. I’ve only ever colored my hair once, and had highlights twice. Hairdressers before and after have been convinced that I color my hair on a continuous basis.
  86. I have TMJ
  87. The first piece of furniture I bought was a king size bed
  88. Generally speaking, I am not a fan of talking on the phone, I’d rather look at your face while speaking.
  89. I am prone to burning myself. Chances are, if there is something hot, I will find a way for it to sear my skin — it’s a talent really
  90. Favorite all-time vegetable? Spinach
  91. I have a “maiden name” even though I’ve never been married. My not-biological-dad adopted me when I was six and gave me his last name, it’s even on my birth certificate.
  92. I am SUCH a procrastinator
  93. I would have to say that most, if not all of my joints hyperextend. I think some call this “double jointed”, but it just means I look weird when I lock out a joint.
  94. I can sometimes go days without uttering a word.
  95. I love kissing, it’s one of my favorite activities really
  96. I am extremely good with money. I’ve never really had any major debt in my life (you, know except for my mortgage). I think it comes from all those years of being really uptight.
  97. I’ve been told that I intimidate guys. I don’t get it.
  98. I cried when I got my temporary veneers, not because I was glad but because I was scared
  99. I love attention, but I am shy
  100. I am horribly self-conscious, but less so now than in the past
  101. I am terribly loyal, once you are ‘in” with me…it’s probably forever (The only reason I say probably is because I can think of one person that isn’t, but it’s his own damned fault)

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