Know your Banana

100 posts of drivel on the blog,
100 posts of drivel.
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101 posts of drivel on the blog.

101 posts of drivel on the blog,
101 posts of drivel.
Put one up, comment around!
102 posts of drivel on the blog.

I heard this is a “thing”, to post 100 things about you to mark your 100th post. Well, I was in Chicago so I missed IT. But this marks the 102nd, so like it or not, I am posting 101 random facts about me. If you get through it all, feel free to add your own “102nd Banana Fact”.

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   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
   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 said joint
   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)