Get to know me
Started on August 27, 2006...or earlier, I can't remember. Updated so things make sense currently (ex: I'm not in school anymore, so I needed to make school ones in past tense.)
1. I'm left handed sorta. Left side: writing, fork-holding, batting, golfing, and more. Right: scissor cutting, knife holding, tennis racquet holding, kicking, and more.
2. I'm a homebody.
3. I miss high school. I liked the teachers and seeing my friends regularly.
4. I'm an only child. (And have what I call "only-child syndrome").
5. I'm a control freak in my private life.
6. When I'm extremely upset, I have a disturbing urge to claw myself with my nails. I haven't done it yet.
7. I'm a blood donor but I'm tired of the Red Cross calling my house, damn it.
8. I'm 21 years old.
9. I lived in a mobile home for 3/4 of my life.
10. Tipper is my dog. I love him very very much.
11. I collect glass fish stuff.
12. I have no idea what I want to do with my life now that I'm done with SWIC.
13. I'm 37 pounds lower than my *original junior year of high school* starting weight, but 22 pounds higher than my lowest weight. Better than nothing though, right?
14. I enjoy doing the cheesy Tae Bo workout.
15. I have 8 cousins, but only one is on my mom's side of the family. I thought I had 3 on that side for sure, but it turns out that those twins' mother might be a dirty whore, and they might not be my uncle's kids.
16. I have yet to be drunk.
17. I've never gotten a speeding ticket.
18. I'm very self concious in person.
19. I'm laid back, funny, and very open on the internet in conversation.
20. Jessica is the friend that I've had the longest - we've been friends since we were 5 years old and I can't remember any real fights with her. How cool is that?
21. Food is my vice.
22. I cracked my wrist at the end of kindergarten when my babysitter's kid knocked me backwards in a chair. 3 weeks in a plaster cast.
23. I broke my right wrist in fifth grade when I was trying to "referee" a game of chicken on the log thing on the play ground. It was an embarassing experience. 6 weeks in 2 different ugly fiberglass casts.
24. I broke my right wrist in the fall (pun?) of '05 and only felt the pain a couple weeks after I tripped over a vacuum. 4 weeks in a purty blue cast.
25. I kicked my chronic nail biting habit after the second broken wrist, though I might nibble on a broken nail once in a blue moon.
26. I sucked my thumb up until the first grade.
27. I've had 3 cavities.
28. I've gotten all A's at SWIC.
29. I drink too much water right at the end of the night; makes me have to get up and pee at odd early morning hours.
30. Incubus, A Perfect Circle, and Queens of the Stone Age are my favorite bands partially for the incredible vocals, yet Trent Reznor from Nine Inch Nails is my actual favorite singer (he's hot too!).
31. I have a thing for guys who look like they could be in a band. Earrings are a major turn-on.
32. I have no traditional talents. No singing voice, no instruments, no sports. I can't even roll my tongue.
33. I was a girl scout. It was kind of boring.
34. I'm afraid of spiders, bees, wasps, and any other insect that hops or flies at me or crawls on me.
35. I trap bugs with a glass for my dad to take care of instead of killing them or moving them outside myself.
36. I used to have frequent dreams where I am at school. It's often the first day and I am late, am lost, or have an unpleasant teacher.
37. I've had many dreams involving tornadoes. They're actually kind of fun to have because of the thrill and action. I don't want a tornado coming towards my house in real life though.
38. I am an atheist.
39. I started questioning religion during freshman year. Things just didn't seem to add up.
40. I have never been outside of the country.
41. I also have never ridden in a plane.
42. I have never seen anyone with the same kind of curly hair as me.
43. I was blonde as a kid.
44. I alphabatize my cd's and my parents' cd's.
45. I would like to eventually get a fish tattoo.
46. I have 2 piercings in each of my ears and I want some more. Cartilage is next if I ever motivate myself to go do that.
47. I have reading glasses, but I can count the amount of times I've actually used them on one hand.
48. My favorite shows are Lost, Desperate Housewives, The Office, and ER, though I think ER is ready to be put out to pasture.
49. I have an increased risk of developing schizophrenia. I wonder if you can tell when you're starting to go crazy...
50. I looooooooooooove ranch dressing. If it wasn't for ranch dressing, I wouldn't love salads nearly as much.
51. I'm pro-choice, against the death penalty, for same-sex marriage, and against the war. Yeah, I'm liberal.
52. I care very little about sports, yet I've gotten hooked on the World Cup games as well as Olympic games.
53. I've never blatantly cussed in front of my parents. I don't think my dad noticed when I said "god damn it" right as he did when he rear ended a car. I'm pretty good at holding my tongue, but it's getting harder.
54. I have a lead foot when I drive.
55. My bed is tall. There's a box spring even though the bed frame is only meant for a mattress. The actual mattress is extra thick, too.
56. When my aquarium was set up, every snail I had was named after an awards show. Oscar, Oscar II, Tony, Goldy (short for Golden Globes). Grammy will be the next if I ever set up the fish tank again.
57. I'm lactose intolerant.
59. I've only had one close friend. I've hardly ever had a deep conversation and "let someone in" to the real me or all of me with most of my friends.
60. Mrs. Elser is my favorite grade school teacher (1st grade), Mr. Karakker(sp?) is my favorite teacher from junior high (math), Mrs. Weld is my favorite high school teacher (geology), and Dr. Hunter is my favorite teacher from SWIC (social psych, human sexuality).
61. I really enjoy ceramics, though I don't really like my own finished products. Others do though, or at least they tell me they do.
62. I hate the mall.
63. I still listen to the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync from time to time. Though I realize the lyrics are shallow and ridiculous, the music and vocals are still catchy and make me feel good.
64. I love Harry Potter. I'm definitely anticipating the last book, but it'll be sad that it's over, too.
65. Blue is my favorite color.
66. I drive a '95 Ford Escort. 2-doors, "nail polish pink," kinda weak; I enjoy driving it nonetheless. Driving it in the summer with no air conditioning is not enjoyable though.
67. Lord of the Rings tops my favorite movies list, but I also love the X-Men series, White Oleander, Fried Green Tomatoes, Steel Magnolias, Pride and Prejudice, and some others.
68. Tom Hanks is my favorite male actor, though I also really like Adrien Brody, Tommy Lee Jones and Ian McKellen. Charlize Theron is my favorite female actor, and I really like Keira Knightley, Joan Cusack, and Susan Sarandon too.
69. I go out almost every Friday for dinner with my mom and sometimes my dad (he's usually working). We'll change it to Saturday when my dad's off then though.
70. I'm starting to really enjoy stand-up comedy. Jim Gaffigan is my favorite.
71. I've been watching a lot of "reality tv" shows lately. I'm not ashamed.
72. I can only totally detangle my hair in the shower when it's longer.
73. I think air conditioning is the best invention ever. Ever.
74. I use cheat codes when I play computer games. My Sims are RICH!
75. I know how to win all 3 Mario Bros. games on the Nintendo.
76. I can kick higher with my right leg than my left.
77. I have a slight lazy eye. An optometrist told me to do "pencil pushups" when I was a kid, I did it only a few times.
78. Both sets of my grandparents are divorced. Half are remarried, one has a live-in partner who looks like Santa Clause (no joke), and the other has a "friend."
79. I pierced my own ears. The second holes closed up, so pierced them myself instead of wasting $15.
80. I love *trying* to be artistic with my digital camera. Of the hundreds of pictures I've taken, only a few come out good.
81. My favorite fragrance to wear is Bath and Body Works' "Sheer Freesia"
82. My favorite place in St. Louis is the St. Louis Art Museum. I love the Van Goghs and Monets.
83. "Goldfish" by Henri Matisse is my favorite painting. http://www.poster.net/matisse-henri/matisse-henri-goldfish-bowl-9903615.jpg
84. I'm a "fanatic" rater on Launchcast. 353 ratings until the next level!
85. I save all my fortune cookie fortunes. They're taped together in a chain of good fortune.
86. My bedroom had a roofing worker fall through it. Fiberglass fibers from insulation got all in my bed sheets and I didn't know it. It's damn itchy.
87. I often forget how to spell my middle name. Is it one L or 2 L's?
88. Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Macaroni Grill, and Lotowata Creek are my favorite restaurants.
89. The only kind of soda I drink is diet soda. I cut out real sugar when I first started to lose weight. Once you switch, you don't want to go back. Diet soda is sweeter and tastes better in my opinion.
90. I love 80's music. Duran Duran is the $hit.
91. I can't stand hunting. The whole "population control" argument doesn't work for me because we're the ones that have shoved the animals into the far corner by building subdivisions and roads and businesses. Where's the fricking population control for humans???
92. Freshman year, while waiting at the bus stop in winter standing on some snow, my ankle buckled and I totally sprained my ankle. That was my worst injury because my ankle took more than a year to become 100% better. I also got gravel in my hands. Ouchie.
93. I like to list things. Can you tell?
94. I'm a good cook.
95. "Cheese" was, according to my parents, the first word I ever said.
96. The O'Fallon Wal-Mart sucks the life right out of me. I hate that place.
97. I was born on May 20th, 1986 at the F.E. Warren Air Force Base hospital near Cheyenne, Wyoming.
98. I use the same pillowcase as I did as a baby. It's frayed and faded and I loooooove it.
99. Rick and I have been "officially" together for more than 3 years.
100. I saw the movie "Twister" 5 times in the theater when I was a kid. Once was with my friends during my birthday. The Quad 4 was the best theater ever for it - so loud!
101. Ever since I was a baby, I've gotten hiccups from laughing really hard. It sucks!
102. I always leave the house with 2 of my rings (except during work), earrings, and my watch. If I've forgotten any, I feel weird walking around without them.
103. I chew gum throughout the school or work day. Sugar free! We're not supposed to chew gum at work, but when the gm isn't around, I still do.
104. Rain water will make my hair freakishly curly.
105. I take showers that are way too long. It's my hair's fault. Damn tangles.
106. I got my wisdom teeth taken out when I was 15. It wasn't so bad. The worst part was puking when I got home :-x
107. I totalled my mom's escort in the fall of '05 by accidentally driving it into the flooded street during a rainstorm. We got a better car afterwards, so my parents were fine with it.
108. My house caught on fire one summer. If I had decided to take a nap like I was going to, who knows how much damage would have occurred...
109. I sleep with a fan on 365 days of the year minus days when I'm out of the town. I need the noise and need the air circulation during warm weather.
110. I think I'd like to be alive when the world ends. I'd like to see what brings us down. Will it be WW3 and nuclear fallout? Will it be a meteor that kills off part of the planet and the sun gets blocked out, leaving us to slowly starve as the food chain breaks down? I dunno, it'd be kind of interesting to watch.
111. If I kick one habit, I develop a new one. It really sucks, especially when your habits turn into mildly harmful ones.
112. I long to be a great artist. I wish I had the talent and skills to make a living at being a potter or ceramic artist, painter, or photographer. Unfortunately, my brain isn't really wired for being a particularly skilled artist, though that doesn't stop me from trying my hand at ceramics and photography.
113. I've donated my hair to Locks of Love.
114. My mom and I used to go to figure skating shows at the Kiel/Savvis Center. We loved the ones with Scott Hamilton (and my mom would also say Kurt Browning). My dad and I would buy tickets for my mom for Christmas or her birthday. I think those shows are the reason why I particularly love the feeling of being in downtown St. Louis in winter.
115. I have a very strange attraction to the English actor Alan Rickman (professor Snape!!).
116. My nails grow freakishly fast it seems.
117. I'm intimidated by older male teachers, even when they're friendly...think Mr. Graves, Mr. Cordon, Mr. Herrinton (though I don't consider him as the same sort of "old," but he was damn intimidating), and Guy Weible, my SWIC ceramics teacher.
118. I've had a lot of dreams that take place in our old home, the blue and white trailer. Strange...
119. Red Lobster has always been one of my favorite restaurants, but when I was little, I used to always throw up after eating there. That's what a meal of fried popcorn shrimp or cheese sticks with french fries will do to the stomach of a 4 year old.
120. My first job ever was (is) at Garden Ridge. I was hired in late February of '07.
121. I got promoted after only 5 weeks at Garden Ridge. I shouldn't have changed jobs though, I liked the other one better.
122. I'm a shop-a-holic when it comes to buying stuff for moving in with Rick.
123. You know how all kids have an awkward phase? Well I think my awkward phase was from about second grade until senior year of high school.
124. My very first concert was the Backstreet Boys at the Edward Jones Dome in 8th grade. I went with my mom.
125. My very first ROCK concert was the Red Hot Chili Peppers at the Scottrade Center in February of '07. I went with Ashley and her dad after they invited me because they had an extra ticket. Gnarls Barkley opened up, but they were only ok.
126. Chevy's is now one of my favorite restaurants. I could eat their fresh fish tacos every week for the rest of my life and be happy with that. And their chips and salsa...omg.
127. I love thunderstorms. I was scared of them as a kid, but now they excite me. I have trouble "taking cover" because I want to stand outside and watch the clouds roll in, and then I want to stand at the windows and watch as the rest of the storm rolls through.
128. I like flat soda. In fact, I try to eliminate some of the carbonation out of most sodas I have because the carbonation makes me feel sick.
129. I was one of the employees of the month for May at Garden Ridge. I was given a $10 gift card to a restaurant for all my hard work and effort.
130. The best birthday gift I've ever received was my 12th birthday gift: Tipper. He and I have been together for 9 years now.
131. My favorite (Americanized) ethnic eatery is the Chinese food buffet. Nowhere else can you consume a week's worth of calories in an hour and still want dessert.
132. I take pretty much the same lunch to work every single day. I have to or else I'm worried I'll feel sick or too hungry before it's time to leave. If I bring the same thing all the time, I know how it'll affect me.
133. One of my worst experiences ever was food poisoning from some undercooked chicken. I threw up all night long and slept on the bathroom floor with just a towel to keep me warm.
134. I'm not only on livejournal - I'm on Myspace, deviantArt, and Facebook too. I'm too attached to the internet >.<
135. My early childhood fear was Chucky from the Child's Play movies. The bratty next door neighbor girls made me afraid of him.
136. Sometimes I have dreams where I'm watching a movie, but it's not like me sitting there watching a movie, it's like I'm in the movie. Sometimes I see characters in third person, in which I'm watching them, but then I could be IN a character, like in first person. One time, I was Harry Potter. Another time, I was kicking the Others' asses with the Lost crew. I love those kind of dreams.
137. When I was really little, my parents used to call me "Lia Fajita."
138. I hate when people say "Seeya Lia."
139. I want to have one girl and one boy when I become a mom - in that order too.
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