100 Things

1." passion" is digital photography

2.  self-taught website / blog creator (can you tell)

3.  loves seafood

4.  favorite colors are those of autumn

5.  birthday in April (Aries don't you know)

6.  favorite TV show WAS  Providence (time to pick another)

7.  born in a bed, very near my mother

8.  sleeps with fan on or window open

9.  favorite place: ocean

10.  eye color: brown

11.  favorite Starbuck's: White Chocolate Mocha

12.  once "detained" at gunpoint on the tarmac in Barranquilla, Columbia

13.  received 32 stitches in right arm after "opening" a sliding glass window

14.  took lessons to fly a plane

15.  visited: Italy, Greece, Finland, Canada, Mexico, Columbia, Virgin Islands and most of the states

16.  once had a job hosing down a mall parking lot with a fire hose (worse job ever)

17.  almost always find money when I take a walk

18.  nearly died of high fever as a child, ice bath prevented it

19.  favorite alcoholic drink: Bottom Scratcher a.k.a. Boneyard

20.  wear contacts / glasses (but only need them to SEE)

21.  hates to stand in line for ANYTHING

22.  always wears clean underwear in case of accident (thanks mom for the tip)

23.  this is my "lucky number"

24.  sometimes a bit too "passionate" in my opinions

25.  does not typically follow along with the rest of the lemmings

26.  was a "First Class Scout" as a boy

27.  prefers Pepsi to Coke

28.  am somewhat of a perfectionist

29.  do NOT use a "day planner" but somehow survive

30.  have a cell phone, but rarely use it...and somehow still survive

31.  am intrigued with the stars and the universe

32.  favorite cologne: Grey Flannel

33.  loves mushrooms but HATES peas

34.  i floss at LEAST, twice a day

35.  and see my dentist at least every six months

36.  do not own a PDA

37.  only received two traffic tickets in my whole life

38.  both for speeding (maybe I should slow down)

39.  prefers dark chocolate to milk

40.  was on the track team in high school

41.  have not yet won the lottery ($2.00 winner does NOT count)

42.  go to bed very late and get up very early

43.  stood on the 45th parallel (half way between the equator and North Pole)

44.  hugged a redwood

45.  knew Sunset Carson very well (8th top box office draw - 1946)

46.  i was NOT alive then

47.  have won several radio contests in my lifetime

48.  change my car oil every 3000 miles (or so)

49.  my first car was a 1968 Oldsmobile 4-4-2

50.  certified in CPR

51.  very competitive (perhaps too much at times)

52.  people say I have a great memory

53.  traced  my family genealogy for years

54.  don't admit to those that crossed the border to escape justice! :)

55.  have a cat who thinks he's a dog, so I call him "puppy"

56.  i was near Mt. St. Helen's when it exploded in 1980 (no not THAT close...I'd be DEAD)

57.  named after a U.S. aircraft carrier

58.  can surf ( yes, in the ocean )

59.  have driven over 1000 miles straight in less than 14 hours (see #38 above)

60.  my parents had two children, one good, one evil...I'm the good one...then there's my sister

61.  was once stuck in Denver as my airline decided to go bankrupt at that very moment

62.  have lived through many earthquakes...some moderately strong

63.  never been hunting

64.  but i love to fish

65.  have been to the highest and lowest points in the continental states

66.  spend wayyyyy too much time on the computer

67.  love almost all music, with the exception of Rap and Heavy Metal

68.  never broke a bone in my body

69.  i cook great omlettes and lasgna

70.  not for the same meal

71.  i can assemble most anything without use of the instructions...

72.  but i usually have extra parts left over!

73.  not afraid of heights, but I wouldn't walk on a girder of a skyscraper being built...

74.  not an idiot!

75.  like everything on my pizza except onions and anchovies

76.  sushi is not a food...it's bait

77.  i'm a lover not a fighter

78.  prefer wine to beer

79.  white rather than red

80.  magazines I read are: Smithsonian, National Geographic, Scientific American

81.  own a Gold Victoria's Secret credit card (must be a good customer)

82.  rarely late to any function

83.  and become irritated when others are

84.  watched the 1984 Olympic torch pass by in person

85.  pick an orange off my tree each Christmas Day as tradition

86.  i have been thankful for "unanswered prayers"

87.  hates paper cuts

88.  never been water / snow skiing

89.  usually see things as "black or white" (I'm working on that gray area)

90.  don't like "reality shows"

91.  once upon a time I skipped school for THREE WEEKS (yes, I was caught)

92.  have flown on: DC8, DC9, DC10, L1011, 707, 727, 737, 747, 757, 767, 777

93.  once changed a light switch with the power ON (it was an electrifying experience)

94.  take a vitamin everyday

95.  somewhat stubborn

96.  know FAR LESS now, than I did as a child

97.  i think...I think...too much

98.  work to live...NOT live to work

99.  have had many worries in my life...most of which, never came true!

100.  took me far too long to complete this

101.  sometimes don't know when to stop