100 Things About Me

1. I was born and raised in the Deep South.
2. My parents (and the rest of everyone else I'm related to) were born and raised in New England.
3. I'm madly in love.
4. I do not like peanut butter.
5. I have two kids and they are both incredible although they often behave like crazed hill apes.
6. I love my children with the intensity of a thousand suns.
7. I feel as though I may possibly be in law school UNTIL I DIE.
8. I once smoked a joint in front of the White House.
9. I am a complete music junkie.
10. One of the best nights of my life was highlighted by an elevator ride shared with Dave Matthews.
11. I very strongly believe that my ex-husband should be drawn and quartered. (Naked.)(In public.)
12. My favorite recreational activity is sleep.
13. I feel more alive in a courtroom than anywhere else on Earth.
14. I love to play soccer. Most especially in the mud.
15. I have a crush on Brady Quinn but I have a much bigger crush on my boyfriend.
16. I was in the movie Fried Green Tomatoes.
17. My LSAT score was in the top fifth percentile. Also this matters none after you get into law school.
18. I graduated from college summa cum laude with a double major in Public Relations and Organizational Communication.
19. I got married way too young.
20. I got divorced way too long after.
21. I have danced with Usher and it was glorious.
22. I am deathly allergic to poison ivy.
23. I lived in Charleston, SC during college and I miss it every day.
24. I abhor the Dallas Cowboys.
25. John Lennon was shot on my second birthday.
26. I can put both of my ankles behind my head. (No, I will not show you.)
27. My best friend Jules and I have seen or talked to each other almost every day for going on 20 years.
28. My favorite Muppet is Kermie.
29. I'm Catholic. And yes, I feel guilty. About everything.
30. I lurve martinis.
31. I have danced in the rain.
32. I have seen someone die. (Not recommended.)
33. My favorite color is pink.
34. My law school classmates nicknamed me "tortious."
35. I plan on getting a tattoo one day.
36. I speak French.
37. I am a very affectionate person.
38. My dream job: foreign policy advisor. (Or FBI agent)
39. I have an irrational fear of jellyfish.
40. I am not a trusting person.
41. 7-figure verdicts make me feel very warm and safe.
42. I talk in my sleep. A lot.
43. I am incredibly impatient.
44. My most erogenous zone is most assuredly my brain.
45. I am addicted to text messaging.
46. I have a very deep love for R.E.M.
47. I love to read.
48. I have very little tolerance for things like racism.
49. At a Halloween party in 2005 I got so drunk I hurled (on my hands & knees) in a classmate's front yard. (But my costume was totally hot!)
50. When we were 15 a friend of mine and I stole her parents' car (while drunk). And wrecked it.
51. I think maybe I should stop drinking?
52. I've never interviewed for a job and not gotten an offer. (Read: I am a beautiful bullshit artist.)
53. I find making snow angels to be a ridiculous amount of fun.
54. I've had to cross-examine my ex-husband. (I kicked his ass, just so you know.)
55. I do not deal well with grief.
56. Approx. 100 people I don't know read my blog daily without commenting. I find this to be a little weird.
57. I write a mean brief.
58. I also write a pretty sweet settlement demand.
59. I was recognized by my law faculty for excellence in dispute resolution. (Afraid my BF may disagree.)
60. Eating fresh crabs from the Chesapeake Bay is one of my most sincere pleasures.
61. I find intelligence to be astoundingly attractive.
62. I have had two cats named after Bruce Springsteen and/or members of The E Street Band.
63. I named my dalmation (God rest his soul) after a famous soccer player.
64. My mom has multiple sclerosis. I fucking hate that disease.
65. My favorite number is 9.
66. In high school I played varsity soccer, was a varsity cheerleader, and was president of umm, everything.
67. PS I am an overachiever.
68. I took the SAT in seventh grade and made an 1120.
69. My favorite smells are freshly bathed babies and Bulgari cologne.
70. I have a very old friend/former boyfriend who is an Abrams tank commander serving his third tour in Iraq and every time I think about the war, I cringe.
71. I miss my grandmother every single day. (She died in February of 2006.)
72. I occasionally eat chocolate and strawberry ice cream, all mushed together, for breakfast.
73. I am terrified of roller coasters.
74. I also do not care much for spiders.
75. Half my right foot is held together by tendon in a surgical knot so tight that I flinch if someone even looks at it. Do not touch my scar.
    
76. This shouldn't be a problem seeing as how I have a major aversion to feet. Even my own.
77. I briefly dated an NFL running back.
78. My darling boyfriend once deposited his half-eaten ice cream cone into my purse, because he thought it was the trash can. It was late. He was not sober. I discovered this the next morning.
79. The first thought that enters my mind in the mornings is, where is Benjamin (my five year old son) and what is he doing?
80. I heart the Patriots. And the Red Sox.
81. Sad movies make me cry like a baby.
82. Sometimes I also cry during OnStar commercials.
83. It is possible that I am a very emotional person.
84. I once made a very snarky remark to Billy Corgan during a concert. I never dreamed he'd hear me. He did.
85. I've also hung out with Michael Stipe more than once and I believe this makes me really cool.
86. I can roller skate like a champion.
87. I had a flight out of D.C. on September 10, 2001. I was unbelievably scared to fly for a few years after.
88. I have been known to drunk dial. It is not a pretty habit.
89. I may or may not have skinny dipped while inebriated on a recent vacation.
90. And no, I do not ever plan on truly growing up.
91. One of the best dates I've ever had was when The Boyfriend flew me to Charleston. For lunch.
92. I am addicted beyond all reason to Mello Yello.
93. I have an unfailing loyalty to the Coca Cola Company. (Paid for my legal education.)
94. I like Riesling. A lot.
95. I am a shameless flirt.
96. If you hit on me in a bar and I think you are a tool, I will write about it on my blog. And it will not be kind.
97. I spent about five years serving as a guardian ad litem (special court advocate) for abused children and it was rewarding, but mostly horrifying.
98. I have been known to do just about anything on a dare.
99. In high school we tried to dye my hair (while drunk?) and it may or may not have come out sort of PINK.
100. I really like chocolate chip waffles.

Comments

[ally]

Wait just a minute....do you not like any kind of peanut butter? Is it just an aversion to creamy because it sticks to your both? Or is crunchy too nutty? Do you not even like it with chocolate? I must admit that I'm a bit disappointed! :)

[cdp]

Okay, okay . . . caveat: I do in fact like peanut butter with chocolate.

[Grammy Dockrell]

Hi lady - on Item #80 you say you "heart" the Patriots and the Red Sox. My question: does this mean you "hate" the Pats. and the Red Sox, and if so, how in hell can you be my GRANDDAUGHTER, huh?

But I still love you, no matter your answer.

[cdp]

GRAMMY! I am appalled! It means I love them. Like, I LURVE them. Want to marry them. Am so glad you are reading though - I talk about you all the time around here. My readers adore you!

[kevin]

Ditto for number 26. Coincidentally I wrote about it in my most recent post. Unlike you, I look for opportunities to demonstrate, and to my delight, was asked to perform at the last high school class reunion.

[Joyce Lee]

I think your blog is juz so cool..

[Elisabeth]

Hi, one of those phantom 100 lurking readers coming out into the open! Like the blog.

[Bill]

Bill likes your list of songs. Where did you hear all of that Springsteen music?

Also, Bill remembers when you tore that tendon in your foot, and about how Mr. Pibb eased your suffering.

That is all.

[fritz]

i just found your blog from mollys, i enjoyed your response to the contemporary american woman then got sucked into your world, can i just say you are my new hero! youre awesome!

[Erica]

You are helping me overcome my aversion to "mommyblogs". Thank you for that - although I'm not sure if you consider yourself a mommyblog? Whether you do or not I'm thouroughly glad to have found you today.
I'm also happy not to be the only one whose gramdma reads her blog. I wish my oma would comment!

[heatherdc]

this is the First time I have EVER read one of these lists all the way through...meaning, this was very entertaining :)
i hop over from Mike('s got Nothin') sometimes and looove your blog. I guess that would make me one of the "100 people who read and don't comment". So here I am, "delurking" myself (as the bloggies call it).