1. I am addicted to imitation banana flavoring � if it�s banana flavored, I have to try it
2. I have dated men of every race
3. I am addicted to Taipei and will often stay up very late playing �just one more game�
4. I have an uncle who is 4 years older than me
5. My first boyfriend decided he was gay after we broke up
6. I�ve only been in love twice
7. I eat my M&M�s by color. I always eat the brown ones first, I think they are the ugliest
8. After that, I line them up by color and eat all the extras until I have the same amount of each color
9. I then eat a row with an M&M of each color
10. I have a special way of eating most foods.
11. It�s all a part of my OCD
12. I often find bruises on my body and have no idea where they came from
13. Most of my clothes are red or blue
14. I have bi-polar disorder
15. I was not diagnosed until I was 25
16. In between the onset and diagnosis, I spent many miserable years alienating myself from everyone in my life because I was just this big gaping hole of need
17. I once curled up in a ball on the sidewalk for 20 minutes in a semi-catatonic state
18. It was about 1 AM so not many people saw me
19. I only remember that I just couldn�t handle anything more that night
20. I don�t really know if it was 20 minutes, but I didn�t �lose� a lot of time, so that�s a rough estimate
21. The first time I ever cut myself, I cut myself over 50 times
22. Most of the cuts did not leave a scar
23. I told my friends I was attacked by a cat
24. I never admitted to the cutting until I was in my 30�s
25. I haven�t cut myself since 1996 though I came close one night recently
26. I used to be extremely shy and have panic attacks in large groups of people
27. I am now very outgoing and speak in front of large groups of people
28. On February 10th, 2003, I had gastric bypass surgery
29. To date (December 27th, 2003) I have lost over 120 pounds
30. This was not my first surgery
31. I have had 7 surgeries
32. After my gastric bypass surgery, I developed gallstones and had to have my gallbladder removed
33. I was only 4 months out from the bypass surgery
34. After I recovered from the gallbladder surgery, I developed an incisional hernia
35. I still need to have surgery on that
36. I grew up Catholic and went to an all-girls catholic high school
37. I have never seen Gone With The Wind
38. I don�t think I�m missing anything
39. I�ll probably change my mind once I�ve seen it
40. I think Netflix is one of the greatest ideas of all time
41. According to my mom, I taught myself to read when I was 4
42. I have had my nose buried in a book ever since
43. I would usually pick a good book over just about anything
44. Except sex, I would never pick a good book over sex
45. Unless I didn�t like the guy
46. This is no longer an issue as I am in a relationship now
47. And I would always pick sex with my boyfriend over a good book
48. I was once celibate for almost 11 years
49. I�m allergic to onions, peppers and chiles
50. I can tolerate them in small amounts
51. I used to work at a pizza place where I learned how to toss pizza in the air like the best of them
52. My boss there was a misogynistic bastard
53. It was good pizza though
54. I have lived in California all my life but�
55. When I was 21 I spent a summer in NY City working in a homeless shelter
56. I won a writing contest when I was in 4th grade
57. The fame went to my head and I have never been the same since
58. I think I am destined for greatness though I live a life of mediocrity
59. I�m 35 years old and I�ve never lived alone
60. I am moving out on my own (no roommates) in May (is it May yet?)
61. I am scared and excited
62. The first concert I ever went to was Shawn Cassidy, I was 10. I wore a pink satin jacket
63. I am a horrible procrastinator
64. Because of this, I work very well under pressure
65. I should be working right now. But instead I am writing this list.
66. I think I am capable of doing or learning anything
67. But at 35, I feel like my options are more limited
68. Sometimes, I wish I could quit my job and go to Medical School
69. But I hate the sight of blood so I�d make a horrible doctor
70. I wish I was an architect too
71. Sometimes, I go on the internet and look at house plans
72. Just for fun
73. Other times, I get graph paper and draw my own house plans
74. Again, just for fun
75. There�s a lot of NERD in me
76. When I was a kid, I had the worst wardrobe
77. In junior high, I had these jeans with an embroidered roller skate on the back pocket
78. I wanted to wear all the stylish clothes but could never find them in my size
79. As an adult, I spend way to much money on clothes
80. Even as I�ve been losing weight, I keep buying clothes knowing that I�ll only wear them for 2 months at the most
81. But it�s an obsession, I just can�t stop myself
82. I�m trying to make up for my childhood and teenage years
83. I got married in Vegas while in a manic state
84. I never lived with my husband and we never had a real marriage
85. I am in the process of getting a divorce
86. I love to make people happy
87. And I often make myself unhappy in the process
88. I am working on it though and getting better about putting myself first
89. I was a creative writing major in college
90. I still write short stories and other things
91. I have written a children�s book but I need to find an illustrator
92. I am also working on a novel
93. I have attended 6 different colleges
94. I actually went to college while I was still in high school
95. If you could major in transferring, I would have
96. I still have 4 units left before I get my degree
97. I love shopping and I spend way too much money
98. One of my dreams is to travel to every state in the United States
99. By motorhome
100. I also want to be a foster parent and adopt children
101. It is hard to come up with this many things about yourself. And I am so much more than this, as we all are
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