I saw this on someone else’s blog and thought it was a cool idea, so here we go.

100 Things About Me

1. I am an Aquarius, and my birthday is the anniversary of the date that Hitler came to power
2. I don’t smoke and never have
3. I had a bone deformity when I was 13 that is usually only seen in middle-aged women
4. I speak three languages
5. I am a lifeguard
6. But my biggest fear in the world is drowning (or dying in any way in which I can’t breathe)
7. I had braces
8. I am addicted to SMSing.
9. I love everything written by Jean Auel
10. I worked for four years in the newborn nursery at a hospital
11. I learned to read when I was three
12. And I read really fast
13. I really want to have twins one day
14. I have very oddly-shaped thumbs
15. I have one sister, but we do not look one bit alike
16. I lived my entire childhood (0-18 years) in the same house in Jacksonville, Florida
17. I am usually the first one to finish tests of any kind
18. I lived in Europe for a year, in a building that was once a nursing home
19. I am chronically the last one to see movies (still never seen Star Wars or Forrest Gump)
20. I love to re-read young adult novels
21. Especially ones about, as my mother calls it, ‘death and dying’
22. I don't like fruit, except for strawberries and orange juice
23. But I like almost all other food
24. I am a National Merit Scholar and thus have a full college scholarship
25. Yet I sometimes have shockingly little common sense. My mother will gladly give examples.
26. I love making lists
27. I have my ears pierced twice, and I always wear earrings
28. Old Navy is probably my favorite clothing store
29. I attended the same summer camp for seven years, as both camper and counselor
30. I am constantly amazed at how talented my friends are
31. I spend way too much time on the Internet
32. I love backpacks, purses, suitcases, and anything with lots of zippers and pockets
33. I cannot believe that I am getting older
34. I have a Volkswagen New Beetle
35. I love theme parks and roller coasters
36. I finally enjoy my mom's company ;)
37. I took horseback riding lessons for seven years
38. I am afraid that I won’t be able to raise my kids, when I finally have some, as well as my parents raised me
39. I love Target
40. I still love getting letters via snail mail
41. I admit thinking the American Pie movies are funny
42. I also admit that I saw Titanic five times in the theater.
43. I used to have a Pembroke Welsh Corgi
44. It really annoys me when computers do not perform at lightning speed
45. I love photography
46. I take a multivitamin every day
47. Baseball is the one sport that I absolutely cannot play
48. But I am otherwise very coordinated and athletic
49. I used to be insane for Shania Twain, but I don’t care as much anymore
50. I went to her concerts on 3 dec 1999 and 4 march 2004
51. I also met her on 3 dec 1999 – got invited onstage.
52. I really hate the smell of cigarette smoke
53. I am a fan of the Dutch soap opera Goede Tijden Slechte Tijden
54. I cannot roll my tongue
55. I am terrified of bees and wasps
56. I love driving
57. I need lots of hugs
58. I want a profession involving languages, medicine, traveling, and children, but so far I have not found one.
59. My all-time favorite TV show is ER
60. I am not at all religious
61. I think French fries with mayonnaise are delicious
62. I have big feet for a short girl
63. I wear contact lenses without which I am practically blind
64. I almost never wear makeup, except for lip balm
65. I love hoodies
66. I have a very poor sense of smell
67. I have never been ‘totally wasted drunk’
68. I am totally spoiled by the Florida sunshine
69. I use Dove body wash
70. I kept a diary – several, actually – from age six through thirteen.
71. I eat much more junk food than I should
72. My hazel eyes look brown, but in the light, you can see that they’re really quite green
73. I really like the movie Armageddon.
74. I sometimes feel awkward in social situations
75. When it comes to school, I can be a real perfectionist
76. I adore just having ‘silly’ moments with people, like splashing each other in the pool
77. I love almost all seafood.
78. I am not as terrified of death as most people seem to be
79. I have a chip in my front tooth from a fight with a windowsill when I was ten
80. I'd like to go to Africa
81. I did the IB (International Baccalaureate) program at the high school ranked #1 in America
82. I absolutely love macaroni and cheese
83. I value openness and directness above almost all else
84. I have 15 cousins
85. I love the Disney Channel
86. I am sick of people discriminating against each other
87. I would kill to go into space one day
88. Writing has always been a way for me to sort out what I’m really feeling
89. I hate anything grape-flavored
90. 6 is my lucky number because I won a spelling bee with it when I was ten
91. I have extremely short hair
92. I love swimming and diving from a diving board
93. As I'm typing this, the water is dripping in the kitchen sink and hitting the dishes which I still haven’t washed
94. I hate nightgowns but love pajamas
95. I am a night owl, yet not a big fan of going out and partying
96. I love ice cream
97. Most of my friends are Dutch (thus live in the Netherlands)
98. I am not judgmental about many things
99. But the thing that I hate most in the world is when people treat me like I’m helpless and naïve
100. I love candlelight