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The rest of my list

This half was a lot more difficult then the first half. I think number 101 would be, I wish that I was witty

52.    I hate to cook, I don’t know why but I just dislike it. I think it is probably because I don’t have enough time to cook.
53.    I don’t know how to use make-up or style my hair, however I have tried to teach myself and have failed
54.    I am very goal oriented and I love, absolutely love, checking things off lists
55.    Water is my favorite drink, it’s the only thirst quenching liquid on the planet
56.    The most unhappy I have ever been was when I took AP English, however if I were to go back and do it again I would still take that class
57.    Arrogant people tend to annoy me
58.    When I get nervous I talk about myself, I know I sound self-centered but it just happens
59.    I know a lot of my faults and I try to work on them, it’s a long reflective process
60.    I have one favorite pair of jeans that today I got glue and glitter on AND I slightly ripped on a sharp screw on a table. I will still wear these pants
61.    I like to buy used things because they are cheaper
62.    I love old homes with a lot of history and strong “bones”
63.    The house I grew up in will always be my home, or it will for a long long time.
64.    My favorite memories as a child: Long summer days playing kick ball, riding bikes, watching the A-Team (see number 13), and going barefoot
65.    My favorite sport to play is still soccer and I miss it a lot sometimes, especially when I drive past schools where a game is being held in the cool fall air. Maybe one of these days I’ll be old enough to be on an “adult” pick up team
66.    I’m looking forward to turning 21 not because I want to be able to drink but because I always look forward to my next birthday.
67.    I still call my four GASP year old chocolate lab a puppy
68.    I have no idea what I am going to do when my dog dies, I think I’ll have to be institutionalized
69.    Baking is something that I am good at and I look forward to making things for bake sales even if they only get sold for 25 cents
70.    My favorite part of working with children is that sometimes you have really bad days but the days when you actually click with the kids and you can tell it means something to them that you’re there, it makes all the work worth it.
71.    I often fear that I am too mean to children (time outs etc) and I hope that they don’t take my punishments personally but I know they do. I’d rather be known as mean then have a child get hurt
72.    I get very sick to my stomach when I get nervous and I get nervous about a lot of things that I shouldn’t
73.    I tend to speak before I think which leads me to number 74
74.    I hate when I say mean things or sound mean and I don’t intend to
75.    I used to just let 73 & 74 go because it was embarrassing for me but I have begun to realized that I need to apologize for my words and actions even if it is awkward, people listen to what I have to say and that still amazes me
76.    I am actually a painfully shy person but when I get over it I am a complete goof ball
77.    I am probably one of the most indecisive people you will ever meet, however I have been working on this because I know how much it bothers people. I am also very independent
78.    For the past two years in college I have barely said anything in my classes (see 76), this is something that I am working on as well. I answered two questions in my Women’s History class today, yay for me!
79.    I like to take pictures with my camera, I will never be as good a photographer as I would like to be but it is a fun hobby.
80.    I fear being abnormal but I fear being normal…what a problem this is for me!
81.    I get tearful when I see road kill
82.    I love office supplies, seeing my pretty new binder clips and paper clips over on the desk made me think of this one!
83.    I don’t like to be hugged by strangers nor do I like to be hugged by people I know because as I say “I get claustrophobic”. I like my personal space
84.    I think decent people deserve fourth and fifth chances
85.    I want to push Tristan to follow music but I don’t want to make him do anything he’s uncomfortable with, I know I would hate playing such personal music in front of even five people.
86.    I blush super duper easily and I don’t turn pink I turn red, like strawberry red
87.    I was okay about middle school but I hated high school
88.    I think people think I’m more of a wild child then I really am. Wild for me includes some Ben & Jerry’s, a rated R movie, and staying up past 11pm
89.    Speaking of movies, I love them. I love everything from Knocked up to American Beauty etc.
90.    High School Musical and Hannah Montana disgust me, but I know it’s like hardcore drugs for little kids: once you’ve had a taste you just can’t get enough
91.    I have always wished that I had some really neat talent, like I was able to draw or sing or write poetically or even fix a car. I have always wished (number 91.5) that I knew what people think of me, I am beginning to realize this doesn’t really matter
92.    I tried to watch FoxNews once, it did not go very well
93.    I actually liked working out at the gym with Tristan but I don’t have or want to spend the money on a membership again. When getting exercise can be free why spend like two hundred dollars?
94.    Speaking of expensive activities, ski passes outrage me and ski resorts lack of loyalty to Vermonters frustrates me
95.    I am a bad speller and when I don’t know how to spell something I use a smaller word, it’s worked out fine for me so far.
96.    I learn as much, if not more, from children then they do from me
97.    My best physical qualities are my eyes, my worse are my feet
98.    I used to speak French pretty well
99.    I also have learned to play the oboe and flute, my band teacher made me cry in 8th grade and therefore I no longer play an instrument. I was recently, about a year ago, banned from playing the tambourine
100.  I am surprised that I found 100 things to say about myself