39 Things you might not have known about me...but you might have

1. I was once on an Academic Olympics team that was purely for African American History.
2. I came in second in the city for it.
3. I didn't really like "Catcher in the Rye."
4. My hot pink books outnumber my "serious" books about 2 to 1.
5. I've never seen "Casablanca," "Citizen Kane," or "It's a Wonderful Life."
6. I once won a poster contest that dealt with discouraging drunk driving.
7. My slogan was "If you drink STOP and think."
8. I think I only won because I included the number for the local taxi service on it.
9. I never regularly ate ice ream more than once a month before I met Chef.
10. I also never regularly ate vegetable more than once a month before I met Chef.
11. My boss thinks I'm a gossip.
12. I don't really gossip. People just tell me things that I don't really want to know.
13. Before Chef, I always gave nicknames to the guys that I liked (By the way, I don't call Chef "Chef" anywhere else.)
14. My favorites were "Sweaty Sweaterson," "Scottie the Hottie," and "Brain Injury Guy."
15. My Magic 8 Ball told me what was going to happen between Chef and me before our first date.
16. Because she introduced me to Diet A & W Cream Soda, I think Alice Boyer is a genius.
17. Oreo Crisps don't taste nearly as good as regular Oreos, but you get a lot of them for 100 calories.
18. I've finished 5 volumes of Journals since I was 16.
19. It's most I've ever written on one topic, but I feel self-centered because the topic was me.
20. Despite my current cohabitational bliss, I will always miss my girlie times living with Shera, Swampette and (honorarily) Precious.
21. I was suckered into taking ice skating for college credit.
22. I never learned to skate backwards.
23. I did have a hand in developing the breakthrough ice dance "Lifecycle of a Dragonfly: From Pupa to Puberty."
24. I have an irrational fear of alligators and crocodiles.
25. I also have a fear of dying by being impaled, specifically impaled by deer antlers through a car windshield.
26. I still hate sorority girls.
27. Every time I dream about my mom, I wake up crying.
28. I never woke up crying until 5 years ago.
29. I never thought I would live in Tennessee.
30. If I were to live in Indiana again, I could only live in Bloomington or parts of Indianapolis, but I still consider myself a Hoosier.
31. I received the "Grow a Boyfriend" novelty and "Worst Case Scenario: Dating and Love" book at least two times each from age 21 to age 25.
32. I still curl up with Karl Kaleb on mornings that Chef has to work early.
33. I'm actually pretty good at Tiger Woods Golf.
34. I actually bought a professional development book of my own free will.
35. When I was a kid, I wanted to name a daughter "Hilary" after a character on the soap opera "Loving."
36. At one point in my life, I was up to date on five different soap operas.
37. I wish I could write an episode of "Gilmore Girls."
38. Sometimes I google people I've hated to see what their doing now.
39. I like self-indulgent lists.