Recently I read someone's blog. I don't recall whose it was. But the writer made a list of things that defined her - likes and dislikes, etc.
Because I love scrawling lists and random thoughts on receipts and the backs of index cards, etc. (linear thinking is for the birds), I decided to apply that obsession to a blog entry and slap down the beginnings of my own list. I plan to try to hit 100 items, but so far I've only made it to #29.
1 - I love a challenge, puzzles, crosswords, etc.
2 - My favorite way to drive is across open country, the windows down, hair blowing in the wind and some road trip tunes on the radio.
3 - My favorite date is not a fancy restaurant, but a picnic on a nice day on some soft grass, with nowhere to rush off to.
4 - My favorite item of clothing is a broken-in pair of blue jeans. If I could, I'd stay in worn jeans, sandals and floral blouses all of the time.
5 - When people say, "Shed-U-Ele," I want to shake them in the way you should never, never, shake a baby.
6 - Humor, to me -- that unabashed ability to laugh that shakes a person and those around him or her to the bone -- is one of the most important qualities in a friend or love interest.
7 - I love the electric feeling in the air moments before a late-afternoon or evening thunderstorm, and then the resulting heavy rain that pelts the windows.
8 - I love the smell of freshly cut grass.
9 - I love books so enjoyable that I lose myself in them.
10 - I most want to travel to Ljubljana, Slovenia; and Australia and Prague, and maybe return to Alaska and Switzerland one day.
11 - I want to return for a few days to my humble Alabama hometown of a few hundred residents, just to look around and see what I remember, to come full-circle.
12 - Nothing's as good as a slice of pound cake or warm homemade chocolate chip cookies with a tall, cold glass of milk.
13 - When I first joined the Army, I was the fastest runner out of 60-something people in my platoon and once ran a 6:15 mile.
14 - I collect shot glasses from the places I go.
15 - I'm a Virgo, born on September 15.
16 - On the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator, I'm an ENFP.
17 - I occasionally lucid-dream.
18 - My favorite books to read are nonfictional: Travelogues, sociological topics, books about small-town life, like those by Garrison Keillor - but fictional books do grab me now and then, when I need an escape.
19 - I have no qualms about going to any restaurant and sitting at a table for one.
20 - My two passions in life are photography and writing. I think it's because I have always felt that even mundane everyday things are worth recording. There lies the depth of our lives in those small, short moments.
21- I'm not a neat freak, although I play one in my current residence. I don't need to make the bed each morning to be happy.
22 - I placed in spelling bees and French contests in middle and high school.
23 - I used to be painfully shy. It was almost incapacitating until I joined the Army.
24 - I pride myself on seeking to know more and explore more in life.
25 - I wish I got out more and did some walking and sightseeing in the District on weekends or evenings.
26 - I love doing things spontaneously. I'm not very consistent, but I am spontaneous.
27 - I make a mean guacamole. That's about as close as I come to cooking, besides bacon and eggs.
28 - I'd much rather walk a little farther than be the lazy American and go to my car just to drive down a few thousand feet to park somewhere else and get out.
29 - In the past 10 years of my life, I've had sleep paralysis a handful of times. It's weeeiiirrrddd, but totally harmless.
Great list! It will be neat to see the rest!I could not agree with this more:My two passions in life are photography and writing. I think it's because I have always felt that even mundane everyday things are worth recording. There lies the depth of our lives in those small, short moments.I'm an INFP :)My list is here if you're interested:http://kikiverde.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/100-things/
Posted by: Kiki | July 10, 2008 at 12:45 AM
I like this text: "I decided to apply that obsession to a blog entry and slap down the beginnings of my own list. I plan to try to hit 100 items, but so far I've only made it to #29..."
Posted by: valtrex online | February 23, 2010 at 04:57 PM