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Hearing I Got My Game On by: Trace Atkins
100 Facts About Me
I deleted my last 100 facts entry because it was so profoundly outdated. Anyway, here's a new one and this is going to help newer readers get to know me!
100. My middle name is Marie.
99. I am a huge Red Sox fan! (My favorite players are Jason Bay, Jonathan Papelbon, Jacoby Ellsbury,and Jed Lowrie.)
98. I love to try new things including new drinks, new food, new cosmetics and new lotions and body washes.
97. My most prized possession is my MP 3 player.
96. When I graduate,possibly within the next two years, I'm going to save my money and go on a vacation by myself!
95. My most recent dream involves a tropical island, lots of books to read, chocolate and a very scantily clad hottie taking care of my every need.
94. I was accepted to G.N.B.R.V.T.H.S., or Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School, in 1994.
93. Right now I'm currently attending Bristol Community College.
92. I'm the oldest of three children.
91. My younger siblings are named Tiffany, or Tiff for short, and Dennis, or Den.
90. I always secretly wished I had an older brother or sister myself.
89. I'm a big fan of Tim Burton movies.
88. I have two nephews, Austin whose 6 and Collin will be 2 in December
87. As a child I had a lot of pets but I never adopted a dog.
86. When I was 21 I finally adopted a German Shepherd/Rottwieller mix,named Sasha and a 6 year old Cairn Terrier,named Angel. (Sasha passed away in Feburary 2008.)
85. When I was 13 my dad decided to give me his 1981 Chevy Camaro until the floor boards rotted out and it couldn't be fixed.
84. I'm devastated that my dad is now junking his 1977 Plymouth Satellite.
83. I love any and all kinds of music.
82. I'm 28 years old!
81. The one fault I have with my MP 3 player is finding decent headphones.
80. I hate doing chores especially dishes and laundry.
79. My birthday is November. 10th, 1979. (Feel free to send presents!)
78. Some of my old friends claim I was a daredevil because they could dare me to do the most crazy things and I'd do them.
77. My parents have been married since 1977 and have known each other since my mom was 14 and my dad was 18.
76. I learned to read, according to my mom, when I was 3 years old.
75. As a child my favorite book was,"Good night Moon".
74. I love to read to Austin and Collin.
73. When I'm nervous I ramble and when I'm embarrassed I giggle.
72. Some people, I feel, get this impression that I'm a snob or that I'm aloof but I'm just very shy in person.
71. I love listening to new music and I wish I had more time to check out new bands and different singers.
70. I just recently rediscovered my love of photography.
69. When I was in high school I could write endless streams of poetry but now I just can't do that and when I write one poem it's usually got a six month gap between it and the next one.
68. My person style varies greatly and I love classical looking clothes with a more punk rock twist.
67. I practically live in tee-shirts and jeans these days.
66. My friends call me,"D",mostly,but everyone in my family calls me,"Dawn".
65. I once threatened to punch out a relative for calling me,"Dawnie". (Note: Only Austin gets away with calling me that!)
64. When I was 7 years old I pulled the muscles in my neck and spent the summer in a neck brace.
63. I'm great at history, language arts and any clerical course but I'm terrible at math.
62. I love to challenge myself and that's one of the reasons I took philosophy.
61. I'm guilty of singing along with the radio, still doing the cabbage patch, occasionally, and drinking stuff straight from the bottle instead of hunting up a glass.
60. My biggest pet peeves are people who are constantly late and never apologize, men who leave the seat up, and people who blame their bad childhood's for poor choices as an adult.
59. I recently became a member of the First Congressional Church at Lund's Corner in New Bedford,Massachusetts.
58. Even though I live in the city I consider myself a country girl.
57. I love to go horseback riding and wish there were more places in Massachusetts where I could do that.
56. I would love to learn to surf and scuba dive.
55. My favorite TV shows are Law and Order:SVU,Sex and The City reruns, I Love Lucy reruns, The Simpsons, Family Guy, American Justice and Cold Case Files.
54. My celebrity crushes are Michael Easton,Grayson McCaugh,John Cena, Dave Batista, and the list goes on and on.
53. When I was younger, in high school, I volunteered at several elementary schools and even a rehabilitation center for special needs children.
52. A lot of people say I should have studied culinary arts instead of wanting to be a lawyer.
51. Our family has 6 human members and 16 non-human members.
50. My favorite holidays are Halloween, Independence Day and Thanksgiving.
49. The only states I have visited are New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
48. My favorite (physical) males features are a nice smile, broad shoulders and nice eyes.
47. Emotionally I like people who are sensitive,thoughtful, intelligent and funny.
46. I consider myself to be a very compassionate, understanding, funny person who can be somewhat moody.
45. Sometimes I go back and forth on whether I would like to get married and have children someday.
44. A lot of people who know me, personally, claim I do not have enough patience for raising children.
43. My favorite colors are purple, white,pink, blue, gold,silver and black.
42. I'm not a big fan of those dust mop looking dogs although I did come close to adopting a White West highland Terrier who I planned on naming Madeline.
41. To someone who doesn't know me I would describe myself as having,'a tough exterior but a soft interior and it may take time but once you get to know me I tend to be interesting and sweet.'
40. As fascinated as I am with plants it takes almost nothing for me to kill one.
39. I know first aid but am not certified.
38. My best personality traits are my compassion for others, my sense of humor and my understanding of human nature.
37. My favorite bands and musicians are Fleetwood Mac, The Beatles, Santana, Nickelback, Billie Holiday, Sheryl Crow, Tori Amos, Garbage, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisly, Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne,Taylor Swift, Kelly Clarkson and I also love classical music.
36. When I was in elementary school I played the violin, was in the school chorus and did several school plays.
35. During college I just learned recently I have a phobia of public speaking in front of smallgroups.
34. The longest research paper I've ever done was on Lizzie Borden and itwas over 36 pages long.
33. If I had to pick a theme song for myself it would be, "Breakaway" by: Kelly Clarkson.
32. My current new favorite song is,"Times Like These" by: Foo Fighters. (I know it's older but still.)
31. For years I've wanted to get a pixie hair cut so a few months ago I had a hair dresser dye my hair red and cut it all off.
30. I worked at Wal~Mart and Kohl's before I returned to school.
29. When I'm in the car I constantly change the radio stations.
28. Sometimes I just do things to irritate my mother!
27. I always tell people when it comes to dating I don't have a set type but if you ask my friends they'll tell you,'She always falls for very attractive guys who think they are better then her.'
26. If I ever get married my dream wedding would be at a chapel in Vegas with an Elvis impersonator as the witness.
25. My family doesn't like the idea because I said,"I want the dress but I don't want to have to do a seating chart and maybe if I ever get married we'll come back and have a cook out."
24. I have never seen an episode of American Idol, Survivor, or Big Brother but I love Wife Swap and Super Nanny.
23. My all-time favorite comfort foods are chocolate, microwave popcorn, mac and cheese and bread.
22. My lucky number is 8 but I have a definite affinity for numbersthat are the same backwards and forwards.
21. Occasionally, I have moments when I think Austin knows more then me and other moments where I'm convinced he thinks he does.
20. I love ice cream but I don't eat it that often.
19. I've been politically active since I was a teenager.
18. I love apple turnovers, apple pie and apple cider but I once was on a diet where all I ate was just regular apples and now I refuse to eat them unless they are turnover, pie or cider forms.
17. I've tried to learn to crochet but I'm now convinced that I'd be better off if I didn't!
16. My favorite season is autumn.
15. I love spicy foods.
14. There's a pro and con side to having parrots. Sometimes they are very cute and say funny things and other times they are annoying!
13. I'm considering dressing up for Halloween but I have no idea as what.
12. I sign up for membership at Dove.com and stuff so I can get free samples.
11. My favorite county songs are,"If You're Reading This" by Tim McGraw,"Fast Cars and Freedom" and "These Days" by Rascal Flatts, "What If Love Hangs Onto Us" by Travis Tritt, "Heaven, Heartache and The Power Of Love" by Trisha Yearwood, "Wonder" by Kelly Pickler, "Our Song" by Taylor Swift and "More Then A Memory" by Garth Brooks.
10. I love the band My Chemical Romance.
9. The parrots screaming is getting on my nerves.
8. On Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays I have to take Austin to school and pick him up!
7. I love shoe shopping and when I worked at Kohl's I spent most of my earnings on shoes.
6. I'm not a big jewelry wearer but I love the silver bracelet Collin and Austin got me for Valentine's Day.
5. I have a very large extended family.
4. I love Girl Scout cookies and my favorites are Carmel DeLites.
3. My favorite candy bars are Kit Kat's, Snickers, and Fifth Avenue.
2. I love writing in this journal.
1. My name is Dawn and I'm from New Bedford,Massachusetts.
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Cool getting to know you better! -Missy http://journals.aol.com/ma241
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Oh, this is so cool. I haven't done one of these yet, maybe I should try it.
#95-"Hottie" and Books? You got one, you don't need the other. ;)~
#32- Their new song's pretty cool too!
#31-I had one at age 4-permed(she shivers)
#23-Totally agree.
Yeah, I really like this!
Smiles, Leigh -
I love your writings...you are open and honest. Thank you for your visit and I will be back.
Michele
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Love #82, that aint happened to me for a while!
Gaz ;-)
4/13/08 10:30 AM