100 Things About Me (part deux)

1. I love corny 80's satire comedy.
2. Musically, I am stuck in the 90's: 90's grunge and alternative are my favorites. There is very little I like today. Outside that, I also like some slowcore (i.e. Low) and some indie rock (Ida, The Reindeer Section).
3. I married a metal head but you would never guessed it.
4. Our first real "date" was to Ozzfest. I didn't really enjoy the music too much but I liked people watching.
5. The first real concert I've ever been to: The Cowboy Junkies in 1996 (I was a senior in high school). I went to see them several other times in the 6 years after that.
6. My favorite concert: Low, in Chicago, a few years back.
7. I do not like clothes shopping. It is rare that I find something I like and will fit and is somewhat modest.
8. I am a modest dresser. No low-cuts, no cleavage, no stomach showing, and no pants/skirts/dress an inch or two above my ankles.
9. I wear tennis shoes & t-shirts with my skirts.
10. I fell in love with Ottawa (the city).
11. I've been trying to get into a habit of running for about 8 months now. I never can keep at it though.
12. Most days I'm content staying at home. Other days I crave to go hang out at Barnes & Noble (though I work at an independent bookstore on the other side of town).
13. I never eat meat when I eat out.
14. I prefer vegetarian meals to meat.
    
15. I LOVE Qdoba and Noodles & Co.
16. I hardly have to go to my favorites; I memorize most web addresses that I frequent.
17. I love tons of snow.
18. I am extremely, painfully shy. I usually don't like to the be first one to speak.
19. I hate PDA: Public Displays of Affection.
20. My man is my best friend. I have very little friends other than him. Due to the type of community I live in, people come and go every four years or so.
21. I always wanted to move far far away from Indiana. Now I've grown to love it. I just want to move to a city in Indiana with more hockey.
22. When I was a kid I had a Manon Rheaume picture/poster on my wall.
23. I also had a Monet print up on the wall.
    
24. And a map of Canada as well.
25. I also went for any Canadian musician's cd I knew of and get my hands on: Barenaked Ladies, The Tragically Hip, Spirit of the West....
    

100 Things About Me (Part 1 of ?)

Because it seems everyone else is doing it; and no, I wouldn't jump off a bridge if everyone else is doing it.

1. I took 3 years of German, 3 years of French, and a semester of Spanish in high school.
2. I took German because, well I don't know why initially. But I liked the fact I was learning the language of the vast majority of my ancestors. It also gave me an opportunity to go to Germany for 3 weeks; the first time I ever left the US.
3. I took French because I dreamed of living in Montreal or elsewhere in Quebec.
4. I'm not sure why I took Spanish; it was a conversation & culture course anyways.
5. I added my French major after getting my first bachelor's in order to communicate with my in-laws.
6. My initial degree was in anthropology.
   
7. I [HEART] fantasy sports. I usually have at least one baseball team, a few football teams, and as many as I can get of hockey teams. I tried basketball once and absolutely suck at it. My co-worker got me started on fantasy sports. Now I'm obsessed with them (usually because I end up doing better than he).
8. Magazines I read: Real Simple, Vegetarian Times, Runner's World, any hockey magazine I can get my hands on.
9. I work in a bookstore.
10. Favorite authors: Sherman Alexie, Joy Harjo, Louise Erdrich, Simon Winchester, Tolkien, Willa Cather.
11. Favorite book themes/topics: anthropology, history of the world through the lens of a single item & idea, interesting travel narratives, natural disaster histories, the prairie.
12. Favorite cookbooks: anything by Rick Bayless, Bittman's How to Cook Everything, and most of the Moosewood cookbooks.
13. I'm currently reading the Star Wars novels in storyline chronological order.
14. In terms of reading, I have obsessions that would last a week or two but fade away. Like once I tried to read all the Shakespeare plays in alphabetical order, but never finished.
    
15. I [HEART] watching Monk & Psych.
16. I'm totally obsessed with weather. I started college in meteorology but switched out because I sucked at chemistry. If I am able to (but I can't because we have the cheapest part of cable), I would watch the Weather Channel obsessively.
17. I [HEART] Fanta.
18. I lived in Indiana all my life.
19. I never been to an NHL game before.
20. I used to go to the Indianapolis Ice games when they were in the old IHL.
21. I do plan on going to the first Jackets preseason game (in Chicago) in a few weeks.
22. I am really hoping to go to the regular season home opener of the Jackets next month. It will be my first time in Columbus (not driving through).
23. Been to Cincinnati once. Went to the art museum on top of the hill. That park area was really beautiful.
24. I went to New Jersey once and will never go back.
25. I have never been to NYC or California, and I have no desire of going there.