100 + Things About Me

100 + Things About Me

1. I share the date of my birthday with Grand Duchess Tatiana of Russia
2. I am the youngest child
3. I began reading when I was 5 years old
4. Not longer after, I learned how to read cursive upside down too
5. I was class favorite in kindergarten until high school :p
6. My show & tell items probably won me the boys’ vote…
7. I’ve nearly dropped my jaw (in real meaning)
8. I love swimming
9. I'm a FRIENDS addict
10. I must watch it at least 1 episode every day
11. Never broken a bone to date *knock on wood*
12. I have 4 stitches in my body
13. Eleven is my favorite number
14. You’ll rarely catch me combing my hair
16. I am an 80’s child
17. My first boyfriend was my neighbor
18. There, there
19. In love with my Canon G11
20. Jeff Buckley's songs are awesome
21. I still wanna go to school
22. I was a cheerleader
23. Which was, proudly, I'm good at my academic too
24. I blame myself for not learning how to play guitar and piano
25. I learned English since I was 6
26. I graduated from diploma school when I was 21
27. I’ve only made one 5 in math in all my years of school…
28. And, yes, I was devastated because it was my favorite/best/easiest subject
29. Until that time, I had plans of majoring in math, but nixed it after that!
30. Secretly love some country music.
31. Start making my own money when I was cheerleading and dancing
32. I ended up with a broadcasting degree
33. And never once work in the tv station
34. I just once work in the radio when I was in college
35. Now I'm self-employed
36. I still wanna learn my German language
37. I'm in love with my middle name "Aranda"
38. My grandma said it's an Orchid , Aranda abbreviated in trade journals Aranda,^[1] is an intergeneric hybrid between the orchid genera Arachnis and Vanda (Arach x V).
40. But my grandpa said it's taken also from Pablo Aranda Ruiz, a spanish statement
41. It's just lovely when your name has 2 meanings.
42. I love dogs better than cats
43. My grandma at first wanted to name me: Rebecca Christine
44. Growing up, I spent my weekends at one or both of my grandparents houses
45. I’ve had a pet puppy named Bandit when I was in kindergarten
46. He was kidnapped once!
47. My mom like to joke that I was addopted.
48. Notice how our face look-alike, I believe her no more.
49. I’m miss direction
50. Yet I drive here and there
51. I was in the drum band team in elementary school
52. I was the majorette and can play the drum
53. I also played volleyball in 7th grade
54. I ran track for three years in high school
55. ..and just realize I was pretty athletic
56. I am a drama queen
57. I was in Girl Scouts
58. My first vehicle (that I paid for) was a Corolla
59. In a one year period from mid fall of my senior year through mid fall of my freshman year of college, vehicles I drove were hit 2 times
60. The first time the car was parked and I wasn’t within 50 yards or more of them
61. The second time I was…because of the stupid truck driver.
62. I want to write a book.
63. I’m thinking of writing one soon.
64. I’m not taught in html/web design
65. I want to take a course in html simply for resume purposes
66. I wish I had more time updating my blog
67. My first favorite computer games were frog and pacman
68. I believe I was born in the wrong continent
69. I’ve ’surfed’ the web
70. I miss using a PC
71. I’ve owned an ipod, but because I rarely used it, only when travelling
72. I’m a Canon girl
73. I need more cameras
74. I love to read…I’m very much a bookworm
75. I love traveling
76. I intend for traveling at least once a year
77. I’ve been missing Europe all the time
78. I miss Perth too
79. I love coffee
80. Currently, my favorite color is black…
81. My ‘realistic’ dream job (in other words, would pay the bills) is to become a Special Agent for the FBI
82. And, yes, I am working towards that dream job currently (lying)
83. However, if it paid the bills and provided insurance, paid time off, and a stable retirement plan, I’d switch to photography (portraiture and commercial with some weddings mixed in) in a heartbeat
84. I can tell you in detail what I was doing when I heard about/witnessed on tv about the Tsunami, Princess Di’s death, and 9-11.
85. I have a knack for remembering details like the above events, and of conversations (work and non work related)
86. Despite having dark brown hair all of my life, I do have sympathy black moments
87. I have been a black for about 24 hours once
88. I have no desire to ever go black again!
89. I lost 2 granpas and 1 grandma
90. I’ve never been to Disneyland
91. I’ve plan to soon
92. I’ve only been dehydrated once in my life
93. I hate chicken pox
94. I heart Jason Mraz, was so lucky to meet him in person
95. I once considered getting an associates in photography/graphic design
96. I’m still seriously considering getting a PhD in Criminal Justice
97. Growing up, I wanted to be a school teacher, meteorologist, architect, lawyer, and physical therapist.
98. I’m none of those things today, although I’m educationally qualified to be a college instructor!
99. If I could only pick five places to visit before I die, I’d want to go to the British Isles/Ireland, Germany, Iceland, Canada, and New Zealand
100. I’ve never had surgical procedures in my life
101. I’m one of the few people who gets their money’s worth of bags
102. I never wore glasses
103. I wanna change my passport so I can travel more
104. I’ve owned my dream car, a Ford Ranger
105. I traded it in last fall, however, for something more practical…a Ford Fusion
106. I hate waiting on hold w/ customer service (especially when its work related)
107. My biggest pet peeve is when someone wrote my name Poppy… it's POPY