100+ Things About Me

1. I love clocks
2. I love sweaters
3. Beowulf has been my favorite study throughout college
4. I don't lie very well
5. I don't like fish
6. I like raw spinache, but not cooked
7. I am not very good at grammar
8. My fish's name was Bilbo
9. I have had previous fish with the other hobbits' names (Frodo, Merry, and Pippin) but they all died
10. I've got a cat named Bear and another named Aristophanes (Ari)
11. My best friends name is Aspen
12. I have met Gary Paulson
13. I have also met Scotty from Start Trek (james Doohan)
14. I prefer the original Star Trek to the newer ones
15. Star Wars is OK
16. I like the color Yellow
17. I can lay brick
18. I can use a table saw and remodel a room (only when my Mom lets me do this to her house)
19. I played Quake all through highschool
20. I played Everquest for 2 1/2 years in college
21. I don't really remember much of 2 1/2 years of college
22. I designed the Department of English website (BSU)
23. I am an extrovert with introvert tendencies
24. I have experienced the drop-jaw, drool all over, tingly sensation when I met D
25. I was engaged for a year in '98-99
26. I am ecstatic to be working on myself
27. People tend to like me
28. I am a procrastinator
29. Sometimes I snore and if I do it is a light purr
30. My bed has to be smooshy soft in order for me to get any sleep
31. Everything in my bedroom has down in it - not anymore! Just pillows
32. I am mildly allergic to coconut
33. I don't crave sweets but if they are around - I will eat it!
34. I tend to starve myself if left to my own devices (no roomate or friend making me go eat)
35. My favorite food is a nice and juicy BLT. Mmmm... nummy
36. I love smileys but am trying to cut back (unless I go to a chatroom of some sort - not often anymore)
37. My nickname is Aya
38. My real name is Aya and Eileen smooshed together to create Ayleen
39. One of my computer personas is Nadeen
40. Ayleanna is the sweet one
41. I love Dreamweaver
42. I love my shorter hair - I hid too much behind my old long hair
43. I love my Mom
44. I miss my dad
45. I don't blame motorcycles or the guy driving the truck
46. England, Iceland, Scotland, Norway, Scandinavia, and Germany are the countries I would absolutely love to go visit and/or live in
47. I want to take my mom to Egypt some day
48. My brother gave me a fake tooth - my top, left front tooth isn't quite the same color as the others - we threw a 2 liter at each other... it was empty and I was grinning too much
49. It doesn't bother me
50. I grind my teeth when I worry or am anxious - this gives me headaches
51. My favorite animal is a cat
52. My Moms dog drives me crazy - I have to push him aside to get my head patted and snuggled with my Mom
53. I had amnesia when I was in elementary school - I don't remember any of it
54. I remember waking up from my amnesia (so to speak) as I watched Bewitched on the TV and eating grapes
55. I have taken almost every english class BSU has to offer
56. I love to teach
57. I love literature
58. I am in debt
59. I have plans on getting out of debt
60. I am not a good strategist with money
61. credit cards are evil - stay away from them
62. I drive a Mercury Mystique
63. I worked at Montgomery Wards for 3 years
64. I loved working in Bed and Bath
65. My favorite part of the job was in housewares setting up the Christmas displays
66. I love the smell of Halloween in Minnesota
67. My friends say I can smell anything
68. My best friend says I smell everything before I eat it and anything else that comes near me
69. I have my dads nose
70. My nose is a little big - but it is mine
71. My natural hair color looks like a bad dye job
72. I once lived without running water for 2 years
73. I cry alone
74. I write alone
75. I read alone
76. I prefer to have me-time once in a while
77. I don't let myself rest
78. I don't like being bored
79. I used to draw and do all sorts of art projects
80. My wrists are damaged somehow - they don't believe it is Carpal Tunnel
81. I don't type normally, I use only 3 fingers on my right hand and 3 on my left (usually only using 1 on left and two on right). I taught myself how to type =P
82. My mom has a pool in her home
83. I don't like to get wet all the time
84. I don't like being available (phone and e-mail wise) I like talking to people in person
85. I want to rewrite Beowulf and other stories
86. I want to get my PHD before I am 30
87. I am 25 right now - 27 now :-/
88. 25 is closer to 30 than 20
89. I don't like Pizza
90. I love bread
91. I don't have a favorite flower
92. I love to have a garden that blooms on its own
93. I love celtic knot jewelry
94. I would like a class ring from BSU
95. I don't like most of the class ring looks - I want it to be something I would wear
96. I love sweetened and milky coffee
97. I love the smell of coffee
98. I like to sleep
99. Life-like dolls creep me out at night
100. I love my dreams - even the nightmares - they are like movies to me
101. I can rewind dreams
102. My dad hugged me in my dream
103. I don't think I can stop at 100 - in fact I know I can't
104. My favorite color is red - dark red
105. I liked the movie Timeline
106. I would like to take a medieval history class
107. I want to go home
108. I prefer PC to MAC
109. I want a Dell next time
110. My brother makes great computers
111. I love my brother and his wife
112. They shouldn't move to Texas
113. I don't need glasses - I have my dads eyes
114. I will probably need reading glasses when I am real old
115. I love lists
116. Harry Potter stresses me out
117. I don't like stress but I love magic
118. I want to play more RPG with friends
119. I want a library the size of my moms house
120. I smell books before, during, and after I read them
121. I don't think many people will get through this whole list
122. My blog is my to-do list
123. I have 3 grandmothers and 2 grandfathers still with us
124. My dad's dad passed away about 15 years ago
125. D and my brother made me a clear acrylic computer
126. I usually have my computers lasting me around 7-8 years
127. I can only afford for this computer to last that long
128. I love to ski
129. When skiing, I like the small hill so I can enjoy myself more
130. I want to read more icelandic sagas
131. I love to study medieval societies
132. Dr. D. Evans is my role model
133. I love fairies.
134. I watch a lot of TLC
135. I think I finally am comfortable with my style of clothes
136. My mom gets the clothes that I don't wear - she usually loves them
137. My banana bread is famous on my floor in Oak
138. I've lived in the dorms for a total of 6 years (since Fall 2000)
139. I love the dorms and the people
140. Naps are my favorite time of the day
141. I like to procrastinate