25 Things About Me
Jan. 25th, 2009 09:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prosodicX-posted from Facebook, only I'm not tagging anyone over here to do it. If you want to, feel free.
1. I hate my job. And not only do I hate it, but it's making me physically and emotionally ill. I have to leave before something seriously bad happens to me.
2. I couldn't wait to own a home, and now I'm kind of sorry we do.
3. I'm a total book snob, and I'm damn proud of it. I don't generally read what's popular. And for me, there really isn't any such thing as light reading. With books, anyway.
4. I swear I was British in a past life.
5. My fantasy job is to write for Lonely Planet or to host a show on the Travel Channel.
6. I miss living in Germany so much sometimes that if I think about it too much, I cry.
7. I regret that I never learned to speak French fluently. Also - that my grasp of German was so poor. I tend to be jealous of people who are fluent in more than one language.
8. I started writing 2 books: one novel and one memoir. I kind of wonder if I'll ever finish them.
9. I really miss graduate school. I loved being a full-time student. Someday, I want to go back.
10. The most devastating thing that ever happened to me was failing my comprehensive exam for my masters degree. I have never completely gotten over it and I doubt I ever will. I will never slay that dragon until I finally get a masters degree.
11. I think I'm a really good cook, but I can't master something as simple as eggs over easy. This frustrates the hell out of me.
12. I am in no way religious, but I am very spiritual. I think these are two completely different things which sometimes co-exist.
13. I have an unhealthy addiction to magazines. I especially love domestic-themed magazines (Better Homes & Gardens), but also travel. If I could afford it, I would probably subscribe to 50 different magazines.
14. I didn't have a minor in college, but if I would've picked one, it would've been Anthropology.
15. It's completely ridiculous how much I love my dog. Sometimes, I think I treat her more like a human child than a dog.
16. I'm 33, and I still don't really have any desire to have kids.
17. If I could change one thing about myself personality-wise, it would be to stick up for myself more, to be more assertive.
18. If I could change one thing about myself physically, it would be my chronic illness. I'm tired of always feeling like I've been hit by a truck. It's hard to live that way.
19. I'm a grammar snob, yet I abuse commas and use ellipses way too much.
20. I love to bake. Muffins, quick breads and brownies are my favorite foods to bake.
21. I'm immensely proud of my English degree, but sometimes I think I should have studied something more practical.
22. There were many times when I was living abroad that I was mistaken for being European. I was very flattered by this. I think my sensibilities and ways of thinking tend to be more European anyway. It was only by chance that I was born in the US.
23. I miss Fazoli's. It is by far my favorite fast food restaurant. (I'm not a fan of fast food, so I think I like Fazoli's because it doesn't taste like fast food.) We don't have any out here in Washington state. Not that I'm aware of, anyway.
24. I cannot stand the cold. CANNOT. STAND. IT. Yet I'm married to a man from Minnesota who hates heat. This makes it difficult for us to agree on where we want to live. So maybe it's good that the military makes that decision for us.
25. Sometimes, I hate that the military has such control over our lives. But if it weren't for the military, I never would've had the opportunity to live in Germany, which was the most amazing time in my life. So it's a double-edged sword, really.
1. I hate my job. And not only do I hate it, but it's making me physically and emotionally ill. I have to leave before something seriously bad happens to me.
2. I couldn't wait to own a home, and now I'm kind of sorry we do.
3. I'm a total book snob, and I'm damn proud of it. I don't generally read what's popular. And for me, there really isn't any such thing as light reading. With books, anyway.
4. I swear I was British in a past life.
5. My fantasy job is to write for Lonely Planet or to host a show on the Travel Channel.
6. I miss living in Germany so much sometimes that if I think about it too much, I cry.
7. I regret that I never learned to speak French fluently. Also - that my grasp of German was so poor. I tend to be jealous of people who are fluent in more than one language.
8. I started writing 2 books: one novel and one memoir. I kind of wonder if I'll ever finish them.
9. I really miss graduate school. I loved being a full-time student. Someday, I want to go back.
10. The most devastating thing that ever happened to me was failing my comprehensive exam for my masters degree. I have never completely gotten over it and I doubt I ever will. I will never slay that dragon until I finally get a masters degree.
11. I think I'm a really good cook, but I can't master something as simple as eggs over easy. This frustrates the hell out of me.
12. I am in no way religious, but I am very spiritual. I think these are two completely different things which sometimes co-exist.
13. I have an unhealthy addiction to magazines. I especially love domestic-themed magazines (Better Homes & Gardens), but also travel. If I could afford it, I would probably subscribe to 50 different magazines.
14. I didn't have a minor in college, but if I would've picked one, it would've been Anthropology.
15. It's completely ridiculous how much I love my dog. Sometimes, I think I treat her more like a human child than a dog.
16. I'm 33, and I still don't really have any desire to have kids.
17. If I could change one thing about myself personality-wise, it would be to stick up for myself more, to be more assertive.
18. If I could change one thing about myself physically, it would be my chronic illness. I'm tired of always feeling like I've been hit by a truck. It's hard to live that way.
19. I'm a grammar snob, yet I abuse commas and use ellipses way too much.
20. I love to bake. Muffins, quick breads and brownies are my favorite foods to bake.
21. I'm immensely proud of my English degree, but sometimes I think I should have studied something more practical.
22. There were many times when I was living abroad that I was mistaken for being European. I was very flattered by this. I think my sensibilities and ways of thinking tend to be more European anyway. It was only by chance that I was born in the US.
23. I miss Fazoli's. It is by far my favorite fast food restaurant. (I'm not a fan of fast food, so I think I like Fazoli's because it doesn't taste like fast food.) We don't have any out here in Washington state. Not that I'm aware of, anyway.
24. I cannot stand the cold. CANNOT. STAND. IT. Yet I'm married to a man from Minnesota who hates heat. This makes it difficult for us to agree on where we want to live. So maybe it's good that the military makes that decision for us.
25. Sometimes, I hate that the military has such control over our lives. But if it weren't for the military, I never would've had the opportunity to live in Germany, which was the most amazing time in my life. So it's a double-edged sword, really.