i found in my pursuit of God that He was much more hotly in pursuit of me.

Thursday, September 01, 2005

got a sec?

On my old bloggie-pooh I had done a list of one hundred things about me. Twice. If you can find my old blog, you are welcome to go read the lists. But, it's been a while, so I figgered it was time to write another list.

So, without further ado;

one hundred things about Rebecca Marie

1. Weather permitting; I’d wear a turtleneck everyday of my life. Every. Day.
2. I like cheap wine from a box.
3. I have to wash my hands every time I touch a dog. Every. Time.
4. In general, I use too many ls. If something is truly wonderful, then shouldn’t it be wonderfull?
5. I keep secrets very well.
6. I like to say that people are tetched in the heid.
7. Please don’t spread this one around, but I think Eternal Flame by The Bangles is basically awesome.
8. I think soybeans taste exactly like green. Exactly.
9. I make the best taco salad in the whole wide world. Period.
10. I adore infomercials.
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11. It creeps me out real real bad that babies grow inside people and they don’t breath air.
12. I’m part Native American and I still like to go “Hai yai yai yai…” inappropriately if I see anything that looks Indianish.
13. Oh, speaking of being part Native? I like to refer to all Oregon casinos as “My people’s casino.”
14. I never could do a cartwheel.
15. If I could go back and do high school again, knowing what I know now, I’d still ace my ACTs but barely graduate because memorizing song lyrics would still be more important to me than homework.
16. I have an IQ of 136 (that’s pretty darned high…).
17. I have a hard time not being rude to people who joke that schizophrenia is the same thing as multiple personality disorder. Not a single one of my other selves is schizophrenic.
18. I wish my home were decorated in mid-century modern, but I keep decorating in postimpressionist. Apparently, I’m an old dog.
19. It drives me batty when people say “I found it on the net,” or “I was surfing the web.” No, I don’t have a less annoying substitute.
20. I think Dirty Dancing sucked. Go ahead and stick Baby in a corner, I really don’t care.
21. I like Wal-Mart, but shopping there makes me feel like I need to bathe.
22. The Order of the Phoenix was so lame in comparison to the first four that I’ve not even cracked The Half Blood Prince open yet.
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23. Five of the teeth in my head are fake.
24. I despise the Lord of the Rings movies. I openly mock them when forced to watch them. I’m putting off reading the books, because I’m afraid of liking the story and being unable to make fun in the future.
25. I saw The Music Man on stage starring John Davidson (you know, from Hollywood Squares?) and I loved it.
26. I won’t drink Yoohoo. Well, I don’t drink milk, anyway, but milk called Yoohoo is a real problem.
27. I love barbershop quartets.
28. I have real live mafia connections on my Italian side. Like, the concrete boots, money laundering, real live mafia.
29. Sometimes I get the theme song from the old cartoon She-Rah stuck in my head. This is particularly odd, as I never watched that cartoon.
30. I make snap judgments about people the first time I meet them. I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve been wrong.
31. I think the name backgammon is really weird. That’s not a typo. Not the game, the name.
32. My favorite paying job was as a barista, and this was before Starbucks.
33. I utterly despise Starbucks. I prefer my coffee unburnt. (my apologies to anyone related to anyone who works there… it’s a personal preference)
34. I think that the number of grapes I just ate was equal to or greater than the amount of grapes required to make me ill.
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35. I’m not a fan of play-doh.
36. I hear a “d” in college and a “p” in warmth. Colledge. Warmpth.
37. When I was chatting online with Janni Laine earlier, she kept misspelling “awkward.” She was spelling it “ackward,” and I loved it.
38. One of my pet peeves (aside from calling annoyances “pet peeves”) is when people refer to tossed salads as “toss salad.”
39. I like those Vonage commercials. You know, the ones with that song that goes, “yee hee, yee hee hee, yee hee, yee hee hee….”
40. I liked Encino Man enough that I bought it from Janni Laine at her garbage sale.
41. I don’t think that anything is the new anything else. Black will always be black. Salsa will always be salsa. Ridiculous catch phrases will always be ridiculous.
42. I won’t watch movies with Jennifer Lopez in them and I won’t call her that one thing that that one guy with the equally dumb nickname came up with for her. Gross.
43. I like burnt cheese.
44. I (shamefully) wish that People magazine had fewer articles about regular people. When I’m waiting for my turn at the dentist, I only want to read about celebrities, not people who raised money for school supplies.
45. I used to unravel the bookmarks of the hymnals at Linwood Church of Christ and then braid them instead of listening to the preacher yell.
46. I like my frozen coke with a layer of cherry slurpee in the middle.
47. I like to turn nouns into verbs. Like, “I fandangoed our tickets,” or “I’ll netflix it,” or “I’m claustrophoberating.”
48. I know Janni Laine will protect my image if I kick the bucket on the toily. I know it.
49. I believe that offensive pass interference should be abolished. If I’m on the offense, I should be able to stop you from catching my ball.
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50. I’ll be thirty-two on Saturday and I don’t care. I’m still as immature as I was when I was twenty and so there.
51. Marie is not my original middle name. If you feel like it, you can go back to the beginning of this blog and read all about it.
52. I’m nearly breathless with anticipating the next Amazing Race.
53. My very first phone number was 503.655.3827.
54. I don’t play on the beach when I go to the beach. I prefer to spend my time reading or gambling at my people’s casino.
55. I went to the Ramblin’ Rod show when I was a little girl but all I remember of it is the girl who whistled beef on the way there in the car. She ruined her brownie uniform and made us all gag. Jerk.
56. I sucked my finger until I was in junior high.
57. I got sad when Jennifer and Brad split. Then, I got irritated with myself for caring. Then, I remembered that it was okay to be sad, cause divorce is always sad.
58. Mmmmmmmsushi.
59. I never had a honeymoon.
60. I’m going to be a midwife someday.
61. My favorite season is Winter, but I get the most excited about Autumn, because it means that Winter is coming and I adore anticipation.
62. I believe in getting my hopes up, because that is sometimes all the fun. If what you are hoping for comes true, the hope practically fades away. But if what you are hoping for doesn’t come to pass, at least you had hope!
63. When magnets push away from each other, whatever that’s called, anyway, I dig that.
64. I love kaleidoscopes.
65. I’m still not over the fact that Drew and Natalie are married and not brother and sister. Well done, them, for pulling that one off for so long.
66. I’m still irritated with the waiter that said, “We call it spaghetti sauce here,” when I asked for extra marinara for our bread.
67. I saw Rob Base and DJ E.Z. Rock in concert when I was a sophomore in high school. (uhm, and mc hammer, too)
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68. I don’t like that helper dog that pops up in word sometimes. If I want help, I’ll ask for help. Oh, and helper dog? Tell your dumb paperclip friend to go away, too.
69. Until last Sunday I’d forgotten just how good Dead Poets Society is. I’m ever so glad I remembered.
70. I drive a Kia and I love it. It was cheap, and I’ll probably have it for ten years. Hooray for cheap.
71. I have to make a conscious effort to not decorate exclusively in green.
72. I really enjoy using paper cutters. Really really.
73. I HATE watermelon.
74. I could spend a good hour shuffling cards. I don’t know why, but I just love shuffling cards.
75. Shanna just made the duck quack face thing with Pringles. Seriously, just now. (okay, that was not, technically about me, but it did happen next to me.)
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76. I have a frog and a fish living happily on my kitchen counter, in a plant.
77. I can make several different types of jewelry, but I only wear simple wedding bands and some earrings from my husband.
78. I was very relieved to love the first martini that I ever ordered. I was so in love with the look of them, that I would have been devastated to discover that I didn’t like the taste of them. Yes, devastated.
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79. I would wear black all of the time if, if, well, if something, I really don’t know why I don’t.
80. I hand paint my own Christmas cards. Lemme know if you want one next year.
81. I still remember the sound of Bill Wood clipping his nails during church. Snap. Snap. Snap.
82. There was actress on Knight Rider called Rebecca Lynn Holden. That was my maiden name and I always got a thrill when I saw that during the credits.
83. I. BIT. IT. At Clackamette Park last week trying to catch a frisbee. But until I hit the ground, I reeeeeaaaally thought I had it.
84. I’m terrified of birds.
85. I used to be so allergic to mosquito bites that I had to carry an epinephrine shot kit with me at all times. I grew out of it, thankfully.
86. I’m not generally a kid person, which has come as a great surprise to me in my old age; I had always thought I was.
87. When I was twelve the Frankenstein at Universal Studios scared me so bad that I nearly cried.
88. I’m quite a handyman. Yes, I said handyman. Specifying handywoman is not necessary, and it’s ridiculous.
89. I adore double-sided tape and I hope it never loses its appeal.
90. I make amazing sangria.
91. I rarely drink, although this list implies otherwise.
92. I saw a real live coast guard rescue two days ago. A real live lower a diver from a helicopter, rescue someone in a basket rescue. It was amazing and I’ll never forget it.
93. In grade four, I used to make fake nails by drying a puddle of Elmer’s glue overnight and then cutting them out and sticking them to my fingernails with spit.
94. I used to go stranger screaming with Shanna.
95. I believe that it is, in fact, hip to be square.
96. I always thought that the Levi company should have had a commercial where a hot woman pulls up next to a boy in jeans and says “excuse me, are those bugle boy jeans you’re wearing?” and the guy says, “no, they’re levis.” And the woman says, “get in….” It was soooo lame that she always drove away when he said they were bugle boys.
97. My first 45 was Africa by Toto, Janni Laine and I bought music the same day, she bought Valley Girl by Moon Unit Zappa.
98. Me and Shanna and Melissa Perkins hung out at Taco Bell too much in college. Not so much eating as just not being on campus.
99. I love the smell of a wood campfire.
100. See? I’m a real person, not just a bit. There’s a real person in here.

hope you enjoyed this glimpse into me.

arrivederci, rebecca marie

18 flattering compliments:

Blogger George gushed...

12. I’m part Native American and I still like to go “Hai yai yai yai…” inappropriately if I see anything that looks Indianish.
"You can't just give something and take it back, what are you..."

21. I like Wal-Mart, but shopping there makes me feel like I need to bathe.
Wal-Mart is the anti-Christ!

39. I like those Vonage commercials. You know, the ones with that song that goes, “yee hee, yee hee hee, yee hee, yee hee hee….”
I always thought it was "whoo hoo, whoo hoo hoo..."

41. I don’t think that anything is the new anything else. Black will always be black. Salsa will always be salsa. Ridiculous catch phrases will always be ridiculous.
Endoplasmic ridiculum is the new ridiculousness. You heard it here first.

50. I’ll be thirty-two on Saturday and I don’t care. I’m still as immature as I was when I was twenty and so there.
Maturity is overrated

78. I was very relieved to love the first martini that I ever ordered. I was so in love with the look of them, that I would have been devastated to discover that I didn’t like the taste of them. Yes, devastated.
Mmmmmmmmmartini

90. I make amazing sangria.
Mmmmmmmmmmmsangria

91. I rarely drink, although this list implies otherwise.
Mmmmmmmmmmdrink

95. I believe that it is, in fact, hip to be square.
It's also true that the power of love is a curious thing: it makes one man weep and another man sing

9/01/2005 8:14 PM  
Blogger tabitha jane gushed...

george: endoplasmic reticulum is very neccessary for holding your body together. it is in no way ridiculous. except maybe in its name. it has a funny name.


rebecca marie:
my list in reply:

1. wine from a box? wow.
2. i was my hand every time i touch a dog too. and a cat. i am allergic sometime so i can never be too careful. it is better than breaking out in a rash.
3. worse than dirty dancing: footloose. at least dd had some good dance moves and said things about social class or something . . . i guess footloose said it was ok to rebel against the small-town preacher.
4. don't tell my husband that you hate LOTR, he would watch it every day if he could. but he also read the books . . . i would recommend the books. tolkein was a genius.
5. do you like rocapella or the trenchcoats?
6. my bike is named she-rah
7. jon works at starbucks and we both hate it. the company more than the coffee though. but jon makes the coffee taste oh so good!
8. we wheezed the juice in high school frequently. bu-uuudy.
9. i LOVE burnt cheese!
10. you went to lynwood? that explains a lot. i grew up in a conservative church too and found much solace in the hymnal bookmarks
11. i was sad about jennifer and brad too (and i thought i was being shallow) i really thought they were a celebrity couple that would acutally make it . . .
12. mmmmmm sushi
13. my friend is going to school to be a midwife . . . i'm gonna have a midwife when i give birth . . . but i am probably not going to be a midwife myself. i'll be a nutritionist or something after i get my massage license
14. having hope is good, but having expectations sucks because then people just let you down when they don't meet your expectations that they didn't know you had anyway.
15. DPS is one of jon's favorite movies . . . "o captain my captain!"
16. i'm totally allergic to watermelon.
17. #80: ew!!!
18. #93: that's genious!


finished.

9/02/2005 9:38 AM  
Blogger tabitha jane gushed...

wash. wash my hand. not was my hand.

crap.

9/02/2005 9:39 AM  
Blogger rebecca marie gushed...

tabitha - you're the reason i apologized for the starbucks comment, and i hate it for the company and the burnt coffee.

why ew about the christmas cards? everyone is an original watercolor, and it takes me days each year. it's probably the only thing i love about christmas, giving my loved ones an actual gift. don't get me wrong, i love the meaning of christmas, i just hate what it has become.

9/02/2005 11:59 AM  
Blogger rebecca marie gushed...

shanna - it wasn't last week, it was at least a month ago...

9/02/2005 11:59 AM  
Blogger rebecca marie gushed...

george - you're totally right, it is woo hooo, woo hoo hooo.

also, you just scored many points for the basically awesome seinfeld reference.

9/02/2005 12:00 PM  
Blogger tabitha jane gushed...

i meant the ew to be about the toenail clipping... sorry if i got the number wrong! there are like 100 numbers up there or something!

9/02/2005 2:08 PM  
Blogger The fashion concience you should be listening to gushed...

Ohmygosh, I LOVE The Bangles. And the fact that you like Eternal Flame makes me LOVE you!!! I spent a summer in Europe and there was a hip group named Atomic Kitten who covered the song. It played everywhere. I took it upon myself to school those Frenchies on who actually sang it. Hence, there's a music store in Paris I'm no longer allowed in.
Anyhoo, fun list. I want to know your snap impression of me and a Christmas card.

9/02/2005 5:22 PM  
Blogger Lori Ann gushed...

Happy Birthday! You know we should really meet someday. Your my kind of gal!
I don't like starbucks burnt coffee either, gross!(Ron does though)

9/02/2005 10:35 PM  
Blogger Amanda gushed...

47 = Awesome and something that I do too. It is so great. Are you excited about BigBrothering tonight?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Breanna has not seen Dead Poets Society and it's in my top ten favorites of all time. I forced her to watch it with me and she fell asleep after 10 minutes. HOW COULD YOU?!?

Starbucks = bad in America, ultra lame in Mexico, good in Canada, and good in the UK. - mostly because some countries don't serve coffee that's better.

Christmas is the highlight of my life. Oh, someone just broke my heart? That's ok, there's Christmas this year. My leg fell off?--maybe Santa will bring me crutches.

9/03/2005 10:27 AM  
Blogger rebecca marie gushed...

amanda, let's remedy that. let's get 'er when she's wiiiiide awake, cause dps is one of those all timers. ageless. awesome. inspiring. there is not a single overused cliche in that movie, and you come out of it a better person. and, that is NOT me being dramatic.

9/03/2005 10:30 AM  
Blogger Sarah gushed...

Rebecca Marie, Happy Turning 32 Day!

So, I finally had one of my lifelong questions answered today. "Who on earth unravelled then braided all these bookmarks in the hymnals at Linwood church, and why?!"

I think it rocks that you want to be a midwife. Maybe I'll fly you down to my mine for my next several children. :)

Also, Dead Poet's Society is one of the 4 movies we own, and I was actually going to watch it this weekend. (We're on a budget, no Netflixing for us this month.) lol

9/03/2005 12:20 PM  
Blogger Sarah gushed...

Wow, sorry my sentence about you being my midwife made no sense. It really bugs me and I wish I could go fix it. Now I'm gonna obsess about it all day long.

9/03/2005 12:21 PM  
Blogger rebecca marie gushed...

sarah, do they seriously still have the same songbooks? that rules.

9/03/2005 12:36 PM  
Blogger Lindsey gushed...

Lol. Your list was hysterical..I laughed the whole time I was reading it. (except about Harry Potter...come on now...order of the Phoenix was good and so was The Half Blood Prince.)

Turtle necks every day? Really?
I can't wear them, they make my face look too fat.

9/03/2005 5:49 PM  
Blogger Pete gushed...

Number 13 was great! Your peoples' casino.

You really should read HP 6. She is good stuff.

9/05/2005 1:46 PM  
Blogger rebecca marie gushed...

hey, guru, thanks for stopping by... i will give the sixth book a shot, i promise. my real excuse is that my huband is currently reading it.

9/05/2005 2:45 PM  
Blogger breanna gushed...

it's such a wierd feeling to back read posts and discover people were talking about you.

i don't mind it, it's just wierd is all.

9/05/2005 4:12 PM  

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