For the voyeur in you
You know I'm working on a 100 Things list of the non-traditional blog sort (trying to come up with 100 things I love about myself and wouldn't change at all). But the more and more I read others' lists, I want one that is 'Just the facts, Ma'am.' Know what a mean? The traditional 100 found on About pages. I'm such a nerd wanting to sit at the in crowd's table....nah, not really...sort of. And these are just coming out of my head so there's no real order.
1. Green is my favorite color so one Christmas, my parents were a bit overzealous and bought EVERYTHING in green. It pissed me off.
2. I've never received a driving ticket but I've had my license suspended. I got my first one in February 2005 for expired tags. DAMN YOU, SCOOBY DOO! I was doing good too.
3. I can read Tarot cards with amazing insight but still have to cheat with the book on card meanings.
4. I won't touch a Ouija board because of freaky things that happened the last time we played with one.
5. I love walking around the house nude because I think I'm more attractive naked than dressed.
6. I hate my body but would willingly live as a nudist.
7. My pregnant mother, sister, and I were in a car accident that should have killed us when I was three years old but my mother was the only one that came out of it with a bruise. I remember it vividly.
8. I refused to go grocery shopping with my mother when I was approximately seven years old. Within the time it takes to pull out our driveway, my mother just barely had enough time to grab my siblings and get out before our van exploded;
9. I met John Cusack when I was a high school freshman, and until that day I had a crush on him. Now I think he's a jerk.
10. I was a crowd scene extra in his film Eight Men out but have never seen the movie to see if I'm visible.
11. I get crushes often including women.
12. I have a crush on Angelina Jolie...yes, Carrie...Angelina Jolie.
13. These have led me to question my sexuality several times in my life but I'm straight...except for those couple of times. *wink wink*
14. I have an intense love for pens and would have no qualms about taking yours if you offer...even if I never use it...ever.
15. I have a strawberry shaped birthmark on my right knee that as a child I believed that everyone had the same kind on the same place.
16. Jesus use to scare me because of those damn Catholic Sacred Heart pictures.
17. I give people an insane amount of second chances but once I decide I've had enough, you are completely cut out of my life
18. I'm attracted to all types of men except Filipinos.
19. The anesthesia wore off during my knee surgery and I could feel the surgeon cutting and moving about.
20. Sometime during the ages of 4-6, I swam through a swarm of jellyfish and was stung on all the exposed parts of my body.
21. Some of my past jobs include working for the IRS, Dunkin' Donuts, securities department (stocks/bonds) of a major bank.
22. I went to high school with the niece of Clarence Clemmons, the saxophonist of Bruce Springsteen's E-Street Band.
23. I narrated a documentary my high school ecology class produced.
24. A goal of mine is to be the voice of an animated character.
25. I learned to play poker before learning to play checkers at six years old but I still suck at it.
26. A friend of the family who was a cross dresser taught me how to play checkers. I never thought him odd.
27. I won $1500 playing Bingo once but ended up with only $500 of it an hour later.
28. I once healed a frog with a bloody leg. Haven't been able to heal anything since...just kidding. Making sure you're still paying attention.
29. One of my first winters in the States was spent in Wisconsin and I got pneumonia.
30. The only hangover I've ever had was after drinking a gallon of margaritas, a liter of Long Island Tea, and shots of rum.
31. My alcohol of choice for a very long time was Vodka.
32. I laugh at drunk people who can't handle their shit.
33. I have an intense fear of heights so much so that I get sick to my stomach watching a person stand in a chair. It doesn't stop me from doing things except stand on extremely high balconies.
34. I love practical jokes.
35. I'm one degree separated from Martin Lawrence and Leonardo di Caprio through the same person.
36. One of my favorite movies is Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
37. I've been hypnotized twice for two separate comedy shows.
38. I worked for a urologist and now know that penile implants do NOT make your penis longer or larger.
39. I'll use generic brands for everything EXCEPT ketchup...HEINZ only.
40. I talk in my sleep.
41. I love being barefooted and my feet hate me for it.
42. Coffee puts me to sleep.
43. I can drink a Starbucks' Red Eye, a Red Bull and take a yellow jacket and I could still fall asleep in five minutes.
44. I sleep very little except when I'm depressed; then I oversleep.
45. I've suffered from migraines since I was a kid. Some are so severe that I have been afflicted with temporary blindness and limb paralysis.
46. I have prophetic dreams.
47. I've had a Marian vision.
48. I've also seen the devil...sounds crazy, yes?! But it's true.
49. My daughter's biological father is 13 years older than me.
50. I have only one child but there was one other time that I visited the doc for a pregnancy test.
51. I started labor with Em at 2 a.m on a Saturday but didn't have her until 6:59 p.m. on Monday.
52. I thought about becoming a nun for a very long time but decided against it because I knew I would love and want sex too much.
53. I got dragged by my car once and got serious road rash on my leg.
54. I read no less than five books at a time. If I don't, I get bored and won't read.
55. I've been journalling since elementary school but sadly threw all my early journals away.
56. I love taking photos but am lazy about putting them in albums. My daughter is almost nine ten and haven't put a photo in an album since she was two.
57. I've seriously thought about going bald just to see how my hair would grow back.
58. I've eaten shark, alligator, frog legs, chitlins, balut among other things and loved all of them.
59. There are only two things that I have eaten thus far that have disgusted me: asparagus and durian, a native fruit of the Philippines.
60. One of my favorite foods is dinuguan, a Filipino food also called 'blood pudding.'
61. When I was younger, I was mistaken for older. Then once I hit college, everyone thinks I look younger.
62. I have one tattoo but want to get another.
63. My life's obsessions? I want to be an architect, an archaeologist, an anthropologist, an actor, and an author.
64. I've used the same scent of the same brand of deodorant for over ten years. Degree Shower Fresh because I've found nothing that works better or smells finer.
65. I have a thing for smells especially the individual scents of people.
66. My memories are recalled easier by what grade I was in or where I lived rather than how old I was or what year it happened.
67. I have to count backwards using my fingers or paper to figure year or age yet I was in AP calculus in high school.
68. I excelled in everything in school except reference skills like detailed alphabetizing and the library system. It takes me a bit to find a listing in a phone book and I swear that NONE of the books I want are ever in the library (computer says they are available but I'll be damned if I can find them).
69. I love recipies. I have a major thing for recipies. Recipies make me squirm. I collect them and books but don't use them often. Don't ask me why.
70. I've been known to be a flirt. I don't realize that I am but evidently it's true.
71. I don't like to do favorites lists. I like too many things and it always depends what mood I'm in.
72. I stole a piece of furniture from work with permission from my boss.
73. I've had 25 different addresses (that I can recall) but have moved more times than that BUT have lived in only 8 different states and two different countries.
74. One of my favorite actors is Audrey Hepburn for her craft and her humanitarian work.
75. I love karaoke.
76. I was a Duranie.
77. The first CD I bought was Pink Floyd's The Wall.
78. I do not lie when I say I love all genres of music especially favoring blues and old jazz.
79. I can have an orgasm from a back rub or from eating the right food....like sushi.
80. I can do the cherry stem/tongue thing. Eh, no big deal.
81. If I had the body, I would jump at the chance to be a stripper.
82. Every sexual partner I've been with has been more than pleased.
83. I love to kiss, hug, touch, and cuddle.
84. Both simplicity and complexity make me happy.
85. I am a curious one.
86. Love flea markets, yard sales, thrift stores, dumpster diving.
87. I laugh during the worst moments of my life such as during suicidal depression, impending danger, and extreme fear.
88. Though I don't watch Survivor, if I were on it my luxury item would be microwave kettle corn. Psychological warfare, man.
89. I love the ocean but would never live on a beach. Stupid ass people who continually build houses after hurricanes repeatedly destroy them. Sheesh!
90. I don't have penis envy but I wish I could be a man for a day just to see what it's like.
91. Because my father had to camp out quite a bit for the Marine Corps, we never went camping. I am a camping virgin and waiting for someone to help pop that cherry.
92. Intellectual, creative, humorous men are my weakness.
93. My child is my favorite person in the world.
94. I believe everyone is going to heaven eventually.
95. I can't tell if I'm weaker or stronger than I am.
96. I wish I could make everyone happy.
97. Though I get fed up with life, I'm completely in love with it.
98. If given the chance, I wouldn't change anything in my life thus far for fear of never having the people currently in my life and fear of losing all the wisdom I worked hard to gain.
99. I've always felt there were big plans for me and am just impatient with the crap I'm dealing with now.
100. I want to die on the 100th anniversary of my birth. Bonus points if cause of death is chicken pox which I've never had.
I have found many things in common too. Its funny. Because how its possible - im russian girl...but somehow... somehow...
Just the words Light and Darkness came in my mind, i put them on search in Google and first i opened your site.
Everything happen from Reason. I beleve.
Posted by: tenar | 23 October 2006 at 02:59 PM
I stumbled across your blog while I was doing some online research. Whether these just poured out of you or not, they were quite entertaining and showed a lot of creativity!
Posted by: panasianbiz | 17 July 2006 at 02:52 PM
Naomi, I have read this before and said how much we have in common and now I want to show you just how true that is. All of these replies to yours are the absolute truth...The ones that are omitted mean I didn't find a similarity.
2.Have received NUMEROUS driving tickets, but never had my license suspended...exactly opposite on this one.
3.I used to be very accurate with Tarot, as well, but never could be confident enough to not cheat with the book.
4.Freaky deaky thing happen when I use a Ouija board, so I don't touch them anymore either. I definately believe in their power.
5.I HATE clothes...love being nude...hate my body, but love being nude. The free spirit in me.
6.Again, hate my body, but would be more than willing to live as a nudist and have thought about it before.
8.WOW! That gave me chills.
9. I had a small fling with an actor with the initials GC before he was famous. I was very young, he was very hot, and I still think he is a great guy. I am sure he is the exception to most actors, however.
10. Very cool!
11. I do this too. It is the person, not their sex that I am attracted to.
12. Deep crush on Ms. Jolie myself...God those lips, those eyes...she is simply gorgeous! And how I love the person she is.
13.EXACTLY! I am straight, but I have had occasions where I went a little crooked!
14. Oh, MY GOD....I LOVE ink pens...I have more than any sane person should have. I have been known to ask people for their pens if I like them enough. I also have a deep love of stationary and school supplies. I never use half the pens I have..I just like having them.
17. This is exactly how I am. I go back for more and more abuse, but once I have decided it is over...you might as well stay the hell out of my face, because I am DONE with you.
18.I am attracted to all types of men...don't know any Filipinos.
19. I woke up in the middle of them removing my gallbladder, my head kind of rolled to the side, I saw the blood pressure reading of 40/20 and then heard them screaming for the Epi. I nearly lost my life over a freaking gallbladder. Damned gallstones. I also had an epidural with my second child who was complete breech. They tried to turn him, his heart rate dropped and they rushed me to have a Csection. The doctor began cutting and I could feel it vividly. They had to put me to sleep. Very traumatic experience.
24. Would LOVE to be the voice of a character. I do a mean impression of Sponge Bob and Patrick! Also am very good a roadrunner, Gizmo and a plethora of other cartoon characters. Not as good at real people. It is the overexaggerated voices of cartoons I am so good at.
30. I have only had one hangover, and oddly enough, it included all three of those things.
31. My alcohol of choice is still Jim Beam (bourbon). My favorite mixed drink...oh my GOD...Long Island Iced Tea...could drink them every day!...All those different liquors mixed...yummy...
32. I too laugh when they can't handle their shit. I can drink with the best men.
33. Heights are my weakness. Oddly enough, I still have a great desire to parasail!
34. LOVE LOVE LOVE practical jokes, especially when I am the one pulling them
36. OH I LOVE THIS MOVIE. One of the bestest bestest movies of all time. I can't wait to see the remake with the wonderful Johnny Depp. I was at first very offended that they were remaking the movie and not using the still very much alive Gene Wilder. However, all anger subsided when I found out it was Johnny Depp. My love of him goes back to his 21 Jump Street days.
39. Only Heinz for me too sweetie. I use many many generics.
40.I talk in my sleep (what little I get)
41. I hate socks, I hate shoes..>I would go barefooted all the time if I could..and my feet scream at me very often. I have to continually soak them, use pumice, lotion, etc, to keep them from cracking and bleeding. Corn huskers lotion is the best I have ever used. It takes a few weeks to see a difference, but the time is worth it.
42. I can sleep no matter how much caffeine I drink if I am sleepy. Caffeine has never kept me awake.
43. Me too.
44. Three hours a night is a good night of sleep for me. Unless I am depressed. Then I can't seem to wake up.
45. I have had migraines since childhood, as well. I still remember my first one when I was 7 years old. I have experienced temporary blindness, severe vomitting, and pain so severe even the wind hurts it.
46. More times than I like to recall I have had prophetic dreams.
48. I was married to the devil.
51. I went through 44 hours labor with my last child.
52. Never thought about being a nun BECAUSE I love and enjoy sex so much.
54. I am right now reading 3 books at once, plus my textbooks. I get bored with just one as well.
55. I have journaled as long as I can remember but sadly have gotten rid of far too many of them.
56. I am exactly the same. I take SOO many pictures, buy the albums, scrapbooking supplies, but the just sit there. I am also bad to take like 20 rolls of film before I will put them in to be developed.
57. This made me crack up! I thought I was the only person who had ever had this thought!
61. Yep, me too.
62. OH HOW I WANT A TATTOO...I want a heartagram on my shoulder.
63.My life dream has always been to be an actor. Me and my first fiance were planning on movie to California to pursue that dream. Missed chances!
64. I have used the same scent for many years. Suave Powder Fresh, I think it is called. Smells like a baby, works like a horse.
65. I am obsessed with scents, and often ask people, such as my online friends that I have never met, what kind of colognes, deodorants, lotions, laundry detergents, etc they use and a way to feel closer to them. I love the scent of sex and my favorite perfume/lotion scent is Pure Seduction by Victorias Secret.
66. Yep, me too. I am really really bad with years. I have to use memory landmarks, just like the way I drive.
67. I was in AP for all math, but still have to use my fingers for things like that. Go figure. (Yes, there was a pun intended there!)
69. I collect cookbooks and recipes but rarely, if ever use them. Again, I thought I was the ONLY one who did this. I have no idea why the obsession with them but it is there, nonetheless.
70. I am a very big flirt, but I realize it.
71. Yep, with my changing mood, my favorites change.
74. She is one of my heros
75. Love karaoke. Was actually asked to go to karaoke last night with some friends, but couldn't go. The mommy thing!
77.I love that CD. The first CD I bought was the Karate Kid soundtrack. The first album I bought (with my own money) was Prince Purple Rain. I now own it on CD too...I love that music and that movie.
78. I love all genres. I have everything in my CD collection from Barbra Streisand to Eminem, to Broadway musicals too numerous to mention to heavy metal from the 80's. Classical, blues, jazz,...every single type makes my toes curl.
79. So can I sweetie. So can I.
80. Yes, I can do that too. No big deal, but the guys sure love it!
81. Oh, me too. I have often wished there was a stripclub for people with bodies like mine.
82. Now serving..well, I won't give the number, but not a dissatisfied customer yet!
83. I love all of these, especially kisses...those deep, passionate ones that you can feel all the way to your toes...I can cum by that alone...no joke.
84. I laughed at this one too, not because it is funny, but because it is so true of me, as well.
85. I am curious to the point of nosey.
86. OH I just squirm at the thoughts of them. I love them.
87. Have always laughed at inappropriate moments.
89. I have said that time and time again! What is the matter with these people. Are they fucking crazy? Don't they ever learn their lesson. God is trying to tell them something...like Don't live on the damned beach you morons!
90. I have said THAT time and time again, as well!
91. Oh, I am waiting for that cherry to be popped myself. I would love to go camping.
92. Yes, oh my God YES...one who can carry an intelligent conversation and have a great sense of humor but especially men who can write...and then there is always the sexiest man alive to me...one that can write, sing, and play the piano. Well, I would just roll over and do whatever he wanted. Rob Thomas from Matchbox 20 is this triple threat AND drop dead GORGEOUS to boot. He is the sexiest man alive to me. AND he plays piano BAREFOOTED and that just makes me wet for some reason. I LOVE him.
93. My children are mine too.
94. Except me.
95. I completely relate.
96. One of my strengths AND weaknesses.
97. Me too..most of the time.
98. Me either. Then I wouldn't have my wonderful children and the knowledge I have gained to help them grow up a more normal, healthy way...it has all been worth it.
99. There are big plans for both of us sweetie, I just know it. I am just impatient too with all the shit that is going on. I usually avoid cliches, but they say all good things come to those who wait and patience is a virtue. I guess that is true, but I have often said only enormous amounts of stress come to those who wait and patience is a load of shit.
I love you Nae. Told you...we are freakishly similar. The more I get to know you, the more I realize it. How I can relate to you..geez...
Posted by: Frances | 09 March 2005 at 09:08 AM
who sings the son that goes If I traded it all If I gave it all away for one thing Just for one thing If I sorted it out If I knew all about this one thing Wouldn’t that be something? please e mail me at BSKIDD7@aol.com and tell me. thanks
Brandon
Posted by: Brandon | 27 September 2004 at 04:45 PM
Well thank you, Andrew for the lovely compliment. Sometimes I like to think I'm a free spirt. Other times I just say I'm crazy...but I am glad you enjoyed the list. *smile*
And life is grand that way, isn't it? Introducing people in the most amazing ways?!
Posted by: Naomi | 04 August 2004 at 07:26 PM
You have an absolutly lovely list here. I found it by chance, which life often does, but it was neat to see that there are still free spirited people in this world. Thanks for the entertainment of sorts...
Posted by: Andrew C. Stevens | 02 August 2004 at 09:11 PM
Carrie, you are so funny! hehehe Fish lips and sunken eyes. *shaking head laughing* You're a hoot!
Nope, not finished with THE list. This is sort of my fluff list. My other one is taking forever....hard to concentrate on what I like about myself.
Posted by: Naomi | 15 April 2004 at 04:15 PM
The list is FINISHED! So cool! And #12 just goes to show that you are a person who can look past those fish lips and sunken eyes and see someone beautiful, even desirable. Everyone should be so lucky:)
Posted by: carrie | 15 April 2004 at 04:05 PM
It is simply amazing how much we have in common...almost freaky, really....Star
Posted by: Amy Star | 15 April 2004 at 01:31 PM
Naomi, loved your list! Some items you mention that I can relate to: #65, #3, #90, and #46.
I had chicken pox at age 13. It was interesting to say the least. The itching was the worst part of it, and my mother was too cheap to get me lotion to give me relief. But the high fever was a trip!
Posted by: Lori | 14 April 2004 at 11:30 AM