Confessions of a Chicago Theatre Addict

Updated January 2009

1. I’ve been keeping a mental list as to what to include in this list, and now I can’t remember a single one.
2. I was once a cat lover and hated dogs, but now a dog lover and not so wild about cats.
3. I played French Horn for 12 years.
4. I used to think I was the shit until freshman year of high school when I went from 1st to last chair.
5. I still think I should have been first.
6. Those ear bud earphones don’t fit in my ear it it annoys me greatly.
7. If I were a girl, I would have been named Hillary.
8. I tell people my favorite color is green because that’s what I chose when I was 6.
9. But really my favorites are purple or orange.
10. I love belty, female singers with very distinctive voices.
11. I can’t stand the L train operator who keeps talking and joking on the PA system. I would punch him if I could.
12. I used to loath asparagus, and now I love it.
13. My middle name is Ian. I think I am more of an Ian than a Bob.
14. My favorite pair of underwear I ever bought was in the Walmart Alpena. I’m wearing them now as I type this.
15. I’m surprised at what a messy person I am.
16. I could eat an entire can of Pringles in one sitting. And I have. I have no shame.
17. When I was 16, I had a second degree sunburn on my face that caused my whole face to turn into a giant callous. As a result of this, when I go out in the sun for an extended period of time, my face gets flushed.
18. Nine times out of ten, I will go for salty rather than sweet.
19. I hate the musical Rent.
20. If I could have one superpower, it would be to fly.
21. In fact, I so wanted to fly, when I was seven or so, I broke every umbrella in the house pretending to be Mary Poppins by jumping of a stone wall in our backyard with open umbrella, each time determined the wind would carry me away.
22. I’m deathly afraid of spiders, but not daddy longlegs, as similar as they are.
23. I’m supremely ticklish. I even get “phantom tickles” if someone threatens to tickle me.
24. I feel most guilty for not keeping up my German.
25. I cannot stand Andie McDowell.
26. When someone rubs their fingernails on fabric, particularly the inside roof of a car, it drives me nuts.
27. I hate my hair – it’s curly and wiry and always oily has this huge cowlick on the back.
28. When I first got my drivers license, I was really afraid to drive by myself.
29. I actually enjoyed high school. I had good friends and mostly remember it as a
happy time.
30. I’m horrible at History. It’s the only course in college I got a “C” in. And it was the course I studies the hardest in.
31. I was good at math in high school going to advanced calculus, but I so hated it, I don’t remember a thing – even long division is complicated now.
32. I eat really fast.
33. I am starting to discover that I’m just like my mom and my sister and dad. And that scares me.
34. My favorite class in college was “Great Issues in Social Science” with Dr. Burkey. It was my first class as a college student.
35. I hate talking on the phone – I’m not good at it and I find it tedious.
36. In fact, the only person I talk on the phone with is my best friend Patty because she does not have regular email access.
37. When I was 18-22, I had a lot of energy when I went out, and now I like to sit and talk and drink.
38. I think Internet addiction is a real addiction – not just some term.
39. I’m a red wine, beer, coffee person. Do not enjoy cocktails or fruity drinks. I guess you could say I’m prone to bitterness.
40. I think the Golden Girls is the best sitcom ensemble cast ever.
41. I get really excited when I see an episode of the GG I have not seen before.
42. For the longest time, my parents lovingly referred to me as the airhead of the family, and I think it’s messed me up where I get really mad at myself when I make stupid mistakes.
43. I wish I had learned to play the trombone.
44. Out of all the places I visited in Europe, London was my favorite.
45. Verona a distant second.
46. I have eaten a pickled egg, and I liked it.
47. I can’t eat sugar cookies due to me getting sick off of the raw cookie batter seven Christmases ago. The smell of a sugar cookie makes me wretch.
48. I can’t think of anything for 48.
49. I’d look stupid with a tattoo.
50. If I were a middle aged woman, I would totally play Mama Rose in Gypsy. And I would be fucking fantastic.
51. I sweat a lot. I’m sweating now.
52. I have a horrible understanding of the political system. Relates to #30.
53. I used to drive a giant yellow minivan with wood-grain paneling. And then I had a red Jeep Grand Cherokee named Charlie. Now I own a boring, gray Subaru.
54. I often hate shopping for clothes, but I love new clothes.
55. I still hate that elementary school bully.
56. I remember getting really mad at my friend Nick because he started dating a girl and I was jealous. Not that I had a crush on him or anything, but because I didn’t understand why he’d have more fun with her than with me. I stopped talking to him, and I feel bad about that.
57. I think I witnessed child abuse when I was over at a friend’s house as a kid, but didn’t know what it was. But it scared me.
58. I love Legos.
59. And I love charades, but no one ever plays with me.
60. One time at band camp…I got an award for the best musician. My picture was in the Iron County paper. I came back the following year all pumped up, thinking I was hot shit, and the French Horn instructor didn’t remember me and I was crushed.
61. I do believe in ghosts.
62. I feel bad for not talking to my grandmother as much as I feel I should have. She’s gone now, and I have a lot of questions to ask her.
63. I went to homecoming winter dance with Jamie in high school and it was fun. And I burned her coat with my cigarette.
64. I need to exercise I am now exercising on a very regular basis and I’m so fucking proud of myself.
65. The first cd I bought was Michael Jackson’s “Dangerous.”
66. I’m afraid to live in NYC because I know I’d go broke
67. My parents made me play hockey for four years.
68. I then took figure skating.
69. I say “I’m sorry” even when I’m not.
70. I rarely cry. And when I do cry, it’s usually over something selfish and stupid, not anything really devastating.
71. I usually do school work way before it’s due. I can’t write things the night of. I’m just not that type of person.
72. Not a night person or a morning person. But have trained myself to be fully functional at 5 am.
73. I love cheap-ass cappuccinos from White Hen or 7/11.
74. When I get a mosquito bite, and can’t stop itching it.
75. I religiously clean the toilet.
76. Once when I was on the train to California, I poked my eye with a straw because I was goofing around and I had to wear an eye patch for most of the trip. On the way back to MI, I poked the other eye with a straw for the same reason. Perhaps this somehow relates to #42.
77. I wear my contacts much longer than the two week time frame. I fear for my eyes.
78. I suppose I could read on the el, but I’m incredibly indecisive when it comes to book choices.
79. I crack my neck, back and knuckles all the time
80. I’m pretty sure I’ll get cancer since EVERYONE in my family has it, it seems
81. My favorite season is fall.
82. My favorite holiday is Halloween.
83. I’m not sure what I’m gonna be for Halloween this year.
84. I watch only an hour of TV a day.
85. I have the cafeteria food at lunch, but I always eat it. Because I’m too lazy to pack one.
86. I am not the help desk. So please stop calling me.
87. I’m a creature of habit.
88. I’m way pumped for this trip to NYC GREECE nowhere :(
89. I think my dog is the cutest dog I’ve ever seen. And I’m not just saying that because he’s mine.
90. I can never live in a place with carpet again.
91. I drive like an old lady – or so I’ve been told.
92. Roughly 90% of my wardrobe was bought at Target.
93. Sometimes I let Toby go poo on people’s lawns, and I don’t pick it up.
94. I feel guilty for that.
95. It makes me mad that the sports section in the paper is so huge, and the arts gets a half page at most.
96. I think I can be a good manager. I’m good with people.
97. However, I don’t want to be a manager.
98. I shave my eyebrows.
99. I’m over 6 feet tall.
100. I’m outta here.