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Dammit Man! I broke down, here's my list... UPDATED W/PERSONAL STUFF OPTIONAL!

November 16th, 2006 at 06:15 pm

Stupid peer pressure!

"Make a list, everyone else is!"
"But I don't wanna..."
"Sure you do. All the cool bloggers are doing it..."
"But what if my list is stupid and boring?"
"Make something up!"

After that conversation with myself, I felt a little better about making my list Big Grin

Some of this is personal, but the text is written in white so you won't be able to see it/get offended by it unless you follow the key commands given Big Grin

So, who am I?

I’m the only person I know who actually did have to walk uphill both ways to catch the school-bus! I grew up in a rural mountainous area, and our driveway was almost half a mile long, and was in fact uphill whichever way you went.

Never had a lot of friends when I was younger: everyone knew I did well in class & assumed I spent all my spare time studying. Ironically, I just absorb really well and usually just did my homework between classes.

Played soccer for three years in high school on the men's varsity team, since we didn't have a women's team. In the south soccer is a spring sport, so I was out there with all the football players who used soccer as a training regimen. OUCH!

Took ballet, tap, jazz & modern dance from age 8-15. Was up to about 8 hours per week, plus teaching ballet another hour or 2 per week.

Moved out at age 16 to attend my state’s science and math magnet school 180 miles away. There were 65 in my graduating class, we were the largest they’d ever had. 23 of us were national merit scholars, and as a class we were offered a total of over 7 million in scholarships. Since we were required to keep track, I know my personal total was right around a quarter million in offers; sadly, I sometimes feel I accepted the wrong one.

Majored in Psychology with a minor in Violence Studies. The plan was to go to a joint PhD/JD program and work as a behavioral scientist/feeb, but we all see how that worked out.

Played the violin for about 8 years. I gave it up after one grueling and embarrassing rehearsal with the Atlanta Youth Symphony.

Click Ctrl-A on your keyboard to see the personal stuff that is included below

I have been asked to marry every man I’ve slept with. Not that there are that many, but enough for me to find it very odd…


Did actually marry one of them: DH (duh, right?) My first, his second. We got married the day before I flew out for a month in Argentina. Frequent readers may find this interesting: his first marriage ended because she cheated on him…

I am an American Mutt when it comes to heritage, although German and Cherokee are the most prevalent.

I speak butchered Spanish, but find I can read and understand about 50-60% of any romantic language.

Since I was so active as a youth, I now have marginally bad knees and higher than average muscle mass. All height-weight charts say I’m overweight verging on obese, even though I am a size 8 with pokey collarbones and visible ribs. This also makes me say “Dammit Man!”

I love taking pictures. I’m getting pretty good at it, and I’m hoping the list of lenses along with shipping charges I put together for DH will be enough of a hint as to what I want for Christmas Wink DH puts it this way: he could take a picture of a rock and there it is, yup, that’s a picture of a rock. I take a picture of a rock and it’s like it’s art…. See, you all knew I stuck around for a reason!

I love to read, but I get sucked in very quickly. When I first moved back to SC and didn’t have a job, I was up to 3 books or 900 pages a day. For a month. Needless to say I literally cannot afford my reading habit if I had to actually buy books.


OK, I think I’m going to quit now and go read other people’s lists!

10 Responses to “Dammit Man! I broke down, here's my list... UPDATED W/PERSONAL STUFF OPTIONAL!”

  1. fairy74 Says:
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    Interesting stuff, thank you for posting Smile

  2. kimiko Says:
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    hahaha!! Ahem, too many lists about personal info that I feel uncomfortable knowing. So with the exception of Jeffrey and BA lists which I accidentally read, I'm staying away from everyone else. So this is just a response to your funny title Stick Out Tongue

  3. Broken Arrow Says:
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    Haha. "Join the Dark Side, Tina."

    Played soccer for three years in high school on the men's varsity team, since we didn't have a women's team.

    I'll bet the guys liked that. Smile

    That was a fun read! Thanks for sharing.

  4. tinapbeana Says:
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    kimiko, i've updated the entry so the personal stuff isn't visible unless you do something special to see it.

    the guys on the soccer team were actually quite a$$holish about the whole thing: they told me i should quit & drive 10 miles to the next town over which did have a women's team. i told them to bite me Big Grin

  5. kimiko Says:
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    Hehe, your update got me curious enough to venture back in. We have quite a bit in common with the reading habit and failing at the weight-height chart and walking to school and doing well without studying, and... if I list anymore it'll be my own list Smile
    You are one spunky lady to go up against the boy soccer team like that and wow, move out at 16? Man, what I would give to have your maturity at that age. I should stop now seeing that I'm starting to develop artistis talent envy Stick Out Tongue

    BTW, that weight-height chart should be BANNED.

  6. Broken Arrow Says:
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    they told me i should quit & drive 10 miles to the next town over which did have a women's team. i told them to bite me

    Excellent! *golf clap* Big Grin

  7. Broken Arrow Says:
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    Ooh! I like the way you've set up the optional personal stuff. Very clever. Wink

  8. tinapbeana Says:
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    bwaaaaaaaaaaahahahha! you underestimate my sneakiness. now all you base are belong to me. i mean us! *g*

    one can also read the personal bits by highlighting with your mouse, but CTRL-A seemed easy enough. kimiko, i'm glad you weren't scared off! the height weight chart won't be an issue again until i have to get life insurance, and then i'll have to find a doctor and get a physical and pay a co-pay just to prove that i am in fact not obese with pokey collarbones and visible ribs. dammit man!

    moving out at 16 was a big step, but it was a dorm environment so it was almost like going to college early. definitely made the transition to actual college a lot easier: no freshman 15 for me!

  9. PRICEPLUS Says:
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    Whillickers!!! That was an interesting factoid about the marriage proposals!Smile

  10. monkeymama Says:
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    Ah well, I never really studied much either.

    We may be *twinish* but I don't do sports. LOL. I totally admire you played with the men though!

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