One Hundred Things ..... Anonymous

A collection of lists. Take the challenge. 100 things about yourself. Streaming flow of consciousness, as personal or as general as you care to make it...but make it count. You might learn something about yourself and I promise it's better than 20 questions!

1. I don’t like trying to describe myself.
2. I think I am a better writer than I actually am.
3. Country music calms me and pumps me up at the same time...I LOVE IT!
4. I married by best friend and am a very lucky person.
5. I am often overwhelmed by life.
6. I wish I had more tolerance for people, everyone is going through something and I should be more forgiving in most cases.
7. Someday I want to write a novel.
8. I love going to new places and exploring.
9. I am very proud of my daughter, whether she believes that or not.
10. I am terrified that I failed to do my job as a mom and she will never come back to me.
11. I discovered joy in life through my husband…he opened my eyes to a whole new world.
12. I love redecorating, just wish it wasn’t so expensive!
13. I am able to feel lonely in a room packed with people, in fact that is usually where I feel the most alone.
14. I am an only child.
15. I am thankful to my mother for everything she gave up for me and I am so very sorry for all the heartache I put her through.
16. I didn’t always make the right choices, but all the choices helped to get me where I am today
17. Sometimes my priorities are messed up.
18. I still think about my first love.
19. Self confidence has never come easily, it is a work in progress.
20. I need to lose weight.
21. Clowns terrify me more than spiders.
22. I don’t know what I want to be when I grow up.
23. I LOVE the mountains and will live there someday.
24. I want to sell everything I own and travel around the country.
25. I watch to much mindless television.
26. My favorite is Parenthood.
27. My most favorite movie is White Christmas
28. I am horrible at video games.
29. I must be good at something
30. Everyone has a talent, right?
31. If I were to guess how most people would describe me I would say “beige.”
32. I am afraid of being rejected.
33. I like my job.
34. I don’t love my job.
35. I just saw a guy drive by on a snowmobile with an 8 foot ladder and a shovel.
36. I wish I could see myself the way others see me.
37. I never finished college.
38. I am not sure I want to.
39. I am still afraid of disappointing my mother.
40. I often think about the people who are no longer with me….and I talk to them.
41. The only one responsible for the way I feel is me….but that mean there wasn’t “help” from others.
42. I find all kinds of recipes I want to try, but never do.
43. I am not sure if I never learned how to keep a friend, or if I am just no good at it.
44. My favorite color changes depending on my mood.
45. Generally I like greens.
46. I LOVE tomatoes!
47. I get seasick.
48. I have bad luck with airlines.
49. America’s Funniest Videos can always cheer me up.
50.  I have not met most of my clients
51. Camping is my favorite summer thing.
52. Hope to buy a new camper this year.
53. But we will be using the tent more often this year.
54. I want to quit smoking, but not enough to quit.
55. I like Bud Light.
56. probably too much
57. I prefer little hometown bars.
58. My favorite flower is the lily…such a happy flower!
59. I have brown eyes
60. I don’t really know my natural hair color…..Peggy always gets it close!
61. I wish I could cook like my grandma.
62. I wish she could teach me.
63. Mark Harmon is hot
64. Some people need to be MUCH more open minded.
65. Politicians makes me angry
66. My rational side understands that all the romantic stuff only happens in the movies, but the dreamer side of me still believes it COULD happen
67. I beat myself up when I make a mistake
68. I want to be swept off my feet.
69. Desperately wants to go to Country Jam again
70. I wish I had an eyelash worth of Kathleen’s talent.
71. I am afraid of the water
72. …bridges
73. …heights in general
74. But I try to do things that challenge those fears.
75. I have ridden in a helicopter
76. I have zip lined down a mountain
77. I swam with stingrays…didn’t so much enjoy that one, but I did it!
78. I am proud of my husband for following his dreams.
79. My cell phone rarely rings
80. I love when it rains on a hot humid day.
81. The smell of the rain is relaxing
82. I have one tattoo, but would like more
83. I broke my ankle last spring and now have 2 plates and 7 screws in me
84. What ever happened to Bugs Bunny?
85. I would like to think that someone would miss me when I gone.
86. I think we should all take a step back, slow down and look at how we affect other people.
87. This town is FULL of horrible drivers
88. Some day I want to cruise the ocean in one of those big fancy yachts…or maybe just take a tour of one to see how the “other half” lives.
89. I am doing my best to be an optimistic person….it is a learning process.
90. I have not had a horrible life
91. Life seems to be getting better as I get older
92. …or maybe I am getting better
93. I am all for helping people who are willing to help themselves.
94. I used to be one of them
95. Looking back at this list, it seems as though many different people wrote it….should I be worried?
96. I look forward to seeing my husband at the end of every work day.
97. I will always be a dreamer.  Without dreams and goals, what do we have?
98. I tend to have all kinds of thoughts running through my head, but I can never get them out so they sound like they did in my head (see?!)
99. I am envious of many people for many reasons, but I will always be me.
100. Finished…..until I think of something else.

One Hundred Things .... Jason

A collection of lists. Take the challenge. 100 things about yourself. Streaming flow of consciousness, as personal or as general as you care to make it...but make it count. You might learn something about yourself and I promise it's better than 20 questions!

1. I only feel comfortable when Im in the kitchen
2. I don't like monkeys
3. I prefer cats over dogs
4. I believe if one has never eaten well or loved well then one can not live well
5. I like tattoos
6. Love to read
7. Want to travel more
8. I miss Alaska
9. I enjoy solitude
10. Like fishing
11. Wished I lived in the outdoors
12. Would like to meet Marco Pierre White
13. I like skiing
14. Any winter activity is fine by me
15. I like sailing and would love to so it more
16. A perfect living situation for me would be to live on a house boat all summer and just fish
17. Foie Gras is overrated
18. Duck Confit is my favorite meal
19. Le Belle Vie is the best place I have eaten at in Minneapolis (so far)
20. I'm a Capricorn
21. I am oddly excited by the odd
22. I have a book on the way....hopefully the writing is better than this
23. I like doing things that I normally don't on a daily basis
24. I enjoy the company of a beautiful woman....whats this about your brains Kathleen? Just seeing if your paying attention ;)
25. My favorite color is green
26. I'm an organization freak at work
27. Nothing at my house is organized
28. I have a son
29. I prefer good scotch over anything
30. I use to draw a lot but now stick men are a challenge for me
31. I like photography
32. I enjoy art in all its forms
33. I respect an honest burger more than an overly thought out dish of escargot
34. I want to stage with Marco Pierre White at least ONCE
35. Chocolate covered grass-hopper is AMAZING
36. I like deep-fried Twinkies
37. I enjoy coming home to make spam after preparing gourmet food all day
38. I like lemon with my pepsi and rum with my coke
39. Just looked at my walls and realized I need more art
40. My socks don't match this morning
41. My socks rarely match
42. I would like to go to Thailand and try traditionally prepared cobra (it makes your wang bigger)
43. I have camped in an igloo before
44. Yes....it was cold
45. I tend to think outside of the box when it comes to religion or life
46. I use to ride bulls in the rodeo (it was a phase)
47. I have broken too many bones
48. I like to snowboard but I broke my arm last year doing it. I guess snowboarding off of a house roof is not supposed to be done....STRANGE
49. I enjoy cooking fresh food from what the land around me has to offer
50. I am officially half done with this list
51. I like camping
52. I need a motorcycle...yes NEED one
53. A little pissed that the last establishment I worked for closed
54. I love the smell of a properly braised lamb chop
55. Spherification excites me
56. I have a healthy fear of clostridium botulinum
57. Sous Vide is the best thing since peas and carrots
58. I like to write
59. I want more kids
60. I listen to classical at work and heavy metal at home
61. I like fountains
62. I have always wanted to build a houseboat
63. I am eating santa's foot right now and enjoying it with coffee
64. There should be a law concerning the sale of chocolate under a 62% rating
65. “Theres a place I know where they go hard core”
66. I use to have 14 piercings (another phase)
67. I still have one piercing
68. Thinking about getting my tongue re-pierced
69. I'm going to buy a Jeep Savannah series
70. Avatar is my favorite movie
71. I need more tattoos
72. I would like to try dolphin....just once
73. I find Egyptian mythology interesting
74. I hate Justin Bieber
75. I want ferrets again
76. I wish people were more understanding of each other
77. I need more coffee right NOW
78. Baklava is my favorite dessert
79. Every politician I vote for is never elected
80. I secretly sponsor a child in the Philippines shh
81. I believe that knowledge is not power. The ability to use knowledge is power
82. Gastronomy is more interesting to me than cooking
83. I should be cleaning my room but I'm making this list instead
84. The best summer I ever had was living in a cabin 50 miles from town in the Denali National Forest
85. Never joined the military
86. I have much respect for those that fight for my freedom
87. I hate small dogs
88. Plan on taking a cruise this summer
89. Would like to start playing guitar again
90. I don't care what anyone says....muktuk is the worst thing I have ever eaten
91. omg this is taking forever...8 more!
92. Johnny Depp is the shit!
93. I want to see Black Swan
94. I just ate an entire chocolate santa
95. and drank a pot of coffee
96. Think I will watch a movie tonight
97. oooo I should make Lobster tonight!!
98. Boiled in a court bouillon
99. Pressed with leeks and mire poix then sliced
100. Finished with a nice lemon dill burre blanc...ahhhh gotta go

One Hundred Things .... Gus

A collection of lists. Take the challenge. 100 things about yourself. Streaming flow of consciousness, as personal or as general as you care to make it...but make it count. You might learn something about yourself and I promise it's better than 20 questions!





1. I never really know how to start off a list of things about myself.
2. I really dig a color that’s a combination of pink/purple, but refer to it as “Tattoo Purple” so it’s less feminine.
3. When I was a kid, I thought antacids were made from crushed ants.
4. I hate the fact that Hollywood is stuck remaking movies that were already remade once before.
5. I don’t understand why people rush out to buy the latest cell phone, then bitch about it being “sucky”.
6. I hate every movie in the Twilight series.
7. I’m comfortable with the idea of Tom Cruise possibly being the Anti-Christ.
8. If I eat breakfast, it’s cause I force-fed myself.
9. I’ve never thought that Brittney Spears, Jessica Simpson or Lindsay Lohan were hot.
10. I don’t get why a 3 minute phone conversation has to be drawn out into a 22 minute texting session.
11. I often catch myself spacing out and thinking of the weirdest things…Like…what if monkeys could use surf boards.
12. I think the programmers on The History Channel are really Nazis…or slowly becoming one.
13. I liked MTV better when it was actually about ‘music’.
14. I like to tell people “I’m writing a book” because saying “I’m using Microsoft Works to type out a book” takes way too much time/effort.
15. I wonder if Jim Henson started developing a fisting obsession.
16. I miss Saturday morning cartoon fests.
17. I’ve never had AIDS.
18. I love it when my therapist comes over to my house for our ‘sessions’ just to bob his head while I talk to him. It makes me feel like there’s music in the room that I’m oblivious to.
19. I used to want to be Superman…but now, I don’t ever see me wanting to wear my underwear over my pants in public.
20. I once stayed up to watch a Cheech and Chong movie just because there would be naked girls in it.
21. I totally laugh every time my daughter farts.
22. I dig the fact that most major holidays are on the same day ever year.
23. I’m totally a Star Wars geek…I mean…fan.
24. When someone cuts me off while I’m driving, I HAVE to drive up next to them to see what they look like.
25. I have NO idea what possible good could come of #24.
26. I have no problems admitting that I think George Michael is a great singer. Or at least, used to be.
27. I once stapled my hand to see if it would hurt. It hurt.
28. When I hear a tattoo gun, I start to go thru withdrawals.
29. I don’t understand how rainbows make someone gay.
30. I’m obsessed with video games and talk to my girlfriend about them like they’re real life scenarios.
31. One of my legs is slighter larger than the other, but I don’t know which one it is.
32. When I was a Cub Scout, I could care less about earning badges.
33. I had no idea how exactly stinky poop was until I took a dump into a bucket.
34. I love to say “11teen” instead of eleven.
35. I think the term “Special Needs” is just as offensive.
36. I think the song “If You’re Happy and you Know It” is offensive to kids with only one hand.
37. I used to fantasize about being in a wheelchair…mostly during gym class.
38. I have no idea why guys have a problem with buying tampons.
39. I love my girlfriend more than chocolate.
40. I have a certificate for Improv Comedy from Second City Chicago…but don’t know why this list sucks.
41. I went thru the 80’s Metal Spandex phase for like…a week.
42. Sometimes, when I’m bored, I make crank calls just to amuse myself.
43. I can never actually picture Ellen having lesbian sex…or any sex for that matter.
44. Oscar the Grouch was my hero.
45. I once saw my dad’s balls flop out of his underwear during an argument. It was horrible…but ended the fight with a weird silence.
46. I think Sally Struthers needs to stop eating all of Africa’s food supply while she’s there.
47. I’ve never had a ‘man-crush’ on any actor.
48. I used to think that G.I. Joe guys were real.
49. I think it would be hilarious if clowns had sprinkles in their poop.
50. I don’t understand why the tech-support agent on the phone is named “Robert” when he clearly is an Arab dude.
51. I once got a tattoo based only around the fact that it was the most painful area to get tattooed.
52. When I was 13, my mom would buy me bottles of Jack Daniels to bring to band practice.
53. I think I’ve ran out of ’poop’ jokes.
54. I really think I’m starting to develop ADHD since I..
55. I’ve always wanted an ALF doll, but never got one *tear*
56. I think 50 Cent sucks almost as much as Elton John.
57. I still have a hard time saying ’vagina’ to an 8 year old. I just say “your junk’ instead.
58. I can’t wait for this list to be over.
59. I used to tell my parents that an F on my report card meant fantastic!
60. If Facebook had an ugly contest, I’d be afraid I’d win.
61. I used to dance on my front porch while spinning Michael Jackson albums on my Snoopy record player.
62. I always hated my name “Constantine” until the Keanu Reeves movie came out. Heh
63. I used to roller skate in my friends basement listening to The Bee Gees thinking “Man, it doesn’t get any better than this!”
64. Every time I see a guy wearing a leather jacket with fringe on it, It reminds me of how much I truly hate Bon Jovi.
65. I also hate the fact that I just had to add the word Jovi t the Microsoft Works dictionary!
66. In Sunday School, they showed us pictures of Hell to scare us…But it backfired. I wanted to go there since all the people were naked.
67. If I actually put one of my guitars away in its case, I feel like I’m suffocating a child of mine.
68. I once puked and laughed at the same time. Try it…it’s not easy.
69. The number 69 always makes me giggle like a schoolgirl.
70. I love it when your friends say “that tastes like crap!” right before they hand it over to you to try.
71. I’m obsessed over the weird stuff my daughter says.
72. I don’t think aliens would fly millions of light years just to fly past Iowa for 2 seconds.
73. I think we should stop letting clowns sell us food.
74. I think it would be awesome if a UFO crashed into a Scientologist church.
75. Speaking of which…Can we all just boycott all Tom Cruise movies until he finally goes out of the closet?
76. I’m super glad that I have yet to see anyone I know on ‘To Catch a predator”.
77. There really is no difference between Myspace and Facebook.
78. I’m really glad they (kinda) stopped making those morality movies aimed towards black males in the ghetto.
79. I love reading comic books, but haven’t read a comic book in years.
80. I used to want to be in the Special Olympics.
81. I once farted so loud in church (while singing in the choir) that the priest actually stopped to turn and look at me with the evil eye.
82. When I was a kid, we would put plays on ever year in Greek School. I would learn all of my parts, then, replace them for my own jokes the night of the show.
83. I used to pretend that Bruce Willis was my dad.
84. Out of all the boys bands, I think The Spice Girls were the best.
85. I don’t understand why everyone drinks only the liquor that’s deemed socially popular…for that minute.
86. I really wish I had more poop jokes right about now.
87. I’ve never watched a full episode of “Friends” and I’m proud.
88. I used to think that Mr. Rogers had the ability to jump out of the screen and kill me if I was being bad.
89. I don’t understand how Ozzy Osbourne can ditch his accent while singing, but Garth Brooks’ country twang still remains.
90. I hate people who are obsessed with math, it just don’t add up.
91. I really hate that last joke and almost wish I didn’t just write it.
92. I wish I invented the teabag that looks like a tampon.
93. I’ve been known to accidentally Dutch Oven myself during the night.
94. This comment shouldn’t count…or should it? Hmmmm
95. I hope the entire cast of Twilight all die in a fire.
96. I think American Idol should just be called “You Suck”.
97. I think that if Elton John had a sex tape leaked to the public, it would be really gay.
98. I’ve never had a crush on a female superhero.
99. I totally lied on the last one. Teehee
100. All of the above are true…except for #98...obviously.