I must fulfill my meme mission.
1. I am a Christian.
2. That doesn't mean what most people think it means.
3. I am 36 years old.
4. I am woman. I don't roar. Often.
5. I married a wonderful man (who was working on his Astro-Physics doctorate) on the first day of Spring in 1994.
6. I am very happily married and live in Georgia.
7. My Daddy always told me I'm weird. I think he meant special. He was pretty special, too.
8. I use to be musical - I played piano and flute. Now I mostly play my iPod. I'm getting really good at it, too.
9. I know a little sign language.
10. I repair Windows computers for a living.
11. I do most of my own work on a Mac. They rarely need repair.
12. I design websites in my spare time. (ha! like I leave myself much of that!)
13. I assist my husband in running Gordon Christian Fellowship.
14. I once belonged to a Methodist church, the Catholic faith, a Church of Christ, and currently have membership at a Christian Church (it's a non-denominational denomination,) and read from a Bible translated by a Messianic Jew. None of these are good representations of my beliefs, although they each give you a hint.
15. Yes. I do know what it is that I believe.
16. No. I won't go into all of it here, but some of it will be randomly dispersed.
17. I probably should have been a vet - I 'fall in love' with 98% of the animals I meet.
18. I do not consider insects, 'bugs' and arachnids to be animals.
19. I am the 5th of 5 children...the baby, spoiled rotten.
20. I have dated 5 Eagle Scouts.
21. I married 2 Eagle Scouts.
22. Four out of 5 Eagle Scouts make great leaders.
23. I have played keyboards in 2 different music groups. They each let me sing once.
24. I like my voice anyway.
25. I drink at least 3 'unleaded' Mountain Dews per day (caffeine free - I like the taste!)
26. I chew at least 2 pieces of Juicy Fruit per day. It's caffeine free, too.
27. I have had a hysterectomy.
28. Adoption is a possibility, although God has us busy with other things right now.
29. I got my eyes from my Daddy. They are my favorite thing about my face. But I want laser surgery.
30. Bones I've broken are: nose, tail and toe (fractured toe.)
31. I prefer mountain biking to road biking. It makes me feel strong and gives me a lot of confidence. And endo-ing on dirt doesn't hurt as bad as I expected it to.
32. I prefer dogs to cats. I prefer most animals to cats. See #18 for 'animal' qualifiers.
33. I loved the original X-Files. I own many of the episodes. Not enough of them, though.
34. 'The Matrix', in my opinion, is one of the finest movies ever made. If you didn't get it, it's about faith.
35. 'The Matrix Reloaded' did not meet my expectations. But it's ok, too.
36. I was a punk rocker before punk was really punk.
37. I left punk rock behind before punk really got going.
38. I still like pre-punk and a score of alt bands. But you've never heard of most of them. (Undercover, anyone?)
39. I'm having more trouble coming up with 100 things than I expected to.
40. I don't want to resort to cheating...this statement, being given a number, is cheating.
41. I was a collector for a financial company. Sometimes I was even nice about it.
42. Some of my religious beliefs are very Catholic. Some are very Protestant.
43. I like a lot of non-Christian music, but I mostly listen to Christian rock stuff.
44. Even nonreligious issues, for me, are religious issues.
45. I am happiest in a job when I'm solving a problem. I'm also at my most annoyed in a job when I'm solving a problem.
46. I'm naturally blonde, but am currently a red head.
47. I am a paradox.
48. I like to think I'm amusing and prefer to be allowed to live in my delusional state.
49. I think I'm intelligent. OK...I know I'm intelligent. Not brilliant, but that would require more psychosis than I want to have.
50. I love to laugh. But crying annoys me. I can't breathe when I cry.
51. I hate to cook.
52. I don't mind doing the dishes. But I wish I had a bigger dishwasher.
53. I prefer not to do the laundry.
53. I try to live with integrity.
54. I know a little Greek.
55. I know less Hebrew.
56. I read a lot of fiction. But not 'love stories'. Currently I'm pretty 'into' Dean Koontz.
57. I eat a lot of Cheetos.
58. Sometimes I watch Dr. Phil. I like his attitude.
59. I once wanted to be a teacher. But they made laws against sending kids to the salt mines, so I decided to change my career plan.
60. I've never really had a career plan.
62. Because of the Bible translation I read, I tend to call Jesus 'Yeshua.' It removes some of the 'triteness' from the whole 'God is Love' movement for me.
61. I believe in God the Father, Maker of Heaven and Earth.
62. I believe that Yeshua the Messiah is the one unique son of God; conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, crucified under Pontius Pilate, was dead and buried. On the third day He rose again and ascended into Heaven where He sits at the right hand of God the Father.
63. I believe that Yeshua was crucified once for all people and is the bridge that allows us to pray to and ask forgiveness of God ourselves instead of going through a priest.
64. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins and life everlasting with our Triune God.
65. As Rich Mullins wrote, I believe what I believe is what makes me what I am.
66. Yes, I left out the 'one holy church' or 'one catholic church' statement...I believe we should be, but as long as we are not able to take communion on this earth at one table, we are not achieving Yeshua's desire.
67. I have lived in 6 states...Alabama, Florida, Utah, Kansas, Georgia, and Insanity.
68. Georgia is currently my favorite.
69. My husband and I have 3 birds. Elvis (we didn't name him) is a Lovebird, Moxie and Sammy are cockatiels.
70. I have taken a few workshops in computer repair and networking but never a formal class.
71. I have taken no classes in web design.
72. I took accounting. I even passed it. But don't let me near your books.
73. I feel that Life is the best education you can get.
74. I also feel that reading is an important component of staying alive while getting that education.
75. I am a fan of the group Waterdeep. I am also a fan of Laura St. John. Go figure.
76. My breakfast usually consists of a toasted and buttered Lender's bagel and a Caffeine-Free Mountain Dew. I think that's what God must have, too.
77. I rode a motorcycle when I was a teenager. I want another one.
78. I'm in the process of quietly campaigning for a motorcycle. I plan to assist in the motorcades at the bike races Chad enters. I promise not to ride it too much more often than that. Except maybe to work. And maybe to the store. And maybe around town. But that's all. I promise.
79. I am a seat belt and helmet advocate. In the car, use your seat belt. On any kind of bike, wear (and buckle) an ANSI approved helmet at all times. I mean, seriously...do you know how difficult it is to relearn the alphabet? Especially when you're dead? Do you really want to find out?
80. I've been considering getting a tattoo. But don't worry...I'm afraid of needles, so it'll never happen. Probably.
81. I wear many rings. On my left hand, I wear a wedding/ engagement set on the traditional wedding finger. On my pointer, I wear a plain gold band. (I committed my life to Yeshua first.) On my right hand, I wear an emerald pinky ring (my birthstone) and a crucifix on my pointer.
82. Yes, there is almost always a reason for everything I do.
83. I shaved my head in June of 2002.
84. Yes...completely bald.
85. The first vinyl album I ever bought was Billy Joel's '52 Street'. I think my 2nd and 3rd albums were also Billy Joel.
86. I don't remember what my first CD was, but my first 8-track tape was an Elvis Christmas one. I don't remember if I ever actually bought any 8-track tapes, though. Mostly we just recorded vinyl onto 8-track. We did the same thing with cassettes.
87. There is no point in doing that with CD's, for me, anyway. I just buy the CD, rip it onto my PowerBook and sync it to my iPod. Or download it from iTunes. I think iTunes could be a problem for us.
88. Hubby and I really enjoyed 'Mad About You.' We own the first season on DVD and try to watch a couple of episodes on Friday nights during 'date night.' Paul and Jamie kind of remind us of 'us,' except we're not THAT neurotic.
89. 'Date night' for hubby and I isn't as frequent as we hoped it would be. Friday nights aren't always good 'sit down and watch a few episodes' nights. Sometimes they are 'let's both take a nap, wake up and eat dinner, then go back to sleep' nights. Or 'let's walk over to Jeff's and barge in on him for a few hours' night. Or, occasionally, 'I'm out of sudafed and we need to go to Wal-Mart' night, which involves driving to another town and, since we're there, shopping for a while.
90. I named my first dog after a place in the Bible...Canaan, the Land of Promise. I figured my Canaan was a dog of promise. And she's pretty great.
91. I named my second dog after a Nobel Prize winning physicist...Cooper (Leon), who won for his work in superconductivity. My Cooper 's AKC registered name is 'Super Coopertivity.' Yeah, I thought it was cute.
91 1/2. My hubby named his first dog Sampson due to his very long black fur. He named his second dog after a Nobel Prize winning physicist...Maxwell (James Clerk), who won for his work in magnetism. Our Maxwell's AKC registered name is 'Maggie's Magnetic Maxwell.' Maggie, of course, was our Maxwell's (and our Cooper's) mom.
92. I once dyed my hair to match Cooper's fur. He's a gorgeous golden retriever. I was a gorgeous red-head.
93. I have 2 nieces and 3 nephews. I'm closer in age to 2 of my nephews than I am to their mom.
94. My favorite color is red. But it has to be the right shade of red, not too orange. In fact, burgundy is better.
95. I don't like orange.
96. I like orangeS, just not the color orange. Actually, I prefer tangelos, so I guess even orangeS aren't my favorite.
97. I thought Apple went over-board with the whole 'fruity colors' iMac thing. They should have made them all see through with snap-on color plates. That would have solved the whole problem of the over-stocked Lime at the stores.
98. I waited for YEARS to finally have the opportunity to own a metal-looking laptop. You can imagine my excitement when Apple introduced the Titanium PowerBook, or TiBook. I'm writing this one now.
99. Too bad titanium causes problems with wireless reception. Ah, well. I don't have a wireless card, anyway. And, anyway, now I want one that looks like brushed bronze. Fat chance. (I wonder if I can find paint that will stand up to the heat?)
100. I don't like being 'put in a box' or 'labeled,' so remember, this is only 100 things about me. There's plenty yet to learn!
2. That doesn't mean what most people think it means.
3. I am 36 years old.
4. I am woman. I don't roar. Often.
5. I married a wonderful man (who was working on his Astro-Physics doctorate) on the first day of Spring in 1994.
6. I am very happily married and live in Georgia.
7. My Daddy always told me I'm weird. I think he meant special. He was pretty special, too.
8. I use to be musical - I played piano and flute. Now I mostly play my iPod. I'm getting really good at it, too.
9. I know a little sign language.
10. I repair Windows computers for a living.
11. I do most of my own work on a Mac. They rarely need repair.
12. I design websites in my spare time. (ha! like I leave myself much of that!)
13. I assist my husband in running Gordon Christian Fellowship.
14. I once belonged to a Methodist church, the Catholic faith, a Church of Christ, and currently have membership at a Christian Church (it's a non-denominational denomination,) and read from a Bible translated by a Messianic Jew. None of these are good representations of my beliefs, although they each give you a hint.
15. Yes. I do know what it is that I believe.
16. No. I won't go into all of it here, but some of it will be randomly dispersed.
17. I probably should have been a vet - I 'fall in love' with 98% of the animals I meet.
18. I do not consider insects, 'bugs' and arachnids to be animals.
19. I am the 5th of 5 children...the baby, spoiled rotten.
20. I have dated 5 Eagle Scouts.
21. I married 2 Eagle Scouts.
22. Four out of 5 Eagle Scouts make great leaders.
23. I have played keyboards in 2 different music groups. They each let me sing once.
24. I like my voice anyway.
25. I drink at least 3 'unleaded' Mountain Dews per day (caffeine free - I like the taste!)
26. I chew at least 2 pieces of Juicy Fruit per day. It's caffeine free, too.
27. I have had a hysterectomy.
28. Adoption is a possibility, although God has us busy with other things right now.
29. I got my eyes from my Daddy. They are my favorite thing about my face. But I want laser surgery.
30. Bones I've broken are: nose, tail and toe (fractured toe.)
31. I prefer mountain biking to road biking. It makes me feel strong and gives me a lot of confidence. And endo-ing on dirt doesn't hurt as bad as I expected it to.
32. I prefer dogs to cats. I prefer most animals to cats. See #18 for 'animal' qualifiers.
33. I loved the original X-Files. I own many of the episodes. Not enough of them, though.
34. 'The Matrix', in my opinion, is one of the finest movies ever made. If you didn't get it, it's about faith.
35. 'The Matrix Reloaded' did not meet my expectations. But it's ok, too.
36. I was a punk rocker before punk was really punk.
37. I left punk rock behind before punk really got going.
38. I still like pre-punk and a score of alt bands. But you've never heard of most of them. (Undercover, anyone?)
39. I'm having more trouble coming up with 100 things than I expected to.
40. I don't want to resort to cheating...this statement, being given a number, is cheating.
41. I was a collector for a financial company. Sometimes I was even nice about it.
42. Some of my religious beliefs are very Catholic. Some are very Protestant.
43. I like a lot of non-Christian music, but I mostly listen to Christian rock stuff.
44. Even nonreligious issues, for me, are religious issues.
45. I am happiest in a job when I'm solving a problem. I'm also at my most annoyed in a job when I'm solving a problem.
46. I'm naturally blonde, but am currently a red head.
47. I am a paradox.
48. I like to think I'm amusing and prefer to be allowed to live in my delusional state.
49. I think I'm intelligent. OK...I know I'm intelligent. Not brilliant, but that would require more psychosis than I want to have.
50. I love to laugh. But crying annoys me. I can't breathe when I cry.
51. I hate to cook.
52. I don't mind doing the dishes. But I wish I had a bigger dishwasher.
53. I prefer not to do the laundry.
53. I try to live with integrity.
54. I know a little Greek.
55. I know less Hebrew.
56. I read a lot of fiction. But not 'love stories'. Currently I'm pretty 'into' Dean Koontz.
57. I eat a lot of Cheetos.
58. Sometimes I watch Dr. Phil. I like his attitude.
59. I once wanted to be a teacher. But they made laws against sending kids to the salt mines, so I decided to change my career plan.
60. I've never really had a career plan.
62. Because of the Bible translation I read, I tend to call Jesus 'Yeshua.' It removes some of the 'triteness' from the whole 'God is Love' movement for me.
61. I believe in God the Father, Maker of Heaven and Earth.
62. I believe that Yeshua the Messiah is the one unique son of God; conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, crucified under Pontius Pilate, was dead and buried. On the third day He rose again and ascended into Heaven where He sits at the right hand of God the Father.
63. I believe that Yeshua was crucified once for all people and is the bridge that allows us to pray to and ask forgiveness of God ourselves instead of going through a priest.
64. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins and life everlasting with our Triune God.
65. As Rich Mullins wrote, I believe what I believe is what makes me what I am.
66. Yes, I left out the 'one holy church' or 'one catholic church' statement...I believe we should be, but as long as we are not able to take communion on this earth at one table, we are not achieving Yeshua's desire.
67. I have lived in 6 states...Alabama, Florida, Utah, Kansas, Georgia, and Insanity.
68. Georgia is currently my favorite.
69. My husband and I have 3 birds. Elvis (we didn't name him) is a Lovebird, Moxie and Sammy are cockatiels.
70. I have taken a few workshops in computer repair and networking but never a formal class.
71. I have taken no classes in web design.
72. I took accounting. I even passed it. But don't let me near your books.
73. I feel that Life is the best education you can get.
74. I also feel that reading is an important component of staying alive while getting that education.
75. I am a fan of the group Waterdeep. I am also a fan of Laura St. John. Go figure.
76. My breakfast usually consists of a toasted and buttered Lender's bagel and a Caffeine-Free Mountain Dew. I think that's what God must have, too.
77. I rode a motorcycle when I was a teenager. I want another one.
78. I'm in the process of quietly campaigning for a motorcycle. I plan to assist in the motorcades at the bike races Chad enters. I promise not to ride it too much more often than that. Except maybe to work. And maybe to the store. And maybe around town. But that's all. I promise.
79. I am a seat belt and helmet advocate. In the car, use your seat belt. On any kind of bike, wear (and buckle) an ANSI approved helmet at all times. I mean, seriously...do you know how difficult it is to relearn the alphabet? Especially when you're dead? Do you really want to find out?
80. I've been considering getting a tattoo. But don't worry...I'm afraid of needles, so it'll never happen. Probably.
81. I wear many rings. On my left hand, I wear a wedding/ engagement set on the traditional wedding finger. On my pointer, I wear a plain gold band. (I committed my life to Yeshua first.) On my right hand, I wear an emerald pinky ring (my birthstone) and a crucifix on my pointer.
82. Yes, there is almost always a reason for everything I do.
83. I shaved my head in June of 2002.
84. Yes...completely bald.
85. The first vinyl album I ever bought was Billy Joel's '52 Street'. I think my 2nd and 3rd albums were also Billy Joel.
86. I don't remember what my first CD was, but my first 8-track tape was an Elvis Christmas one. I don't remember if I ever actually bought any 8-track tapes, though. Mostly we just recorded vinyl onto 8-track. We did the same thing with cassettes.
87. There is no point in doing that with CD's, for me, anyway. I just buy the CD, rip it onto my PowerBook and sync it to my iPod. Or download it from iTunes. I think iTunes could be a problem for us.
88. Hubby and I really enjoyed 'Mad About You.' We own the first season on DVD and try to watch a couple of episodes on Friday nights during 'date night.' Paul and Jamie kind of remind us of 'us,' except we're not THAT neurotic.
89. 'Date night' for hubby and I isn't as frequent as we hoped it would be. Friday nights aren't always good 'sit down and watch a few episodes' nights. Sometimes they are 'let's both take a nap, wake up and eat dinner, then go back to sleep' nights. Or 'let's walk over to Jeff's and barge in on him for a few hours' night. Or, occasionally, 'I'm out of sudafed and we need to go to Wal-Mart' night, which involves driving to another town and, since we're there, shopping for a while.
90. I named my first dog after a place in the Bible...Canaan, the Land of Promise. I figured my Canaan was a dog of promise. And she's pretty great.
91. I named my second dog after a Nobel Prize winning physicist...Cooper (Leon), who won for his work in superconductivity. My Cooper 's AKC registered name is 'Super Coopertivity.' Yeah, I thought it was cute.
91 1/2. My hubby named his first dog Sampson due to his very long black fur. He named his second dog after a Nobel Prize winning physicist...Maxwell (James Clerk), who won for his work in magnetism. Our Maxwell's AKC registered name is 'Maggie's Magnetic Maxwell.' Maggie, of course, was our Maxwell's (and our Cooper's) mom.
92. I once dyed my hair to match Cooper's fur. He's a gorgeous golden retriever. I was a gorgeous red-head.
93. I have 2 nieces and 3 nephews. I'm closer in age to 2 of my nephews than I am to their mom.
94. My favorite color is red. But it has to be the right shade of red, not too orange. In fact, burgundy is better.
95. I don't like orange.
96. I like orangeS, just not the color orange. Actually, I prefer tangelos, so I guess even orangeS aren't my favorite.
97. I thought Apple went over-board with the whole 'fruity colors' iMac thing. They should have made them all see through with snap-on color plates. That would have solved the whole problem of the over-stocked Lime at the stores.
98. I waited for YEARS to finally have the opportunity to own a metal-looking laptop. You can imagine my excitement when Apple introduced the Titanium PowerBook, or TiBook. I'm writing this one now.
99. Too bad titanium causes problems with wireless reception. Ah, well. I don't have a wireless card, anyway. And, anyway, now I want one that looks like brushed bronze. Fat chance. (I wonder if I can find paint that will stand up to the heat?)
100. I don't like being 'put in a box' or 'labeled,' so remember, this is only 100 things about me. There's plenty yet to learn!
