100 Things About Me

1. I am a woman.
2. I am engaged.
3. I am a Wiccan.
4. I am a daughter.
5. I want to be a mother.
6. I love my fiancé very much.
7. I also love my parents and my cat very much.
8. I miss my dog, even though he died more then four years ago.
9. I don't deal well with loss or change, but I guess most people don't.
10. I am generally a little confused about what I believe, and I can usually be swayed by a good argument.
11. I love to cross stitch, although I don't think I am that talented at it.
12. Most other people seem to think I am, but I don't show them my backs.
13. I would love to be able to paint or draw. That takes real talent.

14. I also wish I was a better writer.
    
15. I'd like to write fiction. Something like a large, sweeping fantasy novel with a female hero. But I'm not so good at fiction.
    
16. I am working on a non-fiction book.
    
17. I'd really like to publish it, even if I have to go the route of self-publishing or publishing on demand.
    
18. Mostly, I'd love to have my own ISBN.
    
19. I'd also like to write an article for SageWoman magazine, but I haven't been able to come up with anything that fits one of their themes.
    
20. I like writing for The Lotus Pond, but sometimes I wonder if it is worth the trouble.
    
21. I'd really like to know everything about everything.
    
22. Deciding what to study next is sometimes (all the time!) very difficult for me to do.
    
23. I like to read Tarot cards, although not as much as I did when I was younger.
    
24. I tend to get too caught up in rules, about Tarot or anything else.
    
25. I think that I am an honest and trustworthy person.
    
26. Although, I will bend the truth to "grease the social wheels" or to avoid hurting someone's feelings.
    
27. I think that sometimes I care too much about other peoples' feelings, and don't worry enough about my own.
    
28. I also tend to care too much about what other people think.
    
29. I'd like to live my life a little more freely, but I am afraid.
    
30. I really wish my cat liked to cuddle. She hates it though.
    
31. My favourite font is Unicorn, followed by Garamond.
    
32. I like working on my computers.
    
33. I keep them very neat, almost obsessively so.
    
34. I also hoard things on my computers, like music, books and games. I'm not sure why.
    
35. I have a degree in Mathematical Science.
    
36. That is more or less a catch-all degree for people interested in math, computer science, or related things.
    
37. It meant I didn't need to write a thesis or do a final project.
    
38. And I was also able to take classes in history.
    
39. I started out in Engineering, but I hated it.
    
40. I wanted to be in Computer Engineering, but I ended up in Engineering Physics.
    
41. It was really, really hard.
    
42. I hated it, so I didn't do any of the work needed to do well.
    
43. I didn't do well.
    
44. I wish I had worked harder in university.
    
45. I almost had a job with Microsoft, but something happened to my team before they hired me.
    
46. Instead, I moved in with quanta and worked at crappy retail jobs.
    
47. I think I am happier with quanta then I would have been working for Microsoft.
    
48. I hate programming.
    
49. I do like to clean house.
    
50. I find it almost Zen-like.
    
51. And my home is the one thing I can exert real control over.
    
52. I think I am a bit of a control freak.
    
53. I am trying my best to relax a little more.
    
54. I'm not very good at mediation though.
    
55. I have a "monkey mind" and I also tend to forget to practice mediation regularly.
    
56. I wish I was a little more dedicated to things in general.
    
57. My favourite colour is light purple.
    
58. I also like shades of blue, green and silver.
    
59. I like to grow plants, but I'm not very good at it.
    
60. My favourite flower is either roses or lily-of-the-valley.
    
61. My favourite scent is vanillia.
    
62. I especially like those candles that smell like someone baking in the kitchen.
    
63. I like to bake, but quanta doesn't like to eat sweets very much.
    
64. I do, but I think I weigh a little too much to indulge as often as I would like.
    
65. I love to read.
    
66. I am always reading at least two or three books.
    
67. Until recently, I generally read mostly fiction.
    
68. Lately I have been reading almost exclusively non-fiction.
    
69. I prefer to read fiction books I own rather then one's from the library.
    
70. This is because I will generally go out and buy any fiction book I really enjoy.
    
71. My favourite authors include Frank Herbert, Elizabeth Peters and Terry Pratchett.
    
72. I have databases to keep track of all my books and DVDs.
    
73. I am hoping to get to work on databases for my VHS tapes and cross stitch supplies.
    
74. I tend to be a little bit anal when it comes to organization.
    
75. I would really like people to like me, but I also prefer to be alone.
    
76. I'm a strange person, who doesn't know what she really wants.
    
77. I wish the world was a safer place.
    
78. I'm almost complete convinced that we will blow ourselves up within the next twenty years.
    
79. I don't understand why people use religion and religious beliefs as an excuse to fight.
    
80. I am very proud to be a Canada.
    
81. Or at least as proud as Canadians get.
    
82. My grandparents have all passed away.
    
83. I miss them very much.
    
84. I am afraid my parents will die before I have children.
    
85. I want my children to have grandparents for longer then I did.
    
86. I don't have much faith that quanta's parents will be nurturing grandparents.
    
87. I am sad they don't like me.
    
88. quanta says it is because I don't have a job. And I think that isn't any of their business.
    
89. I am looking forward to getting married.
    
90. I don't want a big wedding.
    
91. But it would be nice if someone carried that we are planning on getting married.
    
92. Only my parents seem interested.
    
93. I wish I had enough money to take care of my parents.
    
94. I sometimes wish I was more ambitious, but I am not.
    
95. I am very happy being a housewife.
    
96. I like the freedom it gives me to focus on the things I want to learn.
    
97. I have learned a lot about myself during the past two years.
    
98. I have become more spiritual, but not in an overt way.
    
99. I would like to make everyone proud of me, but right now I think I disappoint everyone.
    
100. Most days I like myself, but some days I don't.
     

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