Beth

Librarian by day, dog trainer/sock knitter by night.

100 Things Meme from 2004*

*updated:
2005
2006
2007

1. Temporarily omitted.
2. I’m afraid of clowns and Sleestacks.
3. I have a phobia of needles (not to be confused with a common fear) and haven’t had a shot since I was 6.
4. I never studied, rarely did homework, but still managed to graduate college with a 3.25 or so.
5. I hate school which is why I’ll never finish graduate school.
6. The only church I’ll go into is a Friends Meetinghouse.
7. I love my dogs more than I love some members of my family.
8. I have no debt other than my car loan.
9. I miss my Dad and think of him every day.
10. I’ve seen the northern lights.
11. My passport was first stamped in the Channel Tunnel.
12. I’m not afraid of cemeteries at night.
13. I can carry a tune.
14. I let my dogs kiss me on the lips.
15. I won’t date or marry a man not involved in dog sports (but then again I kiss my dogs on the lips so no other man would be interested anyway!)
16. I’m highly competitive and hate losing.
17. I teach myself new things all the time.
18. Housekeeping isn’t important to me.
19. My favorite movies are Twister and Love Actually.
20. But my favorite movies in general are British romantic comedies.
21. I love Depeche Mode. Reach out and touch faith!
22. My favorite classes in college were badminton, photography, and Russian Lit.
23. I (heart) Elvis.
24. I’m an armchair (or computer chair) meteorologist.
25. I hate driving more than 200 miles without another human in the car.
26. I wish I had a hybrid car.
27. I choose cheesy nachos over chocolate.
28. But if it has to be chocolate, make mine milk.
29. I love diet coke.
30. I can make amazing caramels.
31. My paternal grandmother taught me to knit when I was eight.
32. I wasn’t good at it so I quit for almost 30 years, but still remembered how when I tried again.
33. I’ve cut up hundreds of chickens.
34. James Doohan kissed me on the cheek.
35. My brother taught me to drive a stick shift.
36. I cry at the drop of a hat.
37. I’m a night owl and stay up past midnight most nights.
38. (temporarily omitted)
39. (temporarily omitted)
40. I am very loyal to my friends.
41. I hate being in groups larger than 4 or 5 people.
42. I’ve never won more than a free ticket in the lottery.
43. I’ve slept in my car more than once.
44. I can pill a cat.
45. I’ve never smoked a cigarette.
46. I was in the “smart” sorority in college.
47. I have a bad attitude most days.
48. I stay calm and think clearly in emergencies.
49. My dream is to drive the Alaska-Canada highway.
50. Another dream is to earn an Obedience Trial Championship (OTCH).
51. I almost never miss The Amazing Race or Dancing with the Stars or Grey's Anatomy.
52. I have a taxidermied boar’s head on my wall.
53. I am not a girlie-girl.
54. I won’t hold babies.
55. I'm a self-taught spinner.
56. I love going caving at Mammoth Cave in Kentucky and I’m not afraid of bats.
57. I hate ticks (and there are lots at Mammoth Cave National Park).
58. I thought 100 things would be easy but I was obviously delusional.
59. While growing up, I’d bicycle 50 miles in one day for the Cancer Society Bikeathon every summer.
60. I learned morse code to get a Ham radio operator’s license right before they removed that requirement.
61. I couldn’t pass the electronics part of the test so never actually got the license. (my dad was WB8TBV)
62. I think I might have seen a UFO once.
63. I used to have a hedgehog named Teapot.
64. I think I have a talent for naming pets (as long as you don’t want Sam, Tigger, or Fluffy)
65. I’m a Scorpio.
66. My most cherished possession is a photo of my dad and me taken in 1968.
67. I’m spontaneous.
68. I back out of plans that are made too far in advance.
69. I resent my budget.
70. I will never have children.
71. I love working jigsaw puzzles in the winter.
72. I’ve seen Jim Morrison’s grave in Paris.
73. I hate talking on the phone and would prefer to just email.
74. I’ve never been a patient in a hospital since I was released as a newborn.
75. I saw the first episode of Sesame Street.
76. I was a 4-H member every year from 3rd grade until I was 18, then I became a 4-H leader.
77. I know how to make a bouncy ball from Borax powder.
78. I’ve been a weather spotter for the NWS since high school.
79. My hair is turning gray so I dye it but not often enough.
80. I learned to drive in an orange Ford Pinto with black electrical tape for stripes when the Bengals were having a winning season.
81. My favorite town is Yellow Springs, Ohio and I desperately wanted to attend Antioch College.
82. I’m not above making fun of mean people.
83. I did not make it into the Honor Society in high school my junior year because I hadn’t had enough different teachers in class to vote me in. (That’ll teach me to fill my schedule with all college prep and no fluff classes!)
84. I was openly bitter about the above situation my senior year so wasn’t inducted then either.
85. I did all my senior year English book reports on different Shakespeare plays.
86. I’ve hit 4 deer with my vehicles.
87. I’ve only had 5 vehicles (Chevy Citation, Chevy S10, Isuzu Amigo, Ford Taurus Wagon, Honda Fit).
88. I’ll never own another soft-top.
89. Everyone expected me to become a teacher so I didn’t.
90. I’m only in contact with one of my high school friends.
91. I want to vote for John Edwards.
92. I always wanted to be a gypsy for Halloween. (the skirts, the scarves, the jewelry, the exotic allure)
93. I love my mom’s fruitcake.
94. Fireworks are one of my favorite things.
95. I’m not so fond of summer.
96. I dream about tornadoes when my life is out of control.
97. I only have a shower in my apartment (no bathtub).
98. I’m really bad about returning library books on time.
99. My dad had to rescue me from a diving dock on a lake in his boat because I was too afraid of the fish I could see swimming under it.
100. I get bored easily which is why I’m surprised I made it to number 100.