100 Other Things About GenX
~This is a lot harder than you might think! Whew!~
- I am a Christian
- I am 1/4 Potawatomi (Native American)
- I am 3/4 Black
- I was born in Texas
- I was raised in England until my teens
- I have been to New Zealand
- I have been to Africa
- I have been to Japan
- I have been to China
- I have been to Tibet (and yes, I do believe they should be declared an independent state just as they were before 1949)
- I have been to Mexico
- I have been to Canada
- I have been to Germany
- I have been to France
- I have been to Alaska
- I have a strong desire to visit Calcutta
- I play classical and acoustic guitar
- I play violin
- For the exception of two of my academic years, I have only attended magnet and pre-collegiate schools
- I’ve received two honorable mentions, and two awards for screenplays written (hence my choppy writing which is partially to blame for my terrible grammar, as well)
- I have written a total of 13 screenplays
- I used to be a photographer
- I love to read
- I have only played 12 string guitars since the age of 14
- I stopped playing piano at the age of 5
- I stupidly pranked my school’s “Grandparents Day” ceremony my senior year in high school, which inadvertently left one elderly woman in the hospital with heart palpitations (Though it is notoriously remembered at my high school to this very day as a ‘heart attack’ …. sigh…. )
- I have one cousin who is a well known singer
- I have two cousins (one by marriage) who are well known actors
- My mother used to sing backup for a well known singer
- I have this weird thing where I can spend about a week or so in any country and pick up a large amount of its native language
- My short term memory on anything, for the exception of languages, sucks
- I can remember a few things from as early as 1 (no joke! Ask me about the waterfall incident someday; according to my family, I was 1 when that happened. I remember it like it was yesterday!)
- I had a great grandfather that was dubbed “Praying Pat” back in the mid 1800s that was well respected by both whites and blacks
- I have several family members who are semi-well known activists
- I have one side of my family that are all ordained ministers — that line stopped with me
- I love to dance for God… well, more like a swirl in little circles on an account of having two left feet
- I have been involved in 2 car accidents (one being my fault — I was young, stupid, and driving a little 2 seater Mazda… ’nuff said)
- I have never had a speeding ticket, but I have been pulled over
- I have been in a plane crash (it was a tiny Cessna at a birthday party, and I was like 8.)
- I have 5 god-children
- I have no children of my own
- I am not involved with anyone no longer true, hehe
- I have never been married
- I am in love with someone whom I could never be with
- I have lied
- I have cheated
- I have never stolen so much as a pencil in my life
- I used to be a so called “track star”
- My classmates nominated me “The most likely to succeed” in our senior year book
- My classmates also nominated me for being mostly remembered as the girl that caused “Tye William’s grandmother to have a heart attack.” (Definitely not the highlight of my senior year folks
) - I am socially awkward
- I am very reserved
- I have less than 50% hearing in my right ear
- I have slight hearing loss in my left ear
- My father was a British arithmetician
- I have a brother who has an eidetic memory
- I rarely watch television
- I love BSG
- I love the History Channel
- I love anything dealing with history
- I love anything dealing with culture
- My favorite color is black
- I hate bugs (I cannot express that enough)
- I suffer from terrible stage fright
- I have four piercings six now
- I have a tattoo of the Hebraic characters “Mashiach”
- I hate shopping
- I drive a truck, and I love it!
- I am a sucker for romance
- I have never really collected anything
- My hobbies include building Tesla Coils and Computers
- My life turned out far different than what I was expecting
- I have insomnia
- I adore spicy food
- My favorite food is Indian
- My second favorite food is Chinese
- I have played with 2 well known musicians
- I type just short of a 100 wpm
- I used to write software
- I have been dubbed a geek more times than I can count
- I don’t drink liquor
- I rarely drink wine
- I used to smoke
- I speak English
- I speak Bode’wadmi (Potawatomi)
- I speak Tsaligi (Cherokee)
- I used to live on a reservation with my grandmother
- I was skipped two grades in school
- I have attended Tufts University
- I have attended Northwestern University
- I am extremely picky when it comes to who I let completely into my personal life
- I’ve only been majorly sick one time in my life
- I have only had a cold twice in my life
- I have only had the flu once
- I used to be a varsity, soccer goalie
- I one time played an entire soccer game as a goalie with a broken hand in 3 places
- I have broken my ankle once
- I have broken my hand twice
- I despise wearing watches
- I’ve come to realize I don’t like long lists ::clearing throat::