Compose a list of 100 things about me

1. I live in New York City.
2. I am 25 years old (almost 26!)
3. I don’t have any pets.
4. I want a parakeet but can’t have one because of my lease and because I am not home enough.
5. I work as a tax accountant.
6. I am a CPA (certified public accountant).
7. I work a lot of overtime for my job, and am usually not that happy about it.
8. I have a boyfriend, who I’ve been seeing on and off for almost 2 years.
9. I am 5’6” tall.
10. I weigh about 122 pounds currently.
11. I try to work out 3 times a week.
12. I am a vegetarian.
13. I’d love to go vegan, but I’m not sure if I have the commitment.
14. My commute to work is 50 minutes each way.
15. I have a roommate, but
16. I’d really like my own place.
17. I love to cook.
18. I don’t enjoy baking as much, but it’s fun on occasion as well.
19. I voted Democrat in the past two presidential elections.
20. I have mad Microsoft Excel skills.
21. I want to retire really early, like 40-50 years old. (Not sure if that’s going to happen).
22. I am an atheist.
23. My parents don’t know #22, and I’m not going to ever tell unless they specifically ask.
24. I was in the church choir all through high school.
25. I was also a Girl Scount all through high school.
26. I’m not really all that interested in having sex, but..
27. I’m not a virgin.
28. I don’t want to have kids, for various reasons.
29. I have one brother, whom I almost never see/speak to.
30. I can’t really speak any languages other than English.
31. I scored a 1550 on my SATs in high school.
32. I’m pretty nuts about spelling/grammar.
33. I don’t really enjoy traveling and I think it’s some kind of conspiracy that everyone has to act like they enjoy it a lot.
34. I think I’m a feminist.
35. I didn’t date until college.
36. I went with three people to my high school dance.
37. I hate talking on the phone, but
38. I’m an IM addict.
39. I don’t really see what the big deal is with Twitter.
40. I also think people need to stop updating their Facebook status every half hour.
41. I don’t have television, but
42. There are a few shows I catch online, so I do still watch TV.
43. I am a sci-fi nerd, although…
44. I don’t enjoy video games, and
45. I am not (particularly) savvy with computers.
46. My parents are still married.
47. I worry that when I get married, it will end in divorce.
48. I hate cigarettes – they killed my grandfather.
49. I can’t draw to save my life.
50. I also can’t dance at all.
51. I played the viola in high school. I was okay.
52. I sort of know how to knit but I haven’t done it in a while.
53. My favorite band is R.E.M.
54. Reading used to be my favorite thing ever, but I don’t do it enough anymore :(
55. I don’t like summer.
56. Fall is my favorite season, followed by winter, and then spring.
57. My favorite color is teal.
58. I hate clothes shopping.
59. I have a minor obsession with Trader Joe’s grocery store.
60. I love my bed – it’s like a cloud. It was my first major purchase after college.
61. If I ever move in with my boyfriend, we will have our first big fight over whose bed to use. (Mine is SOOOO much better!!)
62. I still have bad acne breakouts.
63. I think it’s genetic and maybe also a little too much sugar.
64. I don’t see the appeal of chili. I know veggie chili is a classic vegetarian dish but I don’t really get it.
65. Cantaloupe is the only fruit I don’t like.
66. I like cheese but I can’t eat most cheeses by themselves – they need to be on or in something.
67. I’m pretty useless if I get less than 7 hours a sleep a night.
68. I drink coffee, but only on workdays.
69. I like tea a lot better than coffee.
70. I wear glasses sometimes.
71. I hate flavored chips (flavored by anything other than salt).
72. I almost never carry cash.
73. I am what a lot of people would consider to be “cheap”.
74. I am still paying off student loans.
75. I was in a sorority in college, but barely speak to any of them anymore.
76. I don’t speak to anyone from high school.
77. I don’t like to clean.
78. I’m very afraid of needles.
79. I am also afraid to light a match or lighter (unless it’s one of those BBQ lighters).
80. I have had 19 roommates/housemates in my life (obviously not all at the same time…)
81. I think it would have been really fun to be homeschooled.
82. I was a C-Section baby.
83. I’ve lived in 3 states.
84. I lived in the same house for the first 18 years of my life.
85. I think McDonald’s Dollar Menu ice cream cones are the best thing ever.
86. My family didn’t have a lot when I was growing up but I thought we were rich.
87. I’ve never gotten a speeding ticket.
88. I don’t drink and drive.
89. I do drink, however, but not too often.
90. I don’t understand the fascination with wine – it’s okay, but not amazing.
91. Malibu and coke (or diet coke) is my favorite alcoholic beverage.
92. My boyfriend lives in a different state, so we only see each other on weekends :(
93. I think spitting in public should be a crime.
94. I met my boyfriend on the Internet.
95. I own a car, but I’m selling it soon (to my dad).
96. I think I would be okay if I never got married (but I want to).
97. Weddings/wedding planning/the wedding industry scare me. I just want to get married at City Hall and serve ice cream cake afterwards.
98. I got some minor orthodontic work done as a kid.
99. Because of #98, I had a bit of a speech problem until I was an older teen. I was pretty self-conscious.
100. I have foot problems, so I try to wear athletic shoes anywhere I can get away with it (not at work, but pretty much anywhere else).

85. likes to read on rooftops
84. wishes to visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
83. feels more alone than ever
82. finds inspiration in songs
81. hates this job

90. is dreading this summer internsip
89. believes that Dr. Pepper makes the world taste better
88. will not be spending their upcoming 21st birthday in a bar
87. loves watching horror movies, but especially likes watching with friends to see them squirm
86. was saving up to buy their first laptop, but will be spending it on tuition instead

56. she is watching comedy gala
57. she is wearing piggy socks
58. she like skeletons
59. she doesn’t like taxidermy
60. her lucky numbers are 5,7, and 9
61. she has no alcohol tolerance
62. she has very thin hair
63. she has blue, green eyes
64. she dresses like she’s in the 40s
65. she thinks croc’s no matter how comfy they are look like shit
66. she wants to fall on love
67. she has never been on a date
68. she thinks that canada is awesome
69. her hair is almost two feet long
70. she thinks auzzys are obnoxious
71. her favorite colour is blue at the moment
72. her favorite animal is tiger
73. she dreams a lot

1. she has 2 dogs
2. her parents are still together
3. she lives in new zealand
4. she has a brother who she is constantly compared to
5. she loves to travel
6. she used to want to be a actress
7. she wants to be a photographer or movie director
8. she is writing a book about her life
9. her life is much like a soap opera now days
10. she loves coffee
11. she wears opp shop cloths
12. she is listening to pink at the moment
13. she scoops ice cream as a job
14. she is 17 years old
15. she doesn’t have many close friends
16. she is virgo though she doesn’t act it
17. she is on medication for her OCD
19. she is in year 13
20. she weighs 117.9 lbs
21. she gets depressed, angry, or happy when she is drunk
22. her guilty pleasure is Brittany spears (current)
23. she likes sour lollies
24. her eyes are her best feature
25. she likes guys who are way out of her league
26. she sometimes laughs for no reason
27. she likes cold days
28. she used to feed her toys her mother’s jewelry
29. she is moving in may
30. her mother is loosing her hair
31. the first concert she went to was ‘Aqua’
32. she believes that new Zealand’s flag should be changed
33. her skin is so pale its almost grey
34. she has glasses but doesn’t wear them
35. she was created in a lab (Donor baby)
36. she hates flys and mosquitos (piss her off)
37. she is a veg-head (vegetarian)
38. she is pro legalization of weed
39. she was named after her grandmother
40. she attended a catholic school then a baptist high school
41. she is a atheist
42. she was dressed in her brother’s old cloths as a baby to save money though people thought she was a boy
43. when she was 6 months old a schizophrenic artist painted her as a old man
44. she got her ears pierced for her 7th birthday they healed closed so when she was nine her and her best mate pierced them them selves they havent healed up since
45. she wishes she was a mermaid
46. she is interested in the occult and supernatural
47. she thinks that singer should stick to singing and not attempt to be a ‘triple threat’ because most of them cant act
48. she has a pet chinchilla
49. she thinks that Hillary duff would stink at poker
50. she likes to walk around in bare feet
51. she loves Shakespeare
52. she wants to fall in love more then anything
53. she wants a nose
54. she loves a good love story
55. she has a very short temper

21 I enjoy both listening to, and playing music. I can play the piano/organ/keyboard, and the clarinet. I have a grade 3 certificate for clarinet, but was working at grade 5 when I stopped having lessons. I’d love to learn to play the double bass one day.
22 I like being outdoors and enjoy working on the garden. Especially if it’s sunny.
23 I don’t like bugs or insects, and most definitely not spiders.
24 I get really bad hayfever.
25 My favourite flowers are roses and cornflowers – though I also like carnations, sweet pea and periwinkle (amongst others). I tend to like blue (or purple) petals on flowers, and red leaves on trees.
26 I have a Maple tree. I bought it (Acer Rubrum) as a small sapling to mark my 21st birthday. It’s grown a lot since I first got it, and is in a large pot on the patio at the moment. I’m planning on planting it into the ground after I’ve moved.
27 I really want to keep chickens. And maybe a goat. Or two.
28 I LOVE shoes. I probably have over 20 different pairs of shoes. I like boots too. I don’t have as many of those though.
29 My favourite colour is pink! I also really like yellow (and purple).
30 Ever since I first saw it (and tried it!) at the Design Museum in London, I’ve wanted a Jerszy Seymour Playstation Chair. Last year, I finally found a website where you can have them especially made and delivered…but it’s a little bit pricey. If I did get one some day, I’d have a black (or pink, or white) one, with a single footstall.

11 I stayed in London for a year (on campus) when I was at university.
12 I have a degree in Creative Writing and Criminology.
13 I want to do another degree in Forensic Psychology.
14 I have two directions I want to get in to as a career: Forensic Psychology (criminal profiling) and writing (becoming an author/novellist).
15 I started writing my first novel September 2003, the same day I moved to campus and started my degree. I am still writing it.
16 I went to a Church of England Primary School (St. Nicholas).
17 I am now, and have always been, an atheist.
18 I am in the process of setting up my own company.
19 I recently found a friend I lost contact with when I was 7/8.
20 I love living in the countryside. Aside from when I was in London, I have always lived in rural villages. I really hope that my next house is rural/in the countryside as well.

1 My first name is Emma, and my middle name is Marie.
2 I was born on 28th April 1985, at St. John’s Hospital.
3 I was born by caesarian section.
4 It was snowing when I was born.
5 I am a Taurus.
6 I have lived in Essex (SE England) my whole life.
7 I am moving soon.
8 I have six pets – three cats and three dogs.
9 My first ever pet was an all-black guinea pig, named Julius. He was a blood brother to my brother’s guinea pig – Wishbear. Julius lived for eight years, and across two different houses. After him, my next pet was a little grey Russian (dwarf) hamster girl, named Sooty.
10 I first had my ears pierced when I was 3 (after I went on and on and on…). They healed up, and I had them repierced when I was eleven.

95. hope to never grow old (wishful thinking, I know)
94. hate being on the passenger side…I feel awkward there and I don’t know why
93. doesn’t understand why we have to automatically know what we want to do with our life at the ripe old age of 20
92. if given a choice of Dorito chip, I would go with Nacho Cheesier
91. likes to listen to the punk rock

Eh…since I seem to be in the mood to make lists anyway…

100. I wear glasses
99. I am a History major
98. I drive a ‘95 blue Honda Accord LX (the LX makes it special :P)
97. I refuse to use Itunes to purchase music…hard-copy CDs all the way
96. Homestyle Popcorn is my favorite