100 Things Thursday - 10/100

I was brainstorming blog post ideas the other day and remembered the old 100 Things About Me lists that we all used to have. Remember those? It was almost like a real blog post but without all the angst and navel gazing. Then I started writing down things about myself that I could put on my list and seriously, I wrote down four things before I lost all steam and I'll be darned if I didn't start gazing at my navel. Again.

I realized that I may be able to come up with 100 things about myself but definitely not all at once. So I'm going to take it slow and every Thursday (or the Thursdays I remember to do so) I'll post another ten things until we get to 100. Who knows, maybe I have more delightful details to share than I realize. I've certainly lived long enough. 

1-10 Things About Me

1. I'm a Scorpio. Even though I don't put any stock in astrology or horoscopes or any of that, it freaks me out when I act just like my sign is "supposed" to. I don't like anyone or anything having that kind of insight into me. Which is just how a Scorpio would feel. See? Freaky.
2. I sat on a jury a few years ago. It was a drunk driving case which is a particular pet peeve of mine and the guy didn't have any defense. In fact, he may have been drunk in the courtroom; I was upwind so I can't be sure. Anyway, I have never understood why people try to get out of jury duty. I found the whole process fascinating and had quite the sense of accomplishment and pride to be part of helping the victim in my case receive some measure of justice. What can be better than that? (Yes, the waiting around to be called was miserable but that's why books were invented. And navels, for more gazing.)
3. My favorite food is tomatoes and all things tomato-based. I won't turn down a box of chocolates but if a man brought me a home-grown vine-ripened tomato I would know his love was true. Or he wrecked my car and was trying to make amends. But either way, he would be a keeper. 
4. My secret wish is to sky dive. You're probably thinking, really? Are you crazy? Maybe I am but trust me when I say, it's totally something a Scorpio would want to do. 
5. I have been up in a hot air balloon. It was amazing and I would do it again in a heart beat. This is part of the reason I think I could sky dive. If I can go up in a basket, I can surely come down in a parachute. Seriously, is one more ridiculous than the other? I didn't think so. 
6. I miss owning a piano. There are some nights when I get home and think how nice it would be to really pound out some Chopin or Beethoven or even Joplin. And then I remember I have neighbors so I just pound on the walls instead. 
7. Memories are palpable to me. I can feel the past in rooms, furniture, articles. This has been the source of great pain and immeasurable joy to me over the years. And probably one of the reasons I'm wanting to move so badly. 
8. When I was a kid, I made a reading/writing room out of my closet. I had a blanket on the floor and some sort of light and I would shut the door and write my novels and read countless books. Why I did this, I have no idea; the entire bedroom was mine. It was probably a Scorpio thing. 
9. If I had a theme song it would be Here Comes the Sun by the Beatles. I feel like most of my life has been about emerging from a long cold lonely winter. I am so ready for some sun.
10. Speaking of which, George Harrison is my favorite Beatle. As if that even needed said.

Comments

[Mary]

Tomatoes, huh? I like the ones from the farmers markets, but store-bought ones are gruesome. Too waxy. I'm looking forward to next week's list.