67 Trivialities

Willow wanted trivia... blame her!

1. I am the oldest of 3 children.
2. I lost my virginity on November 8, 1984.
3. Sometimes I regret Fact No. 2 but only because the sex was so good and my marital sex is so not.
4. I got my private pilot's license on April 22, 2004.
5. My FAA written examination for my instrument rating expired last month.
6. Fact No. 5 annoys the hell out of me.
7. I share my birthday with Great Britain's current Queen Elizabeth.
8. Despite her poor fashion sense, I'm relieved Fact No. 7 relates to Queen Elizabeth and not Dubya.
   
9. It's been 17 years since I was graduated from college and 21 years since the New York State Board of Regents saw fit to graduate me from high school.
10. Fact No. 9 makes me feel positively ancient.
11. I like nice shoes and handbags.
    
12. Speaking of shoes, not a single pair of my shoes fit after I had the baby.
13. Fact No. 12 still upsets me but mostly because I can't find any cute replacement shoes.
14. I went to an elementary school with an open classroom environment.
15. I love to wrap presents elegantly.
16. I really like to get presents but only if they show the person put some thought into it.
17. Sometimes I still make believe.
18. I wrote/write X-Files and Stargate fanfic.
19. I'm embarassed to admit Fact No. 18 to 3D friends and wouldn't dream of admitting Fact No. 17 to anyone I had to face.
    
20. I am obsessively controlling about my Christmas tree. No one else is allowed to touch it.
21. I don't care that Fact No. 20 is true. It's my tree, dammit.
22. My 3D friends laugh about Fact No. 20 but admit I have one of the best decorated Christmas trees they've ever seen (even as they are sneakily trying to rearrange ornaments to see if I notice). I do notice. Every time.
23. I have met some really wonderful people online.
24. I am a good party planner.
25. I am a very bad athlete. (Very, very bad athlete.)
26. I absolutely hate my exercise routine but do it anyway.
27. My sunburn itches.
28. I hate it when people are mad at me.
29. I am a perfectionist.
30. Due to Fact No. 29, I constantly feel I'm not good enough.
31. Up until January, I didn't have a single cavity in my teeth.
32. I blame the one cavity I now have on having been pregnant.
33. I hate my mousy hair and dye it Dana Scully Red when I can afford to.
34. I feel guilty when someone is working and I am not (like right now while John is polishing furniture and I'm blogging).
35. My favorite comedian is Dennis Miller and I stopped watching Saturday Night Live when he left.
    
36. I like to wear black.
37. I figured out how to read at age 3.
38. I'm awful at math.
39. I bruise easily.
40. I like most kinds of music but am not into rap.
41. Fact No. 40 aside, I am partial to Baby Got Back because my own backside is large.
42. I would look ridiculous shaking that backside unlike the dancers on the Baby Got Back music video.
43. I love to tango.
44. I love to get very, very dressed up (ballgown, etc.) but have very little occasion to.
45. The only way I can remember that there are fewer oxygen molecules per square inch of air when it's warmer is to picture an airfilled balloon expanding as it heats over a candle.
46. I really appreciate my flight instructor sharing Fact No. 45 with me.
47. I once bit into a creme filled doughnut on the wrong side, squeezing white creme all over my chin in a room full of male pilots.
    
48. Due to Fact No. 47, I am now thoroughly convinced that men's first thought about anything is how it relates to sex.
49. I like to drive very fast with my windows and sunroof open and the radio blasting.
50. I listen to All Things Considered and Car Talk on NPR when I'm in the car at the right time.
51. I wanted to be an astronaut when I grew up.
52. I always figured I'd've changed the world by now.
53. Reading the Alumnae Quarterly makes me feel like a failure.
54. Ich spreche ein bisschen Deutsch.
55. I am trying to learn French on CD.
    
56. Fact No. 55 is not working.
57. I also am trying to learn Quenya.
    
58. Fact No. 57 is working better than fact No. 56 but needs more time than I can put into it now.
59. I have my own business but still have a part time job.
    
60. I used to sell Lancome in addition to the jobs in Fact No. 59.
    
61. I love the way the word "linoleum" feels in my mouth when I say it.
62. I find flatulence very funny.
63. I sing.
64. I think most people who believe they have awful voices actually can sing but were convinced otherwise by some jerk earlier in their lives.
    
65. I can't keep a straight face and say the words "prune juice".
66. Heck, it appears I can't keep a straight face and type the words "prune juice".
67. I sing the first verse of Taps to my daughter as I put her in her crib for the night.

And I will wish you all a goodnight the same way.

Day is done.
Gone the sun from the lake, from the hills, from the sky.
All is well.
Safely rest.
God is nigh.