chasing the sun

This entry is for my friend Jason...I just wanted to see if I could actually make 100.

100 Things You Might Not Know About Me
1. I've driven 4 cars in my lifetime and never paid insurance once (thanks mom!)
2. My parents will have been married almost 25 years
3. I’m 26
4. I found out my dad wasn't my real dad when I was young –
5. But I've never met my biological father.
6. I don't trust people either; they know that about me I think...
7. I have a lot of passion, but no definite cause or direction
8. I think I will make an interesting wife…someday
9. I’m not always right.
10. Most Sundays I go to church...I really hate church most Sundays.
11. I like boys, but I am completely terrified of them finding out.
12. I have read through the Harry Potter series 3 times
13. In my life, I have been about seventy shades of blonde and a distinct shade of reddish orange which I won’t discuss any further except to say “YIKES!”
14. I have to take air-sicknesses meds in order to fly, any time, anywhere.
15. I used to lie a lot when I was younger because I was afraid people wouldn't like me if they knew I was really plain and boring...turns out I'm not so boring...turns out I'm still afraid people won't like me.
16. My grandmother died when I was 11 and I still miss her so much it hurts.
17. I used to be on the puppet team at my church…that’s right 6 years, baby!
18. I quit most things I start (i.e. piano lessons, community theatre, taking vitamins)
19. My greatest fear is being in debt
20. I have never loved any job I’ve ever had
21. For the first half of 10th grade, the administration at my school thought my name was “Bill Ingsley” (my last name is Billingsley). Needless to say, I made an impression.
22. I am the oldest of three girls
23. And the first of nine grandchildren on my mother’s side (eight of which are girls).
24. My favorite place in the world is the Frio River just outside of Fredricksburg, TX (or maybe Disney World)
25. I used to grind my teeth so badly that I had to get fillings, but I’ve only ever had one cavity!
26. My grandfather was a world-class bass fisherman before his stroke…in one day he caught over a hundred fish with this disgusting bait he made himself
27. When I was in college I participated in a real battle of the sexes in which the boys made shields and swords from cardboard and painted themselves blue ala Braveheart.
28. I am very clumsy and have actually fallen down the side of a mountain, slid down really.
29. I have issues!!!
30. A friend of mine wrote a song about me/for me once.
31. I have seen the BBC version of Pride and Prejudice about 20 times. I love that Mr. Darcy!
32. I don’t usually make a great first impression
33. I have bigger calf-muscles than most men I know…kinda gross, kinda cool…
34. I always over-pack for trips
35. I pluck my eye-brows way too much
36. I received a good citizenship award from the Daughters of the American Revolution
37. I still have no idea who they are
38. I am the spitting image of my grandmother when she was my age.
39. I get ridiculously nervous in a crowd of strangers.
40. I have ambitions and dreams of playing my guitar like a rockstar -
41. But I’m really quite bad
42. I love weddings, up until the bouquet toss
43. Then I run to the bathroom and hide until its over
44. As I get older, I am learning to appreciate my family more
45. I’m also learning to love people better
46. I love to learn, to know things – even useless things, mostly because I like being able to answer people’s questions
47. I can’t say “abominable”
48. But I can spell “chrysanthemum”
49. My favorite flowers are gerber daisies and calla lilies
50. My sisters and I used to do plays for each other and our friends in our back yard.
51. We specialized in Haunted Houses.
52. I busted my lip on the first day of school two years in a row by falling out of a swing.
53. My first and only “C” was in geometry.
54. I have an unnatural obsession with movie soundtracks, Braveheart and Romeo and Juliet are my favorites
55. My friend Kristi and I were Star Wars Trivial Pursuit champions in undergrad…that’s Star Wars, not Star Trek thank you very much.
56. If I could have a supernatural ability, I’d really like to be able to read people’s minds or be invisible.
57. I miss being able to drive down I-635 with my sun roof open and the radio blaring, singing at the top of my lungs during rush hour traffic
58. I miss Dallas
59. I have a thing for musicians, but really, doesn’t every girl?
60. And, aside from the chewing tobacco, I think cowboys are pretty great too…
61. I talk too much when I’m nervous…it’s totally out of control
62. I got to name my neice: Gracyn Elise
63. I had two beagles named “Frosty”
64. They both died
65. I never had another beagle
66. I’ve been white-water rafting five times – I love it!
67. I got my passport in November of 2003 and I have been to England, South Africa and Jamaica
68. Almost all of the furniture and appliances in my apartment belongs to my roommate
69. I changed my major three times in college before they finally created a special degree for me so I could graduate
70. I used to work the drive-thru Taco Bell
71. I also worked at a tanning salon so I got to tan for free
72. Once I ripped a hole in the seat of my pants while climbing over a fence.
73. I didn’t discover the hole for another hour or so
74. Even when I feel like I’m being transparent and vulnerable, I’m really not
75. My middle name is “Lynn”.
76. I changed it when I was adopted by my step-dad
77. It used to be “Gayle”
78. In 8th grade I wore my dad’s cowboy boots in a school play
79. I am fascinated by the story of the Titanic (not the movie!!). My grandmother showed me this National Geographic when I was a kid. It was right after Robert Ballard found the wreckage and they had all these cool underwater photos.
80. I have a piece of coal that was brought up from the wreck site, complete with certificate and engraved case
81. The first thing I do when I get a newspaper is the crossword puzzle
82. I have been a secretary for the last 8 years
83. I’m ready to give it up and try something new
84. I love to be on, in or near the water…except for Lake Michigan in the winter!
85. My dream home is one that is very old and shabby and needs a lot of work that I can do myself.
86. I love that show, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
87. It always makes me cry…
88. I also love the Simpsons, Lost, and West Wing
89. Neither one of my parents graduated from college
90. I’ve narrowly escaped being hit by a car twice now.
91. I became friends with one of the best men I have ever known while traveling in a van for an entire summer
92. We hit and killed a deer that summer
93. Twice, I’ve been to Mexico
94. Twice, I’ve purchased silver jewelry
95. Twice, I’ve lost said jewelry
96. I hate beets
97. I love broccoli
98. The deepest desire of my heart at present is to know God in a real way and to learn how to follow Christ in a way that honors him
99. By the time I was 13, I had a full blown peptic ulcer
100. Stress runs in my family