Stephanie Cake

1. Food makes me happy. Its a sad fact for my waistline. I could easily make this post "100 Food Items That Make Me Happy".
2. I frequently make new product purchase decisions based on the packaging. Sometimes I am terribly disappointed.
3. Vodka is my drink of choice. I'm not that much of a drinker but a vodka/tonic, vodka/cran or an Ivan Collins will make me very happy. Oh, and that Absolut Pear? Heavenly!
4. I used to have a minor obsession with cheese. I've cut back. A lot. My colon is much happier.
5. Terrible fates have befallen every car I've ever owned. I currently drive a grocery getter. Everyone else thinks its cool - I worry that I look like a soccer mom.
6. Looking like a soccer mom is my worst nightmare.
7. I weigh at least 25 lbs more than my driver's license claims.
8. I used to have a major phobia of drive-thrus. Laziness helped me get over it.
9. I still have a major phobia of spiders. Making me watch Arachnaphobia or 8-Legged Freaks will not help me get over it.
10. I secretly like the sound of my own voice. Even though it embarrasses me to hear it.
11. I have more shoes than any person I know. I only wear about 10% of them.
12. I have been saving a pair of size 10 velvet Calvin Klein pucci-printed hip huggers I bought for my 21st birthday for over 12 years in the hopes I will wear them again. It isn't looking good but a girl can have dreams, no?
13. Lavender is my favorite smell in the world.
14. I like Bergamot too.
15. My 8th grade Social Studies teacher explained that "one mans rights end where another man's begin". I have tried to live my life this way ever since. Who knew I was a Libertarian at 13?
16. My other motto is "everything in moderation". This of course applies to housework, alcohol consumption and exercise. It does not apply to brownies, my yarn/fabric stash and art supplies.
17. My other, other motto is "Do unto others." It truly hurts me to think I have treated other people badly.
18. I was moved to tears by the architecture (particularly Gothic cathedrals) in Europe. Much to the annoyance and dismay of my traveling companion.
19. I am a die hard skeptic. My greatest acheivement in life was becoming a Certfied Professional Behavior Analyst so I could justify my untrusting attitude.
20. I love other people about 47.6% of the time. And merely tolerate them the rest.
21. I'm good at acting like #19 and #20 aren't really true... most of the time.
22. I am a cat person.
23. I don't hate dogs. I just don't understand them.
24. I have come to realize that I am fussy and particular about the dumbest things. Case in point... Regular Coke? YES. Regular Pepsi? NO. Diet Coke? NO! Diet Pepsi? YES. Pepsi One? Sometimes. Coke Zero? Sometimes. Coke w/ Splenda? YES.
25. I want to be cremated when I die. And, after the Jazz Funeral Parade in my honor, I want someone who loves me with all their heart to scatter my ashes in 10 different places.
26. I haven't yet traveled enough to know what those 10 places will be... but one of them will be the Blue Ridge Mountains and another will be Monterey, CA.
27. I love pink + orange + turquoise + brown. It just makes me happy.
28. Nothing quenches my thirst quite like Tropical Punch Kool-Aid.
29. When I was about 3 I cut the middles out of a pile of fabric in my mother's stash with her pinking shears. I was quite proud of myself.
30. When I was 3 I also had imaginary friends named Nogger and Kevident.
31. When I was 9 I desperately wanted a bra so I made one with fabric, elastic scraps and safety pins. My mother saved it and has tormented me with it for the past 20+ years.
32. If I had only known then, what I know now, I would have wished for smaller boobs.
33. I love Earl Grey tea. And French Roast coffee.
34. My feet are always cold at night. Even in the summer.
35. I'm not a very good secret keeper. Unless the secret is horrible and unspeakable.
36. I'm very sentimental. But it embarrasses me so I try not to act like it.
37. My very first boyfriend is still one of my close friends.
38. I'm afraid of scary movies but I watch them anyway.
39. I get overwhelmed by the beauty of everything in bloom when spring arrives.
40. Fall is still my favorite time of year, though.
41. All the war, greed and hatred in the world depresses me so I try not to think about it.
42. I'm a moody person. My friends and family have learned to get over it. Because it doesn't have anything to do with them.
43. I love spending money.
44. I feel really guilty when I spend money.
45. But not for long because I love spending money.
46. I have 4 friends who constantly flake on me... I've come to realize 2 of them are just like that and the 3rd actually doesn't like me that much. The jury is still out on the 4th.
47. I have a very short attention span.
48. I crave neatness and cleanliness. But I hate housework more than anything. Its a quandry that takes up more of my life than I care to mention.
49. I was so bookish as a kid that I would read cereal boxes and my grandparents' Reader's Digest's when I ran out of other reading material.
50. I wish I were more athletic.
51. I'm obsessive about things being symmetrical.
52. I can be opinionated in the worst kind of way.
53. Flip flops are my favorite shoes.
54. I get excited everytime there is a new text message on my cell phone because it means someone is thinking about me.
55. I love that tingly feeling in the air after a summer thunder storm.
56. I prefer the beach as a vacation destination.
57. Coworkers at several of my jobs have assumed I was a perky, preppy, cheerleader type in HS. This makes me howl with laughter since it couldn't be further from the truth.
58. An acquaintence recently told me that I am very pretty. This really suprised me. I'm also paranoid that it really meant "You are very pretty, except..." or "You are very pretty for a..."
59. I have terrible self esteem and zero confidence sometimes.
60. I always paint my toenails red in the summer.
61. My best day ever was the day my son was born.
62. The thought of crying in public terrifies me.
63. There are certain smells that make me physically ill.
64. I wish I had a trust fund.
65. I prefer circles to squares.
66. Like every little girl, when I was 8, I wanted to be a veterinarian.
67. Flirting makes me feel powerful.
68. I probably own 40 times more books than CD's.
69. I only have 72 hours of music on my iTunes.
70. Deep down inside I feel it is very important for people to like me.
71. I've been on a quest for the perfect pair of jeans for years. I refuse to give up.
72. I have always eaten cereal without milk.
73. I love being a woman but I'd like to be a guy for one day. Just to see what it's like.
74. I have almost the same taste in music that I did when I was 12.
75. I haven't been roller skating in 23 years.
76. Seinfeld always makes me laugh, even though I've seen just about every episode 10 times.
77. My ultimate fantasy is to go back in time and give my teenage self a good talking to.
78. But I wouldn't want to meet myself in the future.
79. It drives me nuts when people know something and won't share it with me. Even if it's for my own good.
80. I am an average cook.
81. The volume of junk mail I get astounds me.
82. I wish I had more MySpace friends... but not enough to friend request people I don't actually know.
83. I love the feeling of teetering between wakefulness and sleep. I have the best dreams there.
84. I'm not a huge fan of children. That's why I only have one.
85. #84 makes me sound like a psychopath, doesn't it?
86. I love men with Scottish accents. Double that if they are wearing a kilt.
87. Shabby chic is my favorite style of decor, much to my husband's dismay.
88. Revlon Super Lustrous Glossy Rose is the best lip gloss ever. I think it is like the jeans in Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants because it looks good on everyone I know.
89. Amy Sedaris is my hero. I try to be as silly as her in private but I'm not sure I pull it off very well.
90. I think joy is an underrated emotion.
91. And humility is an underrated character trait.
92. I'm a huge fan of independent films.
93. The smell of a new box of crayons is intoxicating to me.
94. My favorite flavor of ice cream is banana.
95. Banana ice cream is hard to find so plain old chocolate is the next best thing.
96. Gossip is harmful but I love it anyway. Especially when its not about me.
97. I prefer polka dots to stripes.
98. The sound of ocean waves always calms me.
99. Folk art and outsider art fascinates me.
100. My goal every day is to learn something new and be a better person than I was the day before.

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// posted by Stephanie Cake @ 4/21/2007 11:23:00 AM