100th Post And A $50 Contest

Today marks my 100th post.  It's time to celebrate!  There is a tradition, or so I've been told, of posting 100 random facts about yourself in your 100th post.  The thought made me start yawning and nod off with my fingers still on my keyboard.  I'm sorry everybody, but I can guarantee you don't want to read 100 things about me.  I'm not that interesting.  If I can't keep myself awake thinking about the subject, how could you possibly read it?

Instead I am going to work really hard to come up with 50 random facts about myself.  We'll pretend each fact counts as two, okay?  Then, if you manage to read all the way through, I'll have a $50 prize/contest at the end of the post.  Each of my fifty random facts represents one potential dollar for the contest winner. 

Here are my random facts: 

 1.  I was truant a lot in high school.

 2.  I was an honor student in college.

 3.  I like most men better than most women.

 4.  I'm terribly shy in group settings.

 5.  I can (and will) attract a pervert from 5 miles away.

 6.  Material things are not very important to me.

 7.  I might have broken a few laws in my youth.

 8.  I've written a lot of press releases.

 9.  I prefer Chinese and Mexican food over Italian. 

10.  I have a very low tolerance for stupid people.

11.  Children and dogs love me.

12.  I prefer big dogs to yappy little ankle biters.

13.  Chauvanistic men infuriate me.

14.  I'm a very good cook (but I need some help because of my arm).

15.  I'm a terrible housekeeper.

16.  I am the youngest of 3 siblings.

17.  I wore a size D bra in 6th grade.  (It was humiliating.)

18.  I like candles and fireplaces. 

19.  When I get really angry, I cry.

20.  My college roommate was a multi-millionaire teenager from the OC.

21.  I'm missing the interior decorating gene.

22.  Spiders have too many legs and they creep me out.

23.  I love hearing, or reading, a good story.

24.  I did some hand modeling while in college.

25.  I can't lie convincingly.

26.  I love opening presents.

27.  I speed read.

28.  I hate flying.

29.  My perfect day begins and ends at the beach.

30.  I can't relate to girly-girls.

31.  I used to be a manager at a Fortune 500 company.

32.  I can spend hours in a bookstore.

33.  If you really "get" me, I'll cherish you (because so few do).

34.  My house has always been a kid hang-out and I love it.

35.  Briefcase's family has never liked me.

36.  I waitressed in high school and through part of college.

37.  I love the smell of fresh jasmine.

38.  I can't sew and I don't want to.

39.  I love baseball.

40.  I rarely swear out loud, but I swear in my head (and in my writing) a lot.

41.  I once spent 4 weeks in Europe with my college boyfriend.

42.  I don't mind getting my hair wet when I swim.

43.  My grandfather was a gangster, but a very nice one. 

44.  I'd rather go out for the night with one or two couples vs. going to a party.

45.  I hate it when people chew gum loudly.

46.  I'd rather be outdoors than in.

47.  My mom is a much nicer version of Martha Stewart.

48.  I bristle at being told what to do.

49.  I'm most comfortable in jeans and a t-shirt.

50.  You become very irritating when I have PMS.

And now for the contest!

The winner will receive a $50 American Express Gift Card which can be used almost anywhere!

To enter, all you need to do is leave a comment listing one random fact about yourself.  If you're shy, you can make a comment about one of my random facts instead.  Just leave a comment, and you're entered! 

You may only enter once.  If you are a blogger and inform your readers about this contest on your site, with a link to this post, I will give you two additional "bonus" entries.  You must email me or send me a comment letting me know you've done this and providing me with a link to your site.  I will be verifying all sites that choose to participate.   

The names of all contestants will be written on slips of paper and put in a hat.  Briefcase will be pulling the name of our winner from the hat just like he did for the last contest.  The contest ends on Friday August 15th, at 8:00 p.m. Pacific time.  The winner will be announced on Monday, the 18th.  Good luck!   

Comments

[alntv]

Although I DID make it through the 100 Things list (with much trepidation, you can check it out at http://alntv.wordpress.com/my-100/), here is 1 more fact about me that ISN'T on that list...I wanted to be a radio disk jockey when I was in high school and college and worked part-time at 3 local stations before giving it up (thankfully).

[DebraAbby]

I once fell into a canal in Venice...
woo hoo.
Debra

[KH]

I'm concerned about the quotation marks in number 24....

Anyway, my fact is I've been to 5 of the 7 continents. (I love to travel.)

[EricaB]

Okay, random fact...

I have never been on an airplane. Never had any need. Not scared (okay, now that it has been nearly 30 years I AM scared...a little). Just no need to fly. Maybe by the end of the year....

And I will be posting a blog about your contest momentarily.

[Renee]

First I would like to say I have so
many facts like you it's scary, except the millionaire in college thing, Also I think I will start an
anonymous blog (I don't want anyone to know it's me).
My fact is I am 43 and I really really want a tattoo. Corny isn't it.

[Jan]

Holy shit, woman - we ARE related!

I, too, prefer most men to most women and do not relate well to "girly girls."

I, too, prefer Chinese and Mexican to Italian.

I, too, wore a D-cup in the 6th grade.

Beloved's family doesn't like me either.

Want to spend hours in a bookstore? I'm right there with you.

My grandfather was an upstanding citizen, but not a very nice one.

I just love you to death - you know that, don't you?

[Lori]

First of all, I must say that most of the 50 things you listed about yourself, I could have written about myself. Great list by the way! So I tried to go to read your list of 100 things but it wouldn't let me.

A random thing about me. I love vampire movies.

[jo]

Fact: I'm an adrenaline junkie.
Another fact: I had a roommate in college who is a multi-millionaire who lives in Orange County :}. Hee, hee.
Just one more: I'm a tom-boy who likes getting dirty and sweating and doing boy things (I'm with you on the girly-girl thing). My favorite job was working outdoors, building trails and rock walls....and how did I end up in healthcare, sitting in a sterile office all day wearing a skirt and big girl shoes?

[Maura]

I had to have tongue surgery when I was in highschool becuase the webbing underneath my tongue was too big and whenever I swallowed my tongue pushed agianst my two front teeth and was causing them to seperate. The actualy technical name for me was a "tongue thruster"

[Ry]

Fun contest! Congrats on 100 posts!

I was once nude on the cover of a magazine....when I was 2.

[Judi]

I didn't have a multi-millionare roommate, but I did briefly date a guy in college whose Mom was a multi-millionaire socialite in OC and was on the cover of Orange County Magazine.

And I'm the youngest of 7 kids.

[Missy]

I was an honor student is high school and could barely maintain a C average in college - way too much partying and too many boys. Obviously I attended an all girls school and didn't date till college.

[dpsunshine]

It was a lot of fun reading your fifty random facts! Two about me. . .

1) I can stick out my tongue and touch my nose with it

2) My grandmother was raised by nuns

[KLB]

I don't like my in-laws, but not even my husband knows.

[Momo Fali]

My random fact is that you and I are very much alike!

(And, #43 made me laugh out loud.)

Congrats on 100!!!

[Karen in DE]

I hyperventilate if I have to speak in front of a gatering of people. I know, lame.

[Sharon]

I can sleep all night with a crumpled kleenex in my hand and not drop it (allergies)

[Miz Liz]

I dodged a DUI in college while idling at a traffic light. Cop stopped to tell me my lights were off. I thanked him and proceeded to drive home. 7- 7&7s. Mea Culpa!

I got a tattoo on Yom Kippur last year. I'm going to hell for sure. Wait, Jews don't believe in hell, right?

[Kim in Alaska]

I will not buy my tampons, I'm too shy. I make my husband do it.

[Bev]

Woohoo!! Congrats on the 100th post!! You are off and running, my friend.

I just sat and shook my head "yes" at most of your facts because a lot of them are akin to mine. Spooky!! hehehe

My factoid: I used to be a leather and doo-rag wearing, card carrying Harley Momma. I love me some Harleys!

[Joanne]

in high school I tried drinking cough syrup, (LIKE EVERYONE ELSE) but out of all the girls who drank it that day.... I was alergic to the codiene, and got busted because I was puking up pink stuff like a Hawian Punch fountain. Not only did I get in A LOT of trouble, my partners in crime thought it was hysterically funny

[Kelly]

I used to sneak out of my house all of the time to meet my boyfriend. My parents never found out.

[Angela]

First off....I found you from your comment on Dooce.

My random fact: I have a small freckle on the right side of my top lip. People tell me all the time that I have something on my mouth, and I say "No, I don't. It's a freckle."

Also, I will put a link to your post on my blog. I hope I win!! :)

[Melissa]

I competed in the Olympic trials, but didn't make it.

[Chase]

I thought I was going to be a pro athlete. Now I'm a truck driver.

[Miz Liz]

Looks like you got me and Sharon mixed up. I don't mind buying tampons and I don't have a husband. But I did almost get a DUI and have a tattoo!

[alntv]

Just curious...am I the only GUY who reads your post? LOL

[Amamsniknup]

i was a mascot in highschool. a colt. it was stinky inside that damn colt head. but i enjoyed the freedome of being something/one other than me, since i was shy, porky, and not very popular.

[lmc310]

AlnTv sent me to this blog, I read his almost every day. I don't always agree with what he says, but most of the time it's somewhat interesting.

A random fact about me... I was a model in 11th grade and appeared in a hair magazine. My 15 minutes of fame!

[Lynn K.]

I had to have my mouth wired shut for 6 weeks, over Christmas, after jaw surgery. I had just graduated high school earlier that year.

Way to go on post #100! And I enjoyed reading your list. I don't think I would even have 50 things to write about myself.

[Janie]

I use to date a billionaire and I'm the one that ended the relationship. That wasn't the world I wanted to spend the rest of my life in.

I'll be linking to your blog and I'm going to do that right now.
Congratulations on your 100th post!

[Kimberly]

Congratulations on 100!!!
100 things on my 100th post. I am waiting for my hundreth with anticipation because one random thing about me is I LOVE to make lists.

I'm also intrigued about the gangster thing. I think you should post some stories.

[Jason]

I once ate dog. I didn't know it was dog until AFTER I was done and they told me. Then I realized their pet dog was nowhere to be found.

FIFTY DOLLARS? Wow.

[uncommonblonde]

Random fact - I think skydiving was the coolest experience I've ever had. Nothing like thinking you might die to get the adrenaline going! (p.s. I found your blog through your comment on Mrs. Fussypants)

[Joanna]

Random fact about myself: I was born without hip sockets and they grew in when I was 18 months. My parents were told I'd have 50/50 chance of them ever growing in.

[amy]

random facts about me:

1. I too can touch my nose with my tongue. so can my 8 year old daughter (it's genetic).

2. I'm 5'11 (& a girl), don't hate it but don't love it. I don't want my daughter to be over 5'8 because i think the pool of men who would want to date her would drastically shrink. at least in my experience (but i did get married at 22 to my boyfriend who i met at 19) most men don't want to date girls taller than them.

[Shamelessly Sassy]

If any portion of my clothing becomes wet, I must change it immediately.

[Shannon River]

Heh. A lot of these I can relate to myself. My OUT-laws and I do not mix. It's horrible added stress.

[Rachie]

i make to do lists every morning but almost always forget to actually do the chores

[fjl21]

I was named after my grandfather, so I named my son after my dad. Oh, and Alan linked me here. Congrats on the 100 post!!!

[bunny]

Like you, I love Mexican food! I should add Thai cuisine to my list as well :) YUMMY!!!

[bunny]

I've linked my direct blog post too! Thanks! :)

[hope]

Congrats on the 100th post! A random fact about me is that I can't stand being unorganized. :)

[Laura]

I am a good swimmer but I don't like being in the water and I hate getting my face wet

[Nothing Fancy]

That loud gum chewing drives me bonkers too!

[Pam]

Congratulations on your 100th! I'm a blog lurker and this is the first time I have ever commented on ANYONE's blog. Congratulations to me on my first!

[Jenn in IL]

Hey there! Found you through your comment on UD's website. You're fantastically funny!! And congrats on the 100th post!

My random fact is: I'm a huge texture freak when it comes to food. Weirdly enough, I LOVE cottage cheese but HATE everything else with weird texture. Examples? Applesauce, tomatoes, strawberries (I can feel the seeds), oranges or any other stringy citrus fruit - this also applies to fresh squeezed orange juice and lemonade, chunky peanut butter, yogurt with fruit in it, oatmeal, etc...

[Mr. B]

I have 2

1) I am very hard to get together with to share conversation and yogurt.

2) I spend way too much time watching Red Sox baseball games!

[TinaJewel]

Loved reading about you! I never used lotion and couldn't stand it until after my hysterectomy surgery! Now I need it!

[Lori D]

I could easily be a vegetarian if it weren't for cheeseburgers. I could even forego steak, but I can't give up cheeseburgers.

[Ginger]

I enjoy people way more online than I do off line.

[Pamela]

Hi. Found you from BHJ, and I loves me a contest, so I had to comment.

Random fact: scrambled eggs make me gag. I'm a little morning-sickish right now, and all things seem to revolve around making me gag. But scrambled eggs make me sick even when I'm not morning-sickish.

I'll link to you today.

[jordan]

good idea for a contest. :)
i loved reading all of your random things about yourself. i can relate to a few, specifically the speed reading.

some random facts:
- i love everything about new york & i've never even been.
- i snort when i giggle.
- i just finished a screen printing course & fell in love with it!

[Kristie]

My fact: I am the only person in my family without a tattoo...and my brother is a tattoo artist so there's pressure!

[Rikki]

I gag when I see little kids chewing hair. If it goes on too long I have to look away before I vomit. Blech.

[Donna, aka Yellow Jeep Blonde]

I just found you through Undomestic Diva and will definitely be adding you to my blogroll. In reading your 50 random facts, I found that we are randomly very much alike.

My random fact: Hmmmm. Oh, I just started my first website and I am clueless as to what I'm doing, but having fun figuring it out. I have a very geeky side to me.

[mama llama]

I have had a monkey swing down from a tree in the Amazon and snatch my glasses off my face. I had to entice him a carrot to get him to come back down the tree, release his hold on my glasses and take the carrot instead.

What a great blog. I will be back!

Be well.

[lace]

I'm over from Bossy's.

Congratulations on 100! I was bad and never made a 100's list.

A fact about me, I cough almost every time I eat one of those popsicles in the plastic tubes.

[dadshouse]

One random fact about me: Io parlo l'italiano, un po. (I speak a little Italian.)

Congrats on 100!

[Miss Britt]

I smoke loudly.

[Black Hockey Jesus]

I am really the devil.

[Susan B]

My random fact: I attended summer school in Scotland in 1968.

[Georgie]

The Burger King King 100% completely freaks me out!

Oh and Lynn the piggy bank painter sent me

[Margaret]

I dated a guy for a whole year and never had an orgasm. And I could never tell him. So I broke up with him instead.

Congrats on post 100! Now I gotta go tell everyone about your contest. I'll let you know when its up there.

[Debbie]

My random fact...hmmmm...I play the banjo!

[BOSSY]

Random fact: When Bossy walks up stairs her right foot clicks.

[Romi]

Congrats on the 100th post!

Random fact: The only thing I drink is water. Once in a great while I'll have an iced tea but that's as far as it goes.

[Tammi]

Congrats on 100 posts!!!
My random fact is I rate public bathrooms. My family always asks how it was when I come back from using the facitlities anywhere I go.

[Kelsey]

in regards to #18
I like candles and fireplaces too, but will never use either because I am terrified of a house fire and it all being my fault!

[Sena]

Congrats on the 100th post!! :D

Random fact :
I would say that I hate a certain show even without watching it. But then after I tried watching it, I end up loving it xD

Btw, I blogged about your contest here :
http://sena91.blogspot.com/2008/08/win-50.html
Hope I did it right. :)

[karen]

We should all site down and do this very therapeutic.

[Denise]

I think we are sisters. Do you like crickets? They make me sick to my stomach All that jumping...not too mention the attempts they make to act as my conscience.

[Jennifer]

One of my earlobes is spilt;I hide it with surgical tape.My husband has no clue

[ES]

I have never eaten tomatoes in my life!

[Marrdy]

Congrats on your 100th post!

I had German Measles at 18 months which paralized half of my face. (While I was living in Germany)

[rachel]

I don't mind most dead bugs(unless they sting, bite or happen to be earwigs or scorpions *wretch*), but dead bugs FREAK me out. I just had to remove a dead cricket from my entryway and I seriously thought I was going to puke.

[jill prettyman]

I love shopping most when I find a great deal. I think even if I had a lot of money, I would still love looking for a great buy

[Linda]

I love the smell of a good pipe tobacco.

[ballerina toes]

When I was 14 I snuck my Mom's car out and ran it into the corner of a brick house.(I didn't know how to drive, and yes, it confirms that 14 year olds have absolutely NO clue). The house belonged to some elderly folks and they never knew I ran into it. It didn't hurt the house, just left some marks on the bricks. It did however dent the crap out of the car. There are still marks on the bricks to this day.

[Pam]

I have been to Africa and India

[Jen R.]

I only went to like half of my senior of high school! Still managed to get A's though and into a university!

[Deborah]

I've eaten pizza in the streets of Venice!

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[Elaine]

random fact - i lived in japan for 6 months

[Doug DuCap]

I'm a major pasta junkie and could eat it every day. I'm also addicted to peanuts; peanut butter, boiled peanuts, etc.

[bm]

I so hate coffee!

[Annette]

When I was young I ate some of my dogs food because I thought if it was good enough for him it was good enough for me. Sure did love that dog!

[heart shaped hedges]

I was biten by a shark!

[Darlene]

I have scuba dived all over the world.

[BOTB]

Congrats! I guess my random fact is that I pretend to live in organized chaos, but in all honesty it's really chaos

[Joe]

Random fact about me.

I earned a varsity letter in high school...in chess. I'm such a dork.

[Sandra]

I like my best friend better than my husband a lot of days.

[LoriS]

Sometimes I want to run away, but I don't because of my kids.

[Robert]

I can't stand brussel sprouts.

[chat blanc]

I stopped by on the recommendation of NGIP! Glad I did, fun read! Congrats on your 100th post! Woohoo!

My random fact--I accidentally stabbed myself in the arm with a grass clippers when I was 12. :P