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99 Things About Me...

  1. I love anything purple - this is the hard and fast rule of my life - clothes, flowers...
  2. Blue isn't a bad colour either and is far easier to find clothes in this colour! Go figure! The world should embrace purple!
  3. I despise the colour pink - it's a childhood affliction, very dark painful memories!
  4. I own two cats - rather, they own me! Anyone who owns cats will definitely sympathise and nod is agreement!
  5. Their names - the cats, not those who nod in agreement - are Tilly and Zeus!
  6. Zeus is a Burmese and hence, talks a lot and fetches!
  7. He also loves to get wet under the running laundry tap - no dirty comments!
  8. Tilly, on the other hand, is a typical feline!
  9. She is black
  10. I live with an incredibly lovely man, who doesn't really believe he is a man - ok, so he's a male at least, let's just settle that question, because I know you wondered for a second!
  11. His name - the man - is Glen
  12. I have been with him for almost 4 years - since 2001
  13. He is 8 years older than me - He was 8years old when I was born - I remind him of this when I want to shit him!
  14. However, you wouldn't know there was an age difference - he's such a child and well, you know how mature I am!
  15. I had a sister when I was a kid
  16. Her name was Amanda - affectionately known as Mandy
  17. She passed away from Cystic Fibrosis when she was 10 and I was 6 years old
  18. She was adopted - she was loved more than any natural sibling. She was amazing.
  19. She had a photographic memory
  20. I grew up with my mum
  21. We are close
  22. I don't talk about my father
  23. He was a disappointment
  24. When I was 15 years old, I met him for the first and only time
  25. I wear glasses
  26. I have had glasses since I was just 6 years old - shall i count the number of cruel/quirky names I've been called?
  27. I've had coke bottle bottoms on my face for 22 years!
  28. I dream of one day not having glasses
  29. I am too chicken to have laser eye surgery or wear contacts
  30. I love John Cusack
  31. He's an awesome actor
  32. I'm also partial to Drew Barrymore
  33. I ride a motor scooter
  34. It isn't a Vespa, but a Bolwell - an Australian-made scooter
  35. I love riding my scooter to work and anywhere else
  36. I hate, let's emphasise the word "HATE" public transport
  37. I get less headaches/migraines because I ride my scoota
  38. I cut my travel time in half, who wouldn't enjoy riding a scoota? Honestly!
  39. I love chocolate - now, let's say that again and really think about the meaning of this...I LURVE chocolate!
  40. Actually, that should be the first bullet point in this list. Damn!
  41. So, I love chocolate that much! Sue me!
  42. I want to travel the world before I die - like that's an extraordinary thing for ANYONE to want to do!
  43. I have been to America
  44. I loved it
  45. I love reading!
  46. Anything Stephen King takes my fancy
  47. I don't mind Dean Koontz either
  48. I also like British author, Jane Green
  49. I watch way too much TV
  50. I don't read enough!
  51. I wanted to be a journalist since I was 10 years old
  52. I was a journalist for 3 years
  53. I didn't like it much - ok, so I enjoyed it, but the workload was hectic and I was a commodity to everyone - the job was 24/7
  54. I love writing though
  55. Now, I write tenders, proposals and bids
  56. I love this job
  57. I can't believe how well I get paid for doing something I'm good at and enjoy! It's scandalous!
  58. Between wanting to become a journalist and becoming one, I had a career crisis
  59. I started a Nursing degree!
  60. I failed by .05 percent in bioscience
  61. Is there such a mark? Fat chance!
  62. Glen and I are saving for our own house sometime next year
  63. I'm impatient for a new house! Any house!
  64. When I'm hungry I get grouchy!
  65. I think it's because my blood sugar levels drop
  66. I also get cranky as all hell when I PMS - like every guy and girl didn't guess this!
  67. I am a horror
  68. I have a size 9 shoe
  69. I am 5'7 tall
  70. Apparently that is tall for a girl
  71. I feel short sometimes...hrm
  72. I have paid for a 12 month membership
  73. I never go
  74. I'm going to cancel it
  75. I've been snow skiing once!
  76. I hated it!
  77. I passed out from heat exhaustion!
  78. I play tennis
  79. I enjoy it much more than snow skiing - I used to be good at it
  80. Now I'm just mediocre!
  81. I grew up worshipping Jimmy Connors and Vilas (sp)
  82. I grew up listening under duress to Neil Diamond
  83. I hate it!
  84. I bought tickets for mum to see him in concert next year
  85. I'm going with her
  86. I must be a foooool!
  87. I love sleeping, Coca Cola, Tim Tams and listening to music
  88. I dislike rude, opinionated people, certain Presidents, exercise and emptying the cat litter box!
  89. My cats rejoice when I do empty their stinky litter
  90. The house smells much nicer when I do though...
  91. I'm perpetually stuck in the 80s
  92. Not literally! I love 80s music
  93. I like to think my sense of fashion has moved with the times - past the 80s fads
  94. I feel naked without my watch
  95. I have blue eyes
  96. I have short reddish-brown hair with blonde streaks - the streaks aren't part of the original agreement, if you know what I mean!
  97. I like my nose - it's like a button nose
  98. I dislike my beaver-like cheeks
  99. I'm done
  100. Ok, it's more than 99 things about me, but didn't you enjoy yourself???