Lilac Colored Glasses

I started this blog three years ago today.

I really never thought it’d still be around as I tend to not really stick with most personal projects for very long, but here it is, still going strong. To celebrate I’m going to do something I’ve been planning on doing for a while now (no, not updating my blogroll…I suck, I know): post an updated 100 things about me list. It’s been about 2 and a half years since the last time I did this so some things about me have definitely changed, but since I am still essentially the same person, there will be some repeats on the updated list. Anyway, happy 3rd blogiversary to me and here we go…

62 Things About Me, (version 2.0, to be continued)

1. My favorite colors are still purple and green, with blue in close second

2. I love seafood, with the exception of lobster

3. My spiritual beliefs are a blend of atheist and buddhist

4. My cultural traditions and background are Jewish

5. I’m named after my grandfather, Kenneth and my great grandmother Mildred

6. I have traveled to Canada, Belize, Guatemala, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Belgium, Holland, France and Germany

7. I have one younger brother. He’s a sous chef and is under the delusion that he’s always right

8. I expatriated to Belgium in 2007

9. I speak Dutch

10. My fiancé and I do not own a car

11. I am currently employed as a barista (good thing I spent all those years getting a college education, right?)

12. I have a tattoo on my lower back

13. I have 3 more tattoos planned

14. I used to have 3 facial piercings, not counting my ears (1 in my tongue and 2 in my eyebrow)

15. I may get my eyebrow, nose or lip redone soon, depending on what my fiancé will tolerate

16. I can make really good chili and lasagne when I take the time to do it right

17. I want to have 3 children

18. I can force myself to eat every vegetable except Brussel sprouts

19. I have 2 cats, Rex and Luna

20. I used to have 2 ferrets, Scylla and Brutus

21. I can voluntarily dis and relocate the middle knuckle on my right hand

22. I’m ambidextrous with the exception of writing

23. I like teddy bears

24. I love Arthurian legend, Viking, Celtic, Greek and Roman mythology

25. I thought vampires were hot before they became trendy (and I still do)

26. My favorite gems/stones are lapis, sapphire, amber and emerald

27. My favorite flavor in coffee is caramel

28. I like Brusselse waffels, but not Luikse waffels

29. I’m pretty sure I’m a sexual synasthete (sorry dad, if you’re reading this)

30. I aspire to write curriculum for gifted pre-schoolers

31. I love the beach and the ocean

32. I used to dream of being a marine biologist

33. My 2 idols growing up were Eugenie Clark and Madeleine L’Engle

34. My favorite childrens’ books are Where the Red Fern Grows and a Wrinkle in Time

35. The book that most directly influenced me is Parable of the Sower

36. I can listen to the same song on repeat for hours if I really like it

37. Places I’ve never been but want to go in the U.S. are New Orleans, Boston, Seattle, San Francisco and Bangor

38. My not so secret vice? Soap stores. Especially Lush.

39. I love, love, LOVE to read

40. I sang in several choirs in highschool

41. I had one of the leads in my senior musical

42. I have a Bachelors degree in psychology with minors in english and anthropology

43. Ideally I want a masters in early education and a doctorate in curriculum and possibly another bachelors in women’s studies

44. I will never be rich

45. Every man I’ve ever dated has been born/baptised Catholic

46. I hate being cold

47. I have a difficult time identifying what’s actually bothering me when I get upset

48. I’m only patient when it comes to working with children

49. I smoked for 10 years, but quit when I was 26

50. Places I still want to see in Europe: London, Paris, Rome, Athens, Auschwitz (don’t really want to see this one, but feel obligated)

51. I like pretty much any non-cheese based soup

52. My favorite fruits are blackberries, raspberries, strawberries and cherries

53. Tragically, I’m allergic to cherries

54. I don’t like cantaloupe or honeydew

55. I’m allergic to pretty much every weed/tree/grass there is

56. I’m a die hard Steelers/Penguins fan

57. I gave up on the Pirates about 15 years ago

58. I don’t think I have a “prized possession”

59. Hypocrisy is my major pet peeve

60. I’m more than a bit socially inept, really, if I was a child in this day and age I might be tagged mild aspergers

61. I personally believe children are over-diagnosed in this day and age

62. I need routine to live productively

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