A number of bloggers have published their own “100 Things About Me.” I’m not sure why I’m doing so, since I’m a very private person, but I don’t think I’m giving too much away here. However, if I change my mind, this list might suddenly disappear, and I reserve the right to take such action.
1. I have nine siblings.
2. I am number seven and I know that was your next question because it always is.
3. I own a bulldog named Mildred.
4. I used to own a bulldog named Mona.
5. I used to own a bulldog named Montgomery.
6. I don’t enjoy seeing movies at movie theaters.
7. I have seen one movie, in a theater, in the past three years.
8. I hate popcorn.
9. I can type faster than anyone I know.
10. I just had a milestone birthday.
11. I am not happy about having had this milestone birthday.
12. I once owned a black Jeep Wrangler, my first car.
13. I once owned a black Infiniti J30, my second car.
14. I no longer own a car.
15. I don’t miss owning a car.
16. I know my next car will be black.
17. I hate rain.
18. I hate driving in the rain, especially at night.
19. I can’t tolerate hot weather.
20. I used to spend nearly every summer weekend at the beach and on the beach.
21. I haven’t been in the sun in six years.
22. I have spent 17 years working in securities analysis and financial journalism.
23. I cannot manage my personal finances.
24. I believe credit-card interest should be deductible again.
25. I hate mushrooms.
26. I firmly believe corn is for cows and not humans.
27. I love steak tartar.
28. I love raw oysters.
29. I love caviar.
30. I love champagne.
31. I love paté de foie gras but I won’t eat it anymore because of the geese.
32. I am very argumentative.
33. I am very impatient.
34. I have no tolerance for spoiled rich kids.
35. I have even less tolerance for spoiled rich adults.
36. I rarely listen to music.
37. I enjoy going to the symphony.
38. I have mixed feelings about the Kimmel Center viz-à-viz the Academy of Music.
39. I have small hands.
40. I have thin lips.
41. I have a full head of hair.
42. I have not yet seen my first gray hair.
43. I have been mistaken for a movie star on at least five different occasions.
44. I keep my fingernails cut very short.
45. I can’t get any work done if my fingernails are not very short.
46. I was valedictorian of my high school class.
47. I hated graduate school.
48. I have moved 12 times since graduate school.
49. I hate moving.
50. I think New York isn’t what it used to be and not in a good way.
51. I have a hard time throwing away magazines.
52. I hate wall-to-wall carpeting.
53. I prefer gas stoves.
54. I rarely cook so it doesn’t really matter.
55. I only wear solids, no prints or stripes.
56. I only wear five different colors, that way everything matches.
57. I only own black shoes.
58. I don’t enjoy talking on the phone.
59. I once had 12 beautiful bonsai trees.
60. I now have 1 beautiful bonsai tree.
61. I kill plants -- and bonsai trees -- easily, but unintentionally.
62. I have known my best friend for 22 years.
63. I read a lot.
64. I can’t remember the last good work of fiction I read.
65. I have not been out of the country since I was 17.
66. I have been giving serious thought lately to moving to Europe.
67. I stay at jobs too long.
68. I have been told I am “the best boss ever.”
69. I am proud of what my past employees have accomplished.
70. I suspect my last boyfriend was my last boyfriend and that’s okay.
71. I don’t have “a type.”
72. I do not like to be fixed up.
73. I am painfully shy.
74. I cannot sign a check or a credit-card receipt if the cashier is watching.
75. I suspect cashiers often think I am engaging in forgery.
76. I find it difficult to meet new people.
77. I am living in a situation that calls upon me to meet new people.
78. I am very funny but few people know that.
79. I have battled depression with limited success for 25 years.
80. I believe social anxiety disorder is a real disease.
81. I believe psychotherapy is bogus.
82. I think Freud was a fraud.
83. I haven’t had a physical in 20 years.
84. I don’t trust doctors.
85. I sometimes wonder if I’m dying.
86. I have at least one filling in every single tooth in my head.
87. I no longer have my wisdom teeth.
88. I have had four root canals.
89. I have three crowns.
90. I wore a retainer for two years as an adult.
91. I think dentists like me.
92. I wonder if dentists think I’m an easy mark.
93. I have nice-looking teeth regardless.
94. I smoked heavily in college and during the first year of graduate school.
95. I quit because cigarettes were 80 cents a pack and I couldn’t afford it.
96. I used to ski fairly often but I don’t anymore.
97. I used to play tennis quite a bit but I don’t anymore.
98. I like to play blackjack a little too much.
99. I miss my grandparents and I wish I had known them better.
100. I wonder why they limit this exercise to 100 things.
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