100 Random Things About Me

Rebel Grace, this one's for you! You asked me for a list of 50 random facts about me, but I figured that since I waited so long to do it, I'd give you 100! 

1. I am KYOTKGUY's.
2.  I love traveling. Anywhere. For any reason. Or no reason.
3. I absolutely ADORE driving. Not around town, though; I'm talking epic length drives. It's the best way to relax and process things.
4. I have a deep-seated wanderlust. 
5. I used to drive across the country for fun.
6. I'm a country kid at heart, and I HATE big cities. 
7. I love the MALLS that are found in big cities. 
8. I love shopping. :-D
9. I own, at last count, 58 pairs of jeans, 11 pairs of PJ pants, 3 pairs of khakis, 3 pairs of cargos, and 3 pairs of dress pants.
10. Don't get me started on the rest of my clothes, because I have WAY too many, and I LOVE getting more.
11. I train dogs. 
12. For the first time in my life, I don't own a dog. :-( 
13. I was emancipated at the age of 16. 
14. I have lived in 6 states, and four of those within the past two years. 
15. Geographically, my favorite place in the country is Colorado. 
16. Home is where the heart is, and mine is in Kentucky.
17. I've been "in the scene" since I was emancipated. 
18. I have the best friends a girl could ever wish for. 
19. My tastes in music are EXTREMELY eclectic. 
20. I like SONGS, not artists, bands, groups, or genres. 
21. Generally speaking, I like modern country, CCM, and most dance music. 
22. Some of my favorite songs were written by Breaking Benjamin, Superchic[k], and Nickelback. 
23. To show you how eclectic I can be, I also like John Williams' classical, Martina McBride, and Jordin Sparks.
24. I live for adrenaline rushes. Cliff jumping, skydiving, roller coasters, that kinda thing. :-D
25. I LOVE nature. 
26. I love hiking. 
27. I love the ocean. 
28. I HATE sand with an undying, unyielding passion. 
29. I love the mountains. . . . . . . absolutely ADORE them. 
30. I used to speak German. Now I just understand it. :-( 
31. I have studied 9 languages besides English, and at one point in time, I was fluent in 4.
32. I LOVE language, languages, alternate cultures. . . . . . Love 'em. 
33. I love horses, and horse-back riding. 
34. Four-wheelers come in a close second. 
35. I love meeting new people.
36. I'll do something solely for the sake of being able to say I've done it.
37. I love pictures. 
38. I almost always carry a camera. 
39. I am a texting fiend.
40. I am the PROUD owner of a MacBook Pro. . . .
41. I want an iPad. Yes, I want one. Call me a Mac geek if you'd like. :-D
42. I have worked as a Macintosh technician.
43. My first love language is physical touch. 
44. My second love language is quality time. 
45. I don't watch TV, unless I have someone worthwhile to watch it with. 
46. I like to snuggle, especially while watching a movie. 
47. I'm always up for a good game, especially the loud, fun, fast paced ones. 
48. I don't do small talk well. 
49. I HATE talking on the phone. Text me. :-D
50. I am a relatively laid back person, with spurts of competitiveness.
51. I like to dabble in sports, especially volleyball, a midwestern confection called cornhole (hush. It's kinda like souped up beanbag toss), and I have undying love of dodgeball. 
52. I am the Twister QUEEN. Seriously, I am a die-hard player. I cannot be beat. I once spent 6 hours going head to head for 50 bucks. Exhausted, muscles like wrung-out, hot jello, I finally won as the person I was evenly matched against allowed her knee to brush the floor. Fail. :-D I was sore for more than week, but I won! 
53. I love to dance, but I have NO natural rhythm. Without a partner, I'm lost. 
54. I do yoga. 
55. I used to practice a couple of Southeast Asian martial arts called Pencak Silat and Pekiti Tirsia Kali. All seriousness here; no belts; no competitions; no "playing". Close combat knife fighting, and I loved every minute of it. 
56. I love to go to park, walk, and swing.
57. I have to have time actively away from people in order to "recharge". I love being in groups; I feed a group's energy. . . . . . but then, I need a bit of time to myself. 
58. People generally like me. 
59. If you don't like me, most people hate me. There is very rarely, if ever, a middle ground.
60. I was a nationally ranked public speaker in high school. 
61. I participated in mock trial throughout high school and college, and was consistently crowned "Best Trial Lawyer".
62. I had short hair until I turned 16, and I've been growing it out every since. 
63. Having my hair in my face drives me CRAZY.
64. I cannot braid my own hair, but I can do insanely intricate braids on other people. 
65. My favorite mythical creature is the dragon. 
66. My favorite Disney character is Tinker Bell. Seriously, I LOVE Tinker Bell.
67. My favorite color, if I had to pick ONE, would be blue, but at the same point in time, it varies. It's always a shade of the sky or sea, though. I also love the "natural" colors. Khaki, olive green, burnt orange. . . . .
68. I am trivia queen. I know random facts about almost anything. :-D
69. I am a Harry Potter addict. I always have been; I always will be. I go to every single opening movie, and I was at every book release. I also took second in the Harry Potter National Trivia Contest in 2007. My best friend took first. I lost on a technicality, and I am not even ONE BIT BITTER. 
70. I also like Twilight. I'm living proof that it's not an "either/or" faction. 
71. My favorite books are The Belgariad and The Mallorean. 
72. My favorite Disney movie is Tarzan, followed by The Lion King. 
73. My favorite Pixar movies are Monster's Inc, and Spirit.
74. I will read ANYTHING. I love reading. 
75. I read by blocks of text, not by word. I always look like I'm simply scanning the page. People get weirded out watching me read. :-D
76. My favorite real food is chicken cordon blue, closely followed by stuffed potato skins. 
77. My favorite candy bar is Snickers, closely followed by Heath. 
78. My favorite dessert is German Chocolate cake, closely followed by cheesecake. 
79. My favorite drink is Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi. 
80. I can cook pretty well, but I cook with a "down home" style. 
81. I have eaten chocolate covered roaches. 
82. I have eaten chocolate covered worms. 
83. Heck, I'll eat almost anything if it involved chocolate. I am a chocolate eating fool. :-D
84. Cheese is a requirement for life. 
85. I love counseling at camps. Kids, high energy, crazy wackiness, what's not to like???? 
86. I hate heat. It makes me sick. 
87. Humidity is even WORSE. 
88. I'm always cold. :-D Seriously, though, I'd rather be cold than hot. Can't stand heat. Can always put more clothes on; there's only so much you can take off. And that dang-blasted humidity. Ugh. Gross. Sticky. Disgusting. Inescapable. 
89. I tan SO quickly. Seriously, I have to work to AVOID sunlight. I have a good bit of American Indian heritage, and I get SO dark, SO quickly. Yeah, that tan that your friend got after a week in Florida? I can do that in a day. By being inside. It's a curse. :-D
90. I spell horribly. Spell check saves my life. I read so quickly that I never see what order vowels come in, so lol, my writing is often, initially, a mangled mess. 
91. I love to write. Expressing emotion through words is something I constantly strive to do. 
92. I write better than I speak. I totally fail at the "talking about emotion" thing. 
93. I have a nasty habit of just totally going silent and locking down when it comes to emotion. Wanna talk about some walls? I've got a few. ;-) I'm getting so much better at being able to acknowledge them, though.
94. I have over 14 state IDs. I used to get one in every state I was in; it was a hobby, of sorts. Now, I only have one DL. But I have a whole lotta IDs. :-D
95. Thrill parks and amusement parks are a personal love of mine. Adrenaline, friends, fun, what's not to like? And the travel. Can't forget the travel.
96. Water parks are fun, too, but there has to be more than a pool. Those really, really big, sheer drops of water filled terror? Yeah, those are fun. :-D
97. I love the smell of the holidays. . . . . cinnamon, cider, hotchocolate, peppermint. . . . .I LOVE that smell. . . .just the warmthand closeness.
98. I love late nights watching the stars. The less un-natural light, the better.
99. I love late nights. I am a creature of the night. I come to life at night. 
100. I get spanked. So what? *grins*