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100 Things about Melissa

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  1. I grew up in Monterey California
  2. I have a little sister that will tell you she is the boss of me.
  3. My sister’s name is Becca but I call her Peanut.
  4. She calls me Sis.
  5. My brother-in-law is a fireman.
  6. My parents are true soul mates.
  7. My mom grew up on a farm in Iowa, milking cows.
  8. My dad works in defense. I’m sorry, that’s all I can tell you.
  9. I am the most accident-prone person I know but have never broken a bone.
  10. I tripped and slid on concrete and tore up my shoulder.
  11. My nephew thinks sharks attacked my shoulder (because that’s what I told him).
  12. My nephew and I sleep in the fort we build around his bed every Christmas Eve.
  13. I got hit in the chest with a golf ball on a line drive gone array.
  14. I was one of three students from California at the University of Richmond, where I got my undergraduate degree.
  15. I swallow backwards.
  16. I love toast.
  17. I have freakishly long toes.
  18. I have been playing the piano since I was seven.
  19. My piano teacher told me that I would never be a concert pianist because I insisted on playing by ear rather than reading music. She was mean.
  20. My dad’s college band wrote a song that ended up on the Top 40 called The Popeye.
  21. I love scary movies.
  22. I took seven years of French. Three of them were French I.
  23. I like strange people.
  24. I danced on stage with Wang Chung in high school.
  25. My favorite food is sushi.
  26. I am addicted to Propel water.
  27. I used to tell people my name was Agatha Jones when I was three.
  28. I smile a lot.
  29. I say hi to everyone who will look at me.
  30. Hugging is my favorite.
  31. I have always wanted to be a rock star.
  32. My mom makes the best chicken soup ever.
  33. I can’t whistle.
  34. I have an extensive Pez collection.
  35. I am not a packrat.
  36. I love fall.
  37. I had a mullet in the fourth and fifth grade.
  38. I know every episode of Seinfeld by heart.
  39. Putty is my favorite character of all time.
  40. I can make a great monkey face.
  41. I always wanted a monkey because they are the only animal that can hug back.
  42. I have a puggle named Max.
  43. I have never been nicknamed “Missy” by anyone.
  44. I am a closet graphic designer.
  45. I paint on canvas.
  46. I like to try to fix electronics but am not very good at it.
  47. I went through a white fetish in college where nothing I owned had color.
  48. David Sedaris is my favorite author.
  49. He makes me feel normal.
  50. I have been running every day for the past 15 years.
  51. I am a Pisces.
  52. I drink black coffee every morning.
  53. I love Chicago.
  54. I worked at Cold Stone Creamery for almost four years. Yes, the ice cream was free.
  55. I went through a perm phase that lasted about five years.
  56. My favorite movie is Spinal Tap.
  57. I have a thing for Mark Ruffalo.
  58. I hate to cook.
  59. I love to clean.
  60. I have green eyes and brown hair.
  61. Footloose is one of my guilty pleasures – the movie and the soundtrack.
  62. I have a hard time remembering not to talk with my mouth full.
  63. I drink Rockstar energy drinks – partly because they taste good and partly because they are called “Rockstar.”
  64. I love attending sports events of any kind.
  65. If I could only eat one thing the rest of my life, it would probably be wheat toast.
  66. I hate itchy clothing.
  67. I was born with trigger thumbs.
  68. I can only sleep on my stomach.
  69. When something good happens, I think people should high five.
  70. My dog has a bit of a weight problem.
  71. I hate florescent lighting.
  72. I’ve started several kitchen fires.
  73. I got my MBA at Arizona State University.
  74. I love math.
  75. I was one of the best broomball players in my high school gym class.
  76. When I was little, my favorite hat was a toilet tissue coozie.
  77. I went to the same high school as Sammy Hagar.
  78. I have a large collection of extension cords.
  79. I love Christmastime.
  80. I am a morning person.
  81. I don’t talk to my neighbors on planes.
  82. I can do a pretty good English accent.
  83. I faked pink eye frequently during high school – it was a pretty easy ailment to fake and it got you out of school for the day.
  84. I am good at air hockey.
  85. I am lousy at pool.
  86. Squid is my favorite seafood.
  87. If I could, I would put wasabi on everything.
  88. I love Target.
  89. I would rather be cold than hot.
  90. I am bad with names.
  91. I am good with faces.
  92. I like going to the movies by myself.
  93. I love running along the lake.
  94. I have a bit of a hearing problem attributed to high fevers when I was a kid.
  95. I have the best family ever so I can’t blame them for any of my “issues.”
  96. I like all wines except pink.
  97. I can snow ski and water ski.
  98. I am an aggressive driver.
  99. I am often tardy. I am working on it.
  100. I wish I had better posture.