100 Things about Melissa
- I grew up in Monterey California
- I have a little sister that will tell you she is the boss of me.
- My sister’s name is Becca but I call her Peanut.
- She calls me Sis.
- My brother-in-law is a fireman.
- My parents are true soul mates.
- My mom grew up on a farm in Iowa, milking cows.
- My dad works in defense. I’m sorry, that’s all I can tell you.
- I am the most accident-prone person I know but have never broken a bone.
- I tripped and slid on concrete and tore up my shoulder.
- My nephew thinks sharks attacked my shoulder (because that’s what I told him).
- My nephew and I sleep in the fort we build around his bed every Christmas Eve.
- I got hit in the chest with a golf ball on a line drive gone array.
- I was one of three students from California at the University of Richmond, where I got my undergraduate degree.
- I swallow backwards.
- I love toast.
- I have freakishly long toes.
- I have been playing the piano since I was seven.
- 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.
- My dad’s college band wrote a song that ended up on the Top 40 called The Popeye.
- I love scary movies.
- I took seven years of French. Three of them were French I.
- I like strange people.
- I danced on stage with Wang Chung in high school.
- My favorite food is sushi.
- I am addicted to Propel water.
- I used to tell people my name was Agatha Jones when I was three.
- I smile a lot.
- I say hi to everyone who will look at me.
- Hugging is my favorite.
- I have always wanted to be a rock star.
- My mom makes the best chicken soup ever.
- I can’t whistle.
- I have an extensive Pez collection.
- I am not a packrat.
- I love fall.
- I had a mullet in the fourth and fifth grade.
- I know every episode of Seinfeld by heart.
- Putty is my favorite character of all time.
- I can make a great monkey face.
- I always wanted a monkey because they are the only animal that can hug back.
- I have a puggle named Max.
- I have never been nicknamed “Missy” by anyone.
- I am a closet graphic designer.
- I paint on canvas.
- I like to try to fix electronics but am not very good at it.
- I went through a white fetish in college where nothing I owned had color.
- David Sedaris is my favorite author.
- He makes me feel normal.
- I have been running every day for the past 15 years.
- I am a Pisces.
- I drink black coffee every morning.
- I love Chicago.
- I worked at Cold Stone Creamery for almost four years. Yes, the ice cream was free.
- I went through a perm phase that lasted about five years.
- My favorite movie is Spinal Tap.
- I have a thing for Mark Ruffalo.
- I hate to cook.
- I love to clean.
- I have green eyes and brown hair.
- Footloose is one of my guilty pleasures – the movie and the soundtrack.
- I have a hard time remembering not to talk with my mouth full.
- I drink Rockstar energy drinks – partly because they taste good and partly because they are called “Rockstar.”
- I love attending sports events of any kind.
- If I could only eat one thing the rest of my life, it would probably be wheat toast.
- I hate itchy clothing.
- I was born with trigger thumbs.
- I can only sleep on my stomach.
- When something good happens, I think people should high five.
- My dog has a bit of a weight problem.
- I hate florescent lighting.
- I’ve started several kitchen fires.
- I got my MBA at Arizona State University.
- I love math.
- I was one of the best broomball players in my high school gym class.
- When I was little, my favorite hat was a toilet tissue coozie.
- I went to the same high school as Sammy Hagar.
- I have a large collection of extension cords.
- I love Christmastime.
- I am a morning person.
- I don’t talk to my neighbors on planes.
- I can do a pretty good English accent.
- 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.
- I am good at air hockey.
- I am lousy at pool.
- Squid is my favorite seafood.
- If I could, I would put wasabi on everything.
- I love Target.
- I would rather be cold than hot.
- I am bad with names.
- I am good with faces.
- I like going to the movies by myself.
- I love running along the lake.
- I have a bit of a hearing problem attributed to high fevers when I was a kid.
- I have the best family ever so I can’t blame them for any of my “issues.”
- I like all wines except pink.
- I can snow ski and water ski.
- I am an aggressive driver.
- I am often tardy. I am working on it.
- I wish I had better posture.



