25 things+examples

1. i think i look entirely different/unrecognizable when wearing glasses or sunglasses. ex: i kind of feel like i'm in disguise.

2. i am hopelessly in love with howard roark. ex: read the fountainhead.

3. i am a little obsessed with linguistics. ex: on language column by william safire/nytimes.

4. i get really annoyed when i finish eating and my plate remains in front of me for an extended period of time. ex: restaurants/bad waitstaff.

5. i love taking/leaving notes. ex: in class/in the morning

6. my absolute favorite time of day to ride my bike is right on the verge of dawn. ex: riding to work at hilton at 5am.

7. i'm weird about aesthetics in some instances. ex: bright orange labels on wine bottles. drives me crazy. do not want to look at that.

8. i regularly exist on ridiculously low amounts of sleep. ex: at the hotel, i worked 10 hours straight on my feet after one hour of sleep.

9. to-do lists make the doing more enjoyable. ex: my life. all the time.

10. growing up, i had 4 dogs, none of which lasted (before given away) more than 2 years. ex: my personal favorite was igby the chocolate lab.

11. i love wearing high heels. ex: most weekend evenings.

12. the logic i use to rationalize my procrastination is generally always circular. ex: right now.

13. i watch friday night lights and am completely infatuated with tim riggins. ex: he's a babe. self-explanatory.

14. i love my handwriting. ex: see photo on badluck invite.

15. my parents got divorced when i was 16 and i lived between both houses, switching every few weeks. if one of them was out of town on business (frequently the case), i would always opt to stay at the empty house. ex: it was the best.

16. i hate wearing pants. except leggings. but really, if i could wear dresses all day every day, i totally would. ex: texas.

17. i do not like unattended televisions. ex: cnn in lobby.

18. i generally always have music playing in my apartment unless i am asleep. ex: emily haines, currently.

19. i love open windows. ex: my apt every summer.

20. my favorite flowers solely based on scent are lavender, lilies, geraniums, and paperwhites. ex: when i was born, there were 100 stems of stargazer lilies.

21. i drink several cups of coffee/tea daily. ex: right now, rooibos.

22. i love vegetables ex: swiss chard.

23. i used to have a beautiful garden in dallas with roses and hydrangea in the spring and hibiscus and zinnia in the summer. i miss it. ex: 800 canal.

24. i love playing card games, but i can rarely remember the rules. ex: gin rummy.

25. when i used to print photos in high school, i saved all of my test strips and made a giant tree in my bedroom. ex: it was amazing.