25+

I've been tagged in about a million of those "25 random things" posts and notes on facebook so here we go, my 25+ random things. (I was going to try to do 100 like Dolce but wasn't feeling ambitious enough so...44 it is!)

1. It is physically impossible for me to go to a movie without eating Sour Patch Kids.
2. When I drink tequila I cry.
3. There is a bridge over the Mississippi that always makes me wonder what it would feel like to fall into the river when I drive over it, but I don't want to find out.
4. My handwriting is only good if I do caps with a skinny marker.
5. Wearing heels makes me feel prettier.
6. Singing along at concerts scares me because I'm afraid I'll forget the lyrics.
7. I've never felt safer than when I go to Mass.
8. For a few weeks I get addicted to a song and listen to it almost exclusively over and over again before moving on to my next obsession.
9. I can't remember the last time I slept through the night.
10. I think hippos are cute, like giant pugs or bulldogs.
11. Plants die the minute I bring them home.
12. Changing the toilet paper roll is really hard for me to remember to do.
13. Grocery store clerks hit on me every time I shop.
14. Praying makes me fall asleep.
15. Babies fall asleep when I hold them; my arms are like a drug.
16. 3 meals a day doesn't work for me: I need more like 17.
17. When I'm reading a good book I can have entire conversations and not remember a word I've said.
18. Insurance commercials make me cry on a regular basis.
19. Dressing up is easy but trying to look casually cute is nearly impossible for me.
20. In high school I had joint custody of a leopard gecko named Phoenix who was born on 9/11/01.
21. The smell of tuna makes me gag.
22. Most of my best friends have known me since I was 8.
23. Every year of the first day of class since I was in kindergarten I've eaten oatmeal for breakfast.
24. If I were stranded on a desert island and could have three foods I'd pick bread, olives and cheese.
25. Having long nails makes me feel dirty, but not in a good way.
26. I hate the smell of smoke, probably because I grew up with it.
27. Once I got arrested and I still don't talk about it.
28. I believe that any religion that teaches love contains some truth.
29. When I was in 4th grade they diagnosed me with a heart condition but I figured out later it was really panic attacks.
30. Closing my eyes and putting my head back on a plane during take off is one of my favorite feelings ever.
31. I've never made out in the backseat of a car or in a movie theater but have always wanted to.
32. I've left parties early because there were no cute guys.
33. My house is always messy.
34. Reading magazines makes me feel frivolous so I only do it while I'm working out to cancel out the feeling.
35. At 16 years old my best friend and I got into a car accident and I told everyone that I was driving my car; they believed me but she was the one driving.
36. Asking boys to dances at my all girls high school has made me unafraid to approach men I think are good looking, but I still prefer it when they come to me.
37. The only drawing I've ever won was at a staff meeting where I got Gopheropoly (a U of MN version of Monopoly).
38. While bartending on the Mississippi I found a dead body floating in the river.
39. My sister makes me wish I was blonde but I am too pale to pull it off.
40. If I can afford having lots of kids I'd like to have a whole passel of 'em.
41. Without at least 8 hours of sleep every night and a snack every few hours during the day I turn into a crabby monster.
42. I hoard gift certificates until I find something really special to buy but by then I've usually lost them.
43. Listening to old music makes me want to wear aviator sunglasses.
44. I don't like ending on normal numbers (my alarm is set for 6:37am.)