dreamaastrid | Things you may or may not know about me

I know very little about some of the people on my friends' list. Some people I know relatively well. I read your LJ, or we have something else in common and we chat occasionally. Some of you I hardly know at all. Perhaps you lurk, for whatever reason. But you friended me and I thank you.

But here's a thought: why not take this opportunity to tell me a little something about yourself. Any old thing at all. Just so the next time I see your name I can say: "Ah, there's so and so...she likes spinach."

I'd love it if every single person who friended me would do this. Yes, even you people who I know really well. Then post this in your own journal.

so write me! even i know all there is to know, tell me something i don't know.

for instance...

1. Competed in the International Youth & Music Competition in Austria in 1982.
2. Coached Special Olympics Volleyball.
3. Graduated from High School, got married and moved out from my parent’s house when I was 16.
4. Been on TV twice.
5. Foreign countries I’ve been to: Canada, Mexico, Scotland, Costa Rica, Panama, Columbia, Aruba, Bahamas, Spain, Austria, and Germany.
6. Worked as a bike courier in DC for a month one summer.
7. Eclectic things I have: an 18-speed touring tandem “bicycle built for two”, a working gramophone, a 1964 Chevrolet Corvair, a pinball game & a full-size arcade video game “Tempest”, and a hand-gun carry permit.
8. Bought my first house when I was 19.
9. I like Escargot, Spinach and Liver.
10. My first car that was just mine was a 1977 Camaro, puke blue, with a 305 engine.
11. I’ve lived in College Park, Greenbelt, Cheverly, Columbia, Baltimore, Lutherville and Reisterstown, MD and Lancaster & York County, PA.
12. Was in the Jaycees for 11 years – “Little Misses Do-Gooder” did lots of fund-raising for charities.
13. My mom is a maniac-depressant schizophrenic diabetic Jehovah’s Witness with Thyroid problems (thus explaining #3).
14. Was a “Big Sister” with Big Brothers/Big Sisters
15. I'm on husband #4.
16. I’ve attended a trade school and 4 colleges & went PT for 18 years to finish – all those moves/places I’ve lived above explains a little, have a Data Processing Cert, a Business Admin AA and a Information Systems BS.
17. I can snow-ski and water-ski.
18. I’ve had over 100 stitches in my head.
19. My first job was as a computer programmer at the age of 17 – the part time high school help was older than me.
20. As a child I was allergic to grape kool-aid and would break out in hives.
21. I have my motorcycle license.
22. I’ve rebuilt an engine.
23. I’ve dressed up as Pippy Longstocking before.