One Hundred Things About The Toonse Brigade
1. I have brown hair
2. I have Blue eyes.
3. I capitalize words that don't really require capitalization.
4. I'm not sure how tall I am in feet.
5. In centimetres, I am 171.5.
6. I'm never sure what my shoes size is
7. I am baffled by clothing sizes and I don't really know for sure what size I am
8. I am overly attached to the animals in my life
9. Zydeco came into my life on June 8, 2007
10. I don't know the date that Dixie came into my life but it was late summer and I was sixteen
11. I hate feet
12. I also hate sandals
13. I feel like people should not be allowed to wear sandals in my presence
14. I am bad at dating
15. But I have been on a lot of dates
16. I live with my parents and I am not entirely uncomfortable with this
17. My horse lives here, too
18. I detest people who use poor grammar
19. I consider myself a redneck but I don't meet very many redneck standards
20. I had my teeth fixed when I was between the ages of 10 and 14. My teeth are very straight now.
21. I take very good care of my teeth.
22. I own three guitars, all of which I play with the same level of incompetence
23. I name things: My first laptop was named Gretchen and my new laptop is named Alfonso
24. I've never shot anything while out hunting
25. I don't know how I feel about actually shooting something
26. I was 19 years old when I rented my first apartment
27. Soon after renting my first apartment, I named it Hell and the proceeded to live there for two full years
28. When I moved home, I wanted to be a strawberry farmer
29. I have no idea why my strawberry farm never came to be, except that I've been doing things other than planting fruit
30. I spent six years of my life managing a strawberry farm during summer breaks
31. My mother was diagnosed with cancer in January of 2007. She made a full recovery and didn't even whine over any of the procedures she had to endure
32. The Toonse Brigade is a nickname my brother came up with for me when I was young
33. It is actually a skit from Saturday Night Live. Apparently there was a skit about Toonses the Driving Cat
34. I did not see this skit until I was twenty five years old
35. By the time I saw the skit, this had been my nickname for over a decade
36. I have two biological brothers
37. I have two other brothers who I consider my brothers because of the amount of time we spent growing up
38. I have two nephews and two nieces.
39. I only see one nephew with any regularity
40. This makes me quite sad
41. I believe that cowboy boots have the ability to make you feel like a better person
42. I also believe that boot cut jeans area gift from heaven
43. I'm religious, but I don't attend church services
44. I battle with my addiction to cigarettes
45. Some days I don't smoke and some days I do
46. I have a general hatred for the medical profession
47. I have a brother who has served in Afghanistan three times
48. I am bad at make up
49. I often look orange once I've applied makeup
50. I depend on others to tell me when I look orange due to poor makeup application
51. I have an obsession with socks
52. I hoard socks and have quite an impressive collection
53. I was quite literally scared of the dark until I was nineteen years old
54. I was scared of spiders until I was sixteen years old
55. I have never been in a car accident
56. I once fell off my bike and knocked out my top four front teeth
57. I had braces at the time, so my natural teeth remained with me
58. Sometimes I think I would like to get a boob job
59. I really can't afford a boob job
60. I would like to buy a house here in CowTown
61. I refer to my hometown as CowTown
62. I dislike people breathing near me
63. I have issues with people being in close proximity to me
64. I'm working on that one
65. I was divorced when I was nineteen
66. I used to be embarrassed and ashamed that I have a failed marriage in my history.
67. I think it took me about five years to be comfortable with that little factoid about myself
68. I have never been on an airplane, seen the ocean, or been to Disney World
69. I don't really feel deprived about those things
70. One time, I let a drunk person pluck my eyebrows
71. Those eyebrows turned out better than when I pluck my eyebrows by myself
72. For three months, when I was in university, I lived on a couch that still belongs to a girl named Mal
73. Those were some of the best months of my life
74. During that time, I wrote a novel
75. The novel that I wrote is not very good: it is disorganized and long-winded
76. I tend to be generally disorganized and long-winded
77. I am writing a One Hundred Things List to replace the one I wrote several years ago.
78. I do believe that this list is a bit more inclusive
79. I once went to a horse show and won red ribbons and a prize for being top scorer in my division
80. That day still gives me a thrill to think about
81. When I get bored, I sit at my computer and look at pictures of me and my horse
82. Then I critique them and curse myself for not being a better rider
83. I own a Gibson ES137. It is a limited edition and has a real pearl inlay on the fretboard
84. One time I went to an open mic night and the announcer spent more time announcing my guitar than he did announcing me
85. When I was 20, I made a demo CD
86. When I was 21, I made another demo CD
87. When I was 22, my uncle sent out some of my demos to record companies, thinking he would get me a record deal without me even knowing about it
88. Instead, I got rejected by record companies without even knowing that I was up for rejection
89. I used to think that I might get famous some day.
90. I'm totally cool with not getting famous at this point in my life
91. I don't know if I want to have children at some point
92. When I was dating the man who is now my ex husband, I was so excited to spend a day with him that I spent fourteen hours sitting on the fender of his tractor while he hauled wagons during hay season
93. The lyrics of country music songs can make me cry
94. I have a specific playlist of music that I listen to when I want to cry
95. I cry over a lot of things, most of which are not worth shedding tears over
96. One of the most precious memories I have of my nephew is him offering me a Kleenex when he was about three. I had been crying and he came to me and said "Clean eyes for Auntie"
97. I don't watch very many movies
98. But I love horror movies
99. I don't know how to change the barrel of my own gun
100. It took me about twenty five minutes to complete this list
2. I have Blue eyes.
3. I capitalize words that don't really require capitalization.
4. I'm not sure how tall I am in feet.
5. In centimetres, I am 171.5.
6. I'm never sure what my shoes size is
7. I am baffled by clothing sizes and I don't really know for sure what size I am
8. I am overly attached to the animals in my life
9. Zydeco came into my life on June 8, 2007
10. I don't know the date that Dixie came into my life but it was late summer and I was sixteen
11. I hate feet
12. I also hate sandals
13. I feel like people should not be allowed to wear sandals in my presence
14. I am bad at dating
15. But I have been on a lot of dates
16. I live with my parents and I am not entirely uncomfortable with this
17. My horse lives here, too
18. I detest people who use poor grammar
19. I consider myself a redneck but I don't meet very many redneck standards
20. I had my teeth fixed when I was between the ages of 10 and 14. My teeth are very straight now.
21. I take very good care of my teeth.
22. I own three guitars, all of which I play with the same level of incompetence
23. I name things: My first laptop was named Gretchen and my new laptop is named Alfonso
24. I've never shot anything while out hunting
25. I don't know how I feel about actually shooting something
26. I was 19 years old when I rented my first apartment
27. Soon after renting my first apartment, I named it Hell and the proceeded to live there for two full years
28. When I moved home, I wanted to be a strawberry farmer
29. I have no idea why my strawberry farm never came to be, except that I've been doing things other than planting fruit
30. I spent six years of my life managing a strawberry farm during summer breaks
31. My mother was diagnosed with cancer in January of 2007. She made a full recovery and didn't even whine over any of the procedures she had to endure
32. The Toonse Brigade is a nickname my brother came up with for me when I was young
33. It is actually a skit from Saturday Night Live. Apparently there was a skit about Toonses the Driving Cat
34. I did not see this skit until I was twenty five years old
35. By the time I saw the skit, this had been my nickname for over a decade
36. I have two biological brothers
37. I have two other brothers who I consider my brothers because of the amount of time we spent growing up
38. I have two nephews and two nieces.
39. I only see one nephew with any regularity
40. This makes me quite sad
41. I believe that cowboy boots have the ability to make you feel like a better person
42. I also believe that boot cut jeans area gift from heaven
43. I'm religious, but I don't attend church services
44. I battle with my addiction to cigarettes
45. Some days I don't smoke and some days I do
46. I have a general hatred for the medical profession
47. I have a brother who has served in Afghanistan three times
48. I am bad at make up
49. I often look orange once I've applied makeup
50. I depend on others to tell me when I look orange due to poor makeup application
51. I have an obsession with socks
52. I hoard socks and have quite an impressive collection
53. I was quite literally scared of the dark until I was nineteen years old
54. I was scared of spiders until I was sixteen years old
55. I have never been in a car accident
56. I once fell off my bike and knocked out my top four front teeth
57. I had braces at the time, so my natural teeth remained with me
58. Sometimes I think I would like to get a boob job
59. I really can't afford a boob job
60. I would like to buy a house here in CowTown
61. I refer to my hometown as CowTown
62. I dislike people breathing near me
63. I have issues with people being in close proximity to me
64. I'm working on that one
65. I was divorced when I was nineteen
66. I used to be embarrassed and ashamed that I have a failed marriage in my history.
67. I think it took me about five years to be comfortable with that little factoid about myself
68. I have never been on an airplane, seen the ocean, or been to Disney World
69. I don't really feel deprived about those things
70. One time, I let a drunk person pluck my eyebrows
71. Those eyebrows turned out better than when I pluck my eyebrows by myself
72. For three months, when I was in university, I lived on a couch that still belongs to a girl named Mal
73. Those were some of the best months of my life
74. During that time, I wrote a novel
75. The novel that I wrote is not very good: it is disorganized and long-winded
76. I tend to be generally disorganized and long-winded
77. I am writing a One Hundred Things List to replace the one I wrote several years ago.
78. I do believe that this list is a bit more inclusive
79. I once went to a horse show and won red ribbons and a prize for being top scorer in my division
80. That day still gives me a thrill to think about
81. When I get bored, I sit at my computer and look at pictures of me and my horse
82. Then I critique them and curse myself for not being a better rider
83. I own a Gibson ES137. It is a limited edition and has a real pearl inlay on the fretboard
84. One time I went to an open mic night and the announcer spent more time announcing my guitar than he did announcing me
85. When I was 20, I made a demo CD
86. When I was 21, I made another demo CD
87. When I was 22, my uncle sent out some of my demos to record companies, thinking he would get me a record deal without me even knowing about it
88. Instead, I got rejected by record companies without even knowing that I was up for rejection
89. I used to think that I might get famous some day.
90. I'm totally cool with not getting famous at this point in my life
91. I don't know if I want to have children at some point
92. When I was dating the man who is now my ex husband, I was so excited to spend a day with him that I spent fourteen hours sitting on the fender of his tractor while he hauled wagons during hay season
93. The lyrics of country music songs can make me cry
94. I have a specific playlist of music that I listen to when I want to cry
95. I cry over a lot of things, most of which are not worth shedding tears over
96. One of the most precious memories I have of my nephew is him offering me a Kleenex when he was about three. I had been crying and he came to me and said "Clean eyes for Auntie"
97. I don't watch very many movies
98. But I love horror movies
99. I don't know how to change the barrel of my own gun
100. It took me about twenty five minutes to complete this list
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25 minutes is fast in my opinion!
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