101 things you should know about me

I just read SepiaDreams 101 things and I wanted to see if I could come up with my own list. I'm saying everyone's got a list but me, so here goes:

101 things you should know about me

1. I love to read
2. I love to write even more than I love to read
3. I’m still a nerd
4. I’m a nerd who knows about makeup, hair and the right clothing
5. If MAC was to cease existing, I would shed a tear
6. I like being a nerd
7. I refuse to go camping
8. I like four-star plus hotels
9. I would never backpack through anywhere
10. I like dogs
11. If I had one, I’d name him/her Barkleigh
12. I really do like my parents – but they do harass me sometimes
13. My family’s from Barbados
14. I’se a Bajan at heart!
15. Although I can talk a lot, I’m uncomfortable in many social settings
16. My sister and I are very different
17. But we’re more alike than we’d ever agree about
18. I am the cuter sister ;)
19. I sing in the shower
20. I would love to dance like Jennifer Lopez
21. I would love to sing like Whitney before the crack
22. I would love to fight like Buffy the Vampire Slayer
23. I like bothering my boyfriend
24. My belly is rounder than I would like it to be
25. I still look good in a tight top though – gotta hold that badboy in
26. I do admire my booty in mirrors
27. I like my legs
28. I don’t like to exercise
29. I love to eat
30. This sometimes causes a problem
31. I finished writing my book
32. Writing a book is a lot harder than you would think
33. I’m going to get it published
34. I’m a little worried that it won’t get published
35. I’m a fan of America’s Next Top Model
36. I do model poses after every episode, i.e. “This is what I would do if I was on ANTM!”
37. I’m too old to be on ANTM
38. I’m going to be 30 in five months
39. I used to think 30 was grown up
40. I’m looking forward to being 30
41. 30 is the new 20
42. I’m still a child at heart
43. I miss some of the friends that I don’t talk to anymore
44. But I remember why I don’t talk to them anymore and the missing evaporates
45. When I was younger, I didn’t like a lot of my friends
46. I hated high school with a passion
47. I loved my late 20s
48. When I’m done with you, I’m done
49. I’m very sensitive
50. I used to cry a lot
51. I don’t cry as much anymore
52. I’m a lot stronger than I appear
53. I love to laugh
54. I put on 106 & Park and I dance like I’m in a music video
55. I’ve always believed that something fantastic is going to happen in my life
56. I’m a Christian – meaning, I believe in Jesus Christ and I follow Him
57. If I ever get married, I don’t want a huge wedding
58. I want a huge ring, though ;)
59. I love yellow roses and peach roses
60. My bridal bouquet will be three calla lilies tied with a white ribbon
61. I don’t like spiders
62. I don’t mind snakes
63. I want to have babies
64. I want to have babies, but only if I’m married to the right person
65. I’m scared to actually birth a child
66. I pray that my parents live to see my children
67. Sometimes I fixate on death
68. I’ve never had surgery
69. I’ve never broken a bone
70. Which is surprising considering how clumsy I am
71. I’m forever hurting myself on something
72. I wore braces for two years
73. I nearly sawed off my thumb cutting a bagel back in the day
74. I’ve crushed on one guy for 10 years and never told him
75. I didn’t like my first boyfriend
76. I’ve been in very few romantic relationships
77. That fact use to bother me, but now I actually like that about me
78. I own rollerblades, but I don’t know how to use them
79. I miss my pet turtles Mel and Murphy
80. My contacts are sometimes more trouble than use
81. My belly button is pierced
82. It took forever to heal
83. I like it – it’s very much me
84. My favourite number is 7
85. I love Saturday afternoons in the summer
86. I watch too much reality TV
87. Summer is my favourite season
88. My dream vacation would be to spend a month in West Africa seeing where my foreparents lived and dreamed
89. I’ve never dated a white guy
90. I’ve had crushes on a few when I was in high school
91. I became quite militant in college
92. I was down with the Nation of Islam back in the mid ‘90s
93. One of the dudes at the Nation told me wanted ‘dark soil to plant my seed in’ – I stopped going to NOI meetings
94. I didn’t think The Da Vinci Code was all that it was cracked up to be
95. I know I’m smart
96. I never liked my first name – no one could spell it
97. It’s grown on me and it’ll look good on a book jacket
98. I’m learning to accept myself as is -- God isn't finished with me yet
99. It’s still hard because I’m not perfect (see #3 & #24)
100. I believe life is too short, but can be danged long if you make bad choices
101. I thank God for each day I get