If I want something bad enough, I will make it happen
I am stubborn
I’d skip dessert, but never cheese.
Every night I take Gertie’s bed and drag it into my room by my bed so we can sleep next to each other.
I can’t live without coffee.
I want to be a roller derby girl, but I bruise easily and I’m vain.
I will sometimes go see a movie just because I’m craving popcorn.
And I never skip the butter.
I have no poker face. Therefore, I’m an awful liar.
I wear my heart on my sleeve, even when I’m not aware of it.
Lately, memoirs before fiction
In high school, I could have been Mandy Moore’s character in Saved!
I like Mandy Moore a lot.
In Jr. High, I ran track, but I came in dead last in every 400 race I ran. One time I got third place, but it was still last and I was so proud of myself.
My first road race was the Trolley Run in Kansas City in 1995.
In college I made all my friends read Bridget Jones’ Diary before the book was a hit and way before the movie.
I hosted Morning Edition for an NPR station in Indiana.
I loved working in radio.
I want Terry Gross’ job and her radio voice.
Sometimes I wish I went to a college big enough that I wouldn’t have to explain to people where it is and how small it is.
I latch onto a song and will overplay it to insane levels.
I am overprotective of Gertie.
I like a firm mattress.
And sheets with high thread count.
I am light sensitive and sleep with a mask.
I have a crown on my front right tooth.
I worry about it popping off at inopportune times.
When is a good time for your tooth to come off?
I like spontaneous road trips.
Especially if there is a lake and a boat involved. If not, shopping and fine dining will do.
But I will not swim in water where snakes have been sighted.
Or alligators. (Florida)
One of my favorite places is the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
I can’t dance.
I’ve tried.
I still try.
When I was a newspaper reporter, I once wrote a lawn & garden story about yard ornaments.
And I went door to door to interview people about their gnomes and flamingos.
Where is my Pulitzer?
I don’t like having my toes painted bright colors.
I’d eat seafood everyday if I could.
But if I eat shrimp and run or work out, I break out into hives and end up in the E.R.
If I’m honest, I shouldn’t eat shell fish ever. But I do.
I hate my chin.
But I love my nose.
The best compliment I’ve ever received is that I’m quirky.
I don’t think cilantro tastes like soap.
I’ve never waited tables or bar tended.
Because I know I’d be awful at both.
But my first job was at Baskin Robbins and I made a great ice cream server.
