100+ Things About Me

So, I've seen these lists on other blogs and I figured I'd jump on the bandwagon and come up with a list myself.

ALL Updated as of February 9, 2007

1. My name is Michelle


2. I am 5'4"


3. I live in St. Louis, Missouri (in the house I grew up in) I was born and grew up in St. Louis


4. I was born on October 30 - one hour and 49 minutes before Halloween


5. I like to play games


6. I love to learn


7. I would like to get my JD or MBA


8. Seven is my "lucky" number - although I can't remember it ever bringing me any luck


9. I like to read - anything except school books


10. My favorite color is purple (has been since I was about 5 - that I know of)


11. I love to be organized, I love organization period


12. I work at the local electric company in St. Louis


13. I love dogs


14. I love my dog Koko, along with my parents' dog Baxter


15. I actually love ALL animals


16. I have an older brother named Sterling who is 35 - he's really my half brother from my mom's previous marriage, however, my parents got married when he was 2-3, so I never considered him a half brother and my dad never considered him a stepson - he's my brother and my dad's son


17. I also have a half brother and a half sister from my dad's previous marriage - I've never met the half brother, but I did meet the half sister a couple of times when I was about 10.


18. I hate seafood


19. I am allergic to lobster, but I've never tried it


20. I am a crabby person - ask anyone who knows me


21. I am a Scorpio


22. My compatible sign is Pisces


23. I do not like cheesecake


24. I don't like chocolate


25. I have hundreds, maybe thousands, of favorite movies - see my post


26. I have thousands of favorite songs


27. I watch too much TV


28. I absolutely love scrapbooking


29. My middle name is Denise, named after my favorite aunt


30. I am a St. Louis Cardinals fan


31. I drive a 2003 GMC Envoy


32. I love the ocean


33. I love Milla Jovovich


34. I want kids...soon!


35. I would like to get married soon! Preferably before the kids come.


36. I guess I need to fall in love first!


37. I can't wait just to plan a wedding


38. I have sang karaoke


39. I have had plastic surgery and I dare you to figure out where


40. I hate to cook, I think it's gross


41. I can't stand to have my hands dirty - not even for a few minutes - I'll go nuts


42. I like to people-watch, but I don't want people to notice or watch me


43. I've never seen a tornado or experienced an earthquake (in person)


44. I love thunderstorms


45. I sleep on my stomach, I won't be able to fall asleep unless I am on my stomach (actually if you look at pictures of me as a baby, I sleep the same way I did then!)


46. I don't know how I lived before caller ID


47. I don't enjoy gambling, it's boring and a waste of my hard-earned money


48. I have a very short attention span


49. The roof of my mouth is very deep


50. All four of my grandparents have passed away


51. I never knew either of my grandfathers


52. My parents have been married for 33 years


53. I have never had nor will I ever have wisdom teeth - I don't have roots for them


54. I am right-handed


55. I have dark brown eyes


56. I was in band in 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade - I got out before high school (thank God) and I played the clarinet


57. I can speak French - although not fluently anymore


58. I broke the toe next to my pinky toe in high school by running into a wall at my house


59. I cried when my brother moved out even though I hated living with him


60. My very first dog's name was Butkus, a Black Lab named after Rocky's bull dog on Rocky. I, unfortunately, was the one to find him dead on the side of the road when I was in 7th grade (he had gotten out of our yard and was hit by a car) - I miss him a lot too


61. I am a worry wart, but not about important things, about stupid things.


62. I get my feelings hurt very easily


63. I love Tweety Bird


64. I love music


65. I just ended a 7 1/2 year relationship that didn't even bother me.


66. People used to say I was my dad's clone when I was little - I look just like him


67. I wear glasses when my allergies are bothering me, contacts all the other time


68. I love wearing my sunglasses


69. I am scared of rollercoasters until I get on them - I've never been too scared to ride one though


70. I look good in the color red


71. I have a heated mattress pad that I can't sleep without - the fan has to be on too


72. I cry when I hear about abused animals on the news - sometimes it ruins my whole day and night because I'm so upset


73. I graduated from high school in 1995


74. I love purses and shoes - I have tons of each


75. I love potatoes - I could live on potatoes


76. I am very protective of family and friends


77. I am a Republican


78. I voted for President Bush


79. I am very opinionated


80. I have never, nor will I ever, smoke


81. My favorite season is Fall


82. My favorite animal is the Snow Leopard


83. I love reading other peoples' blogs


84. I hate kids, but do want some of my own


85. I hate chain emails, but I feel guilty if I don't pass them on, so I usually do


86. I was once a Creative Memories Consultant


87. I worked at Dairy Queen in high school


88. I absolutely love to travel


89. I have about 500 CDs in my music collection


90. I have been to Europe (Germany, France, and Switzerland) and I want to go back


91. My family is French, German, Irish and Austrian primarily


92. I don't have any medical problems except for severe allergies to a bunch of different things inside and outside the house - including dogs


93. I have had arthritis in my knee since I was 15


94. I am a big fan of true crime stories and shows like "Justice Files", "Cold Case Files", etc. I also LOVE the Law & Order series


95. I say I am sick of Reality TV, but I still watch it


96. I can't tolerate heat, I need air conditioning everywhere I go


97. I tan easily, but it's a red-tinted tan


98. I have a huge crush on Colin Farrell and Josh Duhamel


99. I love to sleep during a thunderstorm


100. I wore braces for 2 years


101. I love pasta


102. I adopt animals at the Zoo, I couldn't love animals more


103. I am proud to be Catholic (although I'm not a practicing Catholic)


104. I am proud to be American


105. I studied dancing (ballet, tap and jazz) for 15+ years


106. I do not like people, I actually think people in general suck


107. Pineapples are my favorite fruit


108. At one point in time I had 11 piercings - 10 of which were in my ears and one in my belly button


109. As a child I got strep throat annually


110. I didn't go to my Senior Prom, instead went to a huge party with friends


111. I have two nephews: Zach - 14 and Jake - 8 (both are Sterling's children)

Okay, that's all I can think of for now - I'll be sure to add as I think of more.