my list

1. I meditate for two hours every day (for the most part).
2. I am fascinated yet terrified by death.
3. I am a loyal Honda driver.
4. Organized religion frightens me.
5. I think that spirituality is important, not religious affiliation.
6. I judge people harshly when they don’t question their beliefs.
7. Sometimes I hate my job.
8. Sometimes I think I have the best job in the world.
9. My biggest pet peeve in others is a lack of common sense.
10. My second biggest pet peeve is a lack of common courtesy.
11. The clients that I see tend to embody both characteristics.
12. Sometimes I worry that I have an undiscovered terminal illness.
13. Did I mention that I tend to be a hypochondriac?
14. I am physically stronger than most other women I know.
15. However, I tend to have difficulty standing up for myself.
16. I am working on being more authoritative.
17. I am reading “Verbal Judo”.
18. I believe in Karma.
19. I also believe in reincarnation (for the most part).
20. I think that most people lead lives of quiet desperation.
21. I have an amazing ability to forgive.
22. To me, being compassionate is the most noble of virtues.
23. I think that change can only be initiated from within.
24. I can be quite stubborn.
25. I have been in only two physical fights, and won both.
26. I have a tattoo.
27. J.D. Salinger is probably my favorite author.
28. I want to get my master’s for the sake of going back to school.
29. Oh my god, do I procrastinate.
30. But when I’m efficient, there’s no stopping me.
31. I am very critical of myself.
32. I don’t have tonsils anymore.
33. I want to live by the ocean someday.
34. One of my biggest fears is dying alone.
35. I can be fiercely protective of the people I care about.
36. I imagine the United States as a modern Rome – we will also fall.
37. I think that dolphins are evil and have fooled us all.
38. To me, the little things are the more important parts of a person’s character, much more than a heroic deed, or a grand philosophy.
39. When I get mad or flustered I observe my respiration.
40. I am a traveling freak show (that is, I am an identical twin).
41. My family is my support system.
42. My family is a group of amazing people.
43. My family is dysfunctional.
44. I am Bohemian; my face bears the Czech features of my ancestors.
45. I am passionately pro-choice.
46. I think that individuals are mostly good, and that groups of individuals are mostly bad.
47. I would wager that most people who believe in love at first sight are afraid of dying.
48. I don’t want to think that my body is ugly anymore.
49. Sometimes I can feel so much love and compassion that I think I might not be able to bear it.
50. I used to call metta “convulsive beauty” until I sat a Vipassana course.
51. I wish I had a larger circle of female friends.
52. Instead of a funeral, I’d like to have a gourmet brunch in my honor with really good music.
53. I am an introvert, but I front like an extrovert.
54. I was born on the virgo/libra cusp.
55. I snoop out my Christmas presents. Every year.
56. Right now I’m listening to Rachmaninov’s Vespers.
57. I cry easily whether I’m happy or sad.
58. I get tired when I have to talk a lot.
59. Halloween is my favorite holiday.
60. I think that video games are a tragic waste of time.
61. I think that people should spend more time in state and national parks.
62. I think that traditional education is highly over-rated.
63. I am a certified Emergency Medical Technician.
64. I used to fly planes.
65. I got my driver’s license when I was twenty-one.
66. When we were kids, my sisters and I published a weekly neighborhood paper.
67. I enjoy public speaking.
68. I also enjoy taking tests.
69. Silence doesn’t make me uncomfortable.
70. I practice yoga when I can wake up in the morning.
71. I think that our government should be dismantled, and that each state should become an independent nation.
72. If that happened, I would want to move to the Republic of Washington (formerly state of).
73. I have seen the aurora borealis.
74. Trains are my favorite way of traveling.
75. I think that each person should know how to farm, and how to do basic home repair.
76. I think that everyone should do the crucial jobs for two hours each day, and have the rest of the time to pursue their interests.
77. I think that housing, utilities, education, health care, public transit and food should be free.
78. I think you should have to be certified to have children.
79. I have been a vegetarian for over ten years.
80. I am in love with my husband.
81. I believe that if there is a God, it dwells within each of us.
82. I think that we are capable of so much more than we practice.
83. I enjoy awkward situations.
84. I really like to take baths in my big bathtub.
85. My husband and I will someday live in a house that we built.
86. I was almost hit by lightning when I was nineteen.
87. I have cycled down the pacific coast.
88. I have hiked on Mt. Rainier.
89. The first time I went snowboarding I hit my head so hard that I cried, Patrick came all the way back up the hill to hug me.
90. I have blacked out twice in the shower, for no reason.
91. I wish smoking wasn’t bad for you.
92. Lately I’ve been thinking about becoming a massage therapist.
93. I enjoy cooking things from scratch.
94. I am just now learning how naïve I am.
95. It angers me when people won’t help themselves, are dependent.
96. If Thom Yorke ran for president, I’d vote for him as many times as possible.
97. I am really attached to my last name.
98. I used to make jewelry.
99. I like to speak Spanish when drunk and at Vipassana Centers.
100. Strangers talk to me frequently.

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