101 Things About Me

1.) I cry easily
2.) but I hate crying
3.) I don’t pray enough
4.) but I know that God loves me anyway
5.) I am currently unemployed
6.) but I won't last much longer.
7.) If I could do anything with my life, I’d choose to be a stay-at-home mom
8.) but I know I won’t get to be
9.) I spend way too much time on the internet
10.) but if St Cloud wasn’t such a party city, I probably wouldn’t
11.) I’ve seen both the Pacific and Atlantic ocean
12.) but I like the Pacific better
13.) I’ve never left the country
14.) that’s only true if Canada doesn’t count.
15.) I spend way too much money on “used” clothing
16.) but I want to lose at least fifteen pounds before buying “expensive” clothes
17.) I’m in love for all the wrong reasons
18.) but…one day I won’t be.
19.) I met my biological father this year
20.) but he’s a drugged-out alcoholic who doesn’t seem to remember publicly disowning me at my place of employment.
21.) I want a truck.
22.) but I'll end up getting a wussy one and regret not going all out.
23.) I’ve driven with a friend to North Carolina and back in a weekend
24.) but I should never have came back.
25.) I’m a hopeless romantic and I need a guy who is just as romantic
26.) but I’m beginning to think they don’t exist.
27.) I bought a guitar in January
28.) but I don’t know how to play more than “Ode to Joy”
29.) I often relate my life to the music I listen to
30.) but songs that I wrote in high school hold the best fit for my life now
31.) I was kidnapped when I was little
32.) but obviously I survived.
33.) I have blue eyes
34.) but I’d love to see what I look like with brown ones.
35.) My brother put a “love curse” on me because I started to ignore him when I started dating my first boyfriend.
36.) but if I never get married, I’m blaming him.
37.) I work security for Sonshine Security
38.) but originally I only did it for the free t-shirt.
39.) I’ve had two car accidents
40.) but the one that totaled my car wasn’t my fault.
41.) My favorite snack food is chips and salsa
42.) but only if the salsa is extra chunky and the chips are salty.
43.) I use Suave shampoo and conditioner
44.) but I also have Herbal Essences for those days when I want to be spoiled.
45.) One of my arms is more tan than the other
46.) but if I didn’t use driving as therapy, then they’d be the same
47.) One of my legs is more tan than the other
48.) but I have no idea why.
49.) I love candles and bonfires
50.) but I’m afraid of fireplaces unless there’s someone around I trust.
51.) I’ve been to over twenty concerts at least
52.) but my favorite was Weird Al Yankovich.
53.) I sometimes wonder if I’m too independent
54.) but then I realized that I don’t have the patience to wait for everyone else to take care of things.
55.) I used to wish I was someone else
56.) but now I'm learning to like who I am.
57.) I would love to make a music video for about a million different songs
58.) but I just make layouts instead.
59.) I hate it when people give me their opinion on my relationships
60.) but then I should probably stop asking
61.) I took Biology of Women as an intercession (May term) course
62.) but it was taught by a middle-aged black man.
63.) I used to love the name Bree because it was my best friends name in 2nd grade
64.) but things change.
65.) I want to move far away from everything I have in Minnesota
66.) but deep down I know it wouldn’t solve anything.
67.) The first time I locked keys in a car I was twelve years old and playing in a softball tournament.
68.) but I can’t count all the times I’ve done it since then.
69.) I always wanted to be a famous singer
70.) but usually you have to be able to sing for that to happen
71.) I once had a first date where the guy made Mac & Cheese and we ate by candlelight
72.) but we only had that one date because he had a girlfriend and I think they forgot to pay the electricity bill.
73.) I boil the water before I put in the noodles
74.) but I don’t know how to make much else
75.) I love to gamble
76.) but the most I’ve ever lost was five bucks
77.) My favorite soda is Diet Cream Soda by A&W.
78.) but most people would guess it’s Diet Coke.
79.) I use food to calm my nerves when I’m anxious or upset
80.) but because of that I’ve gained thirty pounds since I started college.
81.) If I cut 287 calories out of my daily intake, I’d lose 30 pounds in a year
82.) but there’s 287 calories in a dish of ice cream and right now that sounds good.
83.) I’m not innocent
84) but I’m not a slut
85.) My nick name is Sunshine
86.) but I’m usually pretty pale so it feels like an oxymoron.
87.) I just had a bowl of ice cream
88.) but I didn’t lick the bowl so I saved at least ten calories.
89.) I love to buy swim suits
90.) but I hate how I look in them
91.) I love sunrises
92.) but sunsets make me sad.
93.) I love Starbucks
94.) but I only drink Caribou if someone I’m with prefers it.
95) I went to Texas about two weeks ago
96.) but I'm going back in another two.
97.) I’ve always had a dog growing up
98.) but now that I live in an apartment I’m afraid to have one and have it taken away
99.) I wish I said I’m sorry more
100.) but I’m getting better
101.) By my 21st birthday, I will know what I want from life… or at least to drink, if nothing else.