25 things

Apparently on FACEBOOK people are making lists of 25 things about them. Well, i love lists and i love talking about myself-- and i hate facebook. so i am going to take what i love and post it on my blog-- which i also love. boooooo facebook!

1. I live in hysteric house in church hill with my lovely runty rottweiler oskar.
2. I teach reading in middle school and i absolutley love my job BECAUSE of my students.
3. I am a konkani. google it if you have no idea.
4. I once had a terrible toothache and a free-clinic dentist (i had no health insurance) told me i had a massive cavity and needed a root canal. I went to MCV to get a second opinion and they found a piece of popcorn kernel stuck in my gums.
5. I used to smoke 2 packs of cigarettes a day. That was also when i was pretty indifferent to life.
6. I have been suicidal. I will never go back there again.
7. I have been vegetarian since march 9, 1993. That is the day my guinea pig (sneakers) died.
8. I wish I did more for my community and environment. I have great ideas and little action.


I am going ot have to finish this later-- work is kicking me out of the building.

ok-- it is now the next day-- well, today really. but the next day from yesterday.

9. I just got diagnosed as being diabetic...it is mild, but I have to change my life if i want to keep it that way.
10. both my parents, 3 of my grandparents, and my sister are also diabetic. it was inevitable.
11. My favorite holiday is groundhog's day. I also love the vernal equinox.
12. I studied abroad in ireland and loved, loved, loved it there.
13. I want to trek south america with someone I love.
14. i need people to tell me how they feel b/c i will second guess my intuition all the time.
15. I still miss tim sometimes even though he was the worst boyfriend I ever had. He was the most aligned with my general life ambition.
16. i broke my tailbone almost 2 years ago. shattered it to bits.
17. i love to take naps in the sunshine so long as it is not hitting me directly on the face. I must have been a cat in a past life b/c i also like being cuddled and having my back scratched. And i love fish, even though I do not eat it.
18. i will eat fish again when i am 70 or pregnant. I hope to be neither ever.
19. I am afraid I will never be in a serious long-term romantic relationship that works and feels good for at least several months.
20. I am not afraid of dying. This is not because I am religious, because I am not. I am just so content with me that I do not need the extra time to make ammends.
21. I do not do well with authority or arbitrary rules. My starbucks managers all hated me for this. I do well with team-work, things that make sense, friendly leadership...or taking control.
22. My favorite type of book is young adult fiiction. I pride myself on being a bit of an expert.
23. I am a certified reading specialist.
24. i cried while watching a CPR video b/c I got really sad. I am good in panic situations, but only if everyone else is panicking. If no one is panicking, i will take on that role.
25. i could keep going with this list forever; I like to talk about myself. I had a co-worker at a coffee shop once tell me this made me very shallow and proved i was not very intelligent. Those are my biggest fears in life--coming across that way....and i guess to some people, I do.