A day in the life of an Ohioan turned New Yorker
vol.1
Published on June 7, 2005 By alison watkins In Blogging
A quiz that I got off of a livejournal page


THREE THINGS THAT SCARE ME:
1. BUGS
2. George W Bush
3. Driving in Manhattan

THREE THINGS I DON'T UNDERSTAND:
1. How Bush got re-elected (I swear I'm not making a theme out of this!)
2. Hollywood
3. Stupid people

THREE THINGS I'D LIKE TO LEARN:
1. How to fix a car on my own
2. How to knit...I had the roughest time last time I tried!
3. Italian

THREE THINGS I AM WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. my glasses
2. Blue sweatpants
3. white socks

THREE THINGS ON MY DESK:
1. A banker's lamp
2. A highlighter
3. A can of Diet Coke with Splenda (it tastes just like regular coke!)

THREE THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE:
1. Get a Doctorate--I would be the first in my family (minus my husband)
2. Travel abroad..I want to see the world!
3. Be a rockstar!

THREE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT MY PERSONALITY:
3. I'm one of a kind
2. I have that nerdy appeal...
3. I am a genuine friend


THREE BAD THINGS ABOUT MY PERSONALITY:
1. I'm overly sensative
2. I can get egocentric at times
3. I can be both extremely extraverted and introverted...there's no inbetween in a social setting

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
1. Italian
2. Irish
3. I believe that's it....there might be a splash of dutch...I forget...

THREE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT MY BODY:
1. I have such dark eyes that they look black...
2. I am curvy
3. I have tiny hands

THREE THINGS I DON'T LIKE ABOUT MY BODY:
1. I'm short
2. I have big legs from all of the running, exercising, and dancing I've done...
3. acne scars--although proactiv has worked wonders....

THREE THINGS MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT ME:
1. I am OCD (it mainly shows itself as hypochondria)
2. I should have really not graduated HS--I was lacking a science credit since I failed chem, but they let me go since I was so involved in school activities...
3. Despite what's said above, I have an IQ of 130

THREE THINGS I SAY THE MOST:
1. "for real"
2. "okay kids...."
3. "right on"

THREE PLACES I WANT TO GO:
1. anywhere in Italy
2. Paris, France
3. Seattle, Washington...Hardin says I'd dig it the most

THREE NAMES THAT I GO BY:
1. Alison
2. Miss Alison (at work)
3. Alison (I don't really have nicknames anymore)

Comments
on Jun 07, 2005
I actually did the other one first.

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE ME:
1. Dogs
2. Heights
3. muscular people with tempers

THREE THINGS I DON'T UNDERSTAND:
1. People who don't get simple concepts
2. the intense complexities and paradoxes involved with time travel
3. how the owl bites the Tootsie Roll Pop after only three licks

THREE THINGS I'D LIKE TO LEARN:
1. Everything!
2. Nothing!
3. Everything and Nothing!

THREE THINGS I AM WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. my glasses
2. black pants
3. gray shirt

THREE THINGS ON MY DESK:
1. empty water bottle
2. mouse
3. computer monitor

THREE THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE:
1. See the world
2. Become president
3. Do enough good to be remembered fondly

THREE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT MY PERSONALITY:
3. I'm so very very unique
2. It suits me
3. According to a friend, nearly impossible to not like me with it

THREE BAD THINGS ABOUT MY PERSONALITY:
1. WAY too sensitive
2. I'm a selfish, cruel, horrible person
3. I'm intensly critical of myself

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
1. Irish
2. British
3. Honduran

THREE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT MY BODY:
1. You're
2. joking,
3. right?

THREE THINGS I DON'T LIKE ABOUT MY BODY:
1. Everything
2. Everything
3. Everything

THREE THINGS MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT ME:
1. I'm a regular bundle of nerves around large groups of people
2. I'm a total spaz
3. Compared to many I know, I'm ludicrously intelligent

THREE THINGS I SAY THE MOST:
1. "Ooooookay."
2. "Moving on..."
3. "Yeah, right."

THREE PLACES I WANT TO GO:
1. Moscow, Russia
2. London, England
3. Venice, Italy

THREE NAMES THAT I GO BY:
1. Chris
2. Diggs
3. Christopher (but rarely)
on Jun 07, 2005
THREE THINGS THAT SCARE ME:
1. Heights
2. Fires
3. Driving in St Louis

THREE THINGS I DON'T UNDERSTAND:
1. Men
2. NAMBLA
3. Idiots

THREE THINGS I'D LIKE TO LEARN:
1. How to speak Arabic
2. Calligraphy
3. How to value antiques.

THREE THINGS I AM WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. Shorts
2. Tank top
3. Sandals

THREE THINGS ON MY DESK:
1. A cherry coke
2. A 'Just Add Buddha!' book
3. My cell phone

THREE THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE:
1. Go to Tibet
2. Swim/surf the pacific
3. Buy a Vanagon and travel the USA with my husband

THREE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT MY PERSONALITY:
3. I'm unusual
2. I'm dorky, but in a cool way
3. I get a great deal of pleasure out of helping people


THREE BAD THINGS ABOUT MY PERSONALITY:
1. I have a low tolerance for stupidity
2. I can be too sensitive
3. I can be overbearing

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
1. English
2. Dunno
3. Dunno (was adopted....all I know is that I was born in England)

THREE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT MY BODY:
1. I have very blue eyes
2. I have a nice butt
3. I have slim ankles

THREE THINGS I DON'T LIKE ABOUT MY BODY:
1. I'm short
2. I get 'birkenfunk' in the summer
3. I have chubby thighs.

THREE THINGS MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT ME:
1. I once stripped on stage for a dare....and made some dough doing it!
2. I can draw reasonably well and I enjoy sketching
3. I too have an IQ of 130!

THREE THINGS I SAY THE MOST:
1. "Dude!"
2. "Chick"
3. "Dig"

THREE PLACES I WANT TO GO:
1. Tibet
2. Egypt
3. Oregon.

THREE NAMES THAT I GO BY:
1. Karen
2. Mrs Fred.
3. Sunshine.
on Jun 07, 2005
THREE THINGS THAT SCARE ME:
1. Tornados
2. Deadly Spiders
3. Deliverance-style hillbillies

THREE THINGS I DON'T UNDERSTAND:
1. Girls falling for complete assholes
2. Why I'm such a nice guy to stupid people
3. Most of the female mind

THREE THINGS I'D LIKE TO LEARN:
1. Japanese
2. To easily remember math formulae
3. How to make money without any effort whatsoever.

THREE THINGS I AM WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. Glasses
2. My bling-bling(AKA My necklace, ring, and watch)
3. Blue jean shorts

THREE THINGS ON MY DESK:
1. A computer
2. My hands
3. My TV remote

THREE THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE:
1. Hmm...get married, I think...
2. Get a Ph.D. in Zoology
3. Fly my own private helicopter

THREE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT MY PERSONALITY:
3. I am loyal
2. I am someone people open up to
3. I am not entirely evil


THREE BAD THINGS ABOUT MY PERSONALITY:
1. I can be a downright asshole
2. I'm usually a "little" sarcastic
3. Most of the time I have trouble expressing my feelings...

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
1. Italian
2. Something
3. And probably something else

THREE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT MY BODY:
1. I am tall
2. I am strong
3. Uh, I'm generally just a big guy

THREE THINGS I DON'T LIKE ABOUT MY BODY:
1. I'm a bit on the hefty side
2. This damn teenage acne
3. My total lack of running ability

THREE THINGS MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT ME:
1. I have emus...that's unusual, but several people know now
2. I enjoy all music except for hard rock, rap, and country
3. I am not as perverted as most people think I am

THREE THINGS I SAY THE MOST:
1. "Shit!" (Either exclamation or pronoun)
2. "So...what's going on?"
3. "(Any variety of curse words)" (They come in handy, especially around the people I know...*sigh*)

THREE PLACES I WANT TO GO:
1. Africa
2. Australia
3. Italy and/or Spain

THREE NAMES THAT I GO BY:
1. Shaun
2. Big Man(Guy)
3. Er...I think that's all...

~Zoo
on Jun 08, 2005
THREE THINGS THAT SCARE ME:
1. Infertility
2. Clowns
3. the (unlikely) thought of becoming one of those "is it a man or a woman" people

THREE THINGS I DON'T UNDERSTAND:
1. How certain people got to be college professors
2. Stupidity!!!
3. Swingers

THREE THINGS I'D LIKE TO LEARN:
1. How to make myself be in two places at once
2. How to play the harp (it's next on the list!)
3. How to make pottery

THREE THINGS I AM WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. My favorite blue zip-up sweatshirt (because it's freezing in the library)
2. Socks with monkeys on them
3. My new favorite black bra

THREE THINGS ON MY DESK:
1. An old school printer (the library really needs to get on that)
2. A barcode scanner
3. A de-sensitizer for books

THREE THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE:
1. Get married
2. Be a mommy
3. Finish these foresaken summer school classes!! (I might die first)

THREE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT MY PERSONALITY:
1. I'm a pretty good Christian
2. I have a pleasant disposition pretty much constantly (although it may be deceptive)
3. I am very loyal...to a fault at times


THREE BAD THINGS ABOUT MY PERSONALITY:
1. I cry at the drop of a hat (or even thinking about dropping it..ha)
2. I am incredibly indecisive
3. I can't let go of situations or people that don't turn out how I want them to

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
1. Swedish
2. Irish
3. German

THREE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT MY BODY:
1. I have good blonde hair that has nice natural highlights
2. I have a nice rack
3. My eyes are a nice shade of blue

THREE THINGS I DON'T LIKE ABOUT MY BODY:
1. My waist is small, but my hips and thighs are out of control
2. I have a big forehead
3. I have a tiny spot of verucose vein behind my right knee

THREE THINGS MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT ME:
1. I hate sleeping alone
2. I won't walk onstage without brushing my teeth 3-5 minutes prior
3. I am borderline obsessed with people who are MR/DD

THREE THINGS I SAY THE MOST:
1. "just kidding
2. "like" and "um" (yes, I'm one of those)
3. "I don't know"

THREE PLACES I WANT TO GO:
1. Italy!!
2. Florida (to visit Michael's grandpa)
3. New Zealand

THREE NAMES THAT I GO BY:
1. Christina (in Indiana)
2. Chrissy (in Ohio)
3. Miss Christina (from students)


on Jun 08, 2005
THREE THINGS THAT SCARE ME:
1. Infertility (I'd agree with that one)
2. The thought of never getting married.
3. Las Vegas drivers.

THREE THINGS I DON'T UNDERSTAND:
1. How chunks of metal that weigh tons can fly through the air at all...
2. How an engine works.
3. Why things turn out the way they do...I'm not saying that it's BAD because I can't see the whole scope of things...but...~shrugs~ I wonder.

THREE THINGS I'D LIKE TO LEARN:
1. How to play most chords on the guitar
2. How to play piano
3. Alot...I'd like to at least get my masters...

THREE THINGS I AM WEARING RIGHT NOW:
Okay...we're going to make this simple. I am eating breakfast right now. So...I am wearing my shower towel. Because if I were to eat wearing the clothes I'm going to wear to school, there would most DEFINITELY be another Cheerios explosion, and that would NOT be good.

THREE THINGS ON MY DESK:
1. A Mother's Day card that I need to send to my "surrogate" after I have enough money to put the gift certificate in.
2. A bottle of Neosporin and my other medicine that I'm supposed to take but don't.
3. Awards for my kids tomorrow.

THREE THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE:
1. Teach in Minnesota.
2. Get married and do all that family stuff.
3. Travel

THREE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT MY PERSONALITY:
1. I'm kinda funny.
2. I tend to love with all my heart.
3. I think I do pretty well with children...


THREE BAD THINGS ABOUT MY PERSONALITY:
1. I tend to be overly-overly sensitive.
2. I think sometimes I get antry at silly things.
3. I am a pretty jealous person sometimes.

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
1. German
2. German
3. Danish

THREE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT MY BODY:
1. My eyes
2. My hair
3. My tattoo

THREE THINGS I DON'T LIKE ABOUT MY BODY:
1. My boobs aren't pretty.
2. I'm fairly sundamaged.
3. I am a very, very large girl.

THREE THINGS MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT ME:
1. I absolutely love professional baseball.
2. I am very, very close to my family--even the extended ones.
3. One of my permanent teeth never grew in, so my teeth shifted and now I have a gap in between my two front teeth.

THREE THINGS I SAY THE MOST:
1. Whatever.
2. ETHEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3. What?

THREE PLACES I WANT TO GO:
1. Minnesota, Minnesota, Minnesota
2. Somewhere Tropical
3. Europe. Anywhere.

THREE NAMES THAT I GO BY:
1. Marce
2. Miss Matson
3. Marceahontas (don't ask!)
on Jun 08, 2005
THREE THINGS THAT SCARE ME:
1. Quitting work and starting this new life
2. Sharks
3. Seeing a ghost, i'd die the day i see one...

THREE THINGS I DON'T UNDERSTAND:
1. Computer language, when geeks start talking it's a foreign language...
2. Mechanics, I'm amazed when my brother or my Dad repair something, i just shout IT'S ALIIIIIIIVE!!!
3. Why things havent worked out for me and D. I still ask myself...

THREE THINGS I'D LIKE TO LEARN:
1. How to skate, i'd be coooool
2. How to cook elaborate meals.
3. Japanese, but i know it's darn difficult...

THREE THINGS I AM WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. blue jeans
2. my watch
3. lip gloss

THREE THINGS ON MY DESK:
1. An empty mug
2. A printer
3. Heaps of files that I should work on right now instead of doing this quizz thing!

THREE THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE:
1. I want to go to the Taj Mahal!
2. I want to have a baby some day
3. I want to bungee jump at least once. (mmmmm, not really sure actually...)


THREE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT MY PERSONALITY:
1. I'm a happy go lucky person
2. I'm always up to meeting new people
3. I'm easy going


THREE BAD THINGS ABOUT MY PERSONALITY:
1. I trust people too easily
2. I hardly give second chances
3. When I'm angry nothing in the world matters except the fact that i'm gonna kick your arse...

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
1. Vanuatu
2. French
3. German

THREE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT MY BODY:
1. I'm slim
2. I'm not too short not too tall
3. Everything is proportionated! lol

THREE THINGS I DON'T LIKE ABOUT MY BODY:
1. My nose
2. My fingernails, they're just horrible, even when they grow. I have to spend hours on them to get them to look normal...
3. My hair, when I let it down it turns into an ugly afro after a couple of hours lol!

THREE THINGS MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT ME:
1. I "died" when I was 3. I dont remember though.
2. I dont want to get married.
3. I used to be allergic to cats, and even now when I hang around them too much my eyes get teary and I start sneezing!

THREE THINGS I SAY THE MOST:
1. Oh la la
2. Mi les (Pronunciate: "Me less" meaning I feel lazy/ tired, slack, ...)
3. Whatever

THREE PLACES I WANT TO GO:
1. india
2. Canada
3. New Zealand

THREE NAMES THAT I GO BY:
1. Emilia
2. Mimi
3. Mia