If you tag me in a meme and it has something to do with a list, I have to do it. My life is full of lists. Personal ones. Professional ones. Ones that cross over like one ABC drama to another.
Nothing beats the feeling I have when I can cross something off one of my lists. I’ve accomplished something. It may be buying stamps or checking my office voicemail but it’s an accomplishment no matter how small.
And when it’s a list about myself instead of a list of tasks, I remember things about myself and sometimes it causes me to wake up and fix something or do something I’ve been putting off. Like this list of 25 Random Things About Me -
- I have an unusually large number of friends named Jessica and I have a hard time telling a story when two or more are involved.
- I haven’t been in a gym this century. The last time I stepped into a gym, it was 1999.
- When the phone rings, I always participate if the caller is taking a poll.
- At my Kindergarten graduation, I was told to say a different profession than the one I wanted to say.
- It took me 25 days into the New Year to figure out a New Year’s Resolution I am comfortable with.
- Dave Navarro has a tattoo I wanted to get years ago but I never got it… or any tattoo for that matter. That may change in the future.
- Queso enchiladas with salsa verde and rice and beans are my favorite comfort food.
- I’ve been on Sesame Street. Twice.
- An actor hit on me and a friend during very different times in his career. We both think he is sleazy. Even now.
- I didn’t think Barack Obama would be elected the 44th President of the United States. I’m happy to have been wrong.
- I was once told “You have the palate of Mario fucking Batali”. Thanks. Just don’t expect me to wear orange clogs.
- My clothes from before I was pregnant with my third child still do not fit me. But I refuse to think I can’t get back to that size. Even after almost 2 years.
- I haven’t seen any of the Harry Potter movies or read any books in the Harry Potter series.
- It upsets me when I see movies and the teens aren’t wearing seatbelts while driving or in the front seat.
- I cook with olive oil but when I go to a restaurant I never order meals that include olives.
- I’ve never colored my hair and now that the grey hair is coming in, I don’t want to start. But then I see a nice color and briefly reconsider my decision.
- I love citrus scents whether it is used in food, lotion, dessert, candles .. doesn’t matter.
- The fact I have gotten “strike” after “strike” in Wii Bowling gives me false hope I will be amazing at bowling the next time I go to Lucky Strike.
- I have very eclectic taste in music. Sometimes I listen to Amy Winehouse, other times its Carl Orff or Daddy Yankee or Lenny Kravitz or Save Ferris.
- I laughed so much at an R.E.M concert I … well, you fill in the blank.
- I’ve never bought anything off eBay but I love shopping online. (Ew, gross I don’t want something from your house!)
- I can honestly say I’m not sure if I will have another child.
- If the iPhone gets an app for loading the dishwasher, I’ll pay for it. Until then, only free apps for me.
- When I was little, my mother and I used to sit on a La-Z-Boy together and watch scary movies. Now, I hate watching scary movies.
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Sometimes when I am excited to talk with someone I haven’t talked with in a while, I say the wrong words. The other day I told my friend I just got in from getting my nose done. I meant my toes.
Your Name: Julia Allison 
