Global Traveler

Stolen Ideas

I am stealing this idea from Juliette who stole it from our friend Susan. I have nothing else to write so hopefully this will be somewhat amusing.

10 Random Things About Me
-I have a Care Bear pillow case (my boyfriend has He-Man)
-I had a rare tumor in my leg twice
-I with one of my college classes met Fidel Castro
-I can't swim though I like to pretend I can
-I technically went to 6 different colleges (though only attended 5)
-Spitting is my biggest pet peeve
-I LOVE The Golden Girls
-I split my lip open when I was little because I literally ran into a Dairy Queen building and was subsequently put into a straight jacket while receiving the stitches
-I tested Maxi-Pads for money while in college
-I was a competitive (though horrible) basketball player as a child (I've been this height since about the 2nd grade)

9 Places I've Been
-Spent my 23rd birthday at Carnival in both Rio de Janiero and Salvador, Brazil
-Cuba (I had special permission but I like to think I broke the law)
-The Cape of Good Hope, South Africa (The place where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans meet)
-The Taj Mahal New Delhi, India
-The Coloseum
-The Corn Palace South Dakota
-on a ship through the Strait of Malacca (the most heavily pirated place on Earth)
-The Great Wall of China
-The Eiffel Tower

8 Things I Want to Do Before I Die
-go to every country in the world (and state) at least once
-speak at least one other language fluently
-own a refrigerator with an in-the-door ice cube maker/crusher and water filter
-go on safari
-fly internationally on first class (I did get one glorious hour!)
-get married (I'd like a rock, but the person's more important)
-write a book
-take my nephews on a fantastic trip somwhere cool

7 of My Favorite Personal Items
-my little packet of worry people Meghan gave me when I was 19. I never fly without them!
-the portrait of Bert and Ernie my mom made me when I was little. It has hung in every bedroom I have ever had (except on the ship cause we couldn't hang things on the walls as they would become projectiles)
-a small stuffed giraffe Jed's mom gave me, because like Jed, giraffe's are really tall
-a picture of my nephews in their little Radio Flyer wagon
a teddy bear my friend Robin gave me
-an email Jed sent me on my birthday (we were living in different cities at that time)
-my "I Glimbed the Great Wall" T-shirt
-my photo albums
***to be fair I haven't been able to unpack most of my stuff for years because of my habitual moving so I am sure the list will change once I remember what I have at home***

6 Things I'm Afraid Of
-vomiting (knock on wood the last time was April 6, 1988, though I did have traumatically massive dry heaves 3 years ago this April)
-bugs of any kind, especially spiders
-panic attacks (this is connected to vomiting)
-earthquakes (i recently learned this)
-being alone (not at home but in the larger sense of the word)
-getting fat(ter) (horrible but at least I'm honest)

5 Things I Miss About Home
-MY FRIENDS!!!
-Joey and Tommy (my nephews)
-food
-English
-Dr. Elvis Bartakamous Scattergood MD (the cat)

4 Things I Will Miss About Japan
-the super heated, self-sanitizing, musical toilets
-Engrish!
-being able to talk about people right in front of me and know that they either A) don't speak English or B) won't do anything about it
-the breaking news stories like the subway being 3 minutes late because a boy was late and going to miss his exam and the train made a special stop for him. (PS...he made the exam on time)

3 Things I Do Everyday
-play a horribly addictive game on my Palm Pilot called Bubblet
-make fun of something Japanese (I am going to hell)
-eat something sweet

2 Things I Am Trying Not to Do Everyday
-be so lazy
-eat so many sweets

1 Person I Would Like To See
JOEY and TOMMY
***they are so little I count them as one person***