Me - 101

I've seen this on several blogs and I think it's a great idea. I enjoy reading them and thought it would be introspective for me to do my very own 101 things about me list. Soooo, here goes:

1. I was born and raised in Detroit
2. Detroit is always near and dear to my heart.
3. I enjoy watching Football (Lions - although they suck) & Basketball (go Pistons!!)
4. I love to dance and will dance all night regardless what the DJ is playing
5. Most of my good friends are people that I have known since childhood
6. I love to travel and have been to a number of different places, including: London, Paris, Madrid, Puerto Rico & Holland
7. My views on love have changed drastically since last year.
8. I love talking on the phone.
9. I love my DVR and I always record: House, America's Next Top Model, Monk & ER
10. My favorite song is I Tried (Anthony Hamilton)- I feel as though it was written from me to BF.
11. I keep in touch with most of my Ex-boyfriends, except for the last one that I dated for 7 years. If I ever see/talk to him again, it will be too soon.
12. I sleep butt-ball-ass NAKED.
13. I have been in love 4 times.
14. I started keeping a journal in the 3rd grade and kept it up well into college.
15. I have become addicted to blogging.
16. I lost my virginity at 15 (Awww.... JP...)
17. I had my first orgasm at 17 (Yeah Chuck!!)
18. I subscribe to Essence and Self magazines
19. I watch CNN and the weather channel every morning while getting ready for work.
20. I do not have enough fingers to count my past sexual partners
21. My Father has been married for 30 years, I am 30 years old - he and my mother were never married.
22. I need to lose 20 lbs.
23. I am the manager of a staff of five employees
24. I have a cat named Gypsey that I found as a stray when I was 16.
25. My favorite position is ME ON TOP. (control freak??)
26. I have several adult toys.
27. I prefer the ones that two people can use at the same time.
28. I believe that sex is about connecting with another person ... not just physically.
29. In another lifetime, I had a few one night stands.
30. I can't bowl worth a damn.
31. The saddest movie that I have ever seen was Hotel Rwanda.
32. I believe in supernatural entities.
33. I believe that EVERYthing happens for a reason.
34. I do not regularly attend church.
35. I think white people are too damned nosey.
36. I hate when people make general assumptions about black folx. lol
37. I collect black art ... mostly prints.
38. I hate that custom framing is so expensive.
39. My favorite piece is a signed and numbered piece, titled Sabrina (artist=> James Denmark )
40. I do not regret any decision that I have made.
41. I try to learn from past decisions, both good and bad.
42. I wish my Father and I had a more open and honest relationship.
    I think that if I ever started telling him how I feel about some of the things that weigh heavenly on my mind, I may never be able to stop being angry.
43. I love my God Daughter very much.
44. I don't mind washing clothes, but I hate to fold them.
45. Weed was the extent of my illegal drug use.
46. I took my first drink of alcohol at the age of 15. ...it was Cisco (AKA crack water) and I got drunk off my ass.
47. I wish that I could speak Spanish, fluently- or at all, for that matter.
48. I can't live without my Ipod.
49. I have almost 800 songs, thus far.
50. I only use Dental Care baking soda tooth paste. =>Otherwise my teeth don't feel clean.
51. I have used Noxema everyday ... twice a day- since I was 15.
    I am a member of a book club.
52. I started reading because one of my childhood best friends used to read all the time. She was the smartest person I knew. ;-)
53. I can never get in the bed early enough.
54. I never want to get out of the in the morning.
55. I just tried grapefruit and cottage cheese for the very first time a couple weeks ago. I like them both.
56. The rings on my cell phone are: Be Without You (Mary J. Blige), So Sick (?), Beautiful, Loved & Blessed (Prince)
57. I am Beautiful, loved & blessed
58. I enjoy my job more days than not.
59. I often feel overwhelmed at work, which causes me to cuss a lot.
60. I enjoy cussing a lot.
61. I don't cuss nearly as much as I used to.
62. I used to be crazy.
63. I hit one of my Ex-boyfriends with a car. Lol
64. He deserved it.
65. When I was young (& dumb), I thought I would ALWAYS love JP.
66. I no longer love JP.
67. I used to sing Used To Love Him (Lauryn Hill) about JP.
68. It helped me get over him. Whenever I hear it, I still sing it - about him...
69. I miss having good girlfriends that live close to me.
70. I have driven a Nascar on the Richmond International Speedway.
71. I am not a racing fan.
72. I used to own a table-top Ms. PacMan game.
73. My banana pudding is the bomb.
74. I listen to the Tom Joyner show on the way to work every morning.
75. I eat dry.Cheerios as a snack almost everyday.
76. BF has no idea how lonely I've been, lately.
77. I have been known to drink 8 shots of Tequila in one night.
78. I am impressed by the strong women in and my family and aspire to be like them.
79. I don't want to have to be strong all the time.
80. I collect elephants, and ceramic dolls.
81. I seriously considered being a stripper while I was in college.
82. I learned some handy little trips while hanging around the strip club.
83. I still use some of those tricks.
84. I used to still my Mother's car and go joy-riding with my friends.
85. I’m lucky that she never caught me or I would not be blogging about it today.
86. I vacuum everyday.
87. My brass bed in my guest room is the bed that my Mom had when she was a little girl.
88. My Mom is the fairest, most down to earth person that I know.
89. I have 2 tattoos.
90. I am considering getting another one, soon... An Ankh on my lower back.
91. Alcoholism runs in my family.
92. I think community service is very important.
93. I feel guilty that I don't make more time to join my sorority in community projects.
94. I think it is very important to give blood.
95. I give every 56 days.
96. The worst movie that I have every seen was Black Knight.
97. I am very sarcastic.
98. I think that I am hilarious.
99. I take Vitamin E, Acidopholous,multi-vitamins multivitamin everyday.
100. I love life.
101. I thank God for the gift of life and love.