highs, lows & the mess in the middle

1.    When I was in high school I snuck into the Dallas Cowboys stadium in the middle of the night and ran across the touchdown line.

2.    I once drove to Mexico by accident.

3.    I wanted to go to NYU because I adored Felicity. I got in.  I was also accepted to Williams. They flew me out for an accepted students weekend. On my way home from visiting Williams, Keri Russell walked past me during a layover at Chicago O’Hare. Instantly my maturity level dropped to that of a 5th grader.  I remember saying something like, “Hi! OMG you’re Keri Russell. Oh my god, I am the BIGGEST Felicity fan… What happens next season?…Can I have your autograph?” Then I kind of/may have touched her arm, awkward! I took it as a sign that I should attend Williams. So I did.

4.    A guy tried to pickpocket me on a bus in Rome, I elbowed him in the gut and he ran away like a little punk.

5.    If you define “live” to mean that you have unpacked and stayed in the same place for more than 30 days, I have lived in; palo alto, austin, boston, gallup, el paso, williamstown, madrid, dc, oaxaca, barcelona, hoboken, new york city. That’s an average of a new home every 2.2 years.

6.    I met my partner while dancing…sort of.  It will be 7 years in April; I think it’s getting serious.

7.    One of my favorite college professors once said she wished straight people would call their girlfriend or boyfriend their “partners,” so I just did.

8.    I vividly remember two moments that—actually—took my breath away: 1. An ocean sunrise I witnessed solo on a train ride in the south of France-everyone else was fast asleep. 2. Sunrise over the volcanoes at Lake Atitlan, Guatemala.

9.    I hate sunrise.

10.    I will be attending my very first World Cup Qualifying match in 5 days.* I expect this day to be life-changing.

11.    I have true issues with sleep. In a nutshell, I never want to go to sleep (ever) and when I am sleeping, I never want to wake up.

12.    I can only think of one person I would trust to plan something for me. Her name is also Julia.

13.    Salad Bowl and scrabble are my social activities of choice.

14.    We didn’t have cable until I was a junior is high school.

15.    I brought a purse with a playboy bunny to my all-girls catholic high school and was given detention. I fought it and won. I’m a rebel.

16.    The craziest-person-I-know/really-good-friend entered a convent last year.

17.    I have a serious addiction to Kettle Baked Aged White Cheddar chips and I am considering buying them in bulk here: http://www.kettlefoods.com/our-all-natural-products/baked-potato-chips

18.    My all time favorite book is The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafron.

19.    I hate cilantro & unreliable people.

20.    My happiest days involve one of five people; elyssa, laura, meilin, zadie or pierce.

21.    My most valuable possession is a cabbage patch kid named Lorna who has accompanied me to every location in #4. Har.

22.    I don’t have a single good friend who admits to being a Republican.** I heart New York. If you are my friend and you are a Republican, please keep it to yourself ;)

23.    I like bad movies, bad music and bad books. Don’t hate.

24.    I want to be a photographer.

25.    One from the mailbag: “You are a lot stranger than people think.”

* Written on 2.7.09   ** I lied. I thought of one person.