1. I'm an artist ... Or I'm an artist-wannabe. Depends who you ask.

2. I'm an application software engineer "with vast experience in user interfaces..." Blah blah bitty blah I've memorized my elevator speech

3. I have an addictive/obsessive personality

4. I love baseball and football ...or possibly hot guys in tight pants. Or, you know, both.

5. I have colored my own hair, with a good degree of success.

6. I have cut my own hair, with ...less success. But it wasn't a complete disaster. Both ears are still attached.

7. I have way too many video tapes of the TV shows I've recorded.

8. I've been to the (Summer) Olympics (in Atlanta, Georgia).

9. In 1991, I went to every baseball park in the major leagues, seeing at least one game at each. (The disclaimer there is because there are four more teams now, and a bunch of them have moved.)

10. I'm a slovenly housekeeper.

11. I'm shy and quiet until you get to know me.

12. I'm very opinionated.

13. My politics tends to be contradictory.

14. My favorite food is seafood

15. I do my own ice cream flavors; I'm a topping freak ...*BAP* not that way!

16. Favorite color : purple

17. I want to be ...everything ...when I grow up, which is fine when you're 12, but not so much at 40.

18. Oh, yeah, and I'm "old".

19. I'm a semi-professional actor.

20. I've written a novel (unpublished ...would you call that a manuscript then?)

21. I've also written slash-fic, but I don't expect that to be finished published ...ever.

22. Pepsi is better than Coke.

23. Favorite fruit : strawberry

24. Favorite vegetable : spinach

25. I have champagne tastes and a beer budget ...and it's been a while since I've been able to afford the beer.

26. I drive a convertible

27. I'm mildly claustrophobic

28. I've worked long and hard to battle an overpowering fear of dogs

29. I fear heights.

30. I like to swim

31. I watch lots of really bad television just because there are cute guys on it, but I'm learning to say "A hot guy? In Hollywood? There's a shock," with just the right amount of sarcasm

32. I love horror movies, but hate gross-outs and slasher films. Except Scream, which was pretty darn funny.

33. I'm overweight

34. I like to read but don't have time for it

35. I like jigsaw puzzles

36. I speak French ...some ...but no one ever kisses my arm because of it.

37. Yes, I watched The Addams Family as a child.

38. I'm impatient

39. I hate pineapple, peanuts and lima beans

40. I can't drink coffee, but I'm quite happy with tea, cocoa, Pepsi and other caffeinated beverages.

41. I collect baseball cards, Sports Illustrated and action figures

42. I'm very competitive

43. I'm a good debater. I can shred a twinkie defense faster than I can ...shred a twinkie.

44. I sing well and I enjoy it.

45. I have a good sense of humor.

46. I really like the word "notwithstanding". ... You figure it out.

47. I don't like facial hair, but I hate to shave.

48. I (usually) wear contact lenses. I've been having a bit of trouble with them lately, but I definitely prefer it to glasses.

49. Sometimes I do really, really dumb things.

50. I'm terrible with people's names. I may ask you to tell me your name three or four times, but I'm more likely to just engage people in conversation and not use their names whether I remember them or not. *sigh*

51. A man in uniform is a good thing.

52. I've started a silk floral design business ...and almost immediately put it on hold so I could concentrate on paying the mortgage.

53. I have a highly active imagination. I go in there on a regular basis.

54. I used to have a gift for mercy/compassion/empathy, but I seem to have lost my patience.

55. I used to really like and be good with children. See above in re patience.

56. Lately, I've been experimenting with my hair color, trying to find the right shade of brown with red highlights. But it doesn't help when the sample hair at the store bears no resemblence to the hair that winds up on my head (which currently seems to be black).

57. I generally enjoy mowing the lawn ...except when it's hot and humid, which is the time that the grass grows the fastest.

58. I've been to two Amazing Race finale parties/conventions

59. I've been to three Buffy the Vampire Slayer Posting Board Parties.

60. I'm not going to put my real name, address or phone number on this list.

61. I do own a house, though ...for now.

62. Usually, when I get a sunburn, it fades nicely into a tan after a few days.

63. Unfortunately, I'm currently putting that bit of theory to the test.

64. When my dad's been in the hospital, which has been too much lately, I often get chauffer duty for my mom.

65. I love to travel

66. I enjoy dressing in costume, but pretty much limit myself to theater and Halloween.

67. I was sent to the Boston, MA area for three months for a work project

68. I want to move to Chicago ... I think ...but that seems to not be in the cards.

69. I'm a pretty good photographer

70. I've studied psychology (a little) which can make me dangerous to talk to about that kind of stuff.

71. I used to play guitar, but I'm out of practice

72. I have hayfever

73. I have no tattoos and no piercings, but sometimes I'll glue a stud to my ear ...that's a gemstone (fake) not a muscular man.

74. Much as I enjoy sports, I'm very unathletic.

75. I hate talking on the telephone

76. I also hate Seinfeld, and believe me when I tell you, not everybody loves Raymond.

77. I love to cook

78. I hate to wash dishes

79. Living alone, I tend to eat out a lot.

80. I have two brothers and two sisters

81. I went to college in Virginia

82. I have an attention deficit, but I don't call it ADD because it's mostly under control.

83. I get the newspaper for the comics and the TV section (less for the TV section lately since I'm getting that on-line).

84. My favorite comic books are Green Lantern and Nightwing.

85. You know what else I hate? I spend most of my time in the word processor making temporary passages to post on posting boards or send in e-mail. So saying I don't want to save my document has become a habit. So I hate when I'm working on something real (like, oh, say, this list) and exit without saving. Grrrrrrrrrrrr.

86. I like Shakespeare.

87. I'm not exactly a Trading Spaces freak, but I do enjoy Doug (especially in his leather pants) and Carter (especially ...no matter what he wears).

88. I realize that the BBS is DEAD

89. I also was among the first to know that Willow=Evil

90. I have the coolest Wallpaper (on my PC) ever. Every time the mouse leaves the image area, the image changes.

91. I wallpapered my bathroom, but it dpesn't change when I leaxe. *g*

92. I hate spoilers.

93. I started posting at the Bronze (Buffy posting board) in June, 1997, after the first re-airing of The Witch because I was looking for a tape of it, figuring I'd missed the last chance to see it.

94. Speaking of being wrong, when I first met David Boreanaz, we laughed about how the local newspaper had printed an article in their TV paper about Angel, Buffy's good-vampire boyfriend ...two weeks after he turned evil.

95. The first Bronzers I met were AKA Becker, Shannah and Occido. I was very careful to make sure I met them in a very public place. If you've ever met them, I'm sure you're laughing now.

96. I didn't know you could be too tall to be a hooker ...yes, I'm reading CB's Boy's list right now.

97. I was raised Catholic, but I gave it up for Lent.

98. I'm a born-again Christian

99. I'm a virgin.

100. I'm gay.