100 things about me....whether you wanted them or not

1. i am the oldest child with 3 siblings in a rad italian family.

2. i like animals but i don’t want a pet in my house.

3. i always always always put my left contact lens in first and don’t think i could do it any other way.

4. i have always wanted to drive cross-country.

5. i have watched the ‘north and south’ miniseries every year since i was 10.

6. i have seen ‘star wars’ over 100 times and wore our video out when i was a kid.

7. the sound of fingernails and toenails being clipped makes me cringe.

8. when i was a kid i slept with my socks on but now i can’t stand it.

9. i'm really good at proofreading papers.

10. Target is one of my favorite stores and i truly believe that you can buy everything you’d ever want there.

11. i like to fall asleep with the tv on for companionship.

12. i've seen every episode of ‘beverly hills, 90210’ and ‘saved by the bell’.

13. i secretly enjoy reading both ‘martha stewart living’ and ‘maxim’.

14. besides crying at the end of ‘beaches’ and ‘the outsiders’, i’ve cried in ‘freaky friday’ and ‘father of the bride’.

15. i don’t feel guilty if i don't 'do' anything with my day.

16. i have never ever been able to burp at will.

17. i hate holidays like st. patrick’s day, fourth of july, and halloween because you are 'supposed' to have fun and it’s always a let-down.

18. i make great scrambled eggs, pasta sauce, and brownies.

19. sometimes i do judge a book by its cover. forgive me.

20. i was voted best defensive player on my highschool’s varsity softball team.

21. i don’t think i’ve ever been attracted to a so-called “hot” guy in real life.

22. i thoroughly enjoy outlet malls and all of their bargains.

23. when i’m sharing a bed, i like sleeping on the right side of the bed and on my right side.

24. in middle school i wore hideous floral denim shorts over spandex shorts with lace at the bottom. but so did everyone else.

25. i was too shy in highschool. i should have spoken up.

26. i snuck into a 1998 world series game in san diego.

27. i can be extremely jealous and insecure.

28. i didn’t start drinking until i went to college.

29. now i enjoy drinking immensely and my signature drink is probably a captain and coke. long islands if i’m particularly desperate.

30. i believe i’m more fun when i’m drunk.

31. i still have my wisdom teeth and think my dentist is lying to me when he says i should take them out or else bad things will happen.

32. at the end of highschool, i got the foreign language award....and i could NEVER hold a conversation in spanish.

33. i’m a sagittarius which i think means that i should like clubbing and dancing more.

34. my great uncle joe was a dentist in brooklyn who worked on mob guys. the mafia dudes loved him and called him ‘joe the extractor’.

35. i miss making mix tapes. burning cd’s just isn’t as fun.

36. my mom covered my eyes during the sex scenes in ‘dirty dancing’ when i first watched it as a kid. i’ve since discovered that there isn’t a real sex scene in that movie.

37. my penmanship is quite nice...or so i’ve been told.

38. in highschool i had my own business doing calligraphy...aka writing names on visors, picture frames, and other assorted crap.

39. i am very good at hollywood assistant duties which include rolling calls, making travel plans, juggling appointments, and lying to people. this scares me.

40. i think staying friends with your ex is overrated. in fact, i think it’s stupid and it’s insane to think it’ll work.

41. i sit down and read the ikea catalogue like i would read a magazine.

42. i’m scared to death that in 5 years i’ll still be confused, nowhere with my career, and want to move to another city.

43. i believe that woody allen is extremely overrated, as is cameron diaz and ‘casablanca’.

44. i have stayed awake for over 72 hours.

45. i have slept on the streets of downtown los angeles and in the bushes in south central LA. all in the name of ‘Oscar’.

46. i like sending cards to people for no reason so that they can get real mail.

47. as i get older i believe more and more that i could live in a rural location.

48. i still get excited when i see famous people even though i live in beverly hills adjacent.

49. i believe that i could eat ice cream for every meal for the rest of my life and be happy.

50. the friends i had in ninth grade are still my best friends and always will be.

51. i really really want to hang out with vince vaughan’s character in ‘swingers’.

52. i don’t like showering at other people’s houses...even my boyfriend’s.

53. i know they are lame but i still love awards shows.

54. i’ve dated a guy who was gay. he didn’t know it. i did.

55. more than anything else in the whole wide world (besides people), i love massages. if i were rich i’d get one every week.

56. during horror films sometimes i hide my eyes when i get scared.

57. i think angelina jolie is hot. don’t blame me, blame ‘gia’.

58. i get air-sick. and sea-sick. and car-sick. but only occasionally.

59. after highschool graduation i went to europe with 40 of my closest friends.

60. i love weddings. a lot.

61. if i could get away with it, i’d wear flip-flops every single day.

62. i wish i was 5’6” instead of 5’8”.

63. i can’t decide which is worse...snobby rich beverly hills bitches with their gucci dog carriers and their botox shots, OR, the 20 year-old los feliz hipsters with their lame trucker hats, alternative hairstyles, and giant sunglasses.

64. i sometimes tune in to ‘saturday night live’ with the hope that ONE of the sketches might be funny. they never are.

65. i’m a channel flipper....although digital cable makes it hard to flip fast.

66. in my next life i want to be a photographer.

67. i prefer pcs to macs.

68. ‘east of eden’ is one of the greatest books ever.

69. ‘lamb: the gospel according to biff, christ’s childhood pal’ is one of the funniest books ever written.

70. i went through many stanford classes without reading any of the books.

71. i have never been to hawaii.

72. i find that i am embarassed of my parents’ new house.

73. i have only smoked a cigarette once in my life...at age 23...and it made me throw up.

74. i refuse to go skiing, ice skating, or rollerblading.

75. my favorite breakfast (if you could call it that) is a nutella, strawberry, and banana crepe from the farmer’s market.

76. i’ve lived in a studio apartment with two other people.

77. one of the happiest times of my whole life was at summer camp in 1993 and 1994.

78. i studied at oxford university in england for a semester.

79. i have never eaten in a restaurant by myself and probably never will.

80. i hate people who are late.

81. i often times get to job interviews and appointments early and then sit in my car and pretend to talk on my phone.

82. i refuse to speak to any more telemarketers and salesmen on the phone.

83. until i was almost in highschool, i didn’t realize, notice, or care that lots of my friends weren’t white.

84. i’ve participated in a lurid stanford tradition called ‘full moon on the quad’ where i kissed 36 guys in the space of an hour or two. but we were all nerds so who cares.

85. i’ve slept out for tickets.

86. i can’t stand carrots or celery.

87. i prefer leno to letterman. and conan to everyone.

88. i could never live in manhattan or san francisco.

89. i don’t drink any kind of beer. it’s disgusting.

90. the first time i smoked pot, i smoked so much that i couldn’t stop laughing for hours and then tumbled down the hill that we were atop.

91. in tinseltown as an assistant, i’ve had to get coffee, fed-ex cocaine, gas up the car, lie to an ex-wife, and stalk a girlfriend.

92. i never thought i’d find the love of my life but i have.

93. i like shortening the sleeves and cutting the collar out of the free t-shirts that i get.

94. ‘trading spaces’ is one of my favorite shows.

95. i believe that ben affleck was funnier when he was a drunk.

96. i don’t ever want to meet my idols because i know i would be disappointed.

97. i have tons of pairs of shoes but only wear two of them on a regular basis.

98. stupidity is the most unattractive quality in any person.

99. i wish i knew more funny girls in los angeles.

100. i hate being the center of attention and talking about myself. and, hence, i’m exhausted after doing this list.