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1. My full name is Alexandra, but that's far too princessy for me. I'm more of a tomboy, and the name Ali is much more suited to my personality.
2. I wish I was foreign, or of some interesting nationality. At the very least, I'd love a killer accent. British, Australian...anything but plain old American. I'm nothing special, really -- I'm quarter Norwegian, quarter Russian, quarter German, and quarter Blackfoot Indian. You'd think the Blackfoot blood would supply me with dark hair and olive skin, but nope -- I'm white as a polar bear and naturally blonde. My eyes are really dark -- they're the only part of me that is.
3. I have an odd fascination with big cities and tall buildings. I'm not sure why, or what compells me so about them. Maybe it's the anonymity of being in a place with millions of other people. I don't know.
4. My elbows are double-jointed. I can bend them every which way, and this has a tendency to really freak people out.
5. I am an infatuation junkie. I hate this and I've tried to change, but every time there's a new love interest in my life, I fall head over heels again. This usually results in me getting my heart broken.
6. Black and white photography has the power to make me cry. I do not know why, and I can't explain it any further, other than to say it affects me on some deep, personal level.
7. I have a tendency to become "one of the guys" around most men. This is good, in a way, because I never have to hide who I am, but it also destroys any potential for romance. Men never seem to have a problem farting in front of me, and I find this disconcerting.
8. All I really want is for somebody to take me on a carriage ride. I think this is one of the most romantic things a couple can do.
9. The call that ended my career as an EMT was a double-fatality car accident. I had nightmares for weeks and ended up quitting because I couldn't handle it. Strange as it may seem, I can still see those two mens' faces whenever I close my eyes, clear as day.
10. I have two tattoos. One is a sun the center of my lower back, and the other is a morning glory vine.
11. Dolphins fascinate me. They're so sleek and graceful, and I really envy them. I know that sounds strange, but it would be so wonderful to be able to glide through the cool water all the time, without a worry in the world (with the possible exception of all those tuna nets, but we won't go there).
12. I've held the odd assortment of jobs. In the last three years, I've been a lifeguard, a cashier at Target, a door-to-door knife salesman, a musical instrument repair technician, a sales associate in a guitar and amplifier store, a cashier at a salon, a photo processing tech at a photography lab, an EMT, and, finally, a hemodialysis technician -- my current position.
13. I collect coins -- and no, I swear I'm not a boy scout. I have a lot of old, foreign coins -- some from countries that don't even exist anymore, like Czechoslovakia, and some that date back as far as the late 1800's.
14. My earliest memory is of being locked in a cage high up in a wall. As this is a rather disturbing memory to have, I worried about it for years, checking out all the day care centers I was ever taken to and wondering if I was ever abused, before I realized that the origin of such a memory was, in fact, Sunday School. There were cribs built into the walls, and, being only two years old, I felt as though I was locked in a cage instead of being put down for a nap in a harmless crib.
15. I am an avid reader, and I will read anything I can get my hands on. Much of my free time is spent at Barnes and Noble -- the rows and rows of books have become quite familiar to me, as I am there usually three or four times a week.
16. I tend to use words and phrases that are most common in British language. For example, the words "bloody," "bugger," and "shoddy" appear quite frequently in conversations of mine. Maybe it's just wishful thinking -- I went to London a few years ago and fell in love with it.
17. I am addicted to Qdoba -- specifically, the vegetarian burrito with black beans, cilantro lime rice, sour cream, guacamole, and cheese. With a Nantucket Nectars drink, the cost at the local store here is $7.21, which only shows you the extent of my patronage.
18. I am anal about my handwriting. If my penmanship isn't absolutely perfect, even on something so trivial as a grocery list, I have to throw it away and start over.
19. I am extremely opinionated about certain things, and there is nothing I love more than engaging in heated debates on such topics as racism, hunting for sport, and why most of today's music is downright shit.
20. I was living in my own house in Denver for a while with my ex-fiancee. When we split up, though, I moved back in with my parents. This means I am constantly subjected to my mom and dad fighting, my little brothers yelling, and my mom's parrot squawking. However, the upside is the fact that I don't have to pay for rent or groceries, which just about balances it out.
21. I have a Gibson Les Paul Studio model (that's an electric guitar, for those of you who aren't as musically inclined as I am), and even though I haven't had the time or energy to play it in ages, it's my pride and joy and I could never even consider selling it, despite the profit it would bring in.
22. I think Angelina Jolie is the most gorgeous woman ever to walk the face of this earth, and I want to be her.
23. I drive an old and falling-apart 1989 Chevy Blazer S-10. Despite the fact that she's covered in rust and has nearly 170,000 miles under her belt, she's still a pretty good car -- and here's hoping she'll keep on truckin' until I can afford something new.
24. Summer is my absolute favorite season of the year. It's hard to feel depressed when you've got the warm sun shining down on your face and the cool breeze blowing through your hair. Summer at the beach is even better.
25. I can only fall asleep lying on my right side with one knee drawn up to my chest, but I wake up in a new position every morning.
26. I enjoy beer, but not in the way you'd think. I'm not very much of a partier, but every now and again I like to have a bottle of Michelob Amber Bock with dinner, or when I get home from a hard day's work. Most people my age don't understand this, which I suppose is because they're still stuck in the "let's drink to get trashed because being trashed is cool" phase that I graduated from ages ago.
27. I tend to feel older than most people my age. Hell, sometimes I even feel older than people who've got ten years on me. One of my friends was introducing me to some of her college buddies a while ago -- these people ranged in age from twenty-three to twenty-nine, and I ended up feeling like the babysitter. I'm only nineteen, but sometimes I feel forty.
28. Whenever I need to march into a place of business and demand my rights (which happens very often with Verizon Wireless -- the most worthless company ever invented, in my opinion), I wear red lipstick. Red lipstick is empowering, and it just generally puts me in that "argue with me and I'll kick your ass" mode.
29. I'd rather regret things I did than things I didn't.
30. I was diagnosed with clinical depression six years ago, when I was thirteen. I am not, however, one of those "depressed" people who mopes about and lies in a dark room for weeks on end and writes in their online journal about how many pentagrams they carved into their wrist that day. I can feel it when a depressed mood is coming, but I don't let it get me down. Instead, I do things that uplift me, that make me feel better. This method works so much easier in controlling depression than the "wallowing in self-pity" method -- believe me, I've tried both.
31. I desperately want a baby. I know most females my age cringe at the thought of a pregnancy at this time in their lives -- but not me. I would give my left arm to have a child in nine months. This doesn't mean I'm going to go out and get pregnant, but if I accidentally became pregnant, I'd be the happiest girl in the world.
32. For now, though, I have my other baby girl -- Hannah. She's my dog, and I adopted her from the Humane Society. She's a mix of everything under the sun. Whenever she sees me, she gets so excited that, in lieu of wagging just her tail, she wags her whole body instead, this way and that, flopping about like a fish out of water. She's about fifty-five pounds, caramel color, floppy ears, big smiling mouth, huge chocolate eyes...and she's my sweetheart. I used to think people who doted on their dogs were idiots. Now I'm one of them.
33. I feel in extremes. I can be overwhelmingly euphoric or absolutely devastated, but I'm usually never anywhere in between.
34. The walls of my bedroom are painted a soft yellow. Even when it's cold and stormy outside, my room always looks like sunshine. It's quite uplifting.
35. There are three people in my life who I consider real, true, honest to God friends. There's Nick, who I mentioned in item number thirty-three. We've known each other since junior high school, and we dated once upon a time, but we decided we're much better off as friends, so friends we are. Second, there's Matt. Matt's wonderful -- he truly understands me, which is more than I can say for most people. The problem with Matt is that he lives in an entirely different country. Then, there's Lauren. I love her to death, but she, too, lives far away -- not quite a different country, but in Texas. Aw, hell -- Texas is practically it's own country, anyway.
36. I cry. A lot. At everything and anything. Certain commercials have been known to have me discreetly wiping away a tear. Oh well -- it's better to let it all out than to keep it bottled up inside.
37. The word "horror" drives me insane. There is no possible way to tell someone you just watched a horror movie without it sounding as though you just watched a whore movie. Seriously -- try it! See?
38. I have road rage. Serious road rage. Since I commute an hour each way for work, this can be a problem sometimes. Fortunately -- don't laugh -- I keep a CD entitled "Whale Sounds" in my car that I pop in whenever I'm feeling excessively homicidal. The CD is, as the title suggests, nothing but whale sounds. It's quite soothing and really does help with my rage. Sometimes.
39. I'm addicted to buying picture frames. This may have something to do with my love of photography.
40. I was born with an Afro. Seriously -- I emerged from the womb with a head of thick, jet-black curls that stuck out about two inches from my scalp on all sides. By the time I was two, my hair hung down to my waist and was sort of a reddish brown. Now, it's naturally blonde. My hair is strange.
41. I have two younger brothers -- Austin, who is sixteen and a junior in high school, and Riley, who is nine and in the third grade. Austin and I get along much better than we used to -- he's a really good kid. I don't feel like I have to worry about him getting into trouble, because he's smart, and mature for his age. Riley is my buddy -- he's just about the coolest nine-year-old on the planet.
42. I love bananas, but anything with banana flavoring in it -- for example, banana muffins or banana nut bread -- makes me throw up. I am not exaggerating. Ask those unfortunate people who were on the bus with me the day I discovered my intolerance for banana-flavored foods.
43. Back in high school, I played trombone in the band. I was your typical Band Geek, and proud of it. I was actually pretty damn good -- I got into All State Band my senior year. There were about six hundred trombonists that auditioned for the spots, and only eight of us got in. I was third chair out of those eight. I really need to start playing again -- it's a shame I gave it up, since I loved it so much and I was actually good at it.
44. I love thinking. Deep, intellectual conversations that really get my brain working are what I live for. I love learning, too. No matter how much you know, there's always something else you don't.
45. I briefly experimented with marijuana back in high school, but I figured out rather quickly that all it did was make me stupid.
46. I sing. All the time. I sing in the shower. I sing along with the radio in my car. I sing when there's no one else home. I think I was meant to be a rock star.
47. I was born in Los Angeles, California. Perhaps that's where my love of big cities comes from -- it's in my blood.
48. Crustaceans scare the shit out of me.
49. There is something about hockey players that I dig. I did the math once, and 83% of the guys I've dated either were or had previously been hockey players. Sadly, none of them were professional, but a girl can't be too picky.
50. I work too much. I know this because I have dreams at night that I'm at work, and in the dream I feel as though I'm sleeping on the job, so I'll actually wake up and start wandering around my room before I realize that I'm an idiot. Sometimes I'll start talking in Spanish at the grocery store or something, because most of my patients speak only Spanish and I'm used to communicating in their language. Muy triste, no?
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