100 Things About Me

1. I’m an only child
2. My family is from England, Ireland and the Ukraine
3. I have seen the movie Heathers approximately 41 times
4. I wear size 9 shoes
5. I am obsessive compulsive when it comes to making lists
6. I have a list of lists
7. My favourite colours are blue and green
8. I once took a VCR apart to get out a U2 concert video that the VCR ate
9. I broke the VCR and threw it down a garbage chute
10. The best sandwich I ever had was in London, England
11. The worst sandwich I ever had was in Quebec City
12. The best pizza I ever had was in Venice, Italy
13. I hate Walt Disney World in Florida
14. I’m afraid of earwigs
15. I spent 3 summers working in a cemetery
15. I broke my U2 iPod within 2 months of owning it and got a free replacement
17. I prefer Batman movies to Star Wars
18. I once touched a Manta Ray at Sea World
19. I have a stamp collection, the pride of which is a set of Hitler stamps
20. My favourite movie is Moulin Rouge
21. I don’t like Canadian cinema in general
22. I don’t read the National Post on principle
23. I hate Donald Trump
24. I hate Tom Cruise
25. I have never seen the ending to the Miracle of Life video because I always got kicked out of the classroom around “birthing time”
26. Dan and Miranda are my oldest friends
27. My last fist fight happened on a bus in grade 9, returning from Quebec City (see #11)
28. I don’t like flying
29. My favourite movie prop is the Abe Lincoln lamp in the original Manchurian Candidate
30. I once won 1st prize in my grade for best Halloween costume the year I went as Catwoman in grade 5
31. The first concert I saw was Elton John and Billy Joel
32. I refuse to call the Skydome the Rogers Centre
33. I was once bit by a grey llama named Tony
34. I have a grey cat named Tony
35. I have a fish named Jean-Luc Brossard (now missing and presumed dead)
36. I kick ass at Scatergories
37. I once won a recipe guide from the National Pork Council called "You Go Grill!"
38. I can't throw away old calendars
39. I have 32 pairs of shoes in my closet and more at my parent’s house
40. No, I don’t think your baby is cute
41. I once had a nap in a mausoleum
42. I am a night person
43. I like monkeys
44. I don’t like chocolate
45. My favourite bars are Zaphod’s and Lee’s Palace
46. I got accepted to Brock University and said no (obviously)
47. I once threw up in West Virginia
48. I hate French toast
49. I’ve never been skiing
50. I would like to own a goat
51. I have 11 VHS tapes full of music videos from 1997-2000
52. When I was little, I thought there were scary puppet wolves under my bed like the one in The Never Ending Story
53. I hate camping
54. I like to make up slang and proliferate it among my peers
55. I love all things Irish. Especially their men
56. I believe I’m more likely to meet a ghost than an alien
57. I have 7 piercings
58. I miss my 1989 Hyundai Excel
59. I have played the alto recorder, the clarinet, the guitar, the harmonica, the triangle, and the sticks.
60. I have my dad’s sense of humour
61. I have a minor in Art History
62. I love "The Simpson’s" Treehouse of Horror Halloween episodes
63. I like lamps
64. I love having celebrity crushes
65. My former childhood crushed include Mark Paul Gosselaar from "Saved by the Bell," Jonathan Taylor Thomas from "Home Improvement," and Christian Slater whom you might recognize from numerous mug shots
66. I job shadowed Keifer Sutherland’s twin sister Rachel in highschool
67. I love carbs and starch
68. My favourite stores are H&M and HMV
69. I collect watches and postcards
70. The first time I went to the Vatican, it was closed. On a Sunday.
71. I prefer Adam Clayton over The Edge and Larry Mullen Jr.
72. My favourite tree is the willow
73. My favourite Val Kilmer movie is Willow
74. I hate Friends
75. I tend to go overboard
76. I can do tap, jazz, and ballet
77. I used to take gymnastics as a child
78. I’ve never touched a puppy
79. My favourite cocktail is a Pina Colada, my favourite mixed drink is a rum and coke, and my favourite beer is Alexander Keith’s.
80. I’ve never had a broken bone
81. I hold grudges
82. Will work for DVDs
83. I collect celebrity autographs. I have over 300.
84. I’ve never seen an entire James Bond movie
85. I don’t know my times tables
86. I’m good at making excuses
87. I love St. Patrick’s Day
88. I like to cook but am usually too lazy to do so
89. I’ve had a subscription to Entertainment Weekly since February 1997
90. I only buy Rolling Stone for the pictures
91. I hate The Royal Tenenbaums
92. Banquet by Bloc Party will always get me dancing
93. My all time favourite song lyric is: “I don’t need to hear you say, that if we weren’t so alike, you’d like me a whole lot more.” – Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own, U2
94. I cry during The Incredible Journey
95. I love buying things off of eBay
96. The most recurring comment on my elementary school report cards: “Rachel needs to keep her opinions to herself”
97. My all time favourite teacher: Mr. Fred Bilanzola, grade 12-13
98. My all time most hated teacher: Mr. Ernie Atalick, grade 8
99. Favourite university course: 3rd year Film Music
100. Pet peeves: poor spelling and grammar