What Liz Said

The last time I posted my set of 100 “trufax” was last year, and it’s amazing how a lot of things have already changed. I swore off blondes in #47, and now here I am, engaged to one. Obviously some things need updating.

1. Many are in love with the romantic Carrie Bradshaw/Sex and the City notion of New York City. I, however, prefer the Woody Allen version of New York with Gershwin, Big Band, 80s/90s style, classical music, and a touch of down to earth craziness.
2. Speaking of classical music, I am an opera geek through and through. Thanks, mom.
3. I am an amazonian six feet tall. My pediatrician swore up and down I would round out at about five-foot-five. The man peddles Robitussin, lollipops, and lies.
4. I love Sangria. If i could drink it all the time, I would. Other than a great beer, or a nice scotch on the rocks, it’s my favorite. Sometimes it ranks higher than those two.
5. I have an abnormally short tongue. Not that I want one, but it would be physically impossible for me to get my tongue pierced.
6. This is not something I’m a big fan of sharing, but I am partially deaf in my left ear. So don’t get pissy if I ask you to repeat things, heh.
7. I have a Scottish Terrier named Horatio who thinks I’m edible. Scotties have been my dream dog since I was little.
8. I cannot read music. I cannot play any instruments. For all intents and purposes, I’m a music moron.
9. I’m a nerd. I know things like Han Solo shot first.
10. I’ve never been a fan of the pretty boy. Brad Pitts of the world, be damned. I’ll take a Thomas Haden Church or a Val Kilmer any day of the week. And I was into Robert Downey Jr. before it was cool.
11. I have been to three Hanson concerts. I cannot tell a lie. Do not judge me. One of those times there was a bar at the venue by the stage.
12. While I love modern pop music like everyone else, I still want a record collection filled with the likes of Henry Mancini and George Gershwin. It’s cinematic in sound and all around fab.
13. I have never dyed my hair. Ever.
14. I had a bad car accident in high school that damaged my knee more than I thought, so I’m now a little larger than I’d like. It’s a work in progress, as always.
15. I got into every college I applied to, some with scholarships, and yet I still have no degree.
16. I LOVE lima beans. I don’t know why people don’t like them. They’re so inoffensive.
17. My favorite color is brown and shades of clay brown. Call me boring, but it’s the truth.
18. My favorite musical is A Chorus Line.
19. In the past year I’ve moved five times and lived in four states. I’ll be moving again next year, too. If you expand the span of time to three years, I’ve lived in six states.
20. I know every line of dialogue and bar of music from the movie Jurassic Park. It’s impressive and also irritating.
21. I love the Redskins so much that I might go to hell for worshiping a false idol.
22. Lupe Fiasco’s “Daydream” is my ringtone and ringback on my cell phone.
23. Bands like Fall Out Boy and My Chemical Romance make me nuts.
24. I have Attention Deficit Disorder, but most people wouldn’t have even guessed.
25. I have never seen my parents in the same room. Ever. Or at least no times that I can recall. They have not been together as a couple since before I turned two years old. I can’t even imagine them together.
26. I have four tattoos. One to two of those will be removed over the next two years.
27. I have one ear that’s higher than the other, so I have to have glasses specially fitted to my face.
28. I was once homeless for five months.
29. I have never been to Disneyland or Disneyworld.
30. I love Agatha Christie and Christopher Buckley (Thank You for Smoking). They’re my favorite authors.
31. I do not like ketchup or any tomato sauces, as a rule. Although some have dared to impress and have faired well.
32. I also do not have a good relationship with licorice.
33. I love the TV show Reba. I don’t know why, but I get sucked in and laugh my ass off.
34. I took part in the first Super Bowl riots in Boston when the Patriots won the big game in 2002, even though I was a bitter Redskins fan.
35. I was also in the riots for when the Red Sox won their World Series title in 2004. I came home smelling like champagne and looking like a drowned cat.
36. As much as a posture about my relationship with my father, I do miss him a lot.
37. Also, I look just like him.
38. I have freckles. They make me nuts, especially in the summer when they become more prominent.
39. I am Scottish and Italian.
40. I hate trying clothing on in stores, so it’s rare that I do. Luckily I’m great at picking out the right sizes.
41. I love Lifetime movies. They’re a guilty pleasure.
42. I also love made for TV disaster movies. I mean, where else can you see Luke Perry as an astrophysicist? I kid you not.
43. I once directed a Noel Coward play. You don’t know who he is, you’re missing out.
44. I have abnormally small hands and feet for my height.
45. I have been blogging since I was a senior in high school, living in Great Falls, Virginia. I was such a spoiled brat, heh.
46. Speaking of high school, I was big into theater there.
47. I read trash magazines like Us Weekly. In fact, when I lived in Florida, on my paydays I would go to Target, pick up a new shirt, a soda, and a trashy rag and read it in their little cafe.
48. Also, I hated living in South Florida. I couldn’t get away fast enough. Concrete and palm trees as far as the eye could see. Great for a vacation, but not forever.
49. The holidays are my favorite time of year. Yes, I’m that annoying person who throws parties and enjoys the Christmas rush. Sorry.
50. I’m marrying someone I’ve actually known since I was 19 years old.
51. I’m terrified of water where I can’t see the bottom, but I hide that pretty well and go in anyway.
52. I love terrible television like The Hills, America’s Next Top Model, and The Real World. I don’t know why. Against my better judgment I get sucked in every single time.
53. LOST is also an obsession.
54. I love hamsters.
55. I cannot walk in a pair of heels to save my life. I used to be able to in high school. Somewhere along the line that amount of coordination disappeared.
56. I bite my nails.
57. Along that line I can be pretty damned neurotic about completely stupid things.
58. I love dive bars and sports bars. I love going out and dancing, but I’m much more of a conversation over drinks type.
59. I was supposed to be born on my mother’s birthday (October 19th), but thankfully I was a week late.
60. While I love quality movies, I get down with movies like Beerfest on a regular basis. I’m not ashamed.
61. I do not like chocolate.
62. I LOVE Vanilla, however. When my best friend got married, and I went to Indianapolis for the wedding (Maid of Honor, for rilz!) she introduced me to the greatest thing on Earth. It’s a hot drink called “Hot White Wonder”. It’s a Hot Chocolate for Vanilla people, if you can imagine that kind of godlike work. It was so good.
63. I’m fascinated with Ancient Egypt, WWII, and the Civil War.
64. I enjoyed English/History more than Math/Science, and yet did better in the latter in school.
65. I have a girl crush on Eva Green. Look her up.
66. I can also quote all the lines from Drop Dead Gorgeous.
67. I really really loved The Great Gatsby, and then I became infatuated with the movie… and Sam Waterston.
68. …following that, I’m a Law & Order junkie.
69. Actually, in general, I have yet to meet a criminal procedural I didn’t like.
70. One of my favorite movies is Closer.
71. I once sat in the third row in New York City for the musical 1776. One of my favorite theater moments ever.
72. Also up there would be seeing Gary Sinise in One Flew Over the Cukoo’s Nest in New York City. He’s underrated.
73. Who’s a Diet Coke junkie? That would be me.
74. I love cooking and need to learn more.
75. I’m an amateur photographer.
76. Since I’m now engaged to someone blonde, that means I’ve only really ever dated blondes. Aside from one guy, but I don’t really count him.
77. I think Carrie Bradshaw is annoying and doesn’t really take responsibility for everything, even if she does present some wisdom from time to time.
78. I really love Frasier.
79. I talk with my hands.
80. My nickname growing up was “pumpkin” because I was born near Halloween.
81. I don’t like tomato sauce on things.
82. People sometimes get the impression that I don’t like them. It’s common, and I cannot figure out why!
83. Unhealthy obsession with A Muppet Christmas Carol. I know all the songs. Once again, I ask that you keep your judgment to yourself.
84. In high school, I went by Beth. This confuses people who have known me as Liz my whole life. And people from high school don’t get the whole “Liz” thing.
85. I am an only child. Both of my parents are only children.
86. I lived in the DC area for 19 years, and not once did I ever see the Lincoln Memorial statue. No lie. Not even from a distance.
87. Most of my clothing comes from Target or Old Navy.
88. My car is a glorified street paperweight. It died not long after I finally moved home to the DC area. My mom jokes that I only got that car so I could eventually move back home, like it was fated, and it died so I couldn’t leave again.
89. I’m right handed when I write.
90. But I do a lot of things with my left hand as the dominant.
91. Mr. Rogers was my favorite show when I was a baby, apparently.
92. I also took apart my crib three times, then my child gates, and my high chair.
93. I love making mix cds.
94. There was a period of time in high school where about 50% of the student body knew me as “The Girl with the Orange Backpack,” because apparently this was a time where people were rather conservative in their book-carriers of choice. Except for me. It was bright and beautiful.
95. I never learned how to parallel park. The couple of times I’ve had to do so have been frightening experiences.
96. I don’t like the color purple. It is useless and it displeases me.
97. I hate haircuts. I get them maybe two or three times a year. I’m not scared of them. I just think they’re stupid. Ironically the thing I get compliments on the most is my hair.
98. I cannot get behind Grey’s Anatomy. Meredith Grey makes me insane with her moronic actions.
99. I really do enjoy country music.
100. I’m a lotions, perfumes, smelly things junkie.

Hopefully I won’t have to redo this thing for a long while. I hope you enjoyed it.