The 100 List
1. I was born in Canada's Centennial Year, 1967
2. I was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
(I love the look I get when I tell this to non-Canadians!)
3. I am technically an only child
4. I have three half-brothers, one step-brother and two step-sisters
5. I had a half-sister who died when I was seven
6. I consider myself as having one brother because we were raised in the same house
7. My brother has one son, my nephew, Danger
8. I have no children
9. I am not married
10. I am not opposed to either of these things, I just haven’t done them yet
11. My family has some very unusual names - Bracken, Silver, Verda, Willow, Honey, Danger
12. I consider myself lucky to have gotten the boring one
13. I collect unusual names of others in my head to compare them to my family
14. I have a
huge extended family
15. I don't stay in touch with most of them, mostly because there are too many but some because I don't want to
16. I have lived in Vancouver for 15 years and I am not fond of it because I am a small town girl at heart
17. I taught Kindergarten/Grade 1 in Arctic Canada for a year
18. I took a biology class in the jungles of Costa Rica one summer
19. I used to be a corporate accountant in Downtown Vancouver
20. I believe in God but not in a traditional way
21. I'm not thrilled with organized religion
22. I like to study the history of the church as a social/power institution
23. I hope to be able to do graduate work in this area
24. I already have two bachelor degrees (Science and Education)
25. I’d like to be an academic
26. I haven’t figured out how to finance this yet
27. I went to business college in 1985 for one year to get a secretarial certificate
28. I completed three levels of a five-level accounting designation program before I became a teacher
29. I graduated from high school in 1984
30. Our yearbook theme for senior year was based on George Orwell's novel, 1984
31. I have travelled extensively
32. Sometimes I think I would like to do more travelling
33. Other times I think I'd like to stay home
34. I love to garden
35. I dislike living in apartments
36. I want to own my own house one day soon
37. I have one dog, Reuben, and one cat, Sara
38. I would like to have more of both but not until I get a house
39. I have always had pets
40. I was given a kitten on the day I was born
41. Her name was Chicken Heart (see #12)
42. My mother was 17 when I was born so it’s sometimes hard to figure out which one is the parent
43. My mother has five university degrees so far and planning her next one
44. I get my school addiction from my mother
45. My mother and her sisters taught me how to knit, crochet, sew, craft in general
46. All of my great grandparents (save one) were alive when I was born
47. Only one grandmother and one grandfather are still alive
48. I have had extra grandparents most of my life (see #4)
49. I have one adopted grandmother who lives in England and I love to visit
50. I was the first grandchild and the first great grandchild in my family
51. I am older than my nearest cousin by 5 years
52. I have an aunt who is 2 years younger than me
53. I am the oldest daughter of the oldest daughter of the oldest daughter on my mother’s side
54. I come from a long line of very strong, very stubborn women
55. We have a lot of family legends, most of which are grossly exaggerated
56. My family is almost entirely of Irish/Scottish descent
57. Most of the women in my family are (or were) redheads
58. I have never been a redhead
59. I had one Norwegian Great Grandmother
60. I’d like to see her hometown of Oslo one day
61. I have been to Ireland
62. I have mixed feelings about my trip to Ireland
63. I'm hoping to move back to my home province, Saskatchewan.
64. I have liberal ideals based on small town values
65. These can be difficult to reconcile at times
66. I have always been very sensitive and my feelings get hurt easily
67. I have developed a “tough, invincible woman” persona to help me deal with this but it doesn’t work all that well anymore
68. I can be tactless sometimes, but never do it intentionally
69. I love learning new things
70. I did a science degree because I thought it would be a challenge – it was
71. I wish I’d done a history degree first
72. I suck at romantic relationships (see #9 above)
73. No one in my family stays married
74. It’s still too early to tell if this will apply in my generation
75. I never want to be divorced (This may be why #9 is true.)
76. I am an idealist and optimist in most things
77. This makes disappointment unavoidable
78. I have to work at being an idealist and an optimist some days
79. I am very attached to being thought intelligent
80. I have airhead moments
81. I’ve learned to enjoy them and laugh at myself
82. I would like to be wise one day
83. I am an organization goddess
84. Friends ask me to pack their stuff for them when they move
85. This is easier than carrying the boxes to the car
86. I am a book junkie
87. I have hundreds of books in my house
88. My friends don’t like it when I move
89. I am very susceptible to shiny, glowy boxes
90. I try to resist television and computer games because of it
91. I
hate reality tv shows
92. I love CBC radio and television
93. I love being from the prairies
94. I am
very proud to be Canadian
95. I would like to explore more of my own country
96. I miss the politics of my childhood that shaped my idea of what being Canadian means to me
97. I would like to do more to help others
98. I want to be more politically involved
99. I fall in love easily and out of love very hard
100. I love to fall in love despite #99
And that is all I have to say about that. Thanks for reading, M
