- I used to have braces-- in fact, I had them for 2 1/2 years towards
the end of college and the first year out, and just got them off in July
of 2000. (wahoo!) I had them in middle school as well...ugh.
- My friends used to call me "Typhoid Mary," because I tend to
get other people deathly ill, but only get a comparatively "wee" cough
myself. They tend to be a bit bitter about this, since I'd walk around
complaining of a sniffle and they'd be bedridden. (grin)
- I am (as of early 1998) exceedingly interested in Architecture (and
urban planning), especially turn-of-the-century or modern architecture. I
think it would be fascinating to be an architect, but this will most
likely remain a hobby, rather than a fulfilled vocation, although I
would like to learn a lot more about urban planning and the structures
around us.
- I'm against capital punishment: in fact, I wrote my
last/major high school paper senior year on the death penalty, which you
can read here. Hopefully I'll be able
to perform some significant revisions at some point.
- I always wanted to be a Supreme Court Justice– I don't want to
do so now, but it's a neat dream. I think the desire came from various
influences– my father was a lawyer, so I had the law interest down; I
adored my AP Government class from my senior year of high school, and
ever since that class I've been against the death penalty, so I wanted to be on the
Supreme Court to help overturn its current legality.
- I used to take horseback-riding lessons, back in 5th or 6th grade.
I didn't (officially) get beyond cantering, and we did a few
jumps– it was a lot of fun at the time (but I've never had an
obsession with the equestrian life). I took two one-hour lessons again in
March of 1999, waaayyy too many years after I had stopped– it was a
lot of fun, but boy, was I sore afterwards.
- I used to play tennis (6 days a week, one trimester each) during my
freshman and sophomore years of high school at Wooster School. It was a
junior varsity team by default, since we only had enough students for one
team, but we worked hard and had a lot of fun. I played anything from
third or forth doubles my freshman year at the worst to second singles or
first or second doubles my sophomore year. When I moved to Virginia I
joined my new high school's gymnastics team, and ended up competing a bit
in vault, although my favorite was bars. I wasn't the best gymnast, but
I had a lot of fun and our mascot, Kermit the Frog, only made it better
*smile*. Since high school I've been incredibly lazy in regards to
sports, except for whatever I was required to do at Bryn Mawr to fulfill
my eight credit P.E. requirement.
- I have a tongue ring: I've had it since late July,
1998. It's a long story ;). If you look hard enough, you can find a
picture of Dave Stigant and I the day after we got our tongues pierced..if
you look hard enough. Happy hunting!
- Random little side hobbies: occasionally the urge strikes me
to make Pysanky (Ukrainian easter eggs). These are incredibly beautiful
and intricately decorated eggs. I'd say they probably take about 8-12
hours per egg to decorate, and are then shellacked (similar to what
Germans sometimes do to pretzels ;)). One draws on the egg with wax and
then puts it in dye, then covering the next designed section of the egg
with wax so that color dye stays; it's then dipped in the next color, more
wax is added, and so on. When you're finished, and have gone through
yellow, orange, green, blue, red, and black, you careful melt off the wax,
and voila– a beautiful egg. (Trust me.)
- I also enjoy working with/arranging dried flowers. I haven't done
much with them lately, but I've been collecting dried flowers since
early-mid high school. About half of my collection is still at my
parent's house; naturally, I keep the better half (mostly roses and
eucalyptus).
- I know how to walk on stilts. The kind you hold onto while
standing on foot blocks, not the ones clowns use. My father made a pair
for my sister and I to play with when we lived in Germany; it's a blast
:).
- When I lived in Germany, I took violin lessons for a while. I have
horrible tendency to procrastinate and a complete lack of willpower, so
after a while that went by the wayside. I took piano lessons for a bit
both before and after we lived in germany ('84-'87) but both attempts had
similar fates. I ended up ditched the attempt to play a musical
instrument (I was never very interested in it), and ended up singing instead. Definitely a passion of
mine (now, and ever since elementary school), and the instrument is *much*
more portable.
- I was a Girl Scout for a full *ten years.* Through my sophomore year
of high school, if I remember correctly. It was actually a lot of fun
when I was younger, but a major drag towards the end. *shrug*
- Nicknames: (Just because they exist doesn't mean you can call
me them.) An (On), Aneck (Uh-neck), Annekin (Ann-uh-kin) Skywalker,
Annequoi (Ann-E-qwah), Nymph-girl, Red, Little One.
- Pet peeves: 1) e-mailed chain mail 2) forwards (when the sender
never sends real email) 3) practical jokes 4) improper grammar or
excessive misspellings (not that I don't have some as well) 5)
tacky, hard-to-read web pages 6) people who don't signal while driving
7) people who drive on the shoulder to cut into line up ahead 8)
manipulative people/actions 9) customers who are rude to employees
just because they can 10) people who talk about money too much-- how much
they have, how to get more, or how much this or that cost them, and 11)
people with cluttered computer desktops (too many icons).
- Things that will make me lose respect for you: Making
jokes or derogatory comments based on race, ethnicity or
sexual orientation; saying things to be purposely hurtful to others.
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