Sexuality Happens

100 Things About Me

Photo by Michael Barone

1. I’m in my 20s.
2. I like using 10 point words; all the time.
3. I have a black cat named Kinsey, a Toyger named Kali and a Maine Coon named Jasper. All three are rescues.
4. I treat them like they’re my kids.
5. I never want human kids.
6. My hair changes colors with my mood (when I’m not job hunting).
7. I currently have 5 tattoos and 7 piercings (I had 8, took one out). 4 of my ear holes are 6g.
8. I’m a Colorado native, born and bred.
9. My first word was “puter,” short for computer
10. I’ve worked for a feminist porn company.
11. I’ve worked for a variety of sex toy companies.
12. I’ve been a Hebrew school teacher.
13. I love the number 13; I don’t think it is unlucky at all.
14. My all time favorite number is 129, because it’s my birthday.
15. I am engaged to my partner Q. Wedding is October 2011
16. I work full time as a resident sexuality educator, and do sex coaching/relationship therapy on the side.
17. I was (and am still!) a theatre nerd in HS and college.
18. I worked for a theatrical costumer and make-up shop.
19. I’ve performed as Magenta in the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
20. I had the starring role (Bilbo) in The Hobbit.
21. I was hit on the bridge of my nose with a boomerang (in a synagogue chapel) when I was 3 years old, and got three stitches.
22. When I was 10, I caught my foot in an exercise bike, and nearly tore it in half.
23. I fell (while on crutches) in a hotel shower in New Mexico, and got a concussion.
24. At my second EVER baseball game (my class went), I was hit in the head with a foul ball.
25. I was the youngest in my HS graduating class (16).
26. I wasn’t the youngest in my college graduating class (20) by 3 months.
27. I had blue hair, and wore matching Bedtime Bear (Care Bear) PJ and slippers when I walked at my college graduation.
28. I was a National Merit Commended Student. And got a dictionary for such.
29. I’m Jewish. And Agnostic. 
30. I’ve had three knee surgeries. Waiting on 4 more. I identify as disabled or a person with disabilities.
31. I figure skated for 12 years (and competed and did well).
32. I rode Western (horses) for 5 years, and killed at poles and showmanship.
33. I danced tap, jazz and ballet for 12 years, and pointe for 2.
34. I used to teach swing dancing classes.
35. I’m allergic to pink. Hate it. Have 1 pink sex toy, and a purse with some pink on it, but only because it says “Fuck You.”
36. I have a coin purse that looks like a vulva.
37. I own a LoveSac with a fuzzy leopard print cover.
38. I lived in Germany for 6 months in college, and miss it.
39. I’m relatively fluent in German.
40. I can understand some Hebrew and Yiddish, but wish I knew more.
41. I have 9 living relatives.
42. 5 of those 9 live in Israel.
43. My senior prom dress cost me $6. I still have it.
44. I’m a Reverend from the Universal Life Church, and I can marry people (and have performed weddings).
45. I don’t like the movies Fight Club, The Big Lebowski or Napoleon Dynamite. Ergo, people think I have poor taste. I think they do.
46. I am more upset (usually) about animals dying than people.
47. I am messy, but never dirty.
48. I alphabetize my books by author’s last name, and title within multiple listings. And I section them out by genre as well.
49. I drink tea. Tons of it. Not coffee. I have an Excel spreadsheet for my tea.
50. I love to cook. Am learning to be a better baker.
51. I have a pasta machine, and like to make my own pasta, fresh.
52. My favorite alcoholic drink is a Grasshopper.
53. My favorite shot is a Buttery Nipple (or Sambuca, because you light it on fire!)
54. My favorite non-alcoholic drink is Oregon Chai, cold. Or pumpkin soymilk!
55. I don’t drink milk unless it is in Chai (or other tea). Ever. I do drink soymilk.
56. I’ve been a vegetarian for 19 years. Not kidding.
57. I dislike onions, scallions and raw tomatoes.
58. I really like cute underwear.
59. I hate the words “panties,” “undies” and “moist.”
60. Q makes me a better person as we tackle social justice issues together (QueerSpeak on twitter).
61. I have more books than anyone I know (other than professors and librarians).
62. I wear glasses. I can’t wear contacts, and am ok with that. Although I really wanted cat’s eye contacts when in college.
63. I love pumpkin ANYTHING; bread, smoothies, pancakes, soup, lattes, etc. Or just out of the can if I have to.
64. I dislike bananas, cherries, peaches and sweet apples. Weird, I know.
65. I cannot remember what it feels like to live without chronic pain.
66. In college, I played left wing for the Women’s Club Ice Hockey team.
67. I was the captain of Die Neurotische Schildkroeten (the neurotic turtles) Inner Tube Water-Polo team for 3 years.
68. I used to play roller derby. Then, I was a derby referee. Now, no more.
69. I am addicted to leopard print. And zebra print. A lot.
70. I don’t drink red wine, only white. Moscato D’Asti, Reislings and Gewurtztraimners are my favs.
71. I don’t like beer, except this one kind I had at a little restaurant on the Lueneburger Heide. Or a good Belgian Lambic.
72. I love dark chocolate.
73. My bachelor’s degree is in Sociology and German.
74. I had to write a full thesis (80 pages plus transcripts) to graduate undergrad.
75. My Master’s of Human Sexuality Education is from Widener University.
76. I’ve been to England, Poland, Germany, Mexico, Poland, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Austria, France, Sweden, the Cayman Islands, the Dominican Republic, St. Maarten and Jamaica, but I’ve never been to Canada.
77. I’ve swam with both dolphins and sting rays.
78. In 8th grade, I spent a week on a boat, tagging and tracking Orca whales.
79. I’m CPR, AED, first aid, and fire extinguisher certified (I kid you not).
80. I’m a published author, in multiple medias and genres.
81. I wore PJs to class almost every day my first year of college.
82. I am an art model.
83. I wish I never had to take pills. However, I take a minimum of 12 pills a day (including a vitamin) to prevent migraines, deal with pain and swelling in my knee, for allergies, etc. I feel like a walking pharmacy.
84. I had a deviated septum (from aforementioned boomerang incident), and had surgery to fix it.
85. I type 60+ WPM (without looking at the keyboard), yet I “hunt and peck” rather than using QWERTY style typing. 
86. My dad was a computer scientist (and geologist), and I had my first computer at age 5.
87. I can shoot a bow and arrow, a .22, a Henry rifle, a shotgun, and a tommy sub machine gun (and have done so).
88. I like to knit and sew, but a) don’t have my favorite machine here, b) don’t have anyone to make stuff for, and c) rarely have the time.
89. I try to rock the occasional 50’s/rockabilly style. I’m not very good at it, yet. Working on it.
90. My favorite scents are lilies of the valley, ginger, vanilla, jasmine, cherry blossoms, and most importantly, the smell of rain (real rain, not the bottled “rain scent”).
91. I enjoy flying, riding the train, driving, etc. Travel gives me joy.
92. When I become friends with someone, I will go out of my way to make their life as good as I can get it for them.
93. I have a list of about 10 cis boys that I’d definitely sleep with. Johnny Depp tops the list.
94. My favorite flowers are Sterling Roses (the purple ones), Black Calla Lillies, and Stargazer Lillies. I like black roses too, but they are near to impossible to find.
95. Q is the only person I’ve ever been able to imagine having a long term future with. Sometimes it scares me, but most of the time, it makes me feel loved, comforted and cared for.
96. Intelligence and wit turn me on more than almost anything, ever.
97. I sleep on the right side of the bed. Always.
98. I’m terrified of heights, spiders, and being alone forever.
99. I don’t smoke pot, or do any drugs, or really drink that much, or that often. I didn’t in college either (probably the only kid at my awesome hippie school that didn’t). I’m odd and (hopefully) fun enough sober; I make an fool of myself all on my own.
100. I’m like a shark; I always have to be moving, doing something, etc. I never want to stay still.