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1. I am 5’9″ tall.
2. Other people who are 5’9″ tall are Julia Roberts, Robert Redford, Diane Sawyer, and reportedly, Johnny Depp.
3. I am glad Johnny Depp is at least as tall as I am because I refused to date someone shorter than me.
4. Yes, I am fairly sure that if Johnny Depp met me, he’d fall in love.
5. My husband knows about this and is OK with it because, “That’s not going to happen.”
6. We’ll see.
7. Speaking of seeing, I wear glasses.
8. I tried wearing contacts, but I could always tell they were in my eyes.
9. I don’t think that’s how they are supposed to work.
10. I live in Christiansburg, Virginia.
11. Other places I’ve lived include Oshkosh, Wisconsin; Chanhassen, Minnesota; Maple Grove, Minnesota; St. Anthony, Minnesota; and Crystal, Minnesota.
12. The closest I’ve lived to downtown Minneapolis is 5 miles.
13. The farthest I’ve lived from downtown Minneapolis is 1,102 miles.
14. I am not a city girl.
15. I have specific criteria to define “city”.
16. Cities need to have stop-and-go traffic at least twice a day, buildings that stand over 15 stories tall, and at least two sushi restaurants.
17. I don’t eat sushi because I am a vegetarian.
18. I’ve been a vegetarian since 2004.
19. My dad considers my vegetarianism his one great failure as a parent.
20. Luckily, as failures go, that one isn’t too bad.
21. I don’t have any kids.
22. I don’t want any kids.
23. I might be mildly allergic to kids.
24. I am definitely allergic to childbirth.
25. I have two dogs.
26. They are Chihuahuas.
27. No, seriously, Chihuahuas are nice dogs. They are friendly and fun.
28. One of them is even trained to visit nursing homes.
29. Speaking of homes, I’ve owned three.
30. I still own one in Oshkosh.
31. It’s for sale.
32. You should buy it.
33. I was born in July.
34. Which means my parents really liked Columbus Day.
35. That’s gross.
36. I don’t really enjoy movies.
37. I like TV on DVD though.
38. My favorite shows are Mad Men, True Blood and Arrested Development.
39. My dog Maeby is named after a character in Arrested Development.
40. We’re back on the dogs now?
41. I work at Radford University.
42. It’s the third university I have worked for.
43. I’ve also worked for the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and Northwestern Health Sciences University.
44. Northwestern Health Sciences University is not connected in any way to THAT Northwestern.
45. It’s in Bloomington, Minnesota.
46. I fought traffic to get there from Chanhassen.
47. That’s why I moved away from the city.
48. I love wine.
49. My favorite is Kung Fu Girl Riesling
50. You shouldn’t take that to mean that I know any martial arts.
51. I did take up boxing once.
52. My husband said I had to quit because I kept punching him in the shoulder.
53. My husband is my best friend and my favorite person.
54. Despite the fact that he only lets me have a maximum of two dogs.
55. That’s probably for the best.
56. Yes, we’re back on dogs.
57. I am not a cat person.
58. I enjoy the outdoors.
59. Except in the winter.
60. I’ve had severe frostbite twice.
61. See also: why I moved away from the Midwest.
62. I enjoy music by Feist, Cat Power, 88mm and Snow Patrol.
63. My husband says I only like depressing music.
64. He might be kind of right.
65. My name is Jaime and I was born in the 1970s, but I was not named after the Bionic woman.
66. I was actually named after my dad.
67. It doesn’t matter because my name still lets people easily figure out how old I am.
68. But I still get carded.
69. At the movies.
70. I am not complaining.
71. I dye my hair: sometimes red, sometimes dark brown.
72. My natural color is dark blond. That’s boring.
73. No offense to others with dark blond hair. I am sure it’s very pretty.
74. I am a graduate of the University of Minnesota.
75. It was my first-choice school.
76. Actually, it was the only school I applied to.
77. Now I’m in graduate school at West Virginia University.
78. I’m getting a master’s degree in integrated marketing communications.
79. Five years ago I didn’t know what that was, either.
80. Go Mountaineers!
81. You’re still reading this?
82. I drink coffee in the morning and tea in the afternoon.
83. My favorite coffee is Dunkin Donuts.
84. I use creamer.
85. I only drink loose leaf tea.
86. I am such a snob.
87. My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving.
88. My husband makes an awesome feast.
89. And we get to go shopping the next day.
90. I eat a lot of pizza.
91. There are many wines that go well with pizza.
92. Including Kung Fu Girl Riesling.
93. I don’t drink a lot of hard liquor but I like Malibu and hot chocolate.
94. Obviously, I don’t drink that very often in the summer.
95. I have written about the alcohol I like twice now.
96. I am not an alcoholic.
97. See also: why I moved away from Wisconsin.
98. I’m not kidding about Wisconsin.
99. I do miss my friends from there.
100. Oh, shoot. I’m out of numbers.