About This & That

1. I'm pretty lazy *
2. I am sometimes selfish and sometimes too generous
3. I am the most stubborn person you’ll ever find
4. I daydream a lot and cannot help it
5. I am a helpless optimist
6. I am too naive
7. I am a good daughter
8. I can't live without a watch, unless my watch doesn’t match my outfit
9. I don't like people who burp out loud, but if they’re my friends, I guess I have to live with it
10. I do stupid things like staring at myself in the mirror, push my belly out and see how fat I’m growing
11. I can't stand people who complain all the time
12. I can’t stand in line for more than 15 minutes
13. I can’t stand snobby people
14. I’m the luckiest girl in the world because I have the best guy on earth as my husband
15. I like the smell of gasoline, a good cup of coffee and fresh cut grass
16. I like waking up very late in my days-off
17. I sometimes think of people older than me getting older and older and dying and just the thought always brings me to tears
18. I’ve made some mistakes that I regret, but I can not change them so what the heck
19. I’ve let some people down and I’m sorry, but even if you don't believe me, I didn't mean to
20. I love hugs, kisses and cuddling, although as you can see, Penny doesn’t really enjoy it
21. I love my family; my mom is my best friend, my guide and my confidant
22. I love the fact that I'm always happy and smiling
23. I love people that make me smile... which is not hard
24. I love and enjoy married life and often think that I was born for it
25. I love shoes (all kinds of shoes, especially high heels) and purses
26. I love when something good happens to someone I care about
27. I love learning new things (I’m a fast self-motivated learner)
28. I love meeting new people
29. I love my belly piercing
30. I love reading (lately I’ve been reading lots of blogs)
31. I love finding money in any of my jackets or jeans that I haven’t worn in a long time
32. I love writing; out-of-the-blue writing is the best
33. I love warm clothes fresh out of the dryer (in the winter, of course)
34. I love all kinds of dogs, especially my clumsy, smart little runner, Penny
35. I love star-watching during clear nights
36. I love the ocean and the warm sand between my toes
37. I love the sun and the snow (this latter one just on the slopes, not on my car at 7am)
38. I love waking up and realizing I have a day off :-)
39. I LOVE getting mail!!
40. I love hearing a good song I haven't heard in a long time
41. I’d like to get a tattoo, but it's forever and I’m not sure if forever sounds so good
42. I hate the fact that I can't cook... at all, and I don’t even want to try to learn
43. I hate Geico commercials!
44. I hate hurting someone's feelings
45. I hate having my family so far away
46. I hate that every single food I love has so many calories
47. I hate not being able to express all my thoughts and feelings... just because English is not my first language, although my English is very good (and fluent, but still… so many things to learn...)
48. I hate not to be able to keep a diet for more than a month week
49. I hate being hurt by someone I love and trust
50. I hate violence
51. I hate when I get sick because then I get homesick too
52. I hate realizing I forgot something in my place and I already locked my door (like my car keys)
53. I hate when somebody in my family gets sick and I can do nothing for them
54. I hate the fact that life’s so easy here and in some other countries like mine people have to work so hard to get in a month what we get in 3 or 4 days… but I guess that makes me appreciate my luck of being here
55. I hate when people can’t believe that my real name is Melissa, not an English translation of 'my real Spanish name'
56. I hate when I can't remember what I was about to say
57. I hate losing my internet connection in the middle of something
58. I hate dealing with stupid people
59. I can’t help worrying, obsessing and getting anxious about something I want to happen so bad
60. I hate being hot during summer
61. I hate I could never learn how to play a guitar because my hands are too small and I can’t reach all the cords
62. I hate packing and moving
63. I hate that I roll my eyes too often
64. I sew hems and other stuff, and J crochets
65. My favorite season is fall
66. I’m a big sucker for romantic comedies
67. I’m a packrat, although J is helping me with that little detail
68. I’ve never been a bridesmaid or a maid of honor, the farthest I’ve gotten to in a wedding is a flower girl. That's of course without counting the bride position. Twice.
69. I’m an angry driver and I would LOVE to honk at every idiot on the road
70. I enjoy people-watching
71. I believe in destiny
72. I have never had any kind of surgery
73. I love J’s profile and secretly hope that our kids get that from him
74. I can’t stand the noise of kids playing loudly
75. If I see bubble wrap laying around, that’s it, I have to pop them all
76. I don’t know what I would be without push-up bras
77. I always do to-do-lists so I can cross things off
78. My favorite movies are Love Actually, Click, 13 going on 30 and all Indiana Jones movies, except for the last one on which the producers didn’t even do a little research about city locations in Peru (so wrong)
79. I love browsing bookstores and buying stationary
80. Shopping is my life
81. Internet is my life
82. I’ve always had this thing that when I see something misspelled my eyes start to ‘hurt’ (it’s starting to work in English now)
83. I’m a big fan of some bloggers out there
84. I have this pact with J that if I see my big first platonic love (Andy from Menudo) (I know, please don’t make fun of me) I can kiss him and if he ever runs into Penelope Cruz he may do the same
85. I HATE HATE when people drive too slow in front of you
86. I also hate when people pass me when driving, I always try to speed up so they can’t go (what is wrong with me?)
87. I’m not very tall (at least not compared to J, or actually compared to everyone, pretty much)
88. I have a good eye for fashion and decoration
89. I always start a fight (unconsciously) when J drives ‘off’ the lane’s lines
90. I’m helplessly devoted to watching ‘Friends’ religiously at 6pm everyday
91. I try really hard to lose my Spanish accent when speaking English, but it just won’t go away, dammit!
92. I hate driving, in general
93. I’m definitely not a morning person
94. This entry is from J: ‘You snore a little bit every once in a while’ HOWEVER I’m 150% sure it wasn’t me
95. I try my best to stay connected to my family although sometimes it’s really hard
96. I’m a very demanding person
97. I hope to have a baby soon
98. I’m a big whiner
99. I’m very forgiving but I don’t forget certain things
100. I’m J’s favorite person, or so says he.

He’s my favorite person, too.
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Update: I had to edit #1, I'm super lazy.

I don't know how I could have left that out...