100 Things...

One thing that bugs me about finding a new blog is researching who the hell the person is. Now, I hardly have enough readers to be too concerned, but since talking about myself has always been a favorite past-time, here is another attempt at a '100 Things About Me' list... Ice cream cones for those who can get through it....

1. Born in Baltimore, Maryland
2. favorite food is blue crabs
3. least favorite food is eggplant
4. 'Tay Hota' (my blog name only) is what my college spanish professor called me...
5. Taught high school for 8 years
6. have known my best friend for almost ten years (is that right?)
7. Still with public education in a 'different' capacity (no, not janitor, yet...)
8. rock drummer
9. just switched back from a 5 piece rock set-up to a 4 piece jazz rig... Love it...
10. my dog is a boxer
11. he was rescued from some folks in Georgia using him to train pitbull
12. I try to not believe in a hell
13. member of a Unitarian universalist church
14. I believe the bible is flawed by human interpretation
15. it makes me nervous to type that
16. believe in God, but do not consider myself a Christian
17. have been in a relationship with a man for 7.5 years (I think, but am losing count)
18. favorite comedic movie is Anchorman
19. favorite romantic movie is Breakfast at Tiffany's
20. favorite horror movie is The Shining
21. favorite gay/ lesbian movie is Latter Days
22. favorite action movie is True Romance
23. favorite musical is Cabaret
24. favorite classic is Funny Girl
25. favorite drama movie is Billy Elliot
26. favorite series is Six Feet Under
27. best movie I've seen recently was 'Everything Is Illuminated.'
28. guilty pleasure movie is Goonies
29. first realized I liked boys in 4th grade (his name was Bruce... he smelled so nice...)
30. first kiss in 6th grade.. Rachel? dunno...
31. first, ummm, well... 15 Melody
32. first boy kiss at 18ish... Joe
33. fascination with multiples of three... Especially those that can be added together to equal three or nine... (3,9,12, 18, 21, 27... not 33...)
34. don't like the number 6
35. my favorite beer is Newcastle
36. my favorite liquor is whiskey
37. favorite drink is a Manhattan
38. best trip was to Manhattan
39. Malta was best trip as well...
40. was a smoker for 15+ years
41. am now a non-smoker
42. boxers, not briefs
43. work out 4x week
44. favorite exercise is running
45. least favorite, so far, is spin class.... shit
46. leg press 320# (plus the sled...)
47. am about 75% Irish
48. about 20% German... bits of English (don't get no whiter than me...)
49. first celebrity crush was Corey Haim... (non celebrity was Corky Spinnanger...)
50. am only white male in my first grade picture
51. passionate about working with inner city students
52. very low tolerance for whiney middle/ upper class kids
53. grew up as an upper middle class kid
54. straight edge skinhead throughout high school
55. because I loved punk rock
56. and because I loved boys with shaved heads.
57. still do.
58. don't use drugs, anymore
59. preferred speed to pot
60. Capricorn (pragmatic, rule oriented, control, reserved, careful, practical, faithful, kindness and affection overpowered by shyness, committed to a fault, insecure about their abilities, (see 'poorly trained monkey'))
61. trying desperately to get to Germany to see a friend i miss very much
62. zeppelin over the who... but not by much
63. beatles over the stones... but could change at any time...
64. Bette over Barbara...
65. sex pistols over the clash over the ramones... (whew, I should be shot for that...)
66. minor threat trumps em all
67. Madonna over Cher...
68. Tupac over B.I.G....
69. current band Wilco
70. guilty pleasure band: motley crue
71. greens are my favorite colors
72. least favorite part of my body: tied b/w chin and stomach... hmmm, and butt...
73. butt is fav part of guys body...
74. I think girl butts are strange
75. I think I have a girly butt (aka 'Irish butt')
76. dream house is a 20's/ 30's urban bungalow
77. favorite city to live in: DC
78. favorite city to spend a week in: NYC
79. best city to spend no more than 3 days: New Orleans
80. best city to tour alone: Seattle
81. best city to bring my fabulous husband to: Vancouver
82. seem to be losing my ability to have or remember dreams... that scares me...
83. have seen a ghost
84. have had premonitions come true
85. admire people who can fill time without TV
86. spent too much time admiring other people
87. wish I did not live alone
88. spend too much time wishing
89. have been out of my parents house for 13 years and still get homesick
90. would go back and do it again
91. best moment of my life was floating nude under a full Mediterranean moon...
92. besides Munich, would next like to head to Chicago (domestic) or London
93. if my numbers were drawn tonight I would pick up J and travel the world with our three dogs (on our private jet, of course. liquids allowed.)
94. believe Bush is a puppet president, and the last election was fixed
95. my shyness makes me come across as an asshole sometimes...
96. believe my life mission is to do something significant to assist children in poverty
97. think that fear of failure and timidness prevents me from doing.
98. love that I have a job where I am expected to make changes for these kids
99. absolutely love kids. this is one of the few things I'm 100% on. I absolutely love kids.
100. think that hatred is fear, and fear is the opposite of love.
101. believe I have a lot to learn, and not as much time to learn it as I'd like (not meant to sound prophetic, just know that time is running out exponentially)