100 Things You Didn’t Know About Me
100 things you didn’t know about me:
Ten Favourite Authors
1. Norton Juster
2. Douglas Adams
3. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
4. Mark Twain
5. Lewis Caroll
6. David Sedaris
7. e.e. cummings
8. Bryce Courtenay
9. Orson Scott Card
10. J. K. Rowling
Ten Favourite Movies
1. Amelie
2. Diarios de Motocicleta
3. Tortilla Soup
4. Goal! The Dream Begins
5. Ever After
6. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
7. Stranger Than Fiction
8. Snatch
9. Trouble in Paradise
10. My Neighbour Totoro
Ten Least Favourite Foods
1. Celery
2. Turkey Tetrazzini
3. Capsicum (Green Bell Pepper)
4. Pimento Cheese
5. Milk
6. Fettucini Alfredo
7. Honeydew Muskmelon
8. Runny Eggs
9. Tuna
10. Imitation Wheat Noodles
Ten Travel Books You Should Read
1. Mark Twain - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
2. Jack London - The Call of the Wild
3. Jules Verne - Journey to the Centre of the Earth
4. Paul Theroux - Dark Star Safari
5. Bruce Chatwin - In Patagonia
6. Dave Eggers - And You Shall Know Our Velocity
7. Elizabeth Gilbert - Eat Pray Love
8. Homer - The Odyssey
9. Norton Juster - The Phantom Tollbooth
10. Jean Craighead George - My Side of the Mountain
Ten Favourite Pasta Shapes
1. Penne Rigate
2. Cavatappi
3. Orecchiette
4. Pappardelle
5. Lumache
6. Campanelli
7. Spaghettini
8. Ravioli
9. Orzo
10. Cappeletti
Ten of My Hobbies
1. Photography
2. Cooking
3. Sailing
4. Yoga
5. Guitar (and other instruments)
6. Writing
7. Travel
8. Camping
9. Conte Crayon
10. Football (soccer)
Ten Things I Dread
1. Vomiting
2. Degenerating my hearing or vision
3. All my teeth falling out
4. Regrets
5. Cockroaches
6. Losing friends
7. Repetitive stress injuries
8. Poorly mixed concerts
9. Amputation
10. Allergies
Ten Greatest Words Ever
1. inevitable
2. evocative
3. typify
4. appall
5. eradicate
6. moot
7. albeit
8. erroneous
9. laudable
10. visceral
Ten Vacations I Want to Take
1. Patagonia - motorcycle the Andes through Chile and Peru following Che Guevarra’s route
2. Mainland Asia - backpack through Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Nepal, Tibet
3. Cays Islands - island hop by kayak in Belize
4. LA to Vancouver - road trip up the PCH to the Pacific NW and the interstates back down to the desert
5. Greece - sailing the Mediterranean through the Italian and Grecian islands
6. Silk Road - retrace the silk road by foot through China into Russia
7. The U.K. - I’d like to go back to England yes, but I’d really like to see the Irish countryside and the Scottish cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh
8. Western Europe - bicycle tour through the Iberian peninsula to Italy
9. Eastern Europe - winter spent in Zurich, Prague, St. Petersburg, Vienna, and Berlin
10. Scandinavia - from Iceland to Sweden, Finland, and Norway to the Netherlands
Ten Favourite Smells
1. Clean skin
2. Fresh linen
3. Cappuccinos
4. Gingersnaps
5. My pillow
6. Bookshops
7. Kittens
8. Ripe peaches
9. Teak wood
10. Just before it rains