I knew my 100th post was coming up soon, so I decided to do something special for it. First of all, I want to thank all of you for reading my blogs! I am very flattered when I see various countries represented in viewing my posts. I am also very thankful to my friends who have said some very nice things about my writing.
While doing some research, I noticed one blogger did 100 facts you may not know about her for her 100th blog post. She claimed it was a thing, but I only found her blog on 100 things. I have to say, it was pretty challenging to come up with so much stuff I was willing to share about myself, but here it is. I hope you enjoy!
1. My blogger name
was inspired from a favorite song of mine, called
"Drops of Jupiter," by the band Train. Part of
the lyrics say, "I'm afraid that she might think of me as 'a plain ol'
Jane...'" I decided to get rid of
the "ol'" part.
2. My logo is
actually a sticker off of a tomato from the grocery store.
3. The black and
white photo on my blog with the apple is a shadow of my profile that I took myself.
4. When I started
this blog I titled it "Fill a Blank Page." I decided later I hated that title, so I changed
it to "random blogs and postings."
5. I named it
"random blogs and postings" because I did not want to be held to a high
standard of daily blogging or weekly blogging.
6. I also like to be
spontaneous. I want to blog what I want,
when I want. I am like Jack FM radio,
they play what they want.
7. I used to read
many other blogs, now I tend to watch vlogs more.
8. My favorite
vlogger (besides my own sister) is Charlie McDonnell (charlieissocoollike). He is very creative and funny, and seems to
be a genuinely kind person.
9. My favorite band
of all time is Daryl Hall & John Oates.
I love other bands too, but this band has stood the test of time for me.
10. After becoming a
huge fan, I found out that Daryl Hall shares the same birthday as I do (October
11).
11. By the time I
graduated High School, I had collected every album they ever made, including
special release albums and Daryl's first solo album. I would save up my money, and buy them for
cheap at used record stores.
12. They both have
released more albums since, some which I do not own, but would like to
eventually.
13. I have always
been afraid of heights and ladders.
Especially after falling off a ladder when I was young.
14. When I was little
and taking swimming lessons, my parents promised me they would buy me 10 Big
Macs if I jumped off the high dive.
15. That was enough
to convince me.
16. I thought I was going to get 10 Big Macs all
at once.
17. When we went to McDonald's
shortly after, I finished one Big Mac, and said, "Okay, I am ready for
more!"
18. They were
shocked, explained that that was not what they meant, but that day, I got to
eat 2 Big Macs!
19. I never ate more
than one Big Mac in a day after that.
20. I still like Big
Macs, but I very rarely have one anymore.
21. Standing on the
glass balcony of the Sears (Willis) Tower did not really scare me, though I was
apprehensive at first.
22. I have been
cooking since I was ten years old.
23. Around that time,
my parents had invited some guests over and I was so excited to have them try
some custard I was making for the first time.
They never got to try it, because I forgot to turn on the oven!
24. I used to be able
to eat a ton of food without gaining a pound.
People used to wonder where I put it all.
25. I eat more wisely
now... most of the time.
26. I have a
Bachelor's Degree in Fine Art.
27. I am still
wondering what I am going to be "when I grow up."
28. I was given my
first diary when I was 12.
29. I had to laugh,
because my first entry in it was about food.
30. My first diary
entry ever says, "Today I prepared half of the meal. I made chocolate topping for ice cream, peas,
and apple sauce topping for ham."
31. I got distracted
from writing this blog, because I was reading things I wrote when I was 12.
32. The diary is set
up for daily entries, but I did not always write daily in it.
33. I did keep a
daily journal for at least a year at one time in my life.
34. I had to stop
writing as much because I had no more room to keep all the books I wrote in.
35. I had to quit my book club, because my work situation changed.
36. I am not a morning person.
37. I miss sleeping in.
38. When I was
really little, I was scared of cats.
39. When I was 5, I
got my first cat.
40. She was an
amazing cat.
41. I loved cats after
that.
42. I would draw
little cats at the top of all my papers in grade school.
43. My desk-mate and
I got in trouble in 2nd grade at school one day for drawing an elaborate cat
vs. mouse war over the entire desk, in pencil.
44. The teacher made
us wash it off after school.
45. I wish I had a
photo of that desk drawing.
46. I used to sing to
the radio all the time when I lived at home.
47. I probably drove
my parents crazy.
48. I get pretty
self-conscious when singing in front of people.
49. Every once in
awhile I surprise myself though.
50. In the 6th grade,
I was one of the winners of a contest for rewriting some lyrics to "This
Land Is Your Land."
51. The winners had
to sing their lyrics at concert in front of all the parents.
52. Luckily, two
other classmates got to sing beside me.
53. I also won the
contest for the artwork to go along with my lyrics.
54. It flashed on a
screen behind us, as we were singing the lyrics at the concert.
55. My best friend
also won the lyrics contest (and maybe the art as well?), so she got to sing in
a separate group, during the same song.
56. I also auditioned
for a solo in Jr. High in front of all my classmates.
57. I received many
compliments after trying out.
58. I was actually
relieved when I did not get the part, I would have been too scared to sing a
solo at a concert.
59. After college, I
went to a Karaoke Bar with my sister and her husband.
60. I actually got up
and sang two songs!
61. One of the songs
I sang was "Brass In My Pocket" by the Pretenders. I know that song pretty well, and it is in my
range.
62. I would never
sing a Hall and Oates song at a Karaoke Bar.
Daryl's voice range is much better than mine, and the last thing I would
want to do is butcher one of their songs.
63. I only went to a
Karaoke Bar once. Once is enough.
64. When I was 7, my
friend and I went to the playground. A
little girl "read my palm."
65. She said I was
going to die in a car accident.
66. I was probably
the least excited of my classmates to get my driver's license.
67. I was one of the
first in my class to take Driver's Ed, but probably the last in my class to
actually obtain a driver's license.
68. My parents only
had a stick shift, which did not help matters.
69. My grandfather
helped teach me how to drive with his automatic.
70. Years later, I
drove for a living.
71. Then I stopped
for awhile.
72. I am doing a
little of that now again.
73. I actually really
like it.
74. I still won't
drive a stick shift.
75. I used to avoid
parallel parking.
76. Now I have to
parallel park almost daily.
77. I am still not
crazy about it.
78. I am a bit ambidextrous.
79. I consider myself
to be dominantly left-handed.
80. However I only
can use scissors with my right hand.
81. In 5th grade, I
broke my left arm.
82. I was
roller-skating in the house, trying to do a fancy jump.
83. I taught myself
how to write right-handed after that.
84. I once dropped a
class because I found out I had to give a speech.
85. That, and the first class session showed a movie of an actual cow eye being poked out with a pin, which grossed me out.
86. To my dismay, the class I replaced it with also had the speech requirement.
87. The class I wound
up speaking in was on Celtic Manuscripts.
88. Most Celtic
Manuscripts are of a religious nature. I picked one of a non-religious nature.
89. It was some
Celtic Manuscripts about Aesop's Fables.
90. I have always
enjoyed Aesop's Fables.
91. The book I had to
study for my speech had some fables I had never heard of before.
92.. The manuscripts
were really neat.
93. I designed and
painted several sets for a play my first year of college.
94. They had to take
the canvases down to lie on the floor so I could paint them without using
ladders.
95. I sacrificed my
whole Spring Break to paint them.
96. I drew a comic
strip for a class at school.
97. I was surprised
to hear that my roommate at the time thought it was about her, and she was upset.
98. It wasn't about
her at all. It was about someone else I
knew.
99. I had to draw a
daily comic strip for another project.
100. That may have
been my biggest challenge.
Wow. That took much longer than I thought! If you are still reading this, congratulations! This is the end of this post!
