d i n a n e . n e t 

Well, my friends, it is time to celebrate my incomplete non-failure at having a blog. I read somewhere once that the great majority of blogs fade into the ether within months, weeks, days, or even hours, of their inception. Here I am, still going strong after one wimpy little year, and I’m pretty proud of it. Here’s to another! And maybe even another after that!

So, anyway, to celebrate, I thought I’d do one of them silly little meme things. Then I thought I’d do a less silly one. Then, finally, I thought I’d just go all out and do 100 things about me (that you never wanted to know)!

So, here, without further ado…

One Hundred Things About Dinane (that you never wanted to know)

1. I have straight brown hair.
2. I was born with curly red hair.
3. I wear glasses.
4. My favorite musician is Ben Folds.
5. I like listening to the same CD over and over and over and over and over.
6. My feet are size 11.
7. I drink at least 3/4 of a gallon of water a day.
8. I love drinking Fuze.
9. I know how to swim and I think anyone who can’t swim should learn how.
10. I wouldn’t know how to be stylish if it weren’t for my sister.
11. I love cop dramas.
12. I have an addictive personality.
13. I’m a super klutz.
14. I’m afraid of heights.
15. I would still one day love to ride in a hot air balloon.
16. I wish I could teleport, or that transporters were invented.
17. I wish I were just a little bit dumber than I am.
18. Or maybe just a little bit smarter.
19. I sneeze louder than anyone I know – except for my father.
20. I don’t like red meat.
21. I don’t particularly like poultry either, but I eat it because protein makes you go.
22. I love fish.
23. I especially love raw fish.
24. I make a mean lasagna.
25. I miss my Gramma.
26. I love puppies.
27. I love dogs.
28. I love kittens.
29. I don’t particularly like cats.
30. My sneakers are bright white.
31. My prom dress was sea-foam green – and I looked hot in it.
32. I have a lot of floaters in my eyes, but they’ve always been there, so my eye doctor isn’t concerned.
33. I’m effectively (but not legally) blind without my glasses.
34. I have very strong finger and toe nails.
35. I don’t paint my nails.
36. I don’t wear make up except for performance.
37. I don’t wear jewelery except on extremely special occasions.
38. I can type ridiculously fast.
39. I insist on having a split (ergonomic) keyboard.
40. I have carpel tunnel syndrome in both wrists.
41. I have plantars fasciitis (just like carpel tunnel except for feet) in my right foot.
42. I love the concept of public transportation.
43. I not a fan of the execution by the MBTA.
44. I could eat pasta every day and not be bored of it.
45. I love tomatoes in every form.
46. Except for ketchup, which I think is gross.
47. I sing constantly.
48. I wish I were funnier than I am.
49. I’m actually only five feet eleven and three quarter inches tall, not six feet like I tell everyone.
50. I am a professional at rolling my eyes.
51. I have been to 34 of the U.S. states.
52. I have been to 6 countries, including the U.S.
53. I can’t remember if I’ve been to Iowa or Minnesota, but I know it was only one of the two.
54. I have been to the Wyoming State Fair.
55. I was a girl scout.
56. I was also a boy scout.
57. My family always listened to the Classical radio station at dinner time.
58. I have a minimal number of freckles.
59. My earliest memory is of my dad teaching me where middle C is on a piano, at the age of two.
60. I could read music before I could read English.
61. Some of my early memories embarrass me.
62. I grew up in a suburb of Hartford, Connecticut.
63. I named just about all of the pets my family had.
64. My handwriting is unreadable.
65. I hated middle school.
66. My only regret was not sending that audition tape to Julliard.
67. I don’t like leather upholstery.
68. I don’t like complete darkness.
69. I loathe the dentist.
70. I am petrified of needles.
71. I wish I was rich enough to hire someone to deal with my money.
72. I love the Red Sox, even when I hate them.
73. I have far too many socks to fit them all in one drawer.
74. I don’t own a single pair of red socks.
75. I think all colors are pretty, and I don’t understand how people can have a favorite.
76. I don’t have a favorite number either.
77. My lucky number for use in playing roulette is 17.
78. If it weren’t for slot machines, I’d be up lifetime at casinos.
79. Most of the time I don’t act like a girl.
80. Sometimes, I do act like a girl and that frightens people (including me).
81. I have been called “Di” by many people who don’t all know each other.
82. I decided to use that abbreviated name for my theatre “career.”
83. Writing this blog has made me a better speller.
84. I have always been a grammar nazi.
85. I haven’t written an original song in over two years.
86. There is always music playing in my head.
87. When I was very young, I once stuck a raisin up my nose and was proud of it.
88. I really love roller coasters.
89. I find screaming at the top of my lungs to be cathartic.
90. It’s very difficult for me to not sing along with the radio.
91. I don’t like bacon, and that upsets people.
92. I love to cook, but I hate cleaning up afterwards.
93. I’m not very good at accepting compliments.
94. My friends say I’m too nice for my own good, but I don’t think I’m nearly nice enough.
95. In general I hate spending money, but I don’t think twice about eating out.
96. I lived more than two-thirds of my life thus far in the same house.
97. I was born after Empire but before Jedi.
98. I went to Catholic high school.
99. My favorite kind of cake is ice cream cake, but it has to have the crunchies.
100. I am a prima donna and nothing you say will make me think less of my singing ability.

There you have it!

And now, as a bonus, I’ll give you…

Three Things About Dinane (that you might actually want to know… maybe… well… one of you did…)

1. The play I am going to be in is Sabrina Fair by Samuel Taylor.
2. I will be playing Margaret, the downstairs maid.
3. The play will be performed November 10, 11, 12, 17, and 18; theatre is at 8, except when it’s a Sunday matinee, then it’s at 2.

And for the super bonus round, some statistics!

Three Things About d i n a n e . n e t (that I can guarantee you don’t want to know)

1. WordPress tells me, “There are currently 192 posts and 343 comments, contained within 21 categories.”
2. That means I have successfully posted content (of varying quality) once every 1.901 days.
3. Since I never promised to post on weekends, I prefer to count that as one post every 1.359 days – or 3.678 posts per week.

1. LJ-losugarve says:

   September 21, 2006 at 11:51 am

   That was really interesting, believe it or not :)

   2 comments:
   -You were once a boyscout?
   -I 100% agree with you about ice cream cake being the best cake, and the crunchies are totally the best part. When I was younger, all of my birthday cakes were ice cream cakes, and we’d order them from Carvel specifically so we could ask for extra crunchies. haha
2. dinane says:

   September 21, 2006 at 11:54 am

   Laurel Music Camp (which I mentioned here) was held at a boy scout camp. Only boy scouts are allowed to go to boy scout camp. Therefore all attendees, even the girls, must join the boyscouts. They have a special name like “Explorers” or “Adventurers” or something equally lame for boy scouts that aren’t really boy scouts.

   Mmm… Carvel crunchies…
3. Dave says:

   September 21, 2006 at 2:30 pm

   Glad to here you weren’t a boy scout and a brownie like Angel.
4. dinane says:

   September 22, 2006 at 8:34 am

   No, dude… I was… That’s what… Yeah. Silly boy.

   I totally used to wear my brownie outfit to school on whatever day of the week girl scouts was. Let me assure you that it did not make me cool.
5. Laura says:

   September 22, 2006 at 11:41 am

   three things.
   hot air balloon rides are offered during the summer in boston (somewhere, i don’t know where… but i wil do it next summer) for not too much money.
   ice cream cake really is the best, but definitely only with crunchies.
   and we use wordpress for life of fred, so yay.
6. dinane says:

   September 25, 2006 at 8:18 am

   They had a balloon ride (but not hot-air, a tethered helium or hydrogen balloon) running on the common all summer for like $15. But it’s not the same thing. It goes up just about as high as the floor I work on, spins around a couple times, and goes back down. I can have the same view for free looking out my window at work. Actually, my view also includes the balloon itself… :)