Amy is single, in her thirties, and works as an “user services specialist-technology helpdesk” at a public university. She has an overwhelming need to write…which is one reason she blogs. She also has an overwhelming need to discuss NASCAR and not many people who will listen…hence another. Not to mention that every once in awhile you might just catch her when she’s on a rant about something that ticks her off. She may also discuss things like her dog, her gorgeous nephew, what and who pissed her off yesterday and what she had for lunch. She loves comments and emails so feel free to do both…however she reserves the right to delete your comments at her whim.

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100 Things About Amy (A Work In Progress):

1. I have lived in California my entire life.
2. I have lived in the same county my entire life.
3. The University I work at is located on a former military base.
4. I graduated summa cum laude from that very same univeristy with a BA in Diversified Liberal Studies with a concentration (minor) in Literature.
5. I thought I wanted to be a teacher. I figured out I was wrong when I got into a prestigious teaching credential program and went through orientation. I dropped out of the program the next day.
6. I work in the same department I worked in as a student worker back when I attended. I actually like this work and I think I am pretty good at it.
7. I have worked for the same employer as a full time staff person since October of 1998.
8. I am afraid of heights. And bees. And spiders. And eucalyptus trees.
9. I have one sibling- a younger brother.
10. My brother and I get along quite well now. Not so well when we were kids though.
11. My first car was a 1990 Chevy Lumina Euro. It looked much like this…except the grill on mine was black with a red chevy bowtie in the middle. Oh and the interior was tan.
12. I acquired this car in early 1996 from my parents- I think they got tired of me borrowing it all the time.
13. I loved that car…except that it went through brakes every 30k and needed the onboard computer replaced every 50K.
14. In January of 2000 I traded in the white Lumina for a black 2000 Toyota Rav4 that I named Doris (after the tourbus in Almost Famous).
15. The Rav was far more dependable than the Lumina. I only replaced the brakes on her twice…and then only the front ones.
16. The only thing I didn’t like about the Rav4? Turned out to be the color. Black cars are very hard to keep clean and I learned that the hard way.
17. When I traded ol’ Doris in she was just shy of 200k miles. She had taken me all over California, Nevada, Arizona and Utah.
18. I now drive a silver Chevy HHR and I love it!
19. The only downfall to the HHR? It’s an old man magnet. You should see the heads I turn at the post office. I swear some of these old guys are gonna get whiplash turning their heads.
20. I had a personalized license plate for years- I gave it up when I got the HHR- since then- I have kinda missed it.
21. I taught myself to crochet a couple years ago with some yarn, a hook, a book and a sister-in-law who understood how to read patterns and helped me with that.
22. I tried to do the same thing with knitting but just can not get the hang of it. Plus I worry I will poke my eye out- knitting needles are very pointy.
23. I have a strange fetish for pretty papers like scrapbooking papers. I love them. Yet I don’t scrapbook much. Doesn’t stop me from having a whole file folder full of pretty pretty paper though.
24. I also have a pen fetish and love me some pens. I am especially fond of “thin or fine” point pens in pretty colors like purple or pink.
25. I have a thing for taking pictures….I love to have a camera in my hand.
26. I currently own three cameras- all three are Canons.
27. I absolutely love to eat cold pizza. As in fresh out of the refrigerator. This disturbs most people I know.
28. Speaking of pizza my favorite is pepperoni, white onion, pineapple and extra cheese.
29. I make kick ass chicken enchiladas.
30. I also make kick ass barbecued shrimp.
31. I absolutely love sweet potatoes.
32. Am also a big fan of Chili’s (the restaurant) Honey Mustard sauce. I could drink it I love it so much.
33. I am afraid of bees…probably because I have never been stung in my life.