"101 (+5) Things You Probably (Never) Wanted To Know About Me"

I know that just because everyone is doing it doesn't mean that I have to. I was just curious to see what I could come up with. Sorry in advance for any boredom or yawning this may cause:

103 things about lil ole me

1. My first name is actually Stacey Lee
2. My last name in German means “scratch”; Issame’s last name also means “scratch”
3. I was born 7/7/75
4. My favorite number is…7
5. I love being a Cancer. Go crabs!
   
6. I don’t have a favorite color but each year I pick a color theme: 2003 was green, 2004 was purple, 2005 is brown
7. I am a 3^rd generation shortstop. My grandfather, my dad and me.
8. I play softball with my grandfather’s glove
9. I twirl my eyebrows when I’m thinking
10. I’m the oldest of two and the only girl
11. I speak 4 languages: English, Spanish, French, Moroccan Arabic
12. I use to have butt-length long hair
13. I love to swim
14. Spent every summer until college at Rockaway Beach-110^th Street
15. Excluding stop-overs, I’ve traveled to 8 states: New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland, Pennsylvania, California, Florida
16. Excluding stop-overs, I’ve traveled to 2 countries: France and Morocco
17. I was 20 years old the first time I flew on a plane (France)
18. I do not have a driver’s license
19. I’ve worked since I was 12 years old-my first job was in a florist.
20. I graduated college in 4.5 years
21. I was an Art History Major
22. I am now in Graduate School also for Art History
23. I have a small yet eclectic duck collection
24. My favorite meal will always be Mom’s meatloaf, mash potatoes and corn with tomato sauce
25. I graduated from high school in 1993
26. I went to Christ the King Regional High School
27. I’m now Muslim
28. I went to the same high school as both my parents
29. My parents have been married for over 30 years
30. My brother is an actor/pain in my butt
31. I was born in Richmond Hills, Queens, New York
32. I grew up in Middle Village, Queens, New York
33. I moved to Brooklyn in 1999
34. I think I’ve always been a Brooklyn girl at heart
35. I lived across the street from a cemetery
36. We never hosted a block party
37. I’m a policeman’s daughter
38. I use to play “funeral” and imagine what I would wear and say at my father’s funeral (My dad is now retired)
39. I also use to play “Communion”
40. I broke my brothers arm when he was 6 years old
41. I wasn’t a very good big sister
42. I mastered the recorder
43. Then the guitar
44. I really wanted to play the piano
45. I never met my grandfather on my Dad’s side, nor my grandmother on my Mom’s
46. I never thought I’d live past 18 years
47. Got into a mess of trouble when I turned 18.
48. Still wish I had waited a year before going to college
49. Went to Pace University in NYC
50. Had some of the best times-socially and educationally there
51. I only talk to one person from college
52. I don’t really speak to anyone from high school
53. Moved out of my parent’s house a month before my 24^th birthday
54. Lived in an apartment in Manhattan for 6 months.
55. Met my Habibi a week before my 24^th birthday
56. Knew that I loved him about 2 weeks later
57. We met in a nightclub in the city-Webster Hall of all places
58. That night he told me I was going to change his life—it worked both ways.
59. Two years later I went to Morocco
60. I moved to Brooklyn partly to be closer to him, the other part to be closer to the beach
61. I love the beach
62. I love BBQs
63. I can make the best BBQ fire in the house
64. I love wood furniture-not for BBQ’s but because it has a soul
65. I am an amateur photographer
66. I wanted to be a writer/photographer
67. Hope to someday work on or collaborate on a book about Moroccan art
68. Hope to someday write a book titled “My Habibi”
69. I am too honest
70. There are very few foods I don’t like—brains and balls of any kind are the few
71. I like dogs better than cats
72. I love my cat
73. I believe that everything happens for a reason and that I need to relax so I can see the reason behind the action
74. I’m not very patient
75. My favorite flower is sunflowers
76. I once found a $50 bill in the cemetery across the street from my house
77. I bite my nails until recently
78. I’ve only had 3 manicures and 1 pedicure in my life
79. I love wearing skirts and boots-not necessarily together
80. I have 20, now 19 more things to write about myself
81. I prefer summer over winter
82. I prefer bare feet to socks
83. I love learning about other cultures and languages
84. I eloped 3 years ago but still am not technically married
85. I have credit card debt
86. I am working on it
87. I’ve worked at 14 (maybe 1 or 2 more) places
88. My favorite restaurant is this Turkish place in my neighborhood, my 2^nd favorite is a Greek restaurant in South Beach Miami
89. I like getting up early on the weekends to run errands and then sneak back into bed with my Habibi
90. I love Habibi more than anything in this world
91. He’s my best friend and my heart's heart
92. In my next career, I want to lay tilework
93. I can see myself now living outside of NY maybe even overseas
94. I’m afraid to do that
95. I love to cook-especially Moroccan food
96. I love Essouira (Morocco)
97. My husband taught me how to cook
98. My favorite dessert is ice cream sodas
99. My 2^nd favorite is baklava-I can make that
100. My 3^rd favorite is hot apple pie and vanilla ice cream-whose isn’t?
101. I think I’m hungry?
102. I love having this blog and committing myself to writing everyday
103. My best job: working as a tour guide at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
104. I want to have children-maybe 3
105. Best feeling: being loved
106. Am grateful for this life