- I love 100 Things posts! I also think they're likely a large threat to anonymity - a quick reference that gives your audience a great deal of information in a quick post. But as new readers arrive, I thought it might be helpful to cover some background.
- Apparently I also love organizing posts into categories. I hadn't planned on doing this, but it happened during the editing process.
- And links! I adore links so much that I sprinkled them liberally throughout my 100 Things! (Sorry if that's annoying - even I didn't know it would be this intense.)
Work and School
- I do medical research. I wanted to be a lawyer. Or journalist.
- I had a very positive experience during an summer undergraduate research program, and adore faculty members who participate in them.
- While the middle was fine, the beginning and ending of grad school were difficult.
- Finishing graduate school was, for me, a little disappointing. Shouldn't there have been some sort of parade in my honor?
- Some of my papers are still in progress.
- I'm pretty good at interviewing. I went 6 for 7 in terms of offers my first round out.
- I took the offer that was the least challenging.
- I still think being a post-doc can be hard.
- While sometimes frustrated, I'm quite awed by the power of the academic world.
- I think animal research is important.
- I can't do it.
- I tried.
- If this research thing falls though (and it might), I'm an excellent receptionist.
- My current boss is wise and kind. I hope to be like him should I become a faculty member at some point.
- I have a love/hate relationship with Matlab.
- Regardless of years of training, I'm still easily fooled.
- I have one of two problems, perhaps both. I can't teach, and/or I don't really understand multiplication.
- I did submit a grant!
- I'm inconsistent - sometimes I work, others I "work."
- I believe in God. Always have.
- I still struggle with my faith a great deal, however, and respect that you might think differently. (Or I'm saying that to cover up my "vicious attempt to convert [you] all to [my] cult-like fundamentalism.") See comments in that link if you're looking for the reference.
- I miss God when I'm away too long.
- I have a church to attend, though I'm considering looking for a new one.
- My Sunday School teaching skills need work.
- My relationship with God has a strong emotional core I find difficult to articulate.
Home and Family
- Home, to me, is where my parents live. But that's starting to change.
- Grandma and Grandpa watched me when I was little while my parents worked during the day. I love and miss them a great deal.
- My parents are loving and wonderful and pretty amazing.
- Brother is younger than I am.
- I call my niece - his daughter - Little One. (Well, on the blog. When I see her, I use her name. Or Princess. Or Silly Goose.)
- I'm a bit spoiled, though I'm proudly middle class.
- I laugh a great deal with my family.
- I have a melodramatic dog - Chienne. I love her a lot.
- She's inspired more romantic interest lately than I have.
- My parents would like another grandchild.
- I started with crushes early on. They tend to last a long time.
- I kind of hate New Year's as a holiday. Valentine's Day, however, doesn't bother me.
- I love Nick. (Nick is my PowerBook. Tells you something about me, right?)
- I had an imaginary boyfriend.
- I also had a long-term crush in college. It was largely unremarkable if you ignore one night.
- I hold out hope that I will find someone to marry. But if not, perhaps that's OK.
- I tried online dating for a little while.
- Then I stopped.
- I joined a dating service in grad school.
- Then I wrote about the dates a few years later for my blog.
- My most recent crush? It's not going so well, I fear. I shrug over the reason, but think it might be a "great guy, bad timing" sort of situation.
- It did, however, produce some letters I like.
Friends
- They are small in quantity and enormous in quality.
- I went to undergrad with Rachel and Elle.
- There's M, from grad school, who is a consistent source of comfort and support and laughter.
- And Violet, who helps me with dating woes.
- I'm shamefully envious of my friends who are married and considering children.
General and Random
- I'm an alto, though I wished hard to be a pretty soprano.
- I dream vividly and frequently. Sometimes about elevators.
- I get lost. A lot. Perhaps that's sort of OK.
- I sometimes judge people too harshly, too quickly. That's not really OK at all.
- I'm terribly impatient - bad at waiting.
- Especially when I feel I could be making progress.
- I'm excessively proud that I have traveled to Japan. I would have guessed I'd be too timid to go. But I loved it.
- Before going to England, London topped my list of travel destinations. After returning, it still does.
- I'm sometimes selfish, yet try to dial it back.
- I can be viciously competitive. Really.
- Seriously, I don't like to lose. I've always been that way.
- I own Longaberger baskets.
- I'm not good at keeping secrets.
- You don't want me around in a high-stress situation. I can be useless under pressure.
- Though you've probably heard most of what's on Chandler (my iPod), I do like some country music.
- Southern people fascinate me.
- I make life more challenging than it needs to be. Also more dramatic. It's delightful. Yes, I'm kidding.
- I know what "D&D" means.
- My name is Katie.
- I have this weird aversion to getting gray hair.
- It's probably because I don't feel old. Though I accept that I am, in fact, aging.
- If I must use a salutation, I'll go with Dr. Or Miss. Never Ms.
- It's easy to hurt my feelings.
- I prefer warm cookies to cold ice cream.
- I'm quite introverted. And a bit insecure.
- I'm capable of giving excellent gifts.
- I'm a Capricorn. I also believe in astrology somewhat. Are you making fun of me?! See #23 in this section.
- My vision is awful.
- I get mopey, but tend to recover quickly.
- I'm self-centered.
- But very kind.
- I bought a house. It has 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and a 2 car garage. I'm sometimes shocked that I get to live here by myself.
- I struggle with depression.
- I love TV in general, and am quite fond of wedding shows.
- I can, in fact, sleep on planes. And I'm not so afraid to fly anymore.
- I'm rather easily embarrassed.
- I have a favorite analogy, though I've used many in this blog. It's how I think about life in general - this reminds me of that.
- At one time, I was a fan of NKOTB. I say this because things change.
- I worry excessively, even when I know it's silly.
- I wish life came with progress reports.
- I'm fascinated by blogs, and read a lot more than I write. (I know that seems impossible, but it's quite true.)
- I tend to post at night though I consider blog topics throughout the day.
- I sometimes continue to be embarrassed that anyone reads this.
- I compose a vast majority of my entries in Word, then paste them in Blogger to edit and add links.
- I'm pleasantly surprised - a lot - by the depth and insight and ideas that develop by being part of this community. I linger at the edges - some of you intimidate me a bit with your brilliance and humor and easy confidence - but I'm quite pleased to be around.
9 comments:
sigh I wanted a parade, too.
When someone gives you a parade, phd me, let me know. I'll be there to cheer and wave. :) I don't think I'm getting one of my own very soon.
DRD-
I'm fond of the posts too because there's so much information in them! So I basically went through the archives and figured out what I'd told everyone already. Cheated a bit, if you will. :) But yes, pulling it all together gives people an excellent checklist for confirming your identity if they think they know you. Still, it gave me something to post on a Sunday.
What a neat way to do the 100 things list without giving anything more away. (except now we know that Brother is younger) Maybe sometime when I have time....yeah, right, like I'll have time. :)
I loved reading your 100 things. Thanks for sharing them. You're such a delight :-)
I've only posted 50 of my 100 things, but you've inspired me to get back to work on the other half.
And I feel exactly the same way about Blogs #5.
You're self-centered?
My first thought on clicking onto "General & Random, #37," is "Oo! Her link to me got in her top 100 list!!"
Ahem.
This is a very clever 100 things about me list: I like the idea of linking to all the stories you already told, so we can go back, and get all the details.
Do you seriously read the comments?
Ok, so I have to read this paper about LuxR... four months of gradschool basically made me forget the term pf endearment I had for the lac operon... hahaha, or me? Anyways, I like your blog... I may star ne myself...
I seriously read the comments. :) Thank you for the compliment - if you do start your own blog, let me know.
Oh. *sighs* The good old days--when studying regulation was as simple as four genes and a few regulatory sequences all right next to each other. *sighs again* I miss lac...
Thanks--now you've made me sad.
"30. I'm self-centered."
Anyone who does a 100 Things About Me list has to be at least a little self-centered. Self included.
But then, who isn't?
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