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About Me

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Name: Andrea Alt Wilson
Birthday: March 20
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan
Current Location: Libertyville, Illinois
Eye Color: green/brown
Hair Color: brown
Height: 5'7''
Right Handed or Left Handed: right
Your Heritage: Turkish, German
The Shoes You Wore Today: addicted to my Uggs
Your Weakness: codependent personality
Your Fears: spiders...definitely spiders!
Your Perfect Pizza: sausage, green pepper, red onion
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: sanity
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: nice
Thoughts First Waking Up: kill me...kill me now
Your Best Physical Feature: I've always liked my eyes. My pupils are abnormally large :)
Your Bedtime: I can go all night!
Your Most Missed Memory: If I'm missing it how do I know?
Pepsi or Coke: hmmmm. depends on what I'm eating
McDonalds or Burger King: In N Out
Single or Group Dates: dates? people still have those? I want one!
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: yucky icky poo
Chocolate or Vanilla: chocolate flavored so long as its not actual chocolate
Cappuccino or Coffee: and I'm going to vomit, its all a bunch of nastiness
Do you Smoke: I'm reformed
Do you Swear: they're interesting edits like "son of a mother F-ing" and "freakin". I have kids.
Do you Sing: all the time: shower, car, public places. The question is... do I sing well?
Do you Shower Daily: ummm...maybe thats why I can't get dates?
Have you Been in Love: it was once upon a time in a land far far away
Do you want to go to College: I'm not going back, you can't make me!
Do you want to get Married: I'm not against it
Do you believe in yourself: I'm awesome
Do you get Motion Sickness: Only when I'm not driving
Do you think you are Attractive: I think I have my moments
Are you a Health Freak: I'd rather die knowing I tried the cheesecake
Do you get along with your Parents: I can't complain they give me shelter
Do you like Thunderstorms: Love love love thunderstorms, they smell good!
Do you play an Instrument: I can't keep a beat so they don't let me near things like that
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: of course
In the past month have you Smoked: not so much
In the past month have you been on Drugs: I have a prescription for those
In the past month have you gone on a Date: hah!
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: I happen to be a shopaholic
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: since when do oreos come in a box?
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: but of course
In the past month have you been on Stage: not recently, no
In the past month have you been Dumped: I think it helps to have a date first
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: nobody wants that, seriously its for the greater good
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: nope. I've been good lately
Ever been Drunk: ever, like ever? if you've never don't talk to me, you're weird
Ever been called a Tease: I've been called a lot o things
Ever been Beaten up: I have two brothers and scars to prove it
Ever Shoplifted: never intentionally
How do you want to Die: so long as its after my ex kicks it or my kids 18th bday Im fine with whatever
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: a grown up
What country would you most like to Visit: Bora Bora in a hut on the water
Number of CDs I own: its all country so do you really care?
Number of Piercings: double in the ears. I'm just not that cool
Number of Tattoos: nada
Number of things in my Past I Regret: I'd rather make an ass outta myself then regret having not

In a Boy...
Favorite Eye Color: Blue
Favorite Hair Color: anything dark
Short or Long Hair: shortish
Height: taller than me
Weight: eh, dunno
Best Clothing Style: clean cut but edgy

My Interests

I'm a HUGE nerd, but kinda proud of it! I like playing golf, scrapbooking, gardening, baking, traveling, hiking, playing with my kids so then of course there's the finger painting, sandcastle building, and play-doh.

I'd like to meet:

Music:

I have a serious deficiency when it comes to music. I don't know names of artists or bands or songs and have been shamed more than once for not recognizing Beatles members when they're performing at say a SuperBowl!

Movies:

Love Actually, Sliding Doors, The Sweetest Thing, The Notebook, Harry Potter, Swordfish, Newsies, Gettysburg, The Big Chill, Ring of Fire, Elizabeth, Pretty Woman . . .

Television:

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Lost, Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, Gilmore Girls, The Unit, Big Love, 24, How I Met Your Mother, The Class, House, Prison Break, The Daily Show, Its all about the TIVO baby!

Books:

Colin Falconer:When We Were Gods, Iris Chang:Rape of Nanking, Phillipa Gregory:The Other Boleyn Girl and of course Harry Potter

Heroes:

My heroes have always been cowboys!

My Blog

By Jove I Think She's Done It

I may actually have just graduated from college! Seven years, an abusive ass, and two wonderful children along the way, but I managed to pull through and get the degree with a double major in politics...
Posted by Andrea on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 07:44:00 PST

Quarterly Update

So here is the epiphany I had over the summer. . . I am totally content with my life because I'm actually living every minute of it. Not that my life is fabulous or anything, but it works. I put mysel...
Posted by Andrea on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 11:39:00 PST

Villette

I have just returned from Florida and instead of a tale of all the interesting and exciting things I did (I will of course fill you in later), I first feel the need to discuss a book I read whilst on ...
Posted by Andrea on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 08:08:00 PST

I want to be a kid again

We hosted an epic game of basketball here yesterday as the neighborhood children flocked to our driveway. My eldest is six and in Kindergarten. The kids who came to play with her are third and fo...
Posted by Andrea on Sat, 27 May 2006 06:52:00 PST

Ignorant Bastards!

This morning on the radio there was an interview with Mekhi Phifer, the actor who plays Pratt on ER. Those of you not familiar with the show, you should know that his character is currently doing some...
Posted by Andrea on Thu, 04 May 2006 07:20:00 PST

ERs in April

Well, I think we have a new family tradition. Almost one year to the week my youngest was admitted to the hospital for acute repiratory distress, AGAIN. So here's a quick update on my past f...
Posted by Andrea on Wed, 12 Apr 2006 12:22:00 PST

It was a long week...

DeterminationWe sit alone in darknessShadows of our pastLurking in the crevicesNo good can ever lastIn dimness and obscuritySeek the graceful glowBehind the phantom outlinePatience groans on slowEncir...
Posted by Andrea on Mon, 03 Apr 2006 01:58:00 PST

The Photo Shoot

So my eldest had her first photo shoot yesterday. It must have been one of the most stressful and yet oddest days of my life. First off I should explain that I am not some crazy Jon Benet Ramsey kinda...
Posted by Andrea on Tue, 28 Mar 2006 04:50:00 PST

Is Walmart everything that is wrong with America?

After spending the better portion of my senior seminar analyzing a dissertation entitled Wal-Mart Confidential, I have come to the conclusion that Wal-mart truely is the epitomy of American consumeris...
Posted by Andrea on Wed, 22 Mar 2006 06:43:00 PST

My Favorite Quotes

Alright so I'm new to this whole blogging, myspace thing. Quite frankly I'm a bit of an idiot when it comes to internet workings, but I'm a firm believer in attacking the things you have no clue abou...
Posted by Andrea on Sun, 05 Mar 2006 09:45:00 PST