Walking with Nora

I have a lot of new readers (hello, friends!) so I thought I’d be lazy do a fairly in-depth meme:

LAYER ONE:

• Name: Nora
• Birthdate: September 29th, 1983
• Birthplace: Ridegewood, New Jersey
• Current location: StL, MidWest
• Eye color: Brown
• Hair color: Black or dark brown, depending on the month
• Height: 5’9
• Righty or lefty: right
• Zodiac sign: Libra

LAYER TWO:

• Your heritage: Italian/English
• The shoes you wore today: Chinese Laundry leopard print heels
• Your weakness: Irish’s cologne, Jack when he’s cuddly, anything chocolate or cheese (not together) and rainy days
• Your fears: Loneliness
• Your perfect pizza: New York style with black & green olives, extra cheese
• Goal you’d like to achieve: running a half-marathon in 2010

LAYER THREE:

• Your most overused phrase on AIM: haven’t used it since college but probably “brb” or “lol.”
• Your first waking thoughts: Must. Hit. Snooze.Button.
• Your best physical feature: arms/abs
• Your most missed memory: Poppy, my grandfather

LAYER FOUR:

• Pepsi or Coke: Dr. Pepper
• McDonald’s or Burger King: No thank you.
• Single or group dates: Love double dates or group dates, but sometimes all you need and want is a single date
• Adidas or Nike: Aasics but currently Adidas since I couldn’t find a good pair of Aasics
• Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Peppermint Tea from Celestial Seasonings, warm, not cold
• Chocolate or vanilla: Both
• Cappuccino or coffee: water

LAYER FIVE:

• Smoke: Once, after high school graduation
• Cuss: Like a sailor when it fits
• Sing: in the car preferably alone
• Take a shower everyday: six days a week (after workouts)
• Do you think you’ve been in love: I am IN love
• Want to go to college: Did my undergrad and working on my Masters. After this, I think I’m done.
• Liked high school: Enough
• Want to get married: Yup
• Believe in yourself: 90% of the time
• Get motion sickness: Only in the backseat of cars
• Think you’re attractive: I struggle with this one
• Think you’re a health freak: I can be. Need to get back to it.
• Get along with your parent(s): Most definitely. They are awesome!
• Like thunderstorms: YES. I’m a rain freak.
• Play an instrument: Used to play the piano, flute and piccolo. Not so much now. Would like to relearn the piano again before I’m 30.

LAYER SIX: In the past month…

• Drank alcohol: Yup, enjoyed some wine at Trivia Night on Saturday
• Smoked: Not a chance
• Done a drug: Allergy meds, advil
• Made out: Yes, of course
• Gone on a date: Yup, Irish treats to me a good date every other week
• Gone to the mall: On Saturday!
• Eaten an entire box of Oreos: No, but I could if I wanted to
• Eaten sushi: Nope, allergic. But I’ve watched people eat it
• Been on stage: No
• Been dumped: Thank goodness, no
• Gone skating: No but watched people skate 
• Made homemade cookies: Yup. Love ‘em.
• Gone skinny dipping: Way too cold in StL for that.
• Dyed your hair: No but I need to. Roots are showing.
• Stolen Anything: No.

LAYER SEVEN: Ever…

• Played a game that required removal of clothing: Yes.
• Been trashed or extremely intoxicated: Back in the college days.
• Been caught “doing something”: I have no idea what this means, so I’m going with NO.
• Been called a tease: Never.
• Gotten beaten up: No.
• Shoplifted: Nope.
• Changed who you were to fit in: I will admit it- yes.

LAYER EIGHT:

• Age you hope to be married: Before 28.
• Numbers and names of children: yet to be determined.
• Describe your dream wedding: Really? I have a few versions. So the first one: “Elope,” to NYC City Hall with the man I wish to marry, his family, my family and a best friend on both sides. A weekend celebration with the families before we ship off for a honeymoon. Upon our return a huge ceremony in the StL for all our friends and family who wasn’t at the “eloping.”
• How do you want to die: In my sleep.
• Where you want to go to college: Already did. Mizzou & Webster University
• What do you want to be when you grow up: Happy and to look like Sophia Loren.
• What country would you most like to visit: Italy

LAYER NINE:

• Number of drugs taken illegally: never touched one.
• Number of people I could trust with my life: I can count them on one hand
• Number of CDs that I own: At least 120.
• Number of piercings: Seven
• Number of tattoos: None
• Number of times my name has appeared in the newspaper: Four or five? As captions when I did pseduo-modeling.
• Number of scars on my body: Three little ones from my appendix surgery
• Number of things in my past that I regret: Giving up ballet dancing.

What is one thing I don’t know about you?