100 Things

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100 things about me…

  1. I was born in Accra, Ghana at a military hospital.
  2. I was named for Elsa, the Lioness, you’ve probably read about her in Joy Adamson’s novel Born Free which chronicles her experiences raising Elsa from cub to lioness
  3. I lived in a house with no running water or electricity for the first seven years of my life
  4. I’ve been a vegetarian for over half a decade, my diet is mostly plant-based
  5. I’m estranged from my father
  6. I’m the fourth of five children; I have three brothers and a sister
  7. I was born in the year of the dragon
  8. I’ve lived in Freetown, Sierra Leone
  9. I’m afraid of suburbia
  10. I’m left-handed
  11. I’m in love with Paris (the city); I want to live in Paris one day
  12. I think I could be a great writer if I tried
  13. I’ve lived in Montgomery Village, Maryland
  14. My parents finally divorced when I was twelve; I wasn’t sad
  15. I’m cautious of soy products, which is ironic since I’m a vegetarian
  16. I’ve lived in London, England
  17. My greatest fear is being buried alive
  18. I truly believe I’ll make a lousy parent
  19. My parents used to be devout followers of Sathya Sai Baba
  20. The longest I’ve lived in one place at time is 5 years
  21. I never met my paternal grandmother even though she lived well into my adulthood
  22. I’m considered quite liberal in my political and social views
  23. I normally have these dreams where I’m always reluctantly preparing for a trip.
  24. I have a driver’s license but I hardly ever drive
  25. I had no friends when I was growing up, that hasn’t changed much.
  26. Religion scares me
  27. I’ve stayed in Copenhagen, Denmark briefly – a lonely time in my life
  28. I spent my teenage years with my dad and his new wife
  29. I love silence
  30. I live in a predominantly gay neighbourhood
  31. My father was a misguided hippie who thought we could live off the land
  32. We tried to live off the land and failed miserably for seven years
  33. My father got a job afterwards that allowed him to travel the world
  34. I was baptised in the Presbyterian church
  35. Although she died before I could really get to know her, my maternal grandmother is my hero
  36. I doubt I will ever have children or get married
  37. My mother is a breast cancer survivor
  38. I live in Vancouver, BC
  39. My mother worked 50 years for the same company
  40. I’ve ran three half marathons, I hope to run a marathon one day
  41. When I was ten I wanted to change my name to Lucinda
  42. My favourite book as a child was The Secret Garden
  43. I got expelled from my private prep school for tardiness
  44. During my years with my dad I wasn’t allowed to see my mother
  45. I’m a cancer
  46. I ‘ran away’ from home when I turned 21 and never looked back
  47. I used to be mad at my mother for some of the choices she made
  48. My ancestors journeyed from the northwest of the Niger River to settle in central Ghana.
  49. I am pro-choice
  50. I’m a gadget junkie
  51. I’ve never lived alone, except briefly in college
  52. I learned to crochet when I was eleven
  53. I have inexplicably small toe nails
  54. I don’t mind being alone
  55. I’ve never had a hangover
  56. I wear contacts and glasses
  57. I’m not afraid of death, I’m afraid of pain
  58. I had chicken pox when I was a teenager
  59. I live twenty minutes from the US border
  60. I make my own bagels, it’s pretty easy
  61. I was a Brownie who didn’t go on to be a Girl Guide/Scout
  62. My siblings and I once drove thirteen hours each way from Maryland to Indiana
  63. My other name is Nanayaa, a traditional name given to girls born on Thursday
  64. I’ve been blogging since 2001, my first blog was on Diaryland
  65. I wore braces as an adult
  66. I was briefly a born-again Christian
  67. I consider myself a feminist
  68. I LOVE Christmas
  69. I’m a hopeless romantic
  70. I’ve never broken a bone or had surgery
  71. I still have my wisdom teeth, tonsils and appendix attached to me
  72. I have an unrealistic fear of underground parking lots
  73. I didn’t have seasonal allergies until I moved to Vancouver
  74. I’m not a vegan, but I prefer to bake vegan
  75. I think I may have a slight form of OCD
  76. I was once detained at the airport in Copenhagen, I don’t remember what for.
  77. I’ve never been paid for sex, I guess it’ll depend on the person and sum when it comes to it
  78. I’m selfish and I’m ok with it
  79. I love running sometimes
  80. I am Canadian
  81. I love cleaning
  82. I’m almost 5’5”
  83. I write better than I speak
  84. I’m an introvert, I sometimes find it tiring to be around people I don’t know
  85. I use to love the rain until I moved to Vancouver
  86. I wish I could sing
  87. I’ve lived in six countries
  88. I’m sixteen years older than I think
  89. I don’t think I’m responsible enough to have pets
  90. I get restless if I stay at one place for a long time
  91. I finally finished my bucket list
  92. My oldest brother is a pastor
  93. I’m on twitter
  94. My sixty-eight year old traditional African mother supports same-sex marriage
  95. I used to have panic attacks as a teenager that got misdiagnosed as asthma
  96. I can’t eat avocados anymore, I get a sudden bout of nausea whenever I try
  97. I’m easily distracted by shiny things
  98. My sister, a friend and I once spent the night in a car at a grocery store parking lot in Rehoboth Beach, DE
  99. I’m not into giving or receiving pain
  100. I was born in the wrong era, I should have been born in the future
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