1. I was born in 1980…
2. …In Ontario, Canada
3. I have a sister and three brothers
4. My parents are still married
5. I am 5’11’’
6. I pursue God everyday as He pursues me
7. I believe very much in Spiritual Things and in Truth
8. I believe that it’s true that God died to set people free and that death was broken with His coming back to life
9. I love black tea with crazy passion especially PG Tips and Typhoo and I found a really good Irish Breakfast Tea at Trader Joe’s
10. I like my tea really strong with lots of cream and sugar. Hot beverages are pretty much useless to me if you can’t add cream and sugar to them. (Updated to add: I have found that tea caffeine is kind of strong for me and now I drink espresso- and am not as jumpy. Go figure.)
11. I like my eggs poached
12. And I love wearing red skate shoes. I’ve almost always had a pair of red shoes since I was fifteen- except for right now, but my shoes are sewn with red thread
13. Red is actually my very favorite color
14. My mother, my daughter, and I all have the same middle name– Joy
15. I’m a painter
16. I like oils best
17. I used to do performance painting but now I’m lucky if I do any at all. I’m planning on starting to paint again though, and I want to do more live portraits
18. I’m feeling much more positive about building a career in art    WHAAA?  Did I actually write that?
19. I’ve lived away from Canada for six seven years and I really miss it
20. I only have half a thyroid
21. I’ve been in eight nine car accidents
22. When I was young I stole compulsively until I was arrested when I was fourteen and then I never stole again, although I do like bank robbery movies
23. I met my husband in San Francisco when I was eighteen
24. And he was twenty-five
25. I’ve never kissed anyone else
26. My husband is African-American, and I’m European-American (Canadian)
27. He is my biggest hero and my best friend and we are very happy
28. I had three kids in four years
29. And now I feel like I’m done  I’m pregnant again
30. I live in a one room cabin with my whole family I live in a beautiful two bedroom cabin with my family   I live in an old craftsman style house in Sacramento
31. It’s driving me crazy but I’m trying to make the best of it I made the best of it and I’m glad for the experience
32. I’ve had many goldfish who were all named Frankie
33. Our current goldfish belongs to my son but I still named him Frankie I need to get another goldfish
34. I’m allergic to cats
35. I had one cat I loved when I was a kid
36. I was an awkward child with skinny legs and big teeth
37. I’ve suffered from post-partum depression
38. And had many panic attacks throughout it
39. I write because it makes me love life and because I can see life better when I write about it
40. My husband calls me the Pillow Nazi because I’m always controlling about the pillows
41. Same with the lights and whether they’re on or off
42. But I’m mellow about most other things
43. I lived in India for a while and rode on camels and elephants
44. I slept under the stars in an Indian desert and rode four days on an Indian ship to get to the Andaman Islands. The ship broke down in the ocean and we ran out of water because they had to use it to cool the engines
45. I will go back to India soon, I hope, with my family
46. I’ve also spent time in Thailand and Nepal
47. I’m writing a novel, and my first draft is half-finished
48. I’ve always wanted to write a book
49. I go to bookstores to ogle the new books and their covers, I love the way they look, the way they feel, the way they smell…
50. I love to read almost too much
51. I’m an ISFP
52. I’ve always felt that sometimes people can’t see God because they need to see Him in a different way than they’re used to
53. I speak with a Canadian accent that my superstar husband sometimes mocks me about
54. I can be slightly melodramatic at times
55. I think that Vanilla Heath Bar Crunch Ice Cream is the best in the world, and Crème Brulee is my favorite dessert.
56. I would eat it every day if it wouldn’t keep me from getting back into my pre-pregnancy clothes
57. My superstar husband and I direct a non-profit organization
58. We also are working on starting up a wedding photography business   We do wedding photography but what we really want to do is photography for advocacy
59. I write poems
60. I’m not very good at organizing things, which is why I am awed by Elena
61. I really really love my friends but sometimes have a hard time showing it
62. I’m trying to do better- I’d love to be better about sending cards and letters and packages in the mai;
63. I love documentaries and one day I’d like to make one
64. I’m a wimp about movies and I’ve walked out of many that were too scary or disturbing for me
65. I like happy endings, or at least endings with hope
66. I went to eight different schools growing up
67. And lived in 12 different houses
68. I always want everyone to be happy- I fear disappointing people
69. I hate being called Rache, but I like being called Rae or RaeRae
70. I love structure and routine, but I’m very flexible, especially about big things in life
71. However, my biggest pet peeve is when I’m expecting something that doesn’t work out
72. I love mornings, although they are a bit different now that I have kids. I still leap out of bed with the thought of having a cup of tea, though an Americano, though
73. I need a lot of light to thrive, and get depressed in the winter, especially here in our community. We spend a lot of time outdoors, and it feels like we are always walking around in the dark
74. I have good veins, nurses always tell me so
75. I’m very competitive, and I have to be careful to remind myself that games are for fun
76. I love to cook and I usually like what I make, but I haven’t had a kitchen I feel comfortable in for a long time and now I have my very own kitchen!
77. My mom is an amazing cook and it seems magic to me, how she can always figure out what to make, every night
78. I look a lot like my sister
79. We think a lot alike, too
80. I have a husband who speaks Korean and German fairly fluently
81. I’ve had and lost contact with an amazing amount of friends in my life
82. I want to be better at long distance friendships
83. I’ve had my dreadlocks since September of 2002
84. I can’t stand shopping and can only handle a little at a time, except for grocery shopping, which I don’t mind
85. I plan to start sewing some of my own clothes, since I feel like I can never find what I’m looking for
86. I was addicted to smoking for years, but I’ve managed to quit and I feel a lot healthier now
87. I helped manage a deli when I was fourteen
88. I work in administration now
89. I love music, although I’m not a musician
90. My superstar husband is an amazing musician
91. He’s pretty much good at everything he does, hence the nickname
92. Plus I figure I can’t gripe about him in a bad moment if I call him that
93. I’ve been much healthier inside since I started blogging
94. I want to adopt kids, which is one of the reasons that I want to stop bearing them  will have to wait for a couple more years
95. I feel that looking after oppressed kids will be a bigger part of my life one day
96. I have no talent for small talk
97. In the past people have mistaken me for a snob, but really I’m just shy and a pretty big introvert
98. However, knowing that people can’t tell the difference, I’m making more of an effort to make acquaintance with others
99. I once lived in a church on the beach
100. I’m happiest with only a few things

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