NOTE: List updated on 11/04/06

I get lots of email about my "100 Things" list. Added some flavor to my list cause some of yall just LOVE DRAMA. Hey, I don't want my life to sound too boring.

One of the items on this list is completely FALSE. Can you guess which one??

1. Where do I start???? I'm a black female, age 47.

2. I can remember seeing hundreds of butterflies in our backyard garden.

3. I was raised three blocks from the Mississippi river.

4. I have double earring piercing in both ears, but don't wear earrings.

5. I read the book "I Know This Much Is True" by Wally Lamb

6. When I was growing up, our backyard was filled with giant six-foot tall sunflowers. That's why I selected Photo #10 in the Ecard application.

7. I never learned how to dance.

8. I once paid $200 to get my hair braided.

9. My brand new car was rear-ended before it had 100 miles on the odometer.

10. My grandfather built his house (4 bedrooms and a den) from the ground up in the San Fernando Valley.

11. I have an extensive CD collection and like all types of music like Jazz, R&B, Country, Rock, Classical, (a little Rap music here and there). I really like the talents of new up and coming recording artists like Dionne Farris singing "Hopeless" on the "Soul Food" soundtrack. New artists try harder and have better on stage performances. They never take their audience for granted.

12. I read "What Looks Like Crazy On An Ordinary Day" by Pearl Cleage.

13. I have a DVD collection with over 300 titles.

14. I love to play cards, especially Spades.

15. I never dated in High school.

16. I said I DO, but I meant I MIGHT.

17. One night my father took me to see a giant firefly nest. I shall never forget the view. It was as though the moon had settled on the hillside. Scientific name: Photinus pyralis or Lampyridae.

18. I do not drink alcohol beverages. I quit in November 1988.

19. When I was drinking, I used to make "torches" - ½ Hennessy, ½ Olde English beer.

20. I saw the movie "Aliens" starring Sigourney Weaver , Paul Reiser and Bill Paxton over 100 times. I don't know why.

21. While on vacation, I starred in a professional music video at "Six Flags over Texas" amusement park. They had a recording studio open to the public.

22. When I was younger, I lived next door to Kenji Brown (lead guitar), of the group "Rose Royce". Members of the original group: Kenji Brown, Victor Nix, Kenny Copeland, Freddie Dunn, Michael Moore, Lequient "Duke" Jobe, Henry Garner, Terrai Santiel and Gwen Dickey

23. Years ago, I stepped on a glass jar and had to get 30 stitches in my foot.

24. The most elaborate hairstyle I ever wore took two days to complete. It consists of over 600 individual micro-braids. Each braid was over 2 1/2 feet long. Why?? Cause I'm cool like dat!

25. I keep secrets.

26. I read "Memoirs of a Geisha" by Arthur Golden

27. I am an excellent domino player (bone slammer) (can talk plenty shit too).

28. On my 9th birthday, I received a sewing machine as a gift.

29. I won a luxury Princess cruise for two while playing $1 Bingo.

30. I could never draw a damn thing on an "Etch A Sketch".

31. I was stung on the lower eyelid by a "yellow jacket wasp". Scientific name "What-a-bitch" !

32. I like vampire movies, especially "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer".

33. I discovered that I was allergic to hair dye when I was rushed to the emergency room because my entire head was swollen.

34. I read "Divided Soul Life of Marvin Gaye" by David Ritz

35. I have perfected the art of French kissing, but so have you..................... right????

36. I visit the local TV station five days a week (sometimes 5 times a day).

37. I have always believed that my grandfather was the most honorable man that ever lived.

38. Sometimes I play "The Best of the Moments" CD while commuting to work in the morning. The Moments are now known as Ray, Goodman and Brown.

39. I am very private, yet I own a personal website?????? Go figure!

40. I have a crush on The Rock (Dwayne Johnson). He is so handsome.

41. I make good spaghetti.

42. I am an excellent seamstress. See #28

43. I think the song "I Do Love You" by Billy Stewart is romantic and sweet.

44. I used to hang out on the roof top with my friends and smoke cigarettes.

45. Ok, here's the entry that I get the most inquiries about.......I have never been in love, but yet I remain a hopeless romantic. Judging by the volume of email I received (regarding this entry), I would say that some folks (and folkettes) experienced "shock and awe" after reading this one. Email inquiries like "What about the love of (..............)" or don't you love(...........)" .........Hey, all I can say is quit trippin' over it , .....really.....GET OVER IT" ***slap*** !!......the closest I could get to love was severe-neverending-lust and consider myself fortunate to understand the difference between sex and love, duh. Still confused??? (take a pill or something)....

46. I have been eye to eye with a live snake standing on its tail in the garden.

47. I used to have hundreds of buttons in my sewing box.

48. I make the best potato salad. Yep, better than your Mama !!!

49. I'm pretty sure I've seen every episode of "I Love Lucy". Yep, I think Lucy is kewl, so don't even trip.

50. I have family members who served duty overseas in World War II. They were buried with full military honors.

51. When I was a kid, I volunteered to help clean up after parties just so I could sip the drinks. They could always depend on me to empty the punch bowl too.

52. I am addicted to "HTML". Should form a support group called "HTMLanonymous".

53. I used to know someone named "Tang-Gloria". Yes, that was the spelling of her real name.

54. I read "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" by Terry McMillan.

55. I won 1st prize in a speech competition (last day of class).

56. I met Ricardo Montalban on the set of Dynasty. He is sooooooo fine in person. Oh, baby, baby!

57. I read " Home is where the Heart Is" by Carol Grace

58. I love Barry White music. Forgive me, I meant to say, I love, love, love, love, love, love, Barry White. There, I said it right that time.

59. I WAS hooked on romance novels and use to read one entire Harlequin romance novel everyday. Total read = at least 300

60. I screen all my phone calls.

61. I read "The Uses of Enchantment" by Bruno Bettelheim and vow never to read fairly tales to children again.

62. I love audio books.

63. My middle name is "She-so-fine-Dianna". For real, yall. I ain't kidding. Ok, ok, ok, it's Dianna, but that sounds so plain.

64. I read 1/2 of "She's Come Undone" by Wally Lamb

65. I spent too much time surfing the Internet.

66. I own very little jewelry.

67. I read "I Wish I Had A Red Dress" by Pearl Cleage

68. I think I have seen every episode of Star Trek.

69. I wish I had the nerve to sky dive.

70. I used to watch Atom Ant and Secret Squirrel cartoons on Saturday mornings. They are still airing those old cartoons on the "Cartoon Network".

71. I think Dame Judi Dench did an excellent reading in the audio version of "Lady Chatterly's Lover".

72. I can't drive a car with a stick shift.

73. The recording artist "Aaliyah" will live in my heart forever. She was killed in a plane crash, August 2001. I was a loyal fan long before her untimely death. Rest in peace, Aaliyah. I love you !

74. I have seen every epsiode of "Six Feet Under".

75. I read banned books like "Fanny Hill" c 1749 by John Cleland.

76. I usually play dominoes on-line at Yahoo (Yahoomiones)

77. I repeat myself sometimes.

78. I repeat myself sometimes.

79. I like some country music, but have never purchased a country CD.

80. I own two Kathleen Battle Opera CDs.

81. I love the smell of coffee. Must have a cup each morning.

82. I am really annoyed by people who don't have email. What's up with that????

83. I seldom listen to the voice messages on my cell phone, but I promise to listen to yours.

84. I take vitamins and calcuim tablets everyday.

85. I'm an XM satellite radio junkie. I love the 70's and 80's old school music and the comedy station.

86. My nephew's mother was killed in a motorcycle accident when he was only 4 months old. It was her first time and she wasn't wearing a helmet.

87. I lost six pair of new sunglasses this year.

88. I always purchase the same calendar at the beginning of each year - "The 365 Puppies a Year"

89. I saw the movie "Out of Time" starring Denzel Washington. I just love watching Denzel walk. He has the stride of a panther. On a scale of 10, I gave it 7.

90. I love the rain. I call it "Lover's Weather".

91. I made a wish on a falling star and it came true many years later. Too bad I didn't wish for millions of dollars.

92. I know someone with "myasthenia gravis". It's a fatiguable muscle weakness, made worse by activity and improved with rest.

93. I love jokes and belong to "A-Joke-A-Day" type email ring.

94. My pedicure color is "cobalt-neon-shocking-ass-blue".

95. I always wanted to own seven mini-schuauzer puppies.

96. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE playing real life bingo, especially high-stakes bingo at the Indian reservations or Las Vegas Casinos.

97. I like 60's and 70's style clothing. Big afros, big hoop earring, bright colors and faded jeans. I didn't own any, but still like it.

98. I read "The Glass Lake" by Maeve Binchy (three times). I loved it.

99. I usually spend one weekend in Las Vegas each year, but I don't plan to go this year. Might go next year.

100. Someone saved my life (as a teenager) and I lived to save three other lives. Funny how that works out, huh???

Ok, can you guess which item is false?

THE END