I was going for 100 things, but 48 isn’t bad either.
- I love classic cars and every day I am sad I had to sell my 1972 Karmann Ghia convertible.
- I have no business owning classic cars that need work.
- I love steak tartar.
- My goal is to do a two hour hike five days a week but I usually end up with four.
- Oppression makes me very, very, angry.
- I love color.
- I’m borrowing a quote from Swedish painter Ivan Ivarson: “I could eat color.”
- I also love photography. Photography is painting for the lazy.
- I’ve lived in California since July 12, 1995.
- Before then I lived in Sweden, where I was born.
- I teach at a Catholic school, but I am not a member of any religious organization.
- I think I’m becoming more interesting as I get older, but I realize that as an aging woman in the eyes of the world I am getting less interesting as I get older.
- I am a cancer survivor.
- Speaking English as a second language has given me plenty of new words and concepts to make visible things that are kept invisible in Swedish. One example: #13.
- People who rely on hierarchies (and their positions in hierarchies) are boring to me.
- This is a Scandinavian cultural trait (#15).
- I like people.
- I like flowers.
- I like sunshine and when it’s warm.
- Growing up my favorite month was July.
- My favorite number is 7.
- I like people who are funny.
- Very few students incorporate humor into their papers, essays, or exams. This is a pity.
- Shout-out to Justin Canel. (Also a test to see if he’ll ever read this.)
- My hairdresser likes to make my hair partly purple, but purple hair makes me nervous.
- I feel at home in large cities.
- I live in a small town.
- I don’t have favorite movies or books or songs.
- I drink a lot of coffee but no alcohol (because of the cancer).
- My left foot is larger than my right foot (maybe that’s normal).
- I don’t remember numbers.
- I remember personal details and stories people tell me to an embarrassing degree.
- I just deleted “I am more competitive than I’d like to admit.”.
- I need time by myself everyday.
- I have a very, very, poor sense of direction.
- I love cheese.
- I like leather shoes and bags. Not vegan.
- Not a vegetarian either.
- I’ve never wanted kids.
- I’m afraid of heights.
- I think men get away with stuff and women are held to higher standards. (As in, it’s easier to criticize a woman’s performance.)
- One of the nicest compliments I’ve received was when one of my nephews was 2 years old and he told his dad, “Lotta knows how to play in the sandbox”.
- Also: An African-American college senior (that is, a young woman around 22 years old) told me that I was the first white person she’d been able to trust.
- I told a white colleague that story, and her first comment was “no”, as if it couldn’t be true.
- I will never, ever, understand American race relations.
- I love spicy food.
- I’m private. There are lots of things I’d never put on this list.
- I can hold a grudge.