Editor’s note: Though it’s interesting to read both this and other people’s 101’s, the realisation dawned that some of inconsequential snippets are a little bland. Therefore, the article was revised to include more interesting, quirky content.

I’ve been itching to write a new post, but with so many things suddenly appearing to pull my attention in different ways, suffice it to say, I’ve been busy.

And paradoxically, the more stuff that’s going on, the less easy I find it to write. Maybe it’s something to do with going insane arranging my thoughts. But with this itch firmly unscratchable, and no organisation going on in my head right now, I thought I’d write something nice and easy.

So here’s my 101. I hope you enjoy. I put some real time into these.

1. I know all the words to Yakko Warner’s ‘Nations of the World‘.
2. I write with a Waterman fountain pen for documents which are important to me.
3. I love listening to music.
4. Even though I’m a vegan (I don’t eat dairy products) I love the skin that forms on top of Cornish clotted cream.
5. I own every Enya album.
6. Jealousy is my biggest vice.
7. I’m hugely jealous of this woman.
8. I sometimes wish I was a woman just so I wouldn’t have to worry about being attracted to boys.
9. I like to sing.  A lot.
10. I find crying really hard, and only do it a couple times a month.
11. Public transport confuses and instills fear in me.
12. I love Jeremy Soule’s music, but know not many people outside the world of computer games have ever heard of anything he’s composed.
13. I’m quite possibly addicted to Twitter.
14. I’m very, very afraid of electricity pylons and find it very difficult to walk under their heavy-duty cables.
15. In the same vein, I’m also deathly afraid of any other large, looming, latticed building. Especially radio towers.
16. I’ve always had an indescribable, instinctive draw towards East Asia.
17. My bed must be made before I get it in at night, even if that means making it just before.
18. The night is the best time in the world for me. Especially around midnight.
19. I think Britain would be a better place if there were more homeschooling programs.
20. I really admire people that are well-organized.
21. Herbal tea is awesome.
22. My personality has been described as ‘cyclothymic’.
23. I strongly dislike using maths.
24. I have sensitive hearing and don’t like loud noises.
25. I used to be a grammar freak.  I’ve learned that it’s good to be flexible.
26. I hate shaving but feel much better afterwards.
27. I think 5-o’clock shadow is hawt.
28. I don’t like being a groucho.
29. I adore music in foreign languages as long as it isn’t Finnish death metal.
30. I buy loads of those ‘For Dummies’ books but then get let down when I realise they aren’t in-depth enough.
31. I’m sometimes very, very indecisive.
32. I often feel extremely embarressed when I make a mistake in front of others.
33. I sometimes install computer games just to steal the music tracks that come with them ‘cuz I’m a music dork like that.
34. I enjoy the homemade mantra, “Appearances are skin-deep, CSS are not.”
35. I stare out of windows.  A lot.
36. I enjoy comparing old work to new work.
37. I sort-of don’t and sort-of do believe in miasmic theory.
38. I think my nose is my worst feature and want a reduction rhinoplasty.
39. I try not to split my infinitives.
40. If I’m not going to see anyone, I won’t take a shower until I can smell my own stink.
41. I like Shilpa Shetty’s eyes, even though they’re probably the result of cosmetic eye surgery.
42. Everyone deserves a second chance.
43. I like getting therapy.  Especially when it’s free.
44. I have a theory that bird poo gravitates towards brown things.  Unfortunately, my favourite colours is brown.
45. I don’t understand how anyone could ever think Daniel Powter’s ‘Bad Day’ is a happy song.
46. I’m not sure if I believe in soul mates.
47. I really wish I had a super-power.
48. Sometimes I wish I was more of a gentleman.
49. I often prefer foreign films over US- or UK-made ones.
50. After visiting, I realised that I don’t like Poland much.
51. If I have a stomach ache, I lay face-first on the floor.
52. I love water.
53. I find it a little disconcerting to read books created by people who are now dead.
54. My grandma (‘Grammy’) and I get on super-duper well even though she’s endlessly racist and has no idea that I’m gay.
55. I think all toddlers are insanely cute. Especially when they run around with coats and wellies on.
56. I kill most plants that live within 5 yards of where I sleep.
57. I imagine up my own music videos to songs.
58. I have very eclectic tastes in music because I don’t enjoy most pop music.
59. I love words that have ‘let’ on the end.  Like ‘Geeklet’ or ‘Kidlet’.
60. Torture isn’t a necessary evil.  Ever.
61. The sound of rain makes me feel so lovely inside. Especially when I’m inside, wrapped up and/or in bed.
62. I wear pyjamas all the time at home and own enough sets to be able to wear separate pj’s for going to bed and lazyin’ it at home.
63. I’m very much an agnostic, and find atheism a little too bitter to handle.
64. Chocolate has never really ‘done it’ for me.
65. I’m a member of Amnesty International.
66. I neither love nor hate marmite and think that its conglomerate master could be a lot kinder to animals.
67. I want to fall in love with a cowboy one day.
68. I suffer from generalised social-anxiety disorder.
69. I’m not particularly satisfied with my body.
70. I love being caught in the rain, but not when it’s windy or excessively cold. I also like it when it rains in summer.
71. I always forget how to end a letter properly and have to google it every time.
72. I don’t get what all the fuss is about with this ‘raw food’.
73. I’m a stationery addict.
74. I don’t watch, listen to or read the news and make a point of treating the news as the plague.
75. I overthink things all the time and hate the fact that I do.
76. I get scared quite easily.
77. I can be very empathic sometimes.
78. Once I get in my giggle mood, I’ll just about laugh at anything. Especially marketing slogans.
79. I don’t like nose hair. At. All.
80. I’m really not fond of my family.
81. I couldn’t ride a bike until I was 10 and I’m embarrassed about it.
82. I’m not too fussed about sex before marriage, but I am very much opposed to casual sex.
83. I am not the type to argue and I don’t understand the point of ‘taking things out’ on people who have done nothing wrong to you.
84. Along with having a favourite colour, I have a favourite word.  And it changes all the time.
85. I’ve tried to get into meditating hundreds of time but I’ve never really gotten into it.
86. Even though I’m a vegan, I don’t like to push it into other people’s faces.
87. I’ve had two epiphany “OH MY GOD HOW DID I NOT REALISE THIS ABOUT MYSELF BEFORE?!” moments.
88. I have two very close friends who I’ve yet to meet.
89. I absolutely hate Sunday afternoons and Sunday Afternoon Feeling.
90. I once had a dream that Thich Naht Hanh was patrolling a car park and that we had a nice chat about something bland.
91. I love photography.
92. The only vegetables I don’t like are leeks, lettuce, spinach and broccoli, the lattermost of which can be made likable by roasting.
93. As long as there is little chance of it harming my mental, emotional or physical health (in both the short- and long-term), I will try almost everything once.
94. I almost went on a Barney commercial when I was a baby, but my parents decided to take us on holiday three days before the producers called.
95. I get stressed out easily when what I’m doing doesn’t relate to my values.
96. I don’t like being a hypocrite.
97. I want to kick Richard Dawkings in the gonads and then tell him that God told me to do it.
98. I’m a hummus addict.
99. I am a very good cook (when I pay attention for long enough).
100. I don’t like saying profanities, but do a lot anyway.
101. I want to immigrate to Canada or the US and have wanted to for the past four years.

So there you go, my 101 Inconsequential Snippets about Me!

So, now you’ve read my list, what do you think would fit nicely on your 101?

Later ‘tater!