More about me than you ever wanted to know. . .

I've been tagged to reveal 25 things about me on facebook but I feel like doin' my own thang. So here's 20 things about me mixed with a game of catch up. Enjoy!

Two names you go by:
1. Chi-chi
2. Nonye Nwanyi (Which means Nonye "girl" because I have another male friend named Nonye Nwoke (boy)

Two of your favorite things to do:
1. Salsa Dance
2. Voraciously read really good books (which I will do promptly once I graduate)

5 things about me:

1. From elementary school till my fourth year in college I played the clarinet and bass clarinet. I was your typical band geek who played in orchestra, marching band and I loved playing in musical orchestras. I loved playing the clarinet so much that I almost became a professional musician. But somehow I became a scientist instead.

2. I hate cold cereal. There's something about it that repulses me. Even the smell of milk and cereal make me gag.

3. I love to dance. I love to learn different dances but my current favorite of all time is the Mambo.

4. I didn't have a major for about a year and a half when I started college. I just got so caught up with all my activities in high school that I forgot that high school would end and I didn't know what I wanted to do afterwards.

5. I've never had a real job--I'm working on that right now (:


Two things you want very badly at the moment:
1. For my house to magically become clean! I'm in the middle of a purge and I really don't know where all this stuff came from but it's gotta go!
2. To know what God wants me to do with my life. I think I kinda know but how can one really be sure?

Two things you did last night:
1. Saw "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" This was an exquisitely beautiful movie, go see it if you can.
2. Upgraded my software to Microsoft Office 2008--trust me it took so long that it warrented a mention on this note.

5 more things about me:

6. I'm a gadget girl. I love things that will make my life easier and more efficient. My current crave is to have the Palm Pre when it comes out--but I'm wary of sprint.

7. I'm also a wanna-be computer geek. I would love to learn to code, but will settle on just knowing how to do about everything else.

8. I know how to make DNA from strawberries. Do you wanna know too? It's great for getting kids excited about science. if you wanna know I'll send you the protocol.

9. I love living in Chicago. If I could find a job, that I love, that would allow me to stay here I would take it in a heartbeat. Anyone out there need a Molecular Biologist?

10. I love me some Barack Obama, but I'm started to feel a little desensitized. I think I'm suffering from Obama-overload. But I know he's doing exactly what we sent him to Washington DC to do, get our country back, and I love him for it!

Two things you ate today:
1. Vanilla yogurt with pomengranate seeds and honey.
2. Jasmine rice mixed with Tomato-Coconut stew. (Mmmmmmmmm it was good!)

Two longest trips taken in the last five years:
1. To see my family in Nigeria
2. Mexico with Corey Jordan. Good times!

5 more things about me:

11. I like bicycling on the lake. I don't do it as much as I'd like to but when I do I love it!

12. I'm a former sprinter and long jumper. In my senior year of high school my team went to state! But we got schooled): I loved running sprints, now long distance that's something else but I'm committed to incorporating that in my life too.

13. I used to love hip-hop but when Dre and Ice Cube came on the scene and misogyny became the rule I had to leave it. But I still listen, just not as deep as when I listened to A Tribe Called Quest, Leaders of the New School, The Real Roxanne and De La Soul. I also had a crush on Heavy D. he was so cuddly!

14. I love trying out different restaurants. Call me a low-budget foodie (:

15. I'm addicted to NPR.

Two favorite holidays:
1. Christmas
2. July 4th
3. Obama Day (It only comes once in a lifetime) (on Nov. 5th, 2008--I took that day off, I was soooooooooo happy)

5 more things about me (I'm on a roll!):

16. I am afraid of scary movies--my imagination is too good, I keep putting myself in the victim's shoes. I'm working on it but they can be intense. I'll have nightmares for days.

17. I was born in Kearney, Nebraska. The doctors kept me in an incubator because I was the first African-American baby born in that hospital and they didn't know what to do. Isn't that crazy!

18. I wasn't raised speaking Igbo but I'm learning by piecemeal here and there. I don't like it but whatcha gonna do?

19. I'm a proud Hyde Parker. I've been trained to park in tight spaces and to to gangster a spot quickly if I'm in a parking war--that's the life (:

20. I have a mild case of road rage. I'm actually a very sweet person--I really don't drink and I've never done pot. But this is my one vice.