I’m a ridiculously light sleeper (on the nights I do sleep).

I’ve been to at least 3 strip clubs in my life and thoroughly enjoyed myself at all of them.

I eat chocolate in some form at least once a day.

I think Godfather II is far superior to I.

I desperately want a dog, even if only to knock Cat off her throne and provide a worthy adversary.

I don’t wear makeup except on weekends.

I can’t name a single tangible thing I learned in college off the top of my head.

I think there’s no contest whatsoever between Alien & Predator, the whole premise is flawed - Predator is a highly intelligent being with superior technology, while Alien is just a scaly ill-tempered animal with acidy spit.

I’ll eat anything, from pigs feet to kidney, the hotter the better.

I’m incapable of walking erect in heels taller than 2.5 inches.

The first thing I notice about men is their shoulders and eyes. I’m also a sucker for deep voices.

I speak semi-decent French and Spanish, but it’s pathetic how much of both I’ve forgotten.

I surround myself with people who harbor dark sides. I shudder and hide from people who don’t.

I love cooking, though I’m lost without a recipe. If I bake something, I feel entitled to eat the entire baked good in a 24-hour period.

I have a usually dormant but supremely ugly temper. Of which I am not proud.

I try to read a book a week on the subway. I’m tired of well-publicized mediocre novels, so I’m becoming more discriminating in creating my queue. Any Hunter S. Thompson, Tom Wolfe, Vonnegut or Zadie Smith immediately makes the list.

I’ve had surgery 5 times to fix various broken and torn body parts.

I love all creature movies, from classics to low-budget bombs - King Kong, Jaws, Lake Placid, Anaconda - I always root for the animals.

I learned to love the Beatles, the Stones, Hall & Oates, Steely Dan, Men at Work and the Police when I was 5 by singing along in the car with my dad. We’d harmonize and everything.

I don’t watch network TV. Or much of any TV for that matter. Instead, I watch people. And, far too frequently, I judge.

The most beautiful places I’ve ever seen are the Culebra beaches, the Croatian Coast, the Pantheon, Chartres Cathedral, the view from the Williamsburg Bridge and the New England forest.

I fall down. A lot. For no discernible reason.

At a bar I order vodka or whiskey, never scotch or gin.

I’ve cried at operas - though occasionally it was because they were so damn long.

I generally detest lists like these, they oversimplify and package a person, but enough readers have requested a little more information on this random woman whose life they read about on the internet, so I figured I should oblige.