1. My given name is Tianna LaDawn Roberts.
2. I've gone by Tia since I was little.
3. I would rather read than watch a movie any day.
4. I don't enjoy showers. I take them because I have to.
5. I've spent parts of my life as a vegetarian, a vegan, and a raw vegan.
6. I have a pet snake. Her name is Raj. I've had her since I was 12.
7. I've lived in Colorado, Oklahoma, upstate New York, Queens New York, Sherman Texas, Philadelphia, Washington DC, and, currently, Dallas.
8. I got facebook so that I could talk with a boy I had met and we have never become facebook friends.
9. I drive a Honda Civic. Her name is Dalia.
10. I've been to Mexico, Canada, and Peru.
11. In Mexico, I fell in love with a little Mexican girl named Leticia. I would have stayed in Mexico to live with her and her mom.
12. I hate no athletic talent.
13. I love, love, love rock climbing. I go almost every day.
14. I work as a bartender and I really love it because I get to meet new people every day. I really hate it because I'm always up late and my life seems to revolve around alcohol.
15. I can't identify Brad Pitt or Tom Cruise but I've know who Sean Connery and Harrison Ford were since I was 10.
16. The latest Disney princess has my name and I commonly refer to her as my princess.
17. I'm somewhat obsessed with making fresh juice. I think that everyone should own a juicer and use it daily.
18. I'm completely a hippie.
19. I prefer organic everything.
20. I'm not afraid of not washing my hair while on the race considering I don't wash my hair often either.
21. Ezekiel is my favorite book of the Bible. When God told him to do things, he looked crazy but did them anyway.
22. I recently bought a guitar in an effort to teach myself how to play and bring it with me around the world.
23. Music is the simplest connection with other people.
24. I'm doing my own taxes for the first time in my life this year.
25. I don't like to journal and I don't do a very good job at it.
26. I'm not competitive in the least. I really don't mind if I loose.
27. I really love science fiction.
28. Please discuss doctrine with me. I absolutely love discussing doctrine. It's thrilling!
29. My father raised us in a wood shop. I am capable of building my own furniture.
30. I have a younger sister named Alisa and she is awesome!
31. I'm not electronically inclined. If my computer doesn't turn on, I usually just go on to the next activity and come back later.
32. I don't get worked up very easily. And when I'm angry I quit speaking before I say something stupid that I can't take back.
33. I'm scared of meeting my new team members because I lack a sense of subtlety and can be a little abrasive.
34. I'm super adventurous and will do almost anything for the adrenaline rush.
35. I have a motorcycle liscence and if I weren't going on this trip, I would use my savings to buy a bike.
36. I'm probably gonna put my hair in dreadlocks for the race along with a couple other of my team members.
37. I don't always make wise descisions in relation to men. I don't exactly have a good track record.
38. I'm working on becoming a wise woman.
39. Almost all of my closest friend live across the country.
40. I've been putting off getting my typhoid vaccine because I'm scared of needles.
41. I do have one tattoo. It's behind my ear and it says "bought by the blood of the lamb" in ancient Hebrew.
42. I'm not sure I have a favorite food except that I love dessert. I blame my mom. 🙂
43. I really do love to cook and bake when there is someone there to help me eat it.
44. When I lived in Philly, I lived in my car for a while before spending some time living at a friend's house.
45. I'm really excited to spend a year in different countries with different people.
46. I'm most excited about living with the Romanian gypsies.
47. My favorites tabs at the top of my web browser right now all pertain to world race gear. None of which I have actually bought yet.
48. I spent several years in theater and musical theater while in high school. Now I hate the plays Oklahoma and The Music Man.
49. I love make-up. It's not because I don't like my face. It's because make up is pretty, like an accessory.
50. Self serve frozen yogurt is the best idea ever.
51. I tend to use big words mostly because those are the ones I think of first.
52. I have a degree in Biblical Studies with a focus in youth ministries.
53. I got to MC the Philadelphia 2008 Word of Life Superbowl and it was awesome!
54. Growing up, I wanted to be a JAG lawyer. Now, I'm neither in the military nor law school.
55. I really love Christian rap and went to college with several well known artists.
56. I plan to try sky diving sometime soon.
57. I like to be scared.
58. I don't like to plan ahead. I would rather just take things as they come.
59. I love the sunshine. I don't love the sunburn that usually comes with the sunshine.
60. I'm D3 deficient.
61. I'm a night owl and I would rather stay up late and then sleep in.
62. I like to eat breakfast foods at night.
63. My Bible looks like a child colored in it. I love highlighters.
64. I have zero artistic talent yet people seem to consider me artsy.
65. I worked at a fair when I was 13 and got hit by a car while selling tickets.
66. I got stitches in my neck when I was 2.
67. I love to tell stories very dramatically.
68. My high school pastor, Paul Ryan, is the reason I began to delve deeper into my faith and explore the deeper aspects of God's grace.
69. I love Motown!
70. I used to write a lot of poetry. 5 of my poems are published as the lyrics to songs.
71. I don't drink energy drinks…. ever, ever, ever, ever.
72. My first legit job was at Dunkin' Donuts in Red Hook, NY.
73. I will not finish my life in Florida playing softball and collecting seashells.
74. I find fundraising really difficult.
75. I recently reconnected with an old friend. And we're better friends now than we were and that's pretty cool.
76. Once time my grandma send me and my sister a hermit crab in the mail. It lived and we named it Sebastian.
77. Can't Touch This!!!!!
78. I've never been arrested.
79. I live alone in a little apartment in far north Dallas.
80. I think American comedy is stupid and British comedy is brilliant.
81. I love video games with zombies and hate all other video games that aren't Mario.
82. I hate politics and economics.
83. I love math. I really love math. I know that I'm a dork.
84. I don't really cry.
85. I dance when I'm singing in worship. My joy just won't stay still.
86. My great grandmother was a Spanish gypsy.
87. I like superstitions because then I get to prove that they're wrong.
88. This is much more difficult than I expected it would be.
89. I don't like blood or gross things or even hearing about blood and gross things.
90. When my mom had surgery I couldn't even be in the room when the doctor came in. My imagination was enough to freak me out.
91. I ran my first mile my junior year of college and was so excited that I called my junior high gym teacher to tell her.
92. The town I grew up in only had one stop light.
93. I really want to run a tough mudder 5k.
94. All of my major injuries have as a result of tripping.
95. My coworker gave me a concusion once by accidently slamming my head into a cooler.
96. I hate writing with a blue pen.
97. I'm a minimalist. I'm actually looking forward to getting rid of my stuff when I leave for the race. Now my mom wants me to keep it all in storage at her house. haha
98. I made "healthy" muffins today from a recipe that my mom got off of Dr. Phil. They are terrible.
99. I want to leave tomorrow for the race.
100. July 2012 – May 2013 is going to be EPIC!!!!!!!!!!
