• _Life in Technicolor ii_ 7" single (bloody impossible to find)
• Prospekt's March, Coldplay
• Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, Coldplay (the damn UPS man left mine out on the driveway and it melted side B)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, Phoenix
• It's Never Been Like That, Phoenix
• Is This It, the Strokes
• Room on Fire, the Strokes
• Hot Fuss, the Killers
• Takk..., Sigur Rós
• Hoppípolla, 7", Sigur Rós
• How to be...

• Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain
• The Nasty Bits by Anthony Bourdain
• Gone Bamboo by Anthony Bourdain
• Bobby Gold Stories by Anthony Bourdain
• At Home by Bill Bryson
• Icons of England edited by Bill Bryson
• Sophie's Choice by William Styron
• Slam by Nick Hornby
• A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
• How to be Good by Nick Hornby
• About a Boy by Nick Hornby
• Seems like everything Ian McEwan has ever written is on Kindle, so I'm...

• Be more spontaneous, less self-conscious, more original in their choices and methods (outside the music, that's all good)
• Stop wearing costumes or coordinated clothes
• HAVE AN EFFING OFFICIAL FAN CLUB (and let me design and run it :P)
• Go "back to basics" a bit, simplify
  • Be able to reproduce songs live without significant use of backing tracks or additional musicians
• PLAY "SHIVER" LIVE (tough cookies, Gu...

• Mad Men
• Skins generations 2 & 3 (my heart belongs to the first)
• Entourage
• The Wire
• Weeds (have seen seasons 1 &2)
• Arrested Development (BUY AND REWATCH)
• Chuck (all seasons but the first)
• Community (catch up with rest of last season)
• Outsourced (when it starts)
• BBC's Sherlock
• Jeeves and Wooster

• Skydive/bungee jump
• Scuba dive
• Snorkel
• Work in food services
• Work in customer service (permanently, anyway)
• Work in sales (permanently)
• Like beer
• Solicit customers/future customers (once I leave my current job, anyway)

• Bucks New University (England)
• Sheffield University (England)
• Berklee (online)
• London College of Music (this looks the best)
• London Metropolitan University

• Tea is good
• Ribena is better
• Don't expect to get any errands done if you leave the house past 3PM
• I have a love/hate relationship with public transport
• It rarely, if never goes above 80*F or below 25*F
• You can therefore wear the same wardrobe all year by adding and subtracting one midweight and one winter coat, and sandals vs. boots
• Rain isn't as frequent in East Anglia as in other parts of the country,...

• The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
• Saturday by Ian McEwan
• Ender's Game and the whole Speaker series by Orson Scott Card
• The Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseini
• The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie
• All Harry Potter by JK Rowling
• A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
• Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
• Contact by Carl Sagan
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
• Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
• Sophie's ...

• "WHERE'S MY MAC AND CHEESE?!?!"
• "I love America. Just because I think gay dudes should be allowed to adopt kids and that we all should have hybrid cars doesn't mean I don't love America."
• "I had a Three Musketeers for breakfast."
• "Are you the one who ordered cream soda in bulk?"
• When I dropped a cheesecake on the floor but ate it anyway
• When I got mayonnaise on my feet at Nando's
• "Get me out of this dre...

• See You Soon
• Ladder to the Sun
• Your Love Means Everything (collab.)
• Brothers and Sisters
• Glass of Water
• Ode to Deodorant (musically, anyway)
• The World Turned Upside Down
• The Goldrush
• Shiver (just because they don't play it live because Guy's whiney)
• Careful Where You Stand
• Rainy Day
• Warning Sign
• I Ran Away
• Sleeping Sun
• The Escapist (Extended)
• Swallowed in the Sea

• Anytime at All
• I'll Cry Instead
• I'll be Back
• I'll Follow the Sun
• I Don't Want to Spoil the Party
• What You're Doing
• I Need You
• I've Just Seen a Face (until Across the Universe made it popular)
• I'm Down
• And Your Bird Can Sing
• For No One
• I Want to Tell You
• Getting Better
• Baby You're a Rich Man
• The Inner Light
• Hey Bulldog
• It's All Too Much (God, I forgot how awesome this song is)
• Dear Prudence
• Martha My Dear
• Across the ...

• New mirror
• New lamp
• New bedding
• Mattress topper
• Butterfly mobile
• Frame select few posters
• Bulletin board (cover in fabric?)
• Clean desk
• Clean closet
• Reorganize book/journal storage
• Buy a Parachutes globe

How did this end up being my longest list? This is kind of pathetic...

And for the record, this is a list of IDEAL characteristics, not required ones.

• Be Chris Martin (OK, kidding) (kind of)
• Have appropriate length hair (no buzz cuts, no ponytails--middle ground!)
• Not have facial hair, or at least much of it (5 o'clock shadow suitable, no mustaches/goatees/full beards allowed)
• Not be fussy about hair (...

Too many to list, but these spring to mind:

• At Home by Bill Bryson
• Icons of England edited by Bill Bryson
• Sophie's Choice by William Styron
• Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen by Julie Powell
• About a Boy by Nick Hornby
• Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby
• Everything else by Ian McEwan that I haven't gotten to yet
• Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story by Chuck Klosterman
• The Bell Ja...

• Read my brains out
• Watch the World Cup obsessively
• Get the basics of something written
• Go to the movies at least once a week
• Get a job (at least one)
• Go to Clinton Crossing Outlets
• Go to IKEA
• Watch all of the Beatles Anthology for the millionth time
• Bring my tea-drinking habit to the US
• Get a tan
• Go to Montauk and Canada
• Play Pokemon
• Re-do bedroom
• Catch up with Community

• American TV
• Goldfish crackers
• Tide to Go
• Annie's Mac and Cheese
• Reese's (PB & chocolate as an acceptable combo in general)
• Corn muffins/corn bread/corn dogs
• REAL hot dogs, not sausages or pale immitations
• Alfredo sauce
• Grilled cheese (not cheese toasties)
• Swiffer cleaning products
• Watching SpongeBob on Saturdays when I get up
• J. Crew
• Gap (at affordable prices)
• Target brand ANYTHING
• Wendy's chicken
• Five Guys chee...

There are too many to list, so this is a kind of random sampling.

• When Did You Last See Your Father?
• Sliding Doors
• New York, I Love You
• Brick Lane
• Paper Heart
• Fever Pitch (UK version)
• About a Boy
• Backbeat
• The Road
• Four Lions
• Agora
• Eat, Pray, Love
• Angela's Ashes
• Bottle Rocket
• Life During Wartime
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• An Education
• Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
• Somewhere
• Love Don't Let Me Down
• The Social Net...

• Up in the Air
• It's Complicated
• Nowhere Boy
• Sherlock Holmes
• The Boys Are Back
• Brothers
• Valentine's Day
• A Single Man
• Invictus
• The Last Station
• Alice in Wonderland
• Leap Year
• Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• The Blind Side
• The Ghost
• I Am Love
• Cemetery Junction
• Iron Man 2
• The Hurt Locker
• American: The Bill Hicks Story
• Four Lions
• Robin Hood
• Knight and Day
• Date Night
• Despicable Me
• Inception
• Scott Pilgrim vs. the World!

• London by Edward Rutherford
• The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
• The Innocent by Ian McEwan
• Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
• Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
• 'Tis by Frank McCourt
• Teacher Man by Frank McCourt
• Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain (audiobook)
• A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
• Up in the Air by Walter Kirn
• The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
• The Girl Who Played With Fir...

• The Human Stain by Philip Roth
• Erasure by Percival Everett
• Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
• The Quick and the Dead by Joy Williams
• Eat the Document by Dana Spiotta
• Black Girl/White Girl by Joyce Carol Oates
• Falling Man by Don DiLillo
• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safron Foer (re-read)
• Man in the Dark by Paul Auster
• The Road by Cormac McCarthy
• Solar by Ian McEwan
• Kitchen Confidential by Antho...

• INTOLERANCE
• Too many exclamation points when typing online
• Misspelling common words everyone should know
• Lack of punctuation in texts/Facebook wall posts etc.
• Your vs. you're
• Apostrophes where they shouldn't be
• Wearing a coat inside when the temperature's fine
• The phrase "London Town"
• Hats worn when it's not cold outside/fashion hats
• Black mascara/eyeliner on people with blonde hair
• Blonde hair dye
• Guys that...

• The Royal Tenenbaums
• Moon
• The Darjeeling Limited
• Mulan
• Pocahontas
• Better Off Dead
• Apollo 13
• Julie & Julia
• Nowhere Boy
• Monster's Inc.
• In the Loop
• Arrested Development, all seasons
• Spongebob Squarepants, seasons 2 and 3
• Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

• Coldplay in general
• Watching the Coldplay Live 2003 DVD
• Hot Fuzz
• Last approx. 200 pages of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
• Iceland and most things pertaining to it
• The West Wing

• Coldplay
• Falling snow
• Sparklers and/or fireworks
• SpongeBob
• Thunderstorms (as long as I'm inside with no plans to go out til it's over)

• The Killers
• Sigur Rós (have seen Jónsi Þor Birgisson, though)
• The Beatles (impossible)
• Vampire Weekend (seeing in September!)
• Travis

To See Again:

• Coldplay (obviously)
• Paul McCartney
• Phoenix
• The Strokes
• U2
• Snow Patrol (proper concert)

• Coldplay (x8)
• U2
• Snow Patrol
• Phoenix
• Paul McCartney
• The Who
• The Pretenders
• Green Day
• Jay Z
• White Lies
• Girls Aloud (ugh)
• Bob Dylan
• The Strokes
• South
• Radiohead
• Death Cab for Cutie
• Pearl Jam
• Elbow
• Jimmy Eat World
• Maroon 5
• The Rolling Stones
• Grizzly Bear
• Jónsi Þor Birgisson
• Ted Leo and the Pharmacists (I think twice, actually: opening for Pearl Jam and opening for Death Cab for Cutie)

• United States (duhhh)
• England (legal resident)
• Scotland (X2)
• Wales
• Canada (X2)
• Netherlands
• France (X2)
• Ireland
• ICELAND!
• Germany
• Greece

• Sitting on my hands
• Chewing the inside of my mouth
• Showering too long (not sustainable)
• Sleeping too late (I don't really care)
• Buying too many bags
• Buying too many hoodies
• Buying a whole lot of books and then not reading them and buying more

• Healthcare (free)
• Public transport
• Gun control laws
• Crime rates (CCTV?)
• Chocolate
• University tuition
• Fries/chips (debateable)
• Attitude towards alcohol/drinking age
• Pubs in general
• Cider
• Summer temperatures
• Ketchup (too close to call)
• Nando's
• Paprika Pringles
• H&M
• HMV
• Paperchase

• Iceland
• Norway
• Sweden
• Greece
• Australia
• Spain
• Ireland
• Czech Republic
• Germany
• Italy
• Denmark (all of Scandinavia, really)

• Tina Fey
• Meryl Streep
• Gwyneth Paltrow
• Allison Janney
• Barack Obama
• Paul McCartney
• Chris Martin
• Simon Pegg
• Jonny Buckland
• Will Champion
• Guy Berryman
• Ringo Starr
• Rachel Maddow
• Jhumpa Lahiri
• Anthony Bourdain

• Target
• Highway road signs
• Road rules and traffic controls
• Customer service
• Attention to detail
• Snack food
• Dollar bills (not coins)
• Education? (open to lengthy debate, but better in the US if you ask me)
• Winter (in New England etc.)
• Window screens
• Plumbing/water pressure
• DINERS
• Hours of store opening
• Thunderstorms in summer
• Sinks with ONE FAUCET

• Tour manager on international music tour
• Event planning
• Something in movie production
• Stage manager for live theater
• Stay at home mom

• CHRIS MARTIN
• George Harrison
• Thomas Mars
• Gary Lightbody
• Julian Casablancas

(are we noticing a trend here?)

• Gerard Piqué
• Jonny Buckland
• Jake Gyllenhaal
• Jude Law
• Dev Patel
• Barack Obama
• George Clooney
• Jim Halpert

And for the girl crushes (i.e., only people I've ever wished I could be other than myself):

• Gwyneth Paltrow
• C.J. Cregg (so what if she's fictional?)

• MacBook Pro 13" ($1400)
• Bio-Keratin hair treatment ($300)
• Boyfriend jeans
• New car stereo $100-ish
• Sperry Topsiders
• Rx Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses--NYC Subway rare print series
• Kindle
• Pastel yellow nail polish
• UNO cards
• Date stamp
• Moleskine weekly organizer for 2011
• Hot air hair styler/hair dryer with straightening grips
• Nike Anthena shoes
• More MWLIB bracelets, men's size
• Trip to Iceland for New Year
• "Parachutes...