• The Hunger Games
  • A Feast for Crows
  • Catching Fire
  • Mockingjay
jan 22 2012 ∞
feb 9 2012 +

to complete between May 10 - 16:

  • museums:
    • the cloisters (pay what you will)
    • the frick ($5)
    • ps1 (pay what you will)
    • the met: rooftop garden & alexander mcqueen tour (pay what you will; 10am weekdays)
      • gubbio studiolo
    • museum of the moving image ($7.50)
    • guggenheim
    • american museum of natural history/hayden planetarium (pay what you will)
  • public art/exhibitions:
    • peck slip arcade
    • ice falls (57th & 8th)
    • double cable net wall @ time warner (columbus circle)
apr 30 2011 ∞
may 1 2011 +

bold indicates first viewing

  • True Grit
  • Goodfellas
  • The Fighter
  • Exit Through the Gift Shop
  • The Social Network
  • Gone Baby Gone
  • Blue Valentine
  • Repulsion
  • Toy Story 3
  • Easy A
  • No Strings Attached
  • Sunset Boulevard
  • The Elephant Man
  • Breaking the Waves
  • Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
  • Rope
  • Alien
  • Iron Man 2
  • Sex and the City
  • Lost Highway
jan 5 2011 ∞
jan 7 2012 +
  • M.I.A. - Maya
mar 2 2011 ∞
mar 2 2011 +
  • a real dish towel
  • new phone case?
feb 11 2011 ∞
feb 11 2011 +
  • Closer - Patrick Marber
  • The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
feb 12 2011 ∞
mar 14 2011 +
  • stock up on AMC movie passes - get 5?
  • buy a pair or two more skinny jeans from Forever 21 Times Square
  • any last minute winter shopping at Topman
  • send Mimi a card for her birthday (12/11)
  • pick Mimi up chocolates, pashmina
dec 1 2010 ∞
dec 17 2010 +
  • Frame & Sequence Final Narrative
    • shoot Met and Midtown sequences
    • shoot final park confrontation
    • find some music
    • rough cut by 12/2
    • production book by 12/9
    • final cut by 12/9
  • Art in the World "Review in Context" paper
    • final draft by 12/15
  • Language of Film in-class final 12/15
  • Four Epics Moby-Dick /Shakespeare term paper
    • write out specific examples of influence
    • expand more on dramatic & tragic influence
    • final draft by 12/13
  • Four Epics final exam 12/20
nov 27 2010 ∞
dec 12 2010 +
  • Sound Image - M 9:30-3:15
  • The Universe: Its Nature and History - TR 2:00-3:15
  • Storytelling Strategies - W 3:30-4:45, 6:20-9:00
  • Freshman Colloquium: Performance Strategies - T 3:30-5:30, R 9:30-10:45
  • The World Through Art - TWR 12:30-1:45
nov 18 2010 ∞
nov 18 2010 +
  • cape cod potato chips
  • macaroni and cheese
  • basic seasoning
  • pasta
  • lamp that we bought but brought back to nh
  • dish rack
  • rubber cleaning gloves
  • bathroom rug
  • windex
  • that shower cleaner bubbles thing
oct 2 2010 ∞
oct 6 2010 +
  • vodka:
    • KU:L
    • Smirnoff
    • Svedka
    • Seagram's
  • rum:
    • Castillo Gold
    • Bacardi
  • gin:
    • Gordon's
    • Seagram's
sep 17 2010 ∞
sep 17 2010 +
  • ELECTRIC RAZOR fml
  • Blue/white striped top
  • White shorts
aug 31 2010 ∞
aug 31 2010 +
  • Monday :
    • 11:00-12:15 Four Epics: The Iliad, The Aeneid, Paradise Lost, Moby-Dick
    • 2:00-3:15 Writing the Essay: Art & the World (lecture)
    • 7:00-9:00 Writing the Essay: Art & the World (4 times/term)
  • Tuesday :
    • 3:30-5:30 Freshmen Colloquium
  • Wednesday :
    • 11:00-12:15 Four Epics: The Iliad, The Aeneid, Paradise Lost, Moby-Dick
    • 2:00-3:15 Writing the Essay: Art & the World (lecture)
    • 6:20-9:50 The Language of Film (lecture)
  • Thursday :
    • 9:30-3:15 Frame & Sequence
aug 23 2010 ∞
sep 7 2010 +
  • Marina & the Diamonds, 9/2, Webster Hall
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at Radio City Music Hall, 10/9, Radio City
  • Florence + the Machine, 11/1 & 11/2, Terminal 5
aug 16 2010 ∞
aug 16 2010 +
  • Never Let Me Go (9/15)
  • You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (9/22)
  • Waiting for "Superman" (9/24)
  • The Social Network (10/1)
  • The Company Men (10/22)
  • Love and Other Drugs (11/24)
  • Burlesque (11/24)
  • The King's Speech (11/24)
  • Black Swan (12/1)
  • Tron Legacy (12/17)
  • Rabbit Hole (12/17)
  • True Grit (12/25)
  • Blue Valentine (12/31)
  • Somewhere (12/31)
aug 15 2010 ∞
dec 3 2010 +
  • clothes, yeah.
  • electronics
    • laptop + charger
    • phone + charger
    • kindle + charger
    • drives
    • usb hub
  • backpack
  • photos, frames, posters
  • bed chair thing
aug 8 2010 ∞
aug 24 2010 +
  • 11/25: Thanksgiving: New York style
  • 11/27: Met photoshoot
  • 12/3: Black Swan is released NY/LA
  • 12/6: Tisch Gala (TWO WORDS: JAMES FRANCO)
  • 12/15: Last day of classes
  • 12/18: MAH BIRFDAY
  • 12/20: HOME SWEET HOME
  • 12/25: Christmas, duh.
nov 24 2010 ∞
nov 24 2010 +
  • Not having a TV
  • Wrigley Field
  • Breakfast Places
  • Sushi (I wish I did...)
  • Standing Still at Concerts
  • Shorts
  • Bumper Stickers
  • Frisbee Sports
  • Hummus
jul 27 2010 ∞
jul 27 2010 +
  • be less shy when meeting people - be more outgoing!
  • don't sell self short
  • do what I love with no exceptions
  • don't give yourself a label

to be continued...

jul 20 2010 ∞
jul 20 2010 +

Let's see how white I am. Probably very. In all honesty, this book probably should be called Stuff White Hipsters Like. Just saying.

Bold means I LOVEEE it.

  • Coffee
  • Religions their parents don't belong too
  • Film festivals
  • Farmers' Markets
  • Organic food
  • Diversity
  • Barack Obama
  • Asian Girls
  • Non-Profit organizations
  • Tea
  • Having Black Friends
  • Yoga
  • Gifted Children
  • Hating Their Parents
  • Awareness
  • Travelling
jul 27 2010 ∞
jul 27 2010 +
  • Iago from Othello
  • Cathy Ames from East of Eden
  • Magaret from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
  • Yossarian from Catch-22
  • Blanche DuBois from A Streetcar Named Desire
  • Dolores Haze from Lolita
  • Caddy Compson from The Sound and the Fury
  • Rose Dawson from Titanic
  • Carolyn Burnham from American Beauty
  • Rick Blane from Casablanca
may 12 2010 ∞
may 12 2010 +
  • The Shape of Things to Come
  • The Constant
  • Through the Looking Glass
  • The Candidate
  • Live Together, Die Alone
  • The Man Behind the Curtain
  • Pilot
  • There's No Place Like Home
  • All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues
  • The Incident
  • Deus Ex Machina
  • Ab Aeterno
  • Lockdown
  • The Man From Tallahassee
  • Left Behind
  • Enter 77
  • I Do/Not in Portland (two episodes...but it's a cliffhanger)
  • This Place is Death
  • Do No Harm
  • Happily Ever After
may 7 2010 ∞
may 7 2010 +
  • the weather! need I say more? Warm enough to swim outdoors in the winter time!
  • lack of any significant rain or snow, and instead plenty of sunshine
  • there's always something happening
  • it's totally gorgeous. especially the Hollywood Hills.
  • it's on the ocean.
  • Exclusive restaurants: In'N'Out, Pinkberry, Chipolte, etc.
  • Entertainment capital of the world - the cinemas are nicer and movies are released earlier
  • Star spotting!
  • The malls are fab and mostly outdoor. The Grove, Americana, The Century City Mall = AMAZING!
  • You can go skiing in the morning and surf in the afternoon
  • The downtown LA public library is six massive underground floors
feb 24 2010 ∞
feb 28 2010 +
  • Film & Television:
    • Art in the World & The World Through Art (required)
    • The Language of Film
    • American Cinema
    • History of Cinematography
    • Media Mavericks
    • Italian Cinema
    • Television Programming and Concepts
    • Countless various workshops
    • Producing for film
    • Producing for television
    • Camera I-III
    • Directing the Actor
    • Directing the Camera
  • English:
    • Literary Interpretation
    • British Literature I & II
    • American Literature I & II
apr 4 2010 ∞
apr 5 2010 +
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BOYS:

  • Brad Pitt (pre-facial hair era)
  • George Clooney
  • Chris Pine
  • Jude Law
  • Matthew Fox
  • Marlon Brando (Streetcar Named Desire-era)
  • Joseph Gordon-Levitt
  • Paul Rudd
  • Zachary Quinto
  • Eion Bailey

GIRLS:

  • Evangeline Lilly
  • Natalie Portman
jan 14 2010 ∞
jun 26 2010 +
  • Up in the Air
  • Inglorious Basterds
  • An Education
  • The Hurt Locker
  • (500) Days of Summer
  • Star Trek
  • The Fantastic Mr. Fox
  • Precious
  • District 9
  • The Hangover
dec 30 2009 ∞
dec 30 2009 +
  • The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
  • The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway
  • All the King's Men - Robert Warren Penn
  • Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
  • Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
  • The Sound and the Fury - William Faulkner
  • Othello - William Shakespeare
  • A Streetcar Named Desire - Tennessee Williams
  • Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
  • The Road - Cormac McCarthy
dec 25 2009 ∞
may 18 2010 +
  • I crack my knuckles a lot, especially in the winter
  • I bite my nails sometimes, then I break them, then I try to fix the broken nail by biting it, only to make it worse
  • I thread my fingers through my hair when I'm stressed
  • Facebooking at red lights
  • Checking my phone constantly when eating dinner
  • Judging people for liking really bad movies
nov 7 2009 ∞
nov 7 2009 +
  • FREEDOM!
  • Living with another person my age
  • Being able to study what I'm interested in
  • MEN. HOT MEN. LOTS OF THEM.
  • PARTIES!!!!
  • I'll be able to do anything I want to without needing to ask permission
  • Living in a city (for most of my colleges)
  • I'll be surrounded by smart people
  • No curfew
  • The opportunity of bartending
  • No more of my mother's unenthusiastic cuisine!
nov 7 2009 ∞
nov 24 2009 +
  • Up (11/10)
  • Star Trek (11/17)
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (12/8)
  • Inglorious Basterds (12/15)
  • The Hangover (12/15)
  • (500) Days of Summer (12/22)
  • District 9 (12/29)
  • The Hurt Locker (1/12)
  • Paranormal Activity (2/??)

Already released:

  • Slumdog Millionaire
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Harry Potter 1-5
nov 2 2009 ∞
dec 20 2009 +

THE GOOD:

  • 2 hour naps on the UniBed (four beds moved together to form one giant spoonfest)
  • the feeling of being in a warm sleeping bag when the outside temperature is in the 30s
  • end of day yoga
  • Olivia, Meredith, Meg, and Margeaux
  • THE TIT
  • Lisa's (the coach's) funny remarks while climbing Mt. Cardigan
    • Meredith: Oh Jesus Christ help!
    • Lisa: He isn't with us now...
  • scaling the bare rock of Mt. Cardigan WITHOUT assistance from the Varisty boys
  • being able to do 10 chin ups and 20 hanging pull ups
  • sitting on top of the dryer for warmth

THE BAD:

aug 31 2009 ∞
aug 31 2009 +

Asia:

  • Great Wall of China
  • Tokyo
  • Bali
  • Moscow
  • Hanging Temple
  • Mt. Everest (but not climb it)

Middle East:

  • The Pyramids
  • Jerusalem
  • DAMASCUS! (lol)

Europe:

  • London
  • Stonehenge
  • A castle
  • The Louvre
  • Monet's Garden
  • Berlin
  • Rome (and all of its sights)
jun 20 2009 ∞
jun 20 2009 +
  • one Burberry Iconic Check cashmere scarf
  • one Thomas Pink slim-fit french-cuffed shirt
  • one pair Thomas Pink sterling silver cufflinks
  • one pair Ray-Ban Classic Wayfarer gradient lens sunglasses
  • one pair Rock & Republic straight-leg jeans
  • two pairs Seven for All Mankind slimmy cut jeans
  • one pair Seven for All Mankind straight-leg jeans
  • one pair Cole Haan laced casual shoes
  • one pair FRYE leather boots
  • one pair Ray-Ban Classic Aviator sunglasses
  • one pair vintage Florsheim Imperial dress shoes
jul 24 2011 ∞
jul 24 2011 +
  • Mad Men , seasons 1-4
  • Sex and the City , seasons 1-6
  • Battlestar Galactica , seasons 1-4
  • Glee , season 2
  • Grey's Anatomy , season 7
  • 30 Rock , season 5
  • The Office , season 7
  • Modern Family , season 2
  • Game of Thrones , season 1 (twice over)
  • Parks and Recreation , seasons 1-3 (4 in progress)
  • Breaking Bad , season 1
  • Dexter , season 6
mar 27 2011 ∞
jan 7 2012 +
  • Lost
    • "The Shape of Things to Come"
    • "The Constant"
    • "Through the Looking Glass"
    • "Pilot"
  • Mad Men
    • "The Grown-Ups"
    • "Meditations in an Emergency"
  • Battlestar Galactica
    • "The Oath"
    • "Kobol's Last Gleaming"
    • "Resurrection Ship"
  • Grey's Anatomy
    • "Deterioration of the Fight and Flight Response/Losing My Religion"
    • "It's the End of the World/...As We Know It"
mar 3 2011 ∞
mar 3 2011 +
  • 11:30, gospel brunch at Sylvia's
  • mix exterior portrait to completion + bounce in .wav
  • production book for exterior portrait
  • study for Universe midterm on Tuesday
mar 6 2011 ∞
mar 6 2011 +
  • "All of the Lights" - Kanye West ft. Rihanna, Fergie, Elton John, & Kid Cudi
  • "S&M" - Rihanna
  • "Runaway" - The National
  • "Conversation 16" - The National
  • "It's Ok" - Cee-Lo Green
  • "Hold It Against Me" - Britney Spears
  • "Time" - Hans Zimmer
jan 19 2011 ∞
jan 19 2011 +
  • earphones (since mine have disappeared)
    • Heartbeats by Lady GaGa with ControlTalk - $129
  • Moleskine Passions Film Journal - $13.57
  • books on FInal Cut Pro and Photoshop
  • Zagat guide for NYC
dec 13 2010 ∞
dec 23 2010 +

classic:

  • Stanley Kubrick
  • Martin Scorcese
  • Francis Ford Coppola
  • Alfred Hitchcock
  • Victor Fleming

modern:

  • Darren Aronofsky
  • David Lynch
  • Todd Field
  • the Coen Brothers
  • Sam Mendes
  • Quentin Tarantino
dec 4 2010 ∞
dec 4 2010 +
  • anywhere on Bleeker/Spring St
  • Bookmarc
  • The Strand
nov 21 2010 ∞
nov 21 2010 +
  • action: Kill Bill, Vol. 2
  • animated: Toy Story 3
    • runner-up: Wall*E
  • comedy: Airplane!
  • crime: The Godfather
    • runner-up: The Godfather Part II
  • dark comedy: American Beauty
  • epic: Gone with the Wind
  • experimental Pas de Deux
  • fantasy: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  • film noir: Sunset Blvd.
  • foreign: City of God
    • runner-up: The Lives of Others
  • horror: The Shining
  • musical: Singin' in the Rain
    • runner-up: Chicago
nov 1 2010 ∞
nov 1 2010 +
  • Gayden - Hayden Hall, known for its very large gay population
  • 3N - Third Avenue North, my dorm
  • Upstein - The food court dining hall in Weinstein, complete with a Chick Fil A
  • Downstein - The sucky lower-level dining hall in Weinstein
  • JSex - John Sexton, university president
  • Tischies - Tisch students (we're awesome, face it.)
  • Gallatinos - Gallatin students
  • GBM - "Gay By May"
sep 19 2010 ∞
sep 26 2010 +
  • Rear Window
  • 4 Little Girls
  • Sunrise
  • Princess Mononoke
  • The Godfather
  • A Man Escaped
  • Late Spring
  • Pas de Deux
  • Menilmontant
  • Battleship Potemkin
  • Meshes in the Afternoon
  • Fauve
  • Sink or Swim
  • Bicycle Thieves
  • 400 Blows
  • Raging Bull
  • Dumbo
  • 8 1/2
  • Mulholland Drive
sep 9 2010 ∞
sep 9 2010 +
  • 9/19: Boardwalk Empire (time?)
  • 9/21: Glee (9pm)
  • 9/22: Modern Family (9pm)
  • 9/23: The Office (8:30pm)
  • 9/23: 30 Rock (8:30pm)
  • 9/23: Grey's Anatomy (9pm)
aug 26 2010 ∞
aug 26 2010 +
  • The Sound and the Fury
    • I want to do this so bad. Seriously.
  • A Streetcar Named Desire (remake)
  • East of Eden (probably wouldn't work as a film)
  • The Grapes of Wrath
  • Gone with the Wind (remake)
  • Some sort of HBO-style high production-value series inspired by Greek mythology. That would be cool.
aug 22 2010 ∞
aug 24 2010 +
  • consolidate all moving stuff in the basement
  • pack all dorm stuff
  • decide which clothes to bring/not bring
  • print off favorite photos and place into frames
  • finish watching NYU's list of essential films
  • finish watching The Sopranos
  • finish Krik? Krak!
  • finish watching The X-Files
  • back-up Kindle books onto new computer
  • prep old computer for Dad
  • finish up with iTunes library
  • mount posters(?)
aug 16 2010 ∞
aug 27 2010 +
  • Phillip Lim Chloris Eyeglasses
  • Some sort of over-the-shoulder bag
  • a bowtie
  • Topman Grey Pocket Drapery Cardigan
    • maybe it will go on sale by the time I get to New York? Please?
  • Topman Black Tie Neck T-Shirt
aug 8 2010 ∞
aug 26 2010 +

another lovely list idea from youarethemoon

  • Maine
  • New Hampshire
  • Vermont
  • New York
  • Connecticut
  • Rhode Island
  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania
  • Maryland
  • Delaware
  • District of Columbia
  • Virginia
  • North Carolina
  • South Carolina
  • Florida
  • Michigan
  • Wisconsin
  • Minnesota
  • Missouri
aug 2 2010 ∞
aug 2 2010 +
  • through the 1st: Orlando!
  • 2nd: roommate assignment
  • 8th: skydiving
  • 9th: LOTR marathon
  • 13th: Goodbye Party
  • 15th: friends start leaving for college
  • 29th: move-in day
jul 29 2010 ∞
jul 29 2010 +
  • Lost , season 6
  • Modern Family , seasons 1 & 2
  • Glee , season 1 & 2
  • Grey's Anatomy , seasons 6 & 7
  • Dexter , seasons 1-4
  • Twin Peaks , season 1
  • Band of Brothers
  • True Blood , season 3
  • Paris Hilton's My New BFF , season 2
  • Friends , seasons 1-8
  • The Sopranos , entire series
  • The X-Files , seasons 1-7 (the good seasons)
jul 17 2010 ∞
nov 13 2010 +
  • Glee
  • Modern Family
  • Grey's Anatomy
  • True Blood
  • 30 Rock
  • Boardwalk Empire
jun 29 2010 ∞
jun 29 2010 +
  • Band of Brothers
  • The Sopranos (rewatch)
  • Dexter , season 4
  • Twin Peaks , season 1
  • True Blood , season 3 (keeping up to date)
  • The X-Files , mytharc episodes
  • Mad Men , seasons 1-3
  • Paris Hilton's My New BFF
  • Modern Family
  • The Wire (if time)
  • Battlestar Galactica (rewatch) (if time)
jun 16 2010 ∞
jul 17 2010 +
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  • The Winter of Our Discontent - John Steinbeck
  • Brighton Rock - Graham Greene
  • East of Eden - John Steinbeck (reread)
  • Hamlet - William Shakespeare (reread)
  • The Children of Dynmouth - William Trevor
  • Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead - Tom Stoppard
  • Othello - William Shakespeare
  • In Cold Blood - Truman Capote
  • L.A. Confidential - James Ellroy
  • All the King's Men - Robert Warren Penn
  • Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
  • Watchmen - Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
  • Dangerous Liaisons - Choderlos de Laclos
  • Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
  • The Sound and the Fury - William Faulkner
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Tennessee Williams
  • The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway
  • Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip Dick
  • Breakfast at Tiffany's - Truman Capote
  • The Maltese Falcon - Dashiell Hammett
  • Lucky Jim - Kingsley Amis
jan 3 2010 ∞
dec 1 2010 +
  • Absalom, Absalom!
  • As I Lay Dying
  • Light in August
  • The Great Gatsby
  • The Heart of the Matter
  • Their Eyes Were Watching God
  • Brave New World
  • On the Road
  • Ulysses
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • To Kill a Mockingbird
  • Blood Meridian
  • Beloved
  • Animal Farm
  • 1984
  • The Crying of Lot 49
  • Atlas Shrugged
  • The Fountainhead
  • American Pastoral
  • The Lord of the Rings
  • Rabbit, Run
may 7 2010 ∞
jun 6 2010 +
  • moist
  • minutiae (it's only when it's plural that it bothers me)
feb 7 2010 ∞
feb 7 2010 +
  • affinity
  • aquiesce
  • betwixt
  • circa
  • conundrum
  • denouement
  • ecstasy
  • effervescence
  • enigma
  • epiphany
  • equinox
  • euphoria
  • faux pas
  • hyperbole
  • immolate
  • impervious
  • incognito
  • myriad
  • oblivion
  • prelapsarian
  • quintessence
feb 7 2010 ∞
feb 7 2010 +
  • Twin Peaks
  • Damages
  • Better off Ted
  • Dexter
  • Deadwood
jan 11 2010 ∞
jan 26 2010 +
  • City of God
  • American Beauty
  • The Godfather
  • Kill Bill, Vol. 2
  • Titanic
  • Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
  • Chicago
  • Sunset Blvd.
  • Casablanca
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
dec 25 2009 ∞
mar 28 2010 +
  • cinnamon
  • apple pie filling
  • bubble bath
  • honeysuckle
  • pantene shampoo
  • old books
  • waffles
  • maple syrup
  • London by Burberry (my cologne)
  • Old Spice
  • spearmint gum
nov 29 2009 ∞
nov 29 2009 +
  • "Oh, I see your point, but..."
    • stfu bitch, your point is stupid
  • "I fell down the stairs"
    • I fell up the stairs
  • "Grey's Anatomy was SO good last night!"
    • Grey's Anatomy made me cry last night
  • "I literally peed my pants"
    • Except in very rare instances, this statement is usually a hyperbole
  • "RAPE!!!!"
    • Please get away from me
  • "That fart wasn't me"
    • It was me
  • "I overslept"
nov 7 2009 ∞
nov 7 2009 +
  • Bertucci's on Day 2s
  • The first time Mr. Holland said my name
  • DON'T RUSH ME, BOY!
  • Zoe ripping off my flannel shirt during Chinese
  • pseudo-breaking into Mer's with Olivia
  • Ms. Liu complaining about a certain freshman
  • The day Olivia cried during the carpool + ZOMBIE!
    • "I TOLD YOU I NEVER LIE. THESE ARE TEARS OF PASSION!"
  • The 1st Friday Night Lights
    • and subsequent Ben & Jerry's run
  • "HOLY FUCKBALLS! What goes through your brain!?"
  • The crazy bitch employee that kicked my crew boat out of Michaels for not folding a t-shirt & laughing
oct 18 2009 ∞
mar 12 2010 +

words/phrases I say a lot:

  • classy
  • omg like that one time on Lost...
  • bitch, please
  • oh shitmonkeys
  • xoxoxo
  • darling
  • don't get your panties in a knot
oct 4 2009 ∞
oct 11 2009 +

I kind of want to embrace my greek heritage, don't judge.

Boy:

  • Paris
  • Apollo
  • Basil
  • Ian
  • Ewan
  • Ares
  • Clive
  • Caleb
  • Hayden
  • Topher

Girl:

  • Athena
  • Persephone
  • Meredith
  • Julia
  • Eva
aug 13 2009 ∞
oct 7 2010 +
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  • facebook
  • listography
  • shelfari
  • gilt
  • tumblr
  • netflix
  • apple trailers
  • IMDb
  • rotten tomates
  • last.fm
  • darkUFO
  • amazon
  • youtube
  • cnn
  • mint
  • nyu
jun 10 2009 ∞
apr 30 2010 +
  • Hugo
  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
  • Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
  • War Horse
  • A Separation
  • The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
  • Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
jan 7 2012 ∞
jan 22 2012 +
  • The Borgias
  • The West Wing
  • The Wire
mar 29 2011 ∞
mar 29 2011 +
  • seduction/betrayal/sex in general
  • strong female protagonists
  • homosexuality
  • identity
  • shallow depth-of-field
  • suburbia
mar 7 2011 ∞
mar 7 2011 +
  • Teeth - Lady Gaga
  • S&M - Rihanna
  • A Little Less Conversation - Elvis Presley
  • Born This Way - Lady Gaga
  • Toxic - Britney Spears
  • Kiss with a Fist - Florence + the Machine
  • Take It Off - Ke$ha
  • Like a Virgin - Madonna
  • Erotica - Madonna
  • For Your Entertainment - Adam Lambert
  • Fever - Adam Lambert
feb 13 2011 ∞
feb 14 2011 +
  • car crashes
  • the Cuban Missile Crisis
  • the concept of disillusionment
jan 21 2011 ∞
jan 21 2011 +
  • The Social Network
  • Black Swan
  • Toy Story 3
  • I Am Love
  • The King's Speech
  • Exit Through the Gift Shop
  • The Kids Are All Right
  • Winter's Bone
  • True Grit
  • The Fighter

Honorable mentions: Rabbit Hole, Inception, The Town

jan 10 2011 ∞
jan 10 2011 +
  • see all my friends that I've dearly missed <3
  • visit Derryfield
  • possibly put together something to show at VAPA alumni assembly?
  • create and design a portfolio website
  • see True Grit
  • see Blue Valentine
  • see Somewhere
  • see Black Swan again
  • watch Mad Men , seasons 1-3
  • buy a water purifier
  • get a new passport
  • read Hollywood vs. Hard Core
  • read either A Farewell to Arms or Blood Meridian
  • download Final Cut Studio
dec 4 2010 ∞
dec 26 2010 +

movies seen for the first time in 2010.

  • Aliens
  • Sex, Lies, and Videotape
  • Broken Embraces
  • A Single Man
  • Shutter Island
  • A Serious Man
  • New Moon
  • The Crazies
  • Food, Inc.
  • Iron Man
  • Alice in Wonderland (2010)
  • Remember Me
  • Y Tu Mama Tambien
  • The Bounty Hunter
  • Lust, Caution
  • Far from Heaven
  • Stand by Me
  • Casablanca
  • L.A. Confidential
  • Catch-22
jan 9 2010 ∞
dec 30 2010 +
  • Jurassic Park
  • Inglorious Basterds
  • The Wizard of Oz
  • Kill Bill, Vol. 1 & 2
  • The Shining
  • Apocalypse Now
  • V for Vendetta
  • The Matrix Trilogy
  • Requiem for a Dream
nov 5 2010 ∞
nov 26 2010 +
  • lady gaga
  • toga
  • masquerade
  • countries of the world
oct 2 2010 ∞
oct 2 2010 +
  • Gone with the Wind
  • Kill Bill
  • Little Children
sep 16 2010 ∞
nov 7 2010 +
  • Starbucks
    • Astor Place: 13 Astor Place
    • 7 minute walk
  • Pinkberry
    • St. Marks: 8th St between 2nd & 3rd Ave
    • 4 blocks
  • Jamba Juice
    • Union Square
    • 4 blocks
  • Ben & Jerry's
    • Third Ave.
    • 1 block
  • Bertucci's (THEY EXIST DOWN THERE?!?! YESSS)
    • Jersey City: Pavonia/Newport station
    • 33 minute subway trip
aug 28 2010 ∞
sep 4 2010 +
  • Kate Winslet
  • Nicole Kidman
  • Annette Bening
  • Daniel Day-Lewis
  • Judi Dench
  • Michael Emerson
  • Uma Thurman
  • Al Pacino

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  • Vivien Leigh
  • Marlon Brando
  • Audrey Hepburn
  • Elizabeth Taylor
aug 22 2010 ∞
aug 22 2010 +
  • "Don't Upset the Rhythm" - Noisettes
  • "Dance in the Dark" - Lady GaGa
  • "Shark in the Water" - VV Brown
  • "Don't Speak" - No Doubt
  • "Take It Off" - Ke$ha (don't judge me...)
aug 16 2010 ∞
aug 24 2010 +
  • Gin (esp. Tanqueray) & Tonic - *favorite* YUMMY AND OH SO SOPHISTICATED (especially with lime)
  • Bacardi & Coke - pretty damn good, but Jack & Coke is better
  • Morgan's & Coke - good...different, but good.
  • Guinness - blehhh.
  • White Wine - I tend to prefer white, but a good Red can knock it out of the water any day
  • Red Wine - really good Red is amazing, but mediocre is kind of vinegary
  • Champagne - very carbonated, but oh so good
  • Stella Artois - pretty good, at least as far as beer goes
  • Lemon/Lime Vodka cordial - I liked it a lot. Also very dangerous.
  • Mojito - Very tasty and different; not something I'd like to drink all the time.
aug 15 2010 ∞
nov 25 2010 +
  • band-aids
  • batteries
  • bed chair thing
  • bottle opener
  • bounce
  • corkboard
  • can opener
  • colander
  • cold medicine
  • contact solution
  • cotton swabs, pads
  • cooking pan/pot for simple pasta, etc.
  • febreze
  • flashlight
  • kleenex
  • laundry detergent (tide)
  • microwave(?)
  • mirror (door one?)
  • pain relief - advil, etc.
  • padded lap desk (Brookstone one?)
  • paperclips
aug 7 2010 ∞
aug 8 2010 +
  • toiletries
    • travel toothpaste
    • toothbrush
    • travel contact solution & case
    • glasses
    • put a small amount of cleanser in travel bottle?
    • antiperspirant (in the AM)
  • clothes
    • short-sleeve tees x3
    • shorts x2
    • fake Wayfarers (in the AM)
    • boxers x3 (pack milkman ones for amusement)
    • new bathing suit
  • misc
    • camera
    • phone + charger (in the AM)
jul 29 2010 ∞
jul 29 2010 +

kayshea seeded this idea in my head. so many books, so little space.

  • The Grapes of Wrath
  • Hamlet
  • Othello
  • The Sound and the Fury
  • All the King's Men
  • Heart of Darkness
  • Lolita
  • Persepolis
  • East of Eden

and most importantly...

  • my kindle, which has something like 200 books on it
jul 28 2010 ∞
jul 28 2010 +
  • astronaut
  • pediatrician
  • actor
  • film critic
  • chef
  • architect
  • writer
  • plastic surgeon
  • lawyer
  • film director/screenwriter/cinematographer/etc.
jul 20 2010 ∞
jul 20 2010 +

bold indicates find a better version or be wary of subs italics indicates dvd rip MOVIES:

  • American Beauty
  • Apocalypse Now
  • Atonement
  • Avatar
  • Babel
  • Back to the Future
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • The Birds
  • Blazing Saddles
  • The Blues Brothers
  • Body Heat
  • Bonnie and Clyde
  • The Bourne Trilogy
  • Braveheart
  • Brokeback Mountain
  • A Bug's Life
  • Casino Royale
  • Chicago
  • Closer
jun 8 2010 ∞
jun 27 2010 +
  • Microsoft Office suite
  • iWork suite
  • last.fm
  • Photoshop
  • Chrome
  • Firefox
  • Kindle for Mac
jun 6 2010 ∞
jun 6 2010 +

listed in order of preference.

  • Yale: deferred 12/15, rejected 4/1
  • Brown: rejected
  • NYU, Tisch: accepted, ENROLLED
  • USC: accepted CLAS for spring 2011
  • UCLA: rejected
  • University of St Andrews: accepted
  • UC-Berkeley: rejected
  • UMiami: accepted
  • BU: accepted
  • Chapman: rejected
  • Emerson: accepted
  • Syracuse: decision late March
mar 25 2010 ∞
apr 12 2010 +

also known as international domination

SUNDAY:

  • going into the mines of St Andrews Castle and being alone and thinking that someone was about to rape me...CREEPY RED LIGHT
  • Rose's awkward bromance hug with my dad when he left...lol
  • First thing to do was buying vodka at TESCO'S!!! (only Elise will appreciate the fact that it was Tesco's)
  • My face getting bright bright bright red when I started drinking...woo i'm a red face, it's confirmed.
  • Rose's friends: "chug! chug! chug! DRINK IT!!!" Me: "Okay!" *chugs vodka* Rose: "...that probably wasn't the best idea..."
  • While I was in the bathroom, Rose's friends topping off half of my 3rd? drink with just vodka then I come back..."was it this full when I left? Oh well..." *drinks*...
mar 24 2010 ∞
apr 8 2010 +
  • 3 years old: cracked my lip open on the coffee table. Still have a scar.
  • 7 years old: took off the skin on my elbow while attempting to skateboard for the first time. No scar.
  • 8 years old: pierced my knee with super sharp scissors. Still have a scar.
  • 11 years old: open heart surgery. Very large scar from surgery, small scar from chest tube.
  • 16 years old: Type II concussion from falling down a set of icy stairs. Out of school for the week because I was incapacitated from the vicodin.
  • 16 years old: Hyper-extended knee from falling while skiing.
  • 16 years old: I felt sick one night and went to go get some water from downstairs only to fall down the stairs and projectile vomit at the same time. Classy.
  • 17 years old: Weird abcsess on my butt fo...
jan 18 2010 ∞
jan 18 2010 +
  • Bed & Breakfasts
  • having my arms confined
  • the trees in Amherst
  • driving behind log trucks
  • heavy fog
  • weird noises at night in the dark
  • storm drains (thank you, Stephen King)
jan 7 2010 ∞
jan 7 2010 +
  • Fucking Boyfriend - The Bird and the Bee
  • Empire State of Mind - Jay Z feat. Alicia Keys
  • Crazy - The Asteroids Galaxy Tour
  • TiK ToK - Ke$ha
oct 11 2009 ∞
jan 23 2010 +

I'm not one for resolutions, but I'm going to try this year to stick to them...

  • read at least 45 books (school books count)
  • exercise 2 times a week
  • don't eat fast food more than 2 times a week
  • be more proactive with ~things~
  • use all the skin products daily...don't get lazy and stop using them like I always do!
dec 25 2009 ∞
jan 25 2010 +
  • Lost
  • The Sopranos
  • Band of Brothers
  • Battlestar Galactica
  • Arrested Development
  • Veronica Mars
  • Six Feet Under
  • 30 Rock
  • True Blood
  • Friends
dec 26 2009 ∞
jun 26 2010 +
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stolen from youarethemoon!

  • Manchester Boston Regional Airport
  • Logan International Airport
  • Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
  • Paris Charles de Gaulle International Airport
  • Newark Liberty International Airport
  • Miami International Airport
  • Honolulu International Airport
  • Los Angeles International Airport
  • John Wayne Airport (Orange County, CA)
  • Bob Hope Airport (Burbank, CA)
  • San Diego International Airport
  • San Francisco International Airport
  • George Bush Intercontinental/Houston Airport
  • Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
  • Eppley Airfield Airport (Omaha, NE)
  • Puerto Vallarta Gustavo Diaz Ordaz Intern...
jul 24 2009 ∞
mar 25 2010 +
  • i'd own a shitload of burberry/banana republic/j (gay) crew/martin+osa/etc.
  • i'd have contacts and 5 pairs of glasses to match various outfits
  • i'd actually own all the tv shows i watch on dvd instead of downloading them
  • same with music
  • i would go to the movies as much as Mr. Anthony
  • i'd drive a Lexus SC in Golden Almond Metallic
  • i would own a condo in LA and fly out on the whim
  • i'd take extravagant global vacations every year
oct 16 2009 ∞
oct 16 2009 +

stolen (lovingly) from youarethemoon!

ETA: wow, I cry a lot.

Books:

  • The Amber Spyglass (I was like 10)
  • The Grapes of Wrath
  • East of Eden
  • The Time Traveler's Wife
  • Corelli's Mandolin (I was practically sobbing for like 20 pages)

Movies:

  • Titanic
  • Brokeback Mountain
  • Million Dollar Baby
  • The Lion King (even to this day...)
  • Little Children
  • United 93
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Saving Private Ryan

TV:

aug 20 2009 ∞
oct 11 2009 +
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  • skydive
  • watch all of the IMDB Top 250
  • visit every continent except Antarctica (because it's too cold)
  • meet a celebrity
  • ons
  • drive the autobahn
  • go on a date in Paris
  • see the 7 wonders of the world
  • sail around the world
  • drive a car above 120 mph
  • be a skilled drink mixer
  • ride in a hot-air balloon
  • water ski
  • toboggan in the alps
  • learn to trapeze
  • fly a plane
  • ride in a helicopter
  • go into space
  • go on a no-holding-back shopping spree
jun 11 2009 ∞
aug 8 2010 +