over the years, i've discovered things about what i can tolerate and what i can't stand when it comes to roommates i can't stand:

• neat freaks who whine that "no one else helps" or "everyone is a slob" guess what, i clean up after myself, and before i think something common like the living room needs to be cleaned, you clean it. and btw usually when i do a deep clean i do it better.
• critical ppl who ...

my local farmer's mkt in mtl

• rapini
• kale
• baby carrots
• leek
• artichokes
• cucumbers
• celery
• avocado
• beets
• garlic
• lemon
• orange
• yellow bell peppers
• snow peas

• planet earth
• pirate radio, when it comes out
• sherlock homes, when it comes out
• ok and these aren't dvd's, but i want a writebloody sweatshirt and another one from some local sf and/or mtl company...

one day, i'll get really bored and assign dewey numbers to all of them.

• mainlines, blood feasts and bad taste: a lester bang's reader)
• cat witch
• something about martha b. rabbit (this one's at home)
• hagakure
• kaguyahime
• black shack alley
• selected fables/fables choisies
• the adventures of huckleberry finn
• white fang
• call of the wild
• goth chic
• day watch
• great expectations
• the complete grimm's fairytales
• kwaidan
• the v...

• winter.
• too many ppl w/ facial tattoos. hate to generalize, but if you have a tattoo all over your face, it says something negative to me
• the saq. UGH! will be making a field trip to bevmo next month, just to gaze
• lack of good japanese grocery store
• too far from the ocean, so not civilized enough for me
• nothing like amoeba (but, unlike nyc where there's not even anymore virgin megas, at least there's h...

• the mayo-based dips for fries. i know they have that at some establishments in the states, but oh man there are a plethora of places that offer it and varieties of dips over here!
• it is such a clean city. idk about crescent street b/c i avoid it, but in general, there isn't as much shit and vomit as there is in other cities i've lived in, and when it snows, it's not as gross the next day like it is...

i was told in one of my very first classes that librarians speak in acronyms that no one else understands. i'm pretty excited about that, and have finally gotten around to making a list of the ones i've learned so that i can keep track.

• OED (Oxford English Dictionary)
• PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service)
• OA (Open Access)
• BOAI (Budapest Open Access Initiative)
• ULS (Union List of Serials)
• CCFr (Catao...

• the second jamie oliver book
• the one called "jamie's dinners," i think (i'm too tired to bother looking right now. i had a very long day)
• bento boxes
• donburi
• cafe japan
• feast from the mideast
• my own random collection of family recipes and magazine & newspaper clippings
• the sf fire dept. cookbook
• the irish dessert cookbook
• the gerard mulot cookbook
• the japanese bread book, even though i can't read it
• the il f...

so, i always knew i'd quit smoking, and now that i definitely don't want to smoke, i'm gonna start the scary journey of stopping.

• cancer: by all accounts, pretty miserable
• i want to smell good (well, as good as i can, considering half the ppl i live w/ smoke inside)
• i want more energy
• i hate being addicted to something. i feel controlled
• cigarettes and tobacco are expensive
• apparently smoking has a nega...

so i guess i'm getting old, b/c more and more i'm thinking about how nice it could be to stop my semi-nomadic life. stop moving, let my roots grow, and all that jazz. i will press on for a few more years, but i think the end is near as far as that goes. and these are some of the things i'm looking forward to.

• some cool chairs and a perfect couch
• a bunch of le creuset cookware
• perhaps a rolling pin
• cal...

facts

• i live with 3 humans and 3 kitties
• my rent, including utes and everything, is $370 per month!
• the nabe: st. henri
• here for grad school at mcgill, doing library studies
• we smoke inside
• like most other stovetops i saw when apt. hunting, mine is electric (grrr)
• the weather here is so totally nicer than in new york, in the summertime (not looking forward to the 5-6 month winter)
• washer and dryer in the ...

because i dislike dusting and the appearance of clutter, i've decided to try putting everything in dressers.

• candles, incense, scent oils (those not in use, obv.)
• shirts
• pants
• sleeping tops
• sleeping bottoms
• bras, undies, socks
• skirts
• dresses
• shoes
• purses
• bedding
• towels
• toiletries
• misc. little things like extra tacks, nails, tools, camera, ipod docks...
• important papers
• school shit
• knick knacks and artwork that i d...

sometimes newspapers use different names, but you should be able to figure it out. the sections not in this list are not things i just don't care to read. i hate reading those ones (money, business...)

• news (world, local, state, nation, and especially, "weird")
• culture/entertainment/arts
• lifestyle
• travel
• sports (except cricket. and curling. i'm not a sports nut, really, but sports articles are generall...

i'm moving to canada in about 3 months, so i can't buy any more booze (except for the stuff that goes fast, like whiskey and soft alcohol. i'd like to have the money to say that absinthe goes fast, but the price tag makes me slow down on that one), but once i'm there, i'll be there for at least 2 years, during which time i believe i will accumulate all of these, or at least make a significant dent...

• music
• current events
• stuff on travel, esp. if it's not geared towards either lame tourists or the ultra-rich; maybe it's more stuff on different parts of the world/country
• animals
• nature, science
• tattoos, art
• mixed contemporary culture (like blackbook, vice)
• weed (such as high times) (i personally don't smoke it anymore, but i think the issues surrounding it are really interesting)
• booze (if i could find ...

• hot chocolate and toast with butter and honey
• sausage, peppers and onions sandwich
• chicken fajitas
• sukiyaki, and for dessert: sorbet float (sorbet topped off w/ sparkling wine), AND fresh berries w/ sweetened vanilla bean créme fraîche. it was a decadent night.
• curry udon
• onigiri w/ hijiki, onigiri w/ tuna, chawan mushi, yaki nasu
• chicken marinated in lemon juice, garlic, rosemary and olive oil, and t...

• tea!!!!!! (i average 6 or 7 cups a day)
• flaxseed oil (blech! but, i must say, it does a great job of keeping me dandruff-free)
• green bell peppers (a vital part of my am routine)
• red wine (i have found that syrah does not put me into a coma), or maybe soft alcohol in general, heh heh heh...
• avocado (so i stop having so many guac & chips cravings!)
• bok choy (supposed to be good for preventing pms? anyway...

i love body time. i really do.

• china rain
• vanilla cream
• egyptian musk
• bambu
• carnation
• plumeria
• sandalwood
• pineapple
• oasis

i love that i have things about me that can be funny. i feel uncomfortable around people who don't have anything i can laugh about.

• being "sooooo aaaasiannnn"
• my seeming unemployability
• how i make food very frequently
• being a virgin (until a couple months ago, that is, lol)
• being a whore (n.b. I'm not, according both to me and to my friends, but they had to find something to replace the virginity jokes...

i think i made this before and deleted it...

• mango
• zara
• ltb (littlebig) (us, and turkey, i guess)
• guess (everywhere)
• bebe (us)
• morgan de toi (everywhere but here)
• la foret (harajuku; it's a mall)
• japan
• paris
• street fairs
• des filles å la vanille (paris, & if i'm lucky, certain boutiques elseswhere)
• lucky brand (us)
• uniqlo (nyc; for some reason, i don't dig the ones in japan)
• promod (france)
• topshop (england, and...

sometimes i watch a film or see a picture and i'm like, damn, i want that thing that she/he's wearing

• leopard print dress
• black vest corset-y thing, maybe velvet, like what asia argento is wearing at the seaside in the last mistress

as i am making this list, i'm having a scoop of tangerine and a scoop of strawb. this list is of the flavors i like.

• grapefruit
• raspberry
• passionfruit
• strawberry
• tangerine
• orange
• mango

now that i no longer live in student housing, i've been burning stuff in my room like some kind of closet pyro. there's been some good purchases in the field of nice-smelling stuff for burning, and so i guess i should take note of what these things are.

• paddywax's cucumber grapefruit (candle)
• votivo's passion fruit (candle)
• modern alchemy by d.l. & co.'s opium den (candle)
• archipelago's madagascar (ca...

• ken bubb (latin)
• cheryl (riding)
• eric thompson (comparative mythology)
• todd straus (french)
• pauline (french)
• nadine and the other two ladies who taught the prelim french courses in paris
• aya matsushima (japanese)
• k. nonaka (japanese)
• the guy who taught future of the rainforests at srjc
• neal weiner (cosmos & the earth)
• the lady who taught microecon at uop

• i finally noticed that there is a noticeable difference between osaka and tokyo styles
• tokyo specific:
• lotsa chicks here wear their hair in a bun on top of their head, w/ bangs long in front
• layering of clothing very prominent
• if i were a smoker, i'd be in heaven:
• smoking allowed in restaurants (though i don't see it done a whole lot)
• super cheap to buy a pack of cigs--about half the price of cigs in ny...

These definitely aren't all on my "crushes" lists. i just like their movies & their roles

• judi dench
• asia argento
• gwyneth paltrow
• jack black
• uma thurman
• ellen page
• johnny depp
• nathan lane
• anna tsuchiya
• kyoko enami
• kyoko fukuda
• kiki kirin
• stephen chow (oh shit, i've gotta add him to my crushes!)
• bradd pitt
• colin farrell
• will ferrell
• seth rogan
• bruce willis (in the die hard films, at least)
• gerard butler
• emily mortimer...

i have been told that i am like these ppl:

• sophie marceau
• sailor moon (i don't know which one)
• ellen page
• pocahontas (i think the animated one)
• drew barrymore (?? i'm not sure why)
• the girl from the ring (american version; it's not really a compliment, but i think it's funny, and accurate at times, lol)

apparently i don't have one of these lists. maybe i erased it. lemme know if i actually do have one of these already.

• watching sporting events (not all of them)
• learn new languages
• ride horses
• snowboard
• read
• drinking (tea, alcohol)
• hang w/ friends
• dance
• listening to music (both at home and at concerts and other occasions)
• "discovering" new music
• shopping if i'm in the right mood
• watching films
• walking
• hiking
• yog...

purse

• wallet
• cell phone
• floss
• lip balm
• mirror
• morinaga caramels
• life savers (fruity ones)
• oral fixations (unless i'm out & can't find any)
• pad (i wish i didn't need fem. hygiene prods)
• metro card (or whatever they call it in whatever city i'm in)
• govt-issued id (always be ready to have a drink, i say)
• bottle-opener if i don't have my swiss army knife on me
• shuffle (daytime)
• book/mag (if purse is big enough/read...

i don't do these things yet, but i think i should try b/c i hate wasting half of my day feeling blah or worse just b/c i had a lil absinthe the night before. i believe that this is a case where i can have my cake & eat it, too. what do you folks do?

• shower (i do this every day anyway)
• scrambled eggs w/ cheese
• don't wash the dishes--too depressing
• put on makeup, jewelry asap
• grab a book & make a beeline...

maybe this isn't too interesting. sorry.

• tons of books
• mismatched sheets
• exercise ball
• candles, incense
• random odds & ends, usually of the cute or funny persuasion
• sweet stuff pulled out of mags
• cool postcards
• vintage pin-up pics
• shelves, preferably painted by me
• pretty cloth
• cool lamps
• some kind of chandelier
• red curtains
• soft blankets
• throw pillows
• metal japanese wind chimes
• film/band poster(s)
• album/dvd art
• vinta...

never thought i'd have nicknames, but i started to get them in high school and they just stuck

• the madame
• marta
• mouse
• mimi (only by this one weird chick)
• fruit bat (by my mom)
• cousin (by, surprise, surprise, my cousin)
• mary (my name's pronounced marie, but hella ppl fuck up, and sometimes the fuck-up sticks)

note: i make my own hot cocoa from milk, cocoa powder and sugar. no premade stuff for me.

• malibu
• kahlúa
• vanilla extract
• cointreau

this year i resolved to be more aware of the products i was using. i can't completely eliminate animal-tested products (my favorite makeup brand, unfortunately, does not say it isn't tested, for example), but i try really hard to buy & use things that weren't. most of my skincare/beauty products are untested on animals, at least.

• method hand soap
• kiss my face hand soap
• jasön apricot scrubble
• kiss my ...

i'm an only child, so i don't readily let ppl borrow or otherwise use my stuff. on the other hand, i dislike having a ton of stuff, so i sometimes make random gifts of things i deem unnecessary in life, if the shoe fits (like, if there's a book i'm not in love with & i know someone it's perfect for, i give it to him/her)

• cooking utensils, so long as i don't need them at the moment & they get proper...

now that i've got myself on a budget, these are the things i keep on hand at all times, for the end of the week when i have no more food money.

• chicken breasts
• pasta
• rice
• eggs
• spicy tarako spaghetti sauce (spicy cod roe sauce)
• hard alcohol (lasts a lot longer than beer--i have to restock maybe once a year)
• onions
• garlic
• ground turkey
• ginger
• frozen shrimp
• condiments, spices (important note: braising anything i...

it's midterms, so my list-making volume is up, if you haven't noticed...

• subscribe to netflix or blockbuster.com
• take belly dance classes every week
• do bikram yoga every week
• go out w/ my friends every week
• join a taiko dojo again
• go shopping once a month for music, books
• chill in a coffeehouse every day
• i estimate that to do all this, it'd take me about 400 bucks of spending money a month, plus an extra ...

• i'm kinda into "theme" drinking (and on rare occasions, eating), but only in connection to movies and books (and on rare occasions, music). examples: martinis w/ a james bond flick (or the thing he invented in casino royale for that movie); sake w/ zatoichi; hot chocolate (i prefer hot cocoa) and toast w/ honey and butter for viewing a very long engagement
• i think i'm not into drinking holidays. to...

ugh! i never thought i'd think this, but i am soooo tired of breakfast. so i'm gonna make a list of what i eat in the am b/c it might help for some reason...

• plain (pref greek) yogurt with honey, roasted pistachios and rosewater, and either toast or a muffin
• leftovers, esp. pizza, fried rice
• leftover soup/stew (must have a lotta veggies, like ratatouille) with a fried egg on top
• egg-in-a-hole
• chocolate...

• do art
• keep more up to date with the news
• volunteer a little bit
• walk even more
• keep up to date with movies
• catch up with movie stuff (i've never even seen the godfather)
• hang out once again in coffee houses

here are work options i'm considering these days. if you have any useful info about these things, pls. let me know

• librarian (i still have to go to grad school for this)
• working for a study abroad program, helping the students & doing admin stuff -"student life coordinator" (how do these ppl get these jobs?!)
• hotel sthg (not forever, just right now...)

while i listen to a whole lot of different stuff, i guess i do have faves.

• the living end
• toast machine
• the lovemakers
• the maccabees
• lamb of god
• the subways
• system of a down
• the stooges
• kaji meiko
• france gall
• linkin park
• fort minor
• hieroglyphics
• pigeon john
• johnny cash
• the toadies
• tilly and the wall
• stereotypical working class
• stephen marley
• damian marley
• saliva
• bush chemists
• dropkick murphys
• flogging molly
• the pogues
• the ...

• derrick c. brown
• baxter black
• ee cummings
• anne sexton
• higashi kume (i can't actually read her stuff yet, b/c it's in japanese that's too complicated, but i like her b/c she's my great grandmother)

• lurpak
• beurre d'isigny
• clover stornetta butter (gots ta represent--but it is pretty good, too)
• challenge (childhood nostalgia)

i'm not really picky--pretty much any cat is good enough (so long as it can be housebroken and isn't

• like this)
• american ragdoll
• exotic shorthair
• a cat that's a weird shade of brown, like a bottle of budweiser
• black cats (i'd like more than one of these. how cool would it be to come home to a cluster of black cats roaming the house?)
• scottish fold
• one with a really big face (like, it'll look fat even if...

oh man am i drunk. let's observe what's going on. this is the first time my drunkenness has been recorded in any way (ok besides in pictures), since i started drinking, way back in 2002.

• clearly, i can type about as well as when i'm sobre (sober?)
• i feel i am having an out of body experience
• the guy down the hall finally has gotten to see me drunk. the last time i saw him, he was drunk. maybe now tha...

• nyu student
• 5th year sr.
• previously student at uop, and then srjc
• petaluma, ca native
• writing a thesis about best approaches to bat conservation in europe
• hates writing
• speaks english, french and japanese
• reads compulsively
• also, watches a lot of movies
• and then feels guilty at not having done schoolwork, but is too tired to do anything else and thus sleeps
• perpetually single, haven't decided whether i like...

• relatives wonder why i'm "fat."
• my feet are huge. i can't fit women's shoes in japan
• ppl think some of my food choices are gross
• creepy ppl want to be my friend/have sex w/ me just b/c i'm half asian

• scant body hair (yup, i pluck my ARMPITS, yo)
• grew up eating japanese food
• can make japanese food quite well
• have a taste for healthy stuff like fish, tofu
• has known the goodness that is pocky and other japanese junk foods since birth
• spent elementary school having hello kitty stuff that was waaay cooler than what could be found in the U.S.
• even though i suck at speaking it, i still have an advantage in...

hard to make a title for this. anyhoo, these are the things i feel i need to make a greater variety of

• veggie side dishes
• starchy side dishes
• salad dressings
• breakfast food (simple for weekdays)

• some kind of niche history class
• more french, japanese
• hungarian, spanish, italian, latin, and maybe german, or some scandinavian language
• stuff about the environment
• stuff about animals
• art classes
• dance

1. mainlines, blood feasts, and bad taste: a lester bangs reader
2. armageddon in retrospect
3. dewey: the small-town library cat who touched the world
4. it happened in san francisco
5. artist & audience course pack
6. goth chic: a connoisseur's guide to dark culture
7. last watch
8. a portrait of the artist as a young man
9. strictly from hungary
10. sway

• rock n rolla when it comes out on dvd (can't wait--that fucking movie is so fucking good)
• chandeliers (someday, i'll have the means)
• pineapple express when it comes out on dvd
• tobacco scented candles (there's one called cuba that sounds promising); bluewick
• some flowering plants, since we've got a patio, and i've got vases...
• a tetsubin for white tea
• more knives. always more knives.
• will & grace season 8...

i've never really thought long and hard about what my "favorite" foods are, and after making this list, i realize i need my mom to ship me one of my japanese cookbooks, asap!

• sweet potatoes
• salad
• oyako don
• unagi no kabayaki
• kinpira gobo
• bell peppers
• middle eastern foods
• popovers
• apples
• pears, when they're just right
• satsumas
• pineapples
• bananas
• nectarines
• ranier cherries
• berries when cooked into a dessert
• pizza (no...

• the not-watered-down version of the arabian nights
• news, nudity and nonsense
• the maltese falcon
• sthg. about being a librarian
• last watch
• the pillow book
• twilight watch
• day watch
• mythology-related material
• stuff about animals
• the lord god made them all by james herriot
• stuff by jane austen, starting w/ pride & prejudice
• sthg. bout music(ians)
• sthg. on europe
• sthg. bout ny
• things about canada
• things about france
• boo...

• burn after reading
• rock n rolla
• the upcoming bond movie
• nick & nora's infinite playlist
• stuff w/ charlie chaplin
• annie hall
• goodfellas
• more stuff w/ johnny depp
• some james bond movies
• some indiana jones films
• sthg. w/ audrey hepburn
• gypsy (w/ natalie wood)
• gilda
• pride and glory
• dogfight
• trust
• star wars (yep, never seen a single one of them)
• jay and silent bob strike back
• kalhonaho (dunno if that's spelled right)
• the...

• keloids
• having to weigh myself for class. this has happened twice to me, most recently for some gravity lab. at least this time, having lost a lot of weight since the last time, i'm only the heaviest GIRL in class, not the heaviest PERSON (we didn't share weights, but i have ways of knowing). anyway, sooo unnecessary!
• smoke detectors. specifically the ones they install in my apartment. you stupid li...

• landmark wines (w. 23rd st., nyc)
• warehouse wines & spirits (broadway, nyc)
• bevmo! (california)
• nicolas (paris, for wine)
• japanese grocery stores (when i want sake or sthg)
• astor wines (nyc)
• waitrose (london)

• real fruit (though not all fruit)
• Japanese faux strawberry
• green tea
• garlic
• real maple syrup
• oregano
• thyme
• rosemary
• SPICY
• cumin
• beer
• soy sauce

• Ellen Page (in the cute category, w/ emily mortimer)
• all right, all right. i'm not gonna hide it anymore. the lead singer of the pussycat dolls (a.k.a. "big pussy," a.k.a. nicole something or other)
• Anna Tsuchiya
• Drea de Matteo
• young (and i can't stress this enough: young) elizabeth taylor
• young Bridgette Bardot
• Keira Knightley
• Uma Thurman
• Lisa Light
• Lucy Liu
• Asia Argento
• Naomie Harris
• Emily Mortimer
• Pamela An...

i'm not a big fan of cheese, but i know it's served frequently at various events, so i figure it's good to know what i like

• dill havarti
• muenster
• mozz (both fresh and the other kind)
• cheddar
• jack
• pepper jack
• havarti
• st. andre
• fontina, sometimes
• colby
• red leicester
• port salut (st. pauline (?) is a generic version of this)
• gouda
• that other one that comes in a red wax
• swiss (sometimes)
• some types of goat

these are mostly coffeehouses/cafes (why do things have to be so complicated), but i don't drink coffee, & most tea places are dreadfully stuck up and have kind of a musty, "old money" feel; these are the creme de la creme, as far as i'm concerned, the places i will actually go out of my way to hang out in (ok, so i have to be w/in 40 minutes of the place)

• tea lounge (brooklyn)
• gramstand (ave. a, ny...

I am apathetic about halloween. the decoration can be cute, cool even, but the dressing up? nah.

• lilth
• screaming banshee
• the green fairy (omg i wish i could be this every year. SUCH a hot costume)
• cat
• hick
• certain characters from japanese folk horror stories
• murder victim
• carver (from nip tuck) victim
• girl from the ring

• Bliss hair shine+body gloss spray
• Kanebo sela hair "wax" (more of a cream really)
• camelia oil, mixed w/ jasmine essential oil b/c camelia oil on its own smells like used cooking oil

• perfume oils: body time
• makeup: urban decay, makeup forever
• foot creme: burt's bees coconut mint
• water: volvic, voss, crystal geyser, poland springs
• shoes: pataugas, ariat (riding boots), dansk (clogs), bebe, kenneth cole reaction
• jewelry: swarovski, leroi, nereides, monet (though some of it's poorly made)
• porcelain figurines: herend
• sheets and other stuff you put on a bed: dkny, tommy hilfiger
• snowboards...

• black rebel motorcycle club
• violent femmes
• jose carreras
• marilyn manson
• fort minor
• jamie t
• tomayasu hotei
• lamb of god
• dj shadow
• gary allan

• harp
• lucky
• flying dog's dogtoberfest
• smuttynose summer hefeweizen
• sam adams hefeweizen
• post road pumpkin ale
• franziskaner hefe-weissbier
• tikka gold
• moretti
• peroni
• delirium tremens
• chimay bleu
• hop stoopid
• stella artois
• coors light
• becks
• tiger
• red stripe
• sol
• becks
• carlsberg
• kronenbourg 1664
• kirin
• sapporo
• guinness
• budweiser
• rolling rock
• hoegaarden
• tsing tao
• orion
• the belgian cherry kind
• corona

• grumpy's (montreal)
• heather's (nyc: e. 13th st. bet. a & b)
• the musical box (nyc: ave. b bet. 13th and 14th)
• sakagura (e. 43rd st., nyc)
• sake bar decibel (240 e. 9th st., nyc)
• that pub in quebec city that has over 200 beers (canada)
• vol de nuit (nyc)
• traxx (petaluma, ca) (it's not that it's fun, it just feels atmospheric)
• cafe 1001 (brick lane, london)
• the okinawan bar in kyoto
• l'imprevu (paris, rue quincam...

not all of these are english; i don't have a preoccupation w/ vaginas, i just happen to like the various nicknames that this body part has acquired

• titface
• whimsy
• quoi
• emasculate (and it's variations: emasculation, emasculated, etc.)
• lurk
• dimunitive
• otr
• jolie
• tart (as a noun, in both senses, but not as an adjective)
• nihil
• glee
• mirth
• ylang ylang
• mange
• behoove
• vulgar
• wtshtf
• potus
• scotus
• abysmal
• crock (as in, "what a cro...

note 1: i only speak here of women's or coed wc's note 2: i don't hang out in bathrooms, but i drink a lot of water and a fair amount of beer, so i appreciate it when the facilities don't make me feel the need to boil myself in bactine afterwards

• sakagura
• 7th floor, 285 mercer st. (nyc)
• cha an
• cafe zazzle
• chouquet's (fillmore st., sf)
• o'neil's pub (bath)
• las iguanas (bristol)
• my apartment when i was in pa...

1. stable hand (entailed cleaning sometimes verrrry filthy barn, making the horses look clean enough, feeding & observing their health, but also riding around a ginormous ranch, which really was what took up most of my time)
2. administrative assisstant (for my dad--i work in an old mobile home, amongst all sorts of dead animal pieces, like hats made out of whole bobcats, unstuffed badgers, buffalo hides...

• takahachi (ave. a nyc)
• tuck shop (1st ave. and houston, nyc)
• cafe habana (17 prince st. nyc)
• all you knead (haight st. sf)
• gruppo (ave. b nyc)
• lima's taste (nyc)
• 7a (7th and a nyc)
• snack (105 Thompson St. nyc)
• taim falafel & smoothie bar (waverly place nyc)
• la tina's comida latina (e. 23rd st. nyc)
• otafuku (e. 9th st. nyc)
• 11b (corner of b & 11th nyc)
• soy (suffolk st. nyc)
• el rinconcito (e. 10th st. just past ...

• The Big Lebowski
• Sukiyaki Western Django
• Pineapple Express
• Vice Guide to Travel
• Heavy Metal in Baghdad
• Tampopo
• In Bruges
• Where the Buffalo Roam
• Six Shooter
• The Darjeeling Limited
• Sakuran
• Cashback
• Broken English
• Chocolat
• Casino Royale
• 10 Things I Hate About You
• Snatch
• Bridget Jones's Diary
• Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
• Pride & Prejudice
• O Brother, Where Art Thou?
• Monty Python & the Holy Grail
• L'Atlante
• Kung Fu Hustle...

• petaluma, ca
• nyc
• paris, france
• london, england
• montreal, qc, canada

i don't use all of these, & some may never have widespread usage, but i still love them (i've labelled the one's that contain no english or that could be difficult to get when out of context)

• aight
• any word, with "fuckin(g)" inserted in the middle (hortifuckingculturalist)
• qu'est-ce que fuck
• chow (osaka way of saying chigaou)
• hella
• noods (noodles)
• dac (short for d'accord)
• mockney (that does count as a bas...

• "UGH! Charles Shaw! That means there's poor people here!" (Ali)
• "Is that an omelette or a Shamwow?" (Brian)
• Chelsea (while itching crotch): "Ew, stop scratching your asshole!"

Brian (still itching ass): "YOU'RE itching your cooter!"

• "I'm only wearing slippers and a tampon." (Chelsea)
• "I'm not drunk. I've been on amphetamines all day." (Stephen)
• Donnie: "I want macaroni and cheese."

Me: "I want to die." l...

• mojito
• jack daniels, straight up (it's a nostalgia thing)
• riesling wine
• dark nightmare
• rum
• sea foam
• white russian
• martini
• margarita
• caipirinha
• kir royale
• malibu w/ ginger ale
• absinthe
• casino royale cocktail (will fuck you up)
• shochu
• sake (but not nigori or taru)
• sake to me green tea sparkling sake
• hou hou shu sparkling sake
• vodka on the rocks
• chu-hi of most flavors
• umeshu
• atomic bomb (like a black russian in a shot gl...

• tilly & the wall
• toast machine
• the lovemakers
• the living end
• electric 6
• peelander-z
• uc berkeley youth jazz program
• cake
• the subways
• pigeon john
• taiko dojos in general
• cold war kids

• the bell house (nyc)
• bottom of the hill (sf)
• grumpy's (montreal)
• music hall of williamsburg (brooklyn)
• the venue @ ulu (london)
• barfly (london (camden))
• bowery ballroom (nyc)
• knitting factory (nyc) (gone)
• slim's (sf)
• the phoenix (i don't actually go there hardly anymore, but it's still a great place, esp. 4 teens) (petaluma)
• bimbo's 365 (sf)

those who know me wouldn't think it possible, but the truth is that even though i will drink pretty much anything, it doesn't mean i actually enjoy the taste of everything alcoholic

• smuttynose ipa (well, i don't mind it, but i don't prefer it)
• lagunitas ipa
• fat tire
• asahi dry
• wolaver's (but i don't remember which one, so i guess that means i may hafta drink it again)
• leffe

• paragraphe (montreal, rue mcgill college)
• nicholas hoare (montreal, westmount)
• multimags (Montreal, var. locations)
• three lives & company (154 w. 10th st. nyc)
• atlantic news (3rd ave nyc)
• casa magazines (no books, but tons of magazines; 22 8th ave., nyc)
• kinokuniya (nyc, sf, japan)
• crockatt & powell (london, lower marsh)
• foyle's (charing cross rd., london)
• magma (london)
• copperfields (kentucky st., petaluma...

• when i meet real douchebags
• during brief bouts of apathy on the subjects of men and love in general
• when i'm enjoying my alone time
• when i reflect on how icky drama is
• when i'm up to my ears in schoolwork

• Un Amour des Thés (Monkland, Montreal; i actually don't really like the physical place, but the tea i got there was quite tasty)
• Tea Lounge (nyc (brooklyn))
• Camellia Sinensis (Montreal)
• Atwater Market (there's two shops with decent selections) (Montreal)
• McNulty's (nyc)
• Porto Rico (nyc)
• T-Salon (nyc)
• Postcard Teas (London)
• The Tea House (London)
• A'roma Roasters (Santa Rosa)
• Itoen (NYC)
• Kalustyan's (NYC)
• Japa...

• Brad Pitt
• Colin Farrell
• Davey Havoc
• Keith Urban
• Brandon Boyd
• Johnny Depp
• Adrian Brody
• Marilyn Manson
• Bob Marley
• John Campbell
• Toast Machine
• Shavo Odadjian
• George Clooney
• Cillian Murphy
• The Colonel (Electric Six)

• being an idiot savant
• solving a problem that's been stressing me out
• getting something right that a generally much smarter person in class has gotten wrong
• successfully changing a light bulb
• concocting an exceptionally good sandwich

they have been known to think i...

• am hot for them
• am stuck up
• am really smart
• am stupid
• am a lesbian
• am not enoying myself
• hate them
• am a gossip
• can't keep secrets
• am surly (well, maybe i am, sometimes, esp. at first)

i had no idea i had preferences, but now i do, so here they are for my future reference (sorry to bore you...maybe it'll help you next time you have to let someone else choose a place for you to live or whatever)...i wish i knew these in order of importance

• i'd rather live a bit out of the way than have a great location but an annoying apartment
• best would be to live alone, w/ friends living w/in wa...