feb 27 2013 ∞
feb 27 2013 +

Bring

  • typewriter
  • bike
  • books
  • clothes
  • toiletries
  • food
  • bed
  • desk
  • dresser
  • appliances (tea kettle)
  • bookshelf

Stock the liquor cabinet!

  • Find cool vintage glass containers from goodwill to put the liquor in (but don't forget to label somehow with %)
  • An assortment of glasses for different drink purposes (tumblers, wine glasses, cocktail glasses, etc)
dec 8 2012 ∞
dec 26 2012 +
  • Ours by Taylor Swift
  • Honey Bee by Blake Shelton
  • Without You (Acoustic cover) by Boyce Avenue
  • Just the Way You Are by Boyce Avenue
mar 15 2012 ∞
mar 15 2012 +
  • mla handbook for writers of research papers 7th ed by joseph gibaldi
  • a handbook to literature 11th ed by william harmon and hugh holman
  • merriam webster's collegiate dictionary 10th ed
  • oxford english dictionary
  • thesaurus organized both alphabetically and by concept
  • general encyclopedia
  • bible with a concordance (ie new oxford annotated bible , nrsv)
  • hand book on mythology (ie edith hamilton's or bullfinch's)
  • dictionary of slang (ie cassell's or wentworth and flexner's)
  • glossary of literary terms 7th ed by m. h. abrams
  • short guide to writing about literature 11th ed by sylvan barnet and william e. cain
sep 16 2010 ∞
sep 16 2010 +

first aid kit

  • bandages
  • gauze
  • first aid ointment
  • pain reliever
  • anti-bacterial wipes
  • ace bandage
  • tweezers
  • scissors
  • safety pins

other

  • spare tire
  • flares
  • flashlight
  • bottled water
  • non-perishable food
  • paper towels
  • jumper cables
  • car jack
  • heavy work gloves
jan 19 2010 ∞
jan 19 2010 +
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  • sing better
  • talk to boys without acting like a dork
  • fly
  • swim without fearing that sharks are going to eat me
  • draw faces
  • go to college with my best friend and share a dorm
  • eat a whopper
  • go back to london
  • meet a hot british guy who would then fall madly in love with me because i can talk to boys without acting like a dork
  • run a mile in under ten minutes
  • do two pushups in a row
  • solve a rubik's cube in thirty seconds
  • be in the guinness book of world records without being a freak
  • never have to shave my legs because they will always be shaved
  • make s'mores whenever i want them
apr 8 2009 ∞
may 28 2009 +
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  • mix cd of fave musics
  • current events
    • front page of the newspaper
    • comic pages
  • pictures
    • of myself as i am now
    • a gas price billboard thing
    • cars traveling down the street
    • of my home
    • of my friends
    • important landmarks that might turn into parking lots in the future
  • handwritten letter
    • what i want to do (my goals)
    • where i think i'm going to go
    • what i think
    • etc. . .
  • the happy list!
jan 17 2009 ∞
jan 17 2009 +
  • andrew lloyd webber's phantom of the opera
  • joseph and the amazing technicolor dream coat
  • dirty dancing
  • we will rock you (queen: the musical)
jul 9 2008 ∞
jul 9 2008 +
  • Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • The Comfort of Strangers by Ian McEwan
  • The Tempest by Shakespeare
  • Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
  • Benito Cereno by Herman Melville
jan 1 2013 ∞
feb 3 2013 +
  • 1984 by george orwell
  • the catcher in the rye by j.d. salinger
  • brave new world by aldous huxley
  • pygmalion by shaw
  • the pearl by steinbeck
  • lolita by vladimir nabokov
  • catch-22 by joseph heller
  • frankenstein by mary shelley
  • slaughterhouse-five by kurt vonnegut
  • the turn of the screw by henry james
  • the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald
sep 29 2010 ∞
sep 29 2010 +
  • a-line dress
  • animal print
  • ankle boot
  • aviators
  • ballet flat
  • bangles
  • belts
  • bikini
  • black opaque tights
  • blazer
  • boyfriend cardigan
  • charm bracelet
  • clutch
  • converse
  • cosmetics bag
    • sunscreen
    • lip balm
    • mascara
    • eye shadow
    • lotion
jan 30 2010 ∞
feb 28 2014 +
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  • allison brooks
  • danielle myers
  • kaytlin fischer
  • max d'monte
  • my parents
  • mr. jones
  • loreal ruiz
  • kimber & mata
  • j.k. rowling
  • justin noland
  • luke reinsma
  • michael p. givens
  • christine chaney
  • charis tobias
apr 11 2009 ∞
jun 10 2014 +

17/100

  • the birth of a nation (1915)
  • the gold rush (1925)
  • the jazz singer (1927)
  • all quiet on the western front (1930)
  • city lights (1931)
  • frankenstein (1931)
  • duck soup (1933)
  • king kong (1933)
  • it happened one night (1934)
  • mutiny on the bounty (1935)
  • modern times (1936)
  • snow white and the seven dwarfs (1937)
  • bringing up baby (1938)
  • gone with the wind (1939)
  • mr. smith goes to washington (1939)
  • stagecoach (1939)
  • the wizard of oz (1939)
  • wuthering heights (1939)
  • fantasia (1940)
  • the grapes of wrath (1940)
jan 20 2009 ∞
feb 3 2010 +
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  • the scarlet pimpernel (1982)
  • benny and joon
  • fern gully
  • secondhand lions
  • she's the man
  • some like it hot (1959)
  • the count of monte cristo (2002)
  • amelie
oct 7 2008 ∞
jan 6 2010 +
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  • united states (obviously)
  • canada
  • england (first: summer of '08)
  • germany (first: fall of '08)
  • austria (first: fall of '08)
  • italy (first: fall of '08; second: fall of '13)
  • ireland (first: summer of '10)
  • england (second: autumn of '12)
  • ireland (second: autumn of '12)
  • france (first: autumn of '12)
  • mexico (first: winter of '13)
jul 7 2008 ∞
jun 10 2014 +

50/1001

2000s

  • 1. Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro
  • 2. Saturday – Ian McEwan
  • 3. On Beauty – Zadie Smith
  • 4. Slow Man – J.M. Coetzee
  • 5. Adjunct: An Undigest – Peter Manson
  • 6. The Sea – John Banville
  • 7. The Red Queen – Margaret Drabble
  • 8. The Plot Against America – Philip Roth
  • 9. The Master – Colm Tóibín
  • 10. Vanishing Point – David Markson
  • 11. The Lambs of London – Peter Ackroyd
  • 12. Dining on Stones – Iain Sinclair
  • 13. Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell
  • 14. Drop City – T. Coraghessan Boyle
  • 15. The Colour – Rose Tremain
  • 16. Thursbitch – Alan Garner
  • 17. The Light of Day – Graham Swift
mar 20 2013 ∞
may 7 2013 +
  • Fast Cars and Freedom Rascal Flatts
  • Hello, I'm in Delaware by City and Colour
  • My Body by Young the Giant
feb 27 2013 ∞
feb 27 2013 +
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  • See the Sun (Alternate Version) by the Kooks
  • Flightless Bird, American Mouth by Iron & Wine
  • You Could Be Happy by Snow Patrol
  • Detlef Schrempf by Band of Horses
  • I Will Follow You Into the Dark by Death Cab for Cutie
  • Love Affair by Copeland
  • Casimir Pulaski Day by Sufjan Stevens
  • No Ones Gonna Love You by Band of Horses
apr 6 2011 ∞
apr 7 2011 +
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  • go to a flea market
  • spend the day picking fruit at a local farm
  • target practice at a local rifle range
  • take a tour of a winery or a brewery
  • see a play (or the dress rehearsal if you can swing it)
  • load up on snacks and find a drive-in movie theatre
  • get a group together and go bowling
  • build something together
  • test-drive expensive cars at the dealership
  • cook a gourmet meal at home
  • take a pottery class together
  • go to a museum on a get-in-free day
  • go for a long bike ride and stop for a picnic
  • find a corn maze and get lost together
  • hit up a pumpkin patch and carve pumpkins together
sep 15 2010 ∞
apr 7 2011 +
  • run 8 to 15 miles per week
  • think in minutes, not miles
  • spend at least $60 on shoes
  • make time for quick runs
  • warm up, then stretch
  • stretch after workout
  • stay hydrated
  • make it fun
  • buy a sports bra

read

  • the nonrunner's marathon guide for women by dawn dais
  • fast track: training and nutrition secrets
  • born to run by christopher mcdougall
  • complete book of women's running by dagny scott barrios
  • the beginning runner's handbook by ian macneill
jan 9 2010 ∞
feb 4 2013 +
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  • fresh fruit
    • apples
    • bananas
    • mini oranges
    • grapes
  • crackers
    • wheat thins
    • ritz
    • graham crackers
  • pretzels
  • almonds
  • energy/protein/granola bars
  • cereal
  • granola
  • popcorn
  • pudding
  • trail mix
  • baby carrots
  • celery
dec 12 2009 ∞
apr 7 2011 +
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albums

  • the script by the script
  • chasing daylight by sister hazel
  • come on feel it by baumer
  • call me when you get this by rediscover
  • faded seaside glamor by the delays
  • haughty melodic by mike doughty
  • boyce avenue!

songs

  • broken strings by james morrison
  • whoah oh! and breakdown by forever the sickest kids
  • how it feels (to be with you) by eleventyseven
  • the other side by svoy
  • confines of gravity and complement each other like colors by playradioplay!
  • my name is trouble by nightmare of you
  • rain on the brain by lovehammers
  • remember by black lab
  • ayo technology by milow
  • to be with you by mr. big
apr 12 2009 ∞
apr 7 2011 +
  • jim carrey
  • ellen degeneres
  • bill cosby
  • eddie izzard
  • jeff dunham
  • stephen fry and hugh laurie
  • john cleese (and the rest of monty python)
  • douglas adams
  • bill bryson
  • tim hawkins
apr 7 2009 ∞
jul 4 2009 +
  • I learned that men were born with power and women obtained it through sharpness of intellect and good hearts. -- Zainab Salbi, Between Two Worlds
  • Boys, Laila came to see, treated friendship the way they treated the sun: its existence undisputed; its radiance best enjoyed, not beheld directly. -- Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns
  • There are in this world blessed souls, whose sorrows spring up into joys for others; whose earthly hopes, laid in the grave with many tears, are the seed from which spring healing flowers and balm for the desolate and the distressed. --Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin
  • Who is guilty of a greater injustice than he who inventeth a lie concerning God? -- Mohammad, The Koran, Sura XI
  • And thus ended the whole romance and ideal of life for Augustine St. Clare. But th..._Uncle Tom's Cabin_
jan 7 2009 ∞
jun 10 2014 +
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  • anthony hamilton -- dear life
  • augustana -- where love went wrong
  • better than ezra -- a lifetime
  • blue october -- sound of pulling heaven down
  • the bravery -- fistful of sand
  • holly brook -- heavy
  • butch walker -- mixtape
  • counting crows -- colorblind
  • dashboard confessional -- stolen
  • delays -- long time coming
  • mike doughty -- i hear the bells
  • foreigner -- hot blooded
  • further seems forever -- pride war
  • goo goo dolls -- slide
  • i nine -- seven days of lonely
  • isaac shepard -- before dawn
  • jimmy eat world -- hear you me
  • journey -- open arms
  • bethany joy lenz -- halo
  • yael naïm -- far far
jul 9 2008 ∞
apr 19 2009 +