• Rene Clement
• Pathe Freres
• Claire Denis
• Derek Jarman
• Peter Greenaway
• Andre Techine
• Peter Watkins
• Lunchino Visconti
• Rene Clair
• Victor Sjostrome
• Francois Ozone
• Chantal Ackerman
• Jean Rollin
• Mario Bava
• Evgenii Bauer
• Giuseppe Tornatore
• Bela Tarr
• Haskell Wexler
• Frances Marion
• Alain Fleisher
• Phillippe Garrel

"brain itches"- songs that get stuck in my head.

• take on me- aha
• girlfriend in a coma- the smiths
• let's dance- david bowie
• space oddity- david bowie
• hairdresser on fire- morrissey
• blueberries for breakfast- the mamas and papas
• king of the road- dean martin
• everyday- buddy holly
• back in your head- tegan and sara
• heart of gold- neil young
• werewolves of london- warren zevon
• la vie en rose- edith piaf
• fever- peggy lee
• the operation- charlotte gainsbourg
• playground love- air
• feeling good- nina simone
• who loves the sun- the velvet underground

• bande a part (french) (own!)
• belle du jour (french)
• blow up (british)
• dillinger is dead (italian)
• el espíritu de la colmena (spanish)
• hansel & gretel (korean)
• la strada (italian) ♥ !
• l'avventura (italian)
• la notte (italian)
• les demoiselles of rochefort (french)
• le samourai (french) ♥ (own!)
• mr. hulots holiday (french)
• nights of cabria (italian)
• non ti mouvere (italian)
• phenomena (italian)
• rashômon (japanese)
• the 400 blows (french)
• un femme est un femme (french)
• vivre sa vie (french)
• Ni na bian ji dia (what time is it there?) (taiwanese)

JANUARY:

• 1. diary by chuck palahniuk [01/04/10]
• 2. the canterville ghost by oscar wilde [01/07/10]
• 3. the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald (re-read) [01/08/10]
• 4. hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world by haruki murakami [01/12/10]
• 5. east of eden by john steinbeck [01/21/10]
• 6. thus spake zarathustra by friedrich nietzsche [01/28/10]

FEBRUARY:

• 7. alias grace by margaret atwood [02/03/10]
• 8. wise blood by flannery o' connor [02/05/10]
• 9. various positions, life of leonard cohen by ira b. nadel [02/10/10]
• 10. player piano by kurt vonnegut [02/12/...

• cultures
• food, food, food!
• dictionaries
• word searches and crossword puzzles
• classic films
• french films
• astronomy
• desserts
• botany
• jack lemmon
• sweaters
• bamboo plants
• margaret atwood
• redecorating
• henry darger/ max ernst
• bunnies
• violins
• writing
• magical realism
• elephants
• james stewart

• paraplouis = umbrellas
• regime = exercise
• paix = peace
• cap = game
• fraise = strawberry
• aider = to help
• ensemble = together
• tablier = apron
• cuisiner = to cook
• souvent = often
• radieux = dazzling
• soie = silk
• chuchoter = to whisper
• enchante = nice to meet you
• ferme = close
• batarde = bastard

• i say "awww" the way alot of people say "like."
• i bite my hands alot, especially when i'm nervous.
• my instincts are usually about 95% correct.
• i can listen to a song over and over and not become tired of it for awhile, but then i have to give it a rest and can't listen to it for a long time.
• i'm obsessed with learning new words and their definitions. this is probably why i love reading so much.
• i'm a huge ophidiophobe (fear of snakes). i even freak out over baby and garden snakes... it's bad.
• i'm completely out of touch with reality. i'm a dreamer. always have been.
• i make up alot of stories in my head, but can never write them down on paper.
• i am 98% attracted to men with black hair...

JANUARY:

• 1. the time traveler's wife by audrey niffenegger (1/09/09)
• 2. franny and zooey by j.d salinger (01/12/09)
• 3. the penelopiad by margaret atwood (01/13/09)
• 4. adverbs by daniel handler (01/17/09)
• 5. extremely loud and incredibly close (01/19/09)
• 6. one flew over the cuckoo's nest (01/28/09)

FEBRUARY:

• 7. torture the artist by joey goebel [02/06/09]
• 8. when nietzsche wept by irvin d. yalom [02/20/09]
• 9. the phantom of the opera by gaston leroux [02/27/09]

MARCH:

• attending my first SXSW & volunteering. something i would do again for sure.
• seeing echo and the bunnymen live. they were fantastic and it was the sweetest crowd i've ever encountered!
• attending my first fun fun fun fest where a guy made sure i wasn't hurt to death at a crystal castles show...
• my first road trip from tx to new mexico, nevada, california, oregon, washington, idaho, utah, colorado.
• going to seattle for the first time; having the most AMAZING chocolate croissants from there too.
• near death experience on a snowy volcano (mt. rainier) in washington.
• having the best sea food in seattle and most of washington.
• reading haruki murakami & kurt vonnegut for the first time (& i love them)
• having my picture unexpectedly taken by a...

favorite toys/things i owned:

• alf doll
• first bicycle. colors: pink & purple. came with basket and confetti strings
• barbie coloring books
• barbies
• cabbage patch kid dolls
• black tap dancing shoes
• black leotard
• kaboodles
• lite brites
• little mermaid t-shirt
• legos
• operation! (the medical game that buzzed)
• pink barbie backpack
• play-doh
• polly pocket
• pogs
• tamogotchis

tv/cartoon shows:

• white silky curtains
• vintage movie posters
• a set up for record player/ records
• book cases

things i probably don't need but want to buy to spoil myself when i have extra money:

• lollipop making kit
• kitchen aid mixer
• bunny lamp
• constellation globe
• visual dictionaries
• laptop cover
• teapot clock
• glasses identical to james deans
• green headphones
• thinning shears/ razor comb for hair
• pretty underoos and bras
• craft supplies
• wide angle / fish eye lens

from literature:

• zooey glass (book; franny & zooey)
• the master (book; the master & margarita)

I loooove fruit.

• marionberries
• lingonberries
• gooseberries
• lychee
• starfruit
• jackfruit
• ugli
• sugar apple
• dragon fruit
• mangosteen
• salak
• soursop
• kumquat
• rambutan
• rhubarb
• cloudberry
• boysenberry
• gooseberry
• fig

• Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. Happily, some of them kept records of their troubles. You’ll learn from them — if you want to. Just as someday, if you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It’s a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn’t education. It’s history. It’s poetry. -J.D. Salinger
• Love is where you find it. I think it is foolish looking for it, and I think it can be often poisonous. I wish that people who are conventionally supposed to love each other would say to each other when they fight- "Please, alittle less love and alittle more common decency."- Kurt Vonnegut
• You live like this, sheltered, in a delicate world, and you believe you are living. Then you read a book, or you take a tri...

Either I've never had them or just want to attempt my own.

• blondies (never had them)
• macarons (never had them)
• coconut lime cookies (never had them; yum!)
• challah bread (never had it)
• pumpkin muffins (never had them)
• madelines (attempt my own)
• fruit tarts (never had them)
• mini cheesecakes (attempt my own)
• nutella sandwich cookies (never had them)
• cinnamon sugar pretzels (attempt my own)
• tiramisu (attempt my own)
• baklava (attempt my own)
• spanakopita (attempt my own)
• lemon bars (these are delicious! will make them again & again)
• jelly cupcakes (never had them)
• linzer cookies (never had them)