List #150: Movies I've Never Seen and should feel worse about not seeing

List #150: Movies I've Never Seen (or not all the way through)and should feel worse than I do about not seeing them

1. Schindler's List
2. Saving Private Ryan
3. Terminator
4. Terminator 2
5. Reservoir Dogs
6. Anchorman (except I'm currently watching it now)
7. Goodfellas

List #149: Things I loved about Being CiLT director

List #149: Things I loved about Being CiLT director for the 5 years I did it (general or specific)

1. Working with former CiLTs that became awesome Counselors
2. Monday Morning Bocce / Koob
3. Toobeez Core Values games
4. Kick the Can night
5. Awesome Co-Directors (even my Sister)
6. Theme Dinners
7. "Types of Leadership" activity night
8. The Long Table
9. Writing the Rules as a Group
10. Thinking of the awesomest Awards and, yes, even writing CiLT letters (so much better than Parent Letters because they actually mean something)
11. Cool Nicknames for group bonding
12. Mafia
13. FotAY and Initiatives Day(s)
14. Breakfast Cookouts
15. River Trips (when we could afford them)
16. Parachute Games and Brain Teasers
17. Being Program Staff but also getting to have Campers
18. Working with young adults who you can have a conversation with
19. Super CiLTs and call-back weeks
20. Making something awesome to sign (the flag, the chunk of wood)
21. So many other things (and, to think, at first I didn't want the job... Travis used his masterful leadership to make me come to the realization that I did)

List #148: 10 Things I like about 30-Rock

List #148: 10 Things I like about 30-Rock

1. Liz Lemon Loves Food
2. Kenneth in the Drinking Contest with the Teamsters
3. "Wordplay"
4. all the guest stars
5. "Superman does 'good'"
6. Werewolf Bar Mitzvah
7. Jack Dongahy thinking TI was Texas Instruments
8. Kenneth's Party (and the aftermath)
9. The Theme Song
10. The Fart Machine

List #147: People I need to hang out with within the next week or so

#147: People I need to hang out with within the next week or so

1. Dad
2. Grandpa (not that I haven't seen him a billion times this week :) )
3. Bob
4. Liz Pea
5. Cousin Mike

List #146:TV Shows I'm considering starting to watch

List #146:TV Shows I'm considering starting to watch or purchase

1. Fringe
2. True Blood
3. House (have the DVDs of 1, but still averse to it)
4. Breaking Bad
5. The Tudors
6. Deadwood
7. Batman: The Animated Series
8. Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (on order (since I've just rewatched both Sports Night and 30 Rock)

List #145: Favorite kinds of boats

List #145: Favorite kinds of boats to be on a

1. Sunfish
2. Pontoon
3. a Dolphin doin' flips and $#!+
4. Canoe (in the front with a trusted steer-er)
5. Canoe (in the back, but in the lead boat)
6. Kayak
7. The Green Arrow

List #144: Grossest Things I can think of that are safe to put in a list

#144: (Some of the)Grossest Things I can think of that are safe to put in a list (or are toned down for the list)

1. Loose Stools
2. Rancid Milk
3. Dog Vomit
4. Kids Licking Snot off of their upper lips
5. Noisy Eaters' noises
6. Liposuctioned Fat
7. The story Joe told me once
8. The picture Joe put as my computer wallpaper once
9. Chewing-Tobacco Spit
10. The Cream of Wheat
11. The feeling of throwing-up
12. Popped-out Eyeball

List #143: 10 Things I'd rather be right now

List #143: 10 Things I'd rather be right now

1. An Otter
2. Four
3. A Distance Runner
4. a Green Lantern
5. Working at My Summer Camp
6. on a Road Trip
7. An Owl
8. Able to talk to Animals
9. Debt-free
10. Awake, Alert, Enthusiastic

List #142: Favorite Ocean Dwelling Mammals

List #142: Favorite Ocean Dwelling Mammals

1. Sei Whale
2. Blue Whale
3. Bottle-nose Dolphin
4. Orca
5. Sea Otter
6. Beluga Whale
7. Narwhal
8. Walrus

List #141: Songs I Have Titled

List #141: Songs I Have Titled

1. The Nickel Song
2. The Cabin Song
3. Fountain of Truth
4. Campers are Fighting in the Bathroom Again
5. Efficient Use of Space
6. It's No Longer Raining on the Hill of 3-Oaks
7. "Lindsay's Song" (new title :) )
8. I'm Not
9. The Walking Song
10. She's Like the Sun (not to be confused with "Looks Just Like the Sun)

List #140: Favorite ways to eat dead animals

List #140: Favorite ways to eat dead animals (As requested by my brother)

1. Steak-ed (beef, tuna, swordfish
2. Sausage (so many varieties)
3. Raw, or dang close (fish, beef, venison)
4. Burger-ed (beef-cookied, lamburger)
5. Jerkied (but not lamb)
6. With lots of sauce (of Barbecue or A1 variety)
7. Ground mixed with lots of other delicious things
8. In soup
9. Kebab-ed
10. but never made out of non-meat (fake meat is wrong (but I'm not against veggie burgers, provided they don't pretend to be meat like. Tofu is good too, why wreck it)

List #139: Five People I like (and maybe a reason), take 11

List #139: Five People I like (and maybe a reason), take 11

1. The Honorable Doctor Captain Mushy-pants: for grace and balance
2. Chief: for Chiefness
3. Rosie: for being tough and not takin' no crap from the oppressors
4. Grandma Helen: for not actually being a grandma, and also for Corollas
5. Hogan: for still being as awesome, if not more, as the olden days

List #138: Famous people that creep me out

List #138: Famous people that creep me out (as requested by Jeremy)

1. Christopher Walken (but in an awesome way)
2. Cillian Murphy
3. Audrey Tatou
4. Cameron Diaz
5. The Olsen Twins
6. Jane Krakowski (but she's funny so I deal)
7. Kristin Kreuk
8. Andy Dick
9. Nicole Ritchie/Paris Hilton
10. Dennis Hopper
11. Fred Armisen
12. Will Forte
13. Johnny Depp
14. others that I will post if I remember

List #137: Attractive ladies (TV edition)

List #137: Attractive ladies (Modern TV edition, shows I watch, in no order)

1. Alison Mack (Chloe, Smallville)
2. Amy Acker (Fred, Angel)
3. Erica Durance (Lois, Smallville)
4. Tina Fey (Liz Lemon, 30 Rock)
5. Cobie Smulders (Robin Scherbatzky, HIMYM (especially this season))
6. Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia, Buffy/Angel)
7. Christina Hendricks (YoSafBridge, Firefly. Joan Holloway, Mad Men)
8. Anna Friel (Chuck, Pushing Daisies)
9. Alyson Hannigan (Willow, Buffy)
10. Katrina Bowden (Cerie, 30 Rock (not my normal type))
11. Jessica Pare (Courtney, (the short lived) Jack & Bobby)
12. Rachel Lefebvre (extra on lots of various shows)

List #136: Good Lookin' Dudes (as requested by Creepy)

List #136: Good Lookin' Dudes (as requested by Creepy aka Julee) in no particular order

1. Paul Rudd
2. James van der Beek
3. David Boreanaz
4. Owen Wilson
5. Brad Pitt (but only when he's playing a crazy person)
6. Neil Patrick Harris
7. maybe someone else I'm not thinking of right now.

List #135: Stuff I'm going to do this week

List #115: Stuff I'm going to do this week

1. Start running again
2. Start making Aquavit
3. Disc Golf
4. Set up the Sailboat for the summer
5. Swim in Pike Lake
6. Read at least one book
7. Write some new lists
8. Set up the mini-electric guitar
9. Watch all of 30-rock season 1
10. Wash my car

List #134: Words that I dislike

List #134: Words that I dislike (retroactively requested by Grandma Helen)

1. Puberty
2. Moist
3. Blend (as a noun)
4. Entity
5. Referent
6. Compassion
7. certain anatomical slang
8. Chubby
9. Touch-base
10. Savvy
11. Doc (as short for document)

List #133: People I would Put on My Album Cover

List #133: People I would Put on My Album Cover if I were making Sgt. Pepper's (As requested by E. Junek)

1. Harry Truman
2. Miles Davis
3. Kirby Puckett
4. Charles Schulz
5. Superman
6. Nathan Hale
7. Wayne Gretzky
8. Norman MacLeod
9. J.R.R. Tolkien
10. Stan Lee
11. Will Eisner
12. Hugh Masakela
13. Miriam Makeba
14. Nelson Mandela
15. Jimi Hendrix
16. Bill Cosby
17. Steve Martin
18. Harmon Killebrew
19. Josef Zawinul
20. Charlie Parker
21. Duke Ellington
22. Teddy Roosevelt
23. Emperor Joshua Norton 1
24. Neil Gaiman
25. Alan Moore
26. Jason Segel
27. Jim Henson
28. Mr. Spehar
29. Ms. Jablonski
30. Neil Patrick Harris
31. Grover
32. Paul Wellstone
33. Laurence McKinley Gould
34. The Monkees
35. Thorstein Veblen
36. Hedy Lamarr
37. Anne Bonney
38. Owain Glyn Dwr
39. Sherlock Holmes
40. President Laura Roslin
41. Buffy
43. George Washington Carver
44. Big Bird
45. Ogden Nash
46. Bjork
47. Daniel Greysolon
48. Maggie Simpson
49. Audrey Hepburn
50. LeBron James, Justin Timberlake and Shaquille O'Neal... all riding Tigers.

List #132: greatest culinary successes and worst kitchen disasters

List #132: greatest culinary successes and worst kitchen disasters (as requested by Kristen KB-B)

Successes:
1. Cold Strawberry Soup
2. Salmon/Avocado/Chickpea/Lime with Udon
3. Peanut-Spinach stew
4. Hummus

Disasters:
1. Thai Turkey Soup
2. 95% of what I try to do with Plantains
3. Lamb Jerky


Near Disasters:
1. Breakfast Soup
2. Searing Tuna (Tuna is fine, but sometimes searing=gouts of flame)
3. Making Rice at the Hacienda Del Sol

List #131: Girls who I have thrown/ have thrown me in the snow

List #131: Girls who I have thrown/ have thrown me in the snow (as requested by JodyPea)

Girls that have thrown me in the snow (# of times)

1. Jody (1)

Girls that I have thrown into the snow (#s are too high to show)

1. Jody
2. Emily
3. Laura
4. Mush
5. Probably most people at winter camp

List #130: Animals I'd like to be and Why

List #130: Animals I'd like to be and Why (as requested by Hannah KMJM)

1. River Otter ( to frolic in rivers all the live long day)
2. Peregrine Falcon (200 mph stoops!)
3. Dragonfly (because they fly in amazing ways)
4. Polar Bear, pre global warming (to live in the arctic and not be trifled with)
5. Snow Leopard (superior leaping ability)
6. Sloth (to hire a dog to burn down a hospital)
7. Basilisk - the non-mythological kind (to walk on water)
8. Archer Fish (superior shooting-down my food skills)
9. Firefly (to freaking bioluminesce!)
10. Deinococcus radiodurans (to be immune to everything!)

List #129: Pets I have had (and something awesome about them)

List #129: Pets I have had and something awesome about them (as requested by my sister)

1. Rufus, Peekapoo. awesome: Liked me, had awesome name. Not awesome: sat on my blanket so I couldn't put my legs under it.

2. Scruffy (?: I am old and forgot this...), some sort of Spaniel. Awesome: cutest pet we've had. Not awesome: I was kind of scared because he was too big

3. Kirby Puppy, golden retriver. Awesome: N/A, only had one day before we gave it back

4. Molly, black mutt. Aweseome: super fun to walk, very pretty, kind, best over-all pet. Not Awesome: ran away a lot, smelly, made other people's life hard

Honorable Mention, pet I loved but am glad was not mine: Henry the Puggle (may she rest in piece).

Mention: Booker, Pekingese (sister's dog) Awesome: looks like a dustmop, Not awesome: has some sort of dog autism spectrum disorder, bites people's faces

List #128: Favorite Smells

List #128: Favorite Smells

1. Lemon (hands after squeezing lemon)
2. Bleach
3. Lilac
4. Apple Juice
5. Fresh mowed grass with a hint of gasoline
6. Snow
7. Lake
8. Camp on the first day back
9. Whatever fabric softener mom uses
10. Christmas Tree
11. Peach
12. Cooked Onion

List #127: Favorite Los Campesinos! lyrics and shout-along choruses (in no particular order)

List #127: Favorite Los Campesinos! lyrics and shout-along choruses (in no particular order)

Lyrics
1. The music was okay, but the fresh air was better /And I couldn’t tell if the singer’s keyboard was a crutch or a synthesizer/ But it sounded like he’d broken a limb /Each and every time he pushed a key down or in. "We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives"

2. I identify my star sign by asking / Which is least compatible with yours "Ways to make it through the wall"

3. And this sentimental movie marathon has taught us one thing / It's the opposite of true love is as follows: / Reality ! "We are all accelerated readers"

4. On your request, I compile a list
Of my top five resolutions for this year (one!)
I declined 'cause I decided that I (two!)
Do not believe in the new year anymore (three!) "My Year in Lists

5. i'll be ctrl-alt-deleting your face with no reservations "Death to Los Campesinos!"

6. And when our eyes meet, all that I can read, is "you're the b-side". "Knee-deep at ATP"

7. And for each correctly used apostrophe, I could feel my heart sink inside my chest in front of m3 "Knee-deep at ATP"

Shout Along Choruses

1. And woe is me
And woe is you
And woe is us, together. "...and we exhale and roll our eyes in unison"

2. Since we became accelerated readers, we never leave the house. "We are all Accelerated Readers"

3. Shout at the world because the world doesn't love you! /Lower yourself because you know that you'll have to! "Miserabilia"

4. You said, "He got his teeth fixed" /I'm gonna break them /I've got a heart on fire "we are beautiful, we are doomed"

5. Are we way at ease? /Ah, we wait to see / Ah, we are waiting here for catastrophe "ways to make it through the wall"

6. I cherish with fondness the day (before) I met you "My Year in Lists"

7. I said it's not what you like, it's what you're like as a person, / Well, I need new hobbies, that's one thing for certain. "Knee-deep at ATP"

List #126: moments you would go back in time to fix

List #126: moments you would go back in time to fix (as requested by Jason Zieger) with occasional examples of how life would've changed

1. Andruko Wedding: would have stipulated that I would only play guitar if Andrew used his connections via Casey Wilson's dad to get Anne Hathaway to come to the wedding. Outcome: I would now be engaged to Anne Hathaway.

2. The GAME V: would've run just a bit harder at the 10 yard line on the near-to-last play of the game. Outcome: touchdown, and potential 2-pt kick to win the game

3.Would've prevented, somehow, Travis from being fir... "resigned" from being Camp Miller Director. Outcome: my life would be happy and normal

4. State Geography Bee, 7th grade: Would've answered "Sugarcane" instead of "Tobacco" in the 5th sudden-death overtime question in the qualifying round. Outcome: make final round (I knew the answers to the questions, including the one he got wrong, the kid who beat me got in the finals)

5. Field Hockey vs. Twin Cities Club team, senior year: Would've taken a quarter second to control the ball in the overtime so as not to miss an empty net from 5 yards out. Outcome: our first victory over the club team.

6. NFC Championship 1998: Make Gary Anderson hit the field goal. Outcome: Vikings lose 5th superbowl.

7. Spring Concert 2001: Make the rain start later in the day so that GU could play outside on the Hill instead of at Buntrock. Outcome: Schiller, a Helicopter, groupies

8. State Hockey Semifinals, 1996. East vs. Apple Valley: Make the overtime "goal" count. Outcome: a decrease in complaining about this minor, trivial issue by me.

9. Would've said something just a bit faster that one time before an event occurred that caused the Code to kick in. Outcome: unknown

10. Jason Alexander's Birth: would prevent it from happening. Outcome: He couldn't play George on Seinfeld. (okay, maybe that's extreme...)

11. Would've been more assertive, in general, about telling girls that I liked them (on a variety of occasions). Outcome: I'd get rejected with greater frequency.

12. So many minor things, but on those I'm of the mind that I'm better off in the company of the dog I know than a man whose language I do not understand.

List #125: Best Accent Combinations

List #125: Best Accent Combinations, either real or imagined (as requested by Susannah)

1. German-South African (I had a professor with that combination, it was fascinating)
2. Minnesotan-Canadian (they're so close anyway)
3. French-Canadian (hey, I like how Canadians sound)
4. Pretty much any South African Dialect speaking English (pretty much all sub-saharan african english sounds cool to me. this is, of course, ridiculously broad)
5. Canadian-Welsh (theoretical: what would the letter "O" sound like? it boggles the mind)
6. Any time British actors/actresses do American English accents and you can hear them slip up.


Bonus List: Favorite Accents in General
1.Minnesotan (because it sounds like home!)
2.Australian
3.Kiwi
4.Welsh
5. Canadian

List #124: Qualifications for a Mate/GF/Wife

List #124: Qualifications for a Mate (As requested by JodyPea (and Rainbow))

sublist a: late '90s edition (partial: because Jody failed in her sworn duty as keeper of the List)
-can't like stupid people (leo, chris o'donnel, keanu)
-glasses a plus
-can be up to no good as long as it's the good kind of up to no good
-brown or red hair
-pale skin
-- there was a whole sheet of paper filled with them, and they were pretty good too.

sublist b: Current edition
1. My equal or better in the following categories
-smartness
-fitness
-kindness
-happiness
-confidentness
-matureness
-silliness/whimsy
-rationalness
2. Quirky or clever sense of humor
3. Non-smoker
4. Patient
5. Likes me
6. Doesn't hate sports, or being outdoors/doing athletic-ish activities
7. Has some sort of creative or artistic talent
8. Opinionated but open-minded
9. Likes all 4 seasons
10. Not a picky eater (must be okay with onions -- at least cooked ones)
11. Articulate
12. Practical
13. Brunette (Redheads are nice at a distance)
14. Is physically attractive/attracted to me
15. Has Mowed the lawn at least once (I like to do it, but I disrespect those that can't/won't)
16. Can steer a canoe and sail a sunfish (If I feel relaxed with you at the helm, that's huge)
17. Well-dressed but not clothes-obsessed
18. Swears occasionally, effectively and convincingly
19. Doesn't like jerks
20. Likes games (board games, puzzles, codes etc) but doesn't "Play Games" (the psychological kind)
21. Honest
22. Accepting of my enjoyment comics, science-fiction and fantasy in multiple media
23. Good grammar and spelling
24. Reassuring
25. Wants kids(and likes them)
26. No deadly/major food allergies
27. Has a cool family
28. Can tell a story (and has stories to tell... even boring ones) (and also listen to them)
29. Reads
30. Likes me for who I am and who I will be, not who she thinks I could/should be (I'm not a project)
31. Wears glasses (if needed)
32. Not crazy
33. Probably lots of other things... see why I'm single :)

List #123: Types of Bodies of Water in order of swimming preference

List #123: Types of Bodies of Water in order of swimming preference

1. Lakes
2. Indoor Pools
3. Outdoor in-ground pools
4. Hot Tubs
5. Ponds
6. Slow-moving, clear rivers
7. Oceans, Seas, Gulfs etc.

Bonus List: in order of viewing preference

1. Lakes
2. Rivers
3. Creeks or Streams
4. Ponds
5. Bays, Fjords
6. Oceans, Seas, Gulfs
7. Outdoor in-ground pools
8. Other pools and hot-tubs

List #122: "Now I Don't"

List #122: what I used to want/wish for that I no longer want/wish for (as requested by Hannah D)

1. To be the Lift Bridge operator (because I found out it's not just one person all the time)
2. To never wear a suit to work (because then I saw Barney)
3. To play Saxophone (they gave me trumpet instead! :) )
4. To not go to college other than Hamburger University (but then I learned that college was like camp but with cool academic education)
5. To not drive or have a car
6. To not eat pickles or mustard (but then I was obligated to eat them both simultaneously, and it was good!)
7. To have 14 freeze-rays, in a variety of colors, but especially maroon (but then I realized, much later, that freeze-rays, as I envisioned them, weren't real)
8. To never live south of the Mason Dixon line (but then I needed money)
9. To own an ambulance (but then I learned about gas mileage)
10. To Teach 5th grade
11. To just be a Hermit (but then I decided maybe human interaction was good)...
12. To not be a Hermit (but then I remembered that you can't really count on anyone but yourself (and maybe your family))

List #121: 5 people I like and a reason why, decade

List #121: 5 people I like and a reason why, decade

1. Laura Florence Sullivan: for the word "excellent" and for becoming what I ought to have become
2. Andy Pierce: for getting GU/SOV the sweet hookups and for greatest-minority voting
3. Ben Shovlin: for wanting to work AND bang on de' drum all day
4. Michelle Hughes: for being my canoe partner way back when I worked at camp in '96
5. J9: for starwars songs and reducing my degrees-of-veronica-mars to 2