List #274: Halloween Costumes I have worn

List #274: Halloween Costumes I have worn

1. A Butterfly
2. A pirate
3. Davy Crockett
4. Something green
5. A Pharoah
6. Lord Licorice (from candy land)
7. Clark Kent (many many times)
8. Obi-Wan Kenobi
9. Captain Hook
10. Some sort of axe-wielding, fancy-hat-wearing, vampire swashbuckler
11. A leopard
12. A Wizard (probably)
13. Shaggy (Scooby Doo)
14. A Baseball Player (I think)
15. A left behind by his friends young man
16. Snowpants (yeah 1991!!!)

List #273: Epic Struggles that occured between the 27th and 29th of October

List #273: Epic Struggles that occured between the 27th and 29th of October, 2009

1. GCS Field Hockey vs Maryvale (GCS Wins in triple OT to move to championship)
2. Free and/or Celebratory Food vs. My Willpower (the "w" goes to food)
3. My stomach vs. My being in shape (see #2)
4. GCS FH vs Park vs bad field/weather (GCS wins)
5. Me vs. Gremlins that don't want me to bring the right clothes to school (Gremlins have defeated my belt, undershirt and underdrawers on various days this week)

List #272: Internet things that annoy me

List #272: Internet things that annoy me

1. People writing "first post"
2. Really large "signature" pictures
3. purposeful misspellings that are not that much more efficient (or are less efficient!) especially in non-chat situations. except leetspeak because there's an art to that.
4. video pop-up ads / audio ads
5. visual clutter
6. when I accidentally clear my firefox tabs

List #271: Vegetables that I put into soup on sunday

List #271: Vegetables that I put into soup on sunday

1. Rutabaga
2. Asparagus
3. Cabbage
4. Green Beans
5. Carrots
6. Onions
7. Butter Beans
8. Flax seed
9. Some sort of grain
10.(as part of the stock: leeks, bay leaf, the leftover spices from some half-sour pickles, chicken carcass)

and, yes, I know some of those things aren't technically vegetables.

List #270: Favorite Mike Patton projects

List #270: Favorite Mike Patton projects

1. Faith No More (obvious, but true)
2. Tomahawk
3. Peeping Tom
4. Lovage
5. Mr. Bungle
6. Fantomas
7. Weird Little Boy
8. Adult Themes for Voice

List #269: Words I like to mispronounce

List #269: Words I like to mispronounce

1. Superfluous
2. Shostakovich
3. Amalgamate
4. Favre
5. Jean Valjean
6. Banal (though, there are three acceptable ways to do this one)
7. Forte (because most people already do)

List #268: Favorite International Capitals (by name)

List #268: Favorite International Capitals (by name) (bonus points to anyone who can name the countries withouth looking them up! cheaters

1. Bishkek
2. Ouagadougou
3. Ashgabat
4. Nouakchott
5. Bandar Seri Begawan
6. Tegucigalpa
7. Praia
8. Tashkent
9. Funafuti
10. Chisinau

List #267: A Bucket List

List #267: A Bucket List (from an email forward.... "x" means "done it"... I'll write my own personal one later)

1. (x) Shot a gun
2. (x) Gone on a blind date
3. (x) Skipped school (actually, I've missed classes with out prior excuse, but only ever for a reason)
4. ( ) Watched someone die
5. (x) Been to Canada (toronto for DMB/Bela)
6. ( ) Been to Alaska
7. ( ) Been to Cuba
8. (x ) Been to Europe
9. ( ) Been to Las Vegas
10. ( ) Been to Mexico
11. (x) Been to Florida
12. (x) Been on a plane
13. ( ) Been on a Cruise Ship
14. ( ) Served on a Jury
15. (X) Been lost
16. (X) Been on the opposite side of the country (for the last 9 years)
17. (x) Gone to Washington , D.C.
18. (x) Swam in the Ocean
19. (x) Cried yourself to sleep
20. (x) Played Cops and Robbers
21. ( ) Played Cowboys and Indians
22. (x) Recently colored with crayons
23. (x) Sang Karaoke
24. (x) Paid for a meal with coins only
25. ( ) Made prank phone calls
26. (x) Laughed until some beverage came out of your nose
27. (X) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
28. ( ) Danced in the rain
29. (x) Written a letter to Santa Claus
30. ( ) Been kissed under the mistletoe
31. (x) Watched the sunrise with someone
32. (x) Blown bubbles
33. (X) Gone ice skating
34. (x) Gone skiing
35. (X) Camped out under the stars (actually, I think I always end up in the tent)
36. ( ) Seen something so beautiful that it took your breath away (not, literally, no)
37. ( ) Are or have been married (ha!)
38. ( ) Have or have had children
39. ( x ) Have a pet (well, family pets, never had one of just my own (which I'm okay with))
40. (X) Been skinny dipping outdoors (didn't think it was all that great)
41. (X) Been fishing
42. (x) Been boating
43. (x) Been water skiing (finally 1-skied this summer... and still have a bruise on my foot from it)
44. (X) Been hiking
45. ( ) Been camping in a trailer/RV
46. (x) Flown in a small 4-seater airplane (I'm counting a 2-seater sea plane for this)
47. ( ) Flown in a glider
48. ( ) Been flying in a hot air balloon
49. ( ) Been bungee-jumping
50. (x) Gone to a drive-in movie (Flashdance)
51. (X) Done something that should have killed you
52. (x) Done something that you will regret for the rest of your life
53. ( ) Been to Africa (too many shots required, would love to though)
54. (X) Ever eaten just cookies for dinner
55. (x) Ever been on T.V.
56. ( ) Ever steal any traffic signs
57. ( ) Ever been in a car accident (not while driving >knock on wood<)

List #266: Sex Ed lessons I have learned

List #266: Sex Ed lessons I have learned

1. age 4/5: Mommies and Daddies each have half of an egg that they put together to make a baby (of course in my mind this was a brown with white speckled egg roughly the size and shape of a "L'Egg" pantyhose container (the only "egg" I knew that could split in half))

2. 5th grade: If your parents start to try to have "the talk" with you, even if you're at McDonalds at Disney World, it will still be the primary thing you remember about your family vacation (the event, not the content)

3. 5th or 6th Grade: having a friend relate a story his very young cousin told about a hot dog walking down a street and falling into the sewer, combined with some 5th or 6th grade girls coming over to throw water balloons results in an awkward parental-talk interruption of falling asleep to the weather channel.

4. 5th,6th or 7th grade: Don't have girlfriends or kiss girls until at least 9th grade

5. 7th grade(?): health class probably wasn't too scarring, because I remember almost none of it

6. High School: It's nice to be able to take off your glasses on "STD Slideshow" day in health class

7. from a camper: "Naked boys and naked girls should not be together. Especially if they like eachother."

8. That's pretty much it.

List #265: Favorite remote Islands

List #265: Favorite remote, or at least sort of remote, Islands

1. Tristan Da Cunha
2. Kerguelen
3. Svalbard
4. Iceland
5. Clipperton Island
6. Azores
7. Ile Amsterdam

List #264: Reasons to like Canada

List #264: Reasons to like Canada

1. They have good weather
2. Broken Social Scene!
3. They respect Hockey and Lacrosse up there
4. Geese
5. Poutine

List #263: Fun words from the Wikipedia Entry, "Northern River Otter"

List #263: Fun words or phrases from the Wikipedia Entry, "Northern River Otter"

1. Crepuscular
2. dorsoventral undulation
3. "Sliding across snow and ice is a rapid and efficient means of travel"
4. dental formula
5. Canadensis
6. Riparian Zones

List #262: Recent things I have accomplished

List #262: Recent things I have/have not accomplished or will accomplish soon

Have
1. Sorting and filing old Integrative Seminar papers
2. Mopping and disinfecting the bathroom
3. Finishing "The Name of the Wind" (and it was really good)
4. Moving music equipment to the basement
5. New Books email

Have Not
1. Accomplishment
2. Mopping the kitchen
3. Cleaning My room (but I started! I started!)
4. Deciding whether to apply for/applying for a summer adventure grant
5. Field Hockey Victory

Will soon
1. Student report card comments
2. AV sorting
3. Office cleaning
4. being caught up on Mad Men
5. Teen Read Week book-review comic contest plans

List #261: Authors that ought to hurry the heck up!

List #261: Authors that ought to hurry the heck up!

1. George R. R. Martin
2. Patrick Rothfuss

List #260: Favorite Smoothie ingredients

List #260: Favorite Smoothie ingredients

1. Bananas (best breakfast food ever)
2. Honey
3. Cinnamon
4. Strawberries
5. Peaches
6. Strawberry Yogurt
7. Plain Yogurt
8. Flax Seed (thanks Natalie)
9. Peanut Butter (not with 4,5,6,10)
10. Mixed Frozen Berries)
11. Vanilla Soy Milk

List #259: Favorite Dinosaurs

List #259: Favorite Dinosaurs

1. Parasaurolophus
2. Deinonychus
3. Pteranodon
4. Elasmosaur or Plesiosaur
5. Brachiosaurus
6. Triceratops
7. Diplodocus
8. Devil Dinosaur (as portrayed in NextWave)
9. Ankylosaur
10. Dimetrodon
11. Stegosaurus
12. Allosaurus
13. Ceratosaurus
14. Pachycephalosaurus
15. Baby Sinclair

List #257: Thoughts I had on October 14th

List #257: Thoughts I had on October 14th

1. It's potentially dangerous when the Mario Kart theme song comes on while you're driving
2. As one who works in Education, Standardized-test Prep-courses really bother me
3. I'd really like to be sitting in a Hot Tub right now
4. I'm glad I have a pro-Minnesota Co-Worker
5. I'm glad I went to Carleton, even if I underachieved
6. Though I still don't really care about clothes, it feels oddly nice to be told you look good, or a tie makes you look nice, etc., esp. by not another dude.
7. Sometimes meetings, even ones that make you miss your beloved JV field hockey team, can be energizing and enriching
8. Some people I knew (of) are doing some pretty cool musical stuff : http://www.bafilaben.com/
9. Johnny Appleseed is pretty cool
10. My mastery of African Capital Cities is slipping.

List #256: Computers I have had

List #256: Computers I have had (including family computers when I lived at home, "*" means I paid for it on my own)

1. Apple IIc (1988-1995)
2. Acer - Pentium, 75mhz, 500 MB hard drive Windows 3.? (1995-1998)
3. *Citon Research - Windows 98, 8 GB hard drive (1998-2004)
4. *HP Media Center - 250 GB hard drive, Windows Media Center (2004-2009), Linux 9.04 (2009-present)
5. Dell Laptop (work computer)- (2006- present)

List #255: Favorite Weezer songs

List #255: Favorite Weezer songs

1. The World Has Turned and Left Me Here
2. Undone (The sweater Song)
3. Why Bother
4. My Name is Jonas
5. Say it Ain't So
6. El Scorcho
7. Across the Sea
8. In the Garage
9. The Good Life
10. Suzanne
11. Only in Dreams
12. Holiday
13. Surf Wax America
14. Pink Triangle
15. Mykel & Carli
16. Buddy Holly
17. Tired of Sex

List #254: Board Games that are on the living room TV table

List #254: Board Games/Games that are on the living room TV table

1. Settlers of Catan
2. Settlers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion
3. Tsuro
4. Playing Cards
5. Mah Jong
6. Catchphrase

List #253: 7 reasons why I am jealous of my brother

List #253: 7 reasons why I am jealous of my brother

1. Chicks dig him
2. He can swim more than 25 yards
3. He lives in Northfield (and he dang well better go to Hogan Brothers today)
4. He wins at Disc Golf
5. He's a great song writer
6. He can sing well (and harmonize)
7. Triceps

List #252: Recent disappointments

List #252: Recent disappointments

1. Potential lack of goalie (or game!) next Thursday
2. Bad foul ball call by the umpire in Friday night's Twins game
3. Twins losing previously mentioned game
4. Forgetting to pre-write this list
5. Forgetting to buy the JLA 80-page special at the comic shop yesterday

List #251: Media I'm currently consuming

List #251: Media I'm currently consuming

1. Mad Men, season 2
2. The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss
3. "After Robots" BLK JKS
4. Blackest Night
5. Pushing Daisies, season 2 (or season "too short!")

List #250: Favorite Minnesota Sports, Teams

List #250: Favorite Minnesota Sports, Teams

1. DEHS Hockey (not for much longer)
2. Minnesota Twins (MLB)
3. UMD Bulldogs Hockey (men or women)(NCAA)
4. Minnesota Wild (NHL)
5. Minnesota Golden Gophers (NCAA)

List #249: 3 Wishes

List #249: 3 Wishes (if I had a genie in a bottle right this minute, other stipulations: can't benefit only me, but no lame super-broad "end to hunger/disease/world peace" stuff)

1. Joe Mauer signs a lifetime contract with the Twins
2. GCS's Field Hockey Teams win the rest of their games this season/playoffs
3. Pushing Daisies didn't get cancelled

List #248: Brand Loyalties

List #248: Brand Loyalties

1. IBC Root Beer
2. New Balance Shoes
3. Under Armour athletic shirts
4. Frank's Red Hot sauce
5. QDoba
6. DC Comics (though I will read marvel/dark horse/image too)
7. Arts & Crafts records
8. Timex watches
9. Fender guitars
10. Crest toothpaste

List #247: 10 favorite Sifl n' Olly moments

List #247: 10 most totally crescent fresh Sifl n' Olly moments

1. Julio's Party, Julio's Ferret (Double Decker Soul Wrecker)
2. Star Worlds (and the Star Wars song)
3. Precious Roy's "Dangerous Don't Dolls"
4. "Hellfire" (reigneth and rocketh you)
5. "Sifl Clone Song" (I don't know what Caesar thought / when he got to the ides of march / I don't know what Houdini bought / when he went to the store / but I sure do miss the 80s)
6. Don't Compare Bjork to ANYTHING
7. Chester
8. 1-2-3-4 ROCK FACTS!
9. "United States of Whatever"
10. Crescent Fresh

List #246: 8 things I like about October

List #246: 8 things I like about October

1. NHL Hockey starts
2. The World Series
3. My brother's birthday
4. The weather gets colder
5. The leaves change
6. The first month of the school year is behind us
7. Opals are the birthstone
8. Teen Read Week

List #245: Thing that is officially the single greatest thing I've ever seen on the internet in my whole life

List #245: Thing that is officially the single greatest thing I've ever seen on the internet in my whole life

1. This Youtube Video. No Word of a Lie.

List #244: Things I'm considering having for dinner right now

List #244: Things I'm considering having for dinner right now and reasons why not

1. Kielbasa (Very little saurkraut left)
2. Pasta with Italian Sausage (very little sauce left, no onion, only red pepper)
3. Ostrich burger (no side dishes, not feeling creative)
4. Tuna sandwich (no real mayo (only roommates 'miracle whip" or old, fake, mayo. no real bread, just sandwich thins)
5. Spanish/mexican rice-a-roni -- the good brown rice kind (no cheese, had small-grain based meal for lunch)
6. A Pickle, some Hummus, and a shot of aquavit (That was my post-practice snack)
7. Salt-free Tortilla Chips and Frank's Red Hot (actually... can't think of a reason why not, other than that's what I eat every night)

List #243: Songs that have really been stuck in my head lately

List #243: Songs that have really been stuck in my head lately (and by lately, I mean probably since June)

1. "While You Wait for the Others", Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
2. "July, July", The Decemberists - "Castaways and Cutouts
3. "Electric Feel", MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
4. "Lie in Our Graves", DMB - various live versions
5. "Karma Police", Radiohead - OK Computer
6. "Scenic World", Beruit - Lon Gisland