List #394: A Few Good Things That Happened To Me in 2010

List #394: A Few Good Things That Happened To Me in 2010

1. JV Field Hockey won a bunch of games
2. Varsity Field Hockey won the B Conference Championship
3. I went to Sweden, Denmark and Norway
4. I paid off my car
5. I got to teach about African Music
6. I stayed at my Grandpa's house a bunch in the summer
7. I finished the first year of "Nic's Year in Lists"
8. I saw Broken Social Scene and Los Campesinos (again)
9. My sister got a fancy degree
10. I started playing M:tG again (but only EDH)
11. My mom finally came to visit Maryland
12. Another thing
13. I bought the album "Hadestown"
14. I ran three 5k races
15. I took a picture per day for the entire summer
16. I had a Super-Duluth-Day
17. I ate the best piece of Fish I've ever eaten (at Blackwoods)
18. We went to Rehoboth beach with the Field Hockey Team
19. I had moose sausage and pancakes for my birthday breakfast with Elim Barnum (and I survived the drive to get her from the metro)
20. I read Scott Pilgrim and Walking Dead
21. We had a legit snowstorm in Maryland in February

22. I got cool stuff for Christmas (like a fancy toothbrush, and cool shirts and books)

List #393: Dumb stuff that happened in 2010

List #393: Dumb stuff that happened in 2010

1. Still Single
2. Minnesota 8th District Fails at Elections
3. Elections in general
4. Family health scares
5. Can't find my fleeces
6. Didn't see the comic book library in Stockholm
7. Car needing expensive service
8. Potentially difficult choices presented
9. A piece of news I didn't want to hear, and another similar, but less bad, one
10. Emrakul, the Aeons Torn is banned in EDH (the day after I bought one for my brother)

List #392: Comforting Things About the Downstairs of My Mom's House

List #392: Comforting things about the downstairs of my mom's house (aka my 'bedroom')

1. The animal-print upholstry on the pull-out loveseat (that's also my bed)

2. The print of flowers, big cats and butterflies that I got for my birthday one year.

3. The tower of old VHS tapes

4. The blinking lights of the computer corner

5. The fake fireplace

6. The basket of pillows and blankets

7. The walls of bookshelves and book cabinets

8. The lighting options

9. The music corner

10. The shower light

Bonus List: 1 thing that is not comforting

1. Blasts of cold air when the door to the garage is left open in the winter.

List #391: Names from a Book that I find to be interesting

List #391: Names from a Book that I find to be interesting but that don't make my top names list (seeList #99) (the names were from a book called "Cool Names for Babies" that my mom bought my sister at goodwill)

Girls

1. Gwendore

2. Catriona

3. Elspeth

4. Angharad (made list #99)

5. Manon

6. Lena

7. Holland

8. Lake

9. Echo

10. Olwen

11. Helen

12. Nell

13. Tess

14. Rheya

15. Nash

16. Aurora

17. Marigold

18. Violet

19. Nerissa

20. Nissa (was nearly my little brother's name, but he was a boy)

21. Aurelia

22. Marable

23. Rayne / Rhayn

24. Saffron

25. Constance

26. Harriet

27. Hazel

Boys

1. Milo

2. Felix

3. Owen

4. Marek

5. Harvey

6. Nicolo

7. Odin

8. Philo

9. Osirus

10. Alex

11. Duncan

12. Davis

13. Rufus (for my first dog, and also Gossip Girl)

14. Clement

15. Primus

16. Heimdal

17. Sherman

18. Sterling

19. North

List #390: Christmas Traditions

List #390: Christmas Traditions (an incomplete list)

1. 5 pm church service on Christmas Eve

2. Christmas Eve Day at Dad's house with wild game (though not this year)

3. Post Church visit to cousins' house for food.

4. Watching a movie and sometimes opening one present on Christmas eve

5. Sleeping with my little Christmas tree turned on

6. Presents at home in the morning

7. Brunch at Grandpa's: smoked fish (salmon, trout, whitefish), danishes, barbecued smokies, meatballs and Morning Sunshine

8. Cousin Gift Exchange (but not this year)

9. Lasagna for Dinner

10. An apple and an orange wrapped in tissue paper from Grandpa

List #389: EDH Generals I have decks built around

List #389: EDH Generals I have decks built around (in rough order of creation)

1. Kangee, Aerie Keeper (U/W birds)

2. Niv-mizzet (U/R counterburn)

3. Experiment Kraj (U/G crazy elf combo)

4. Scion of the Ur-Dragon (WUBRG dragons)

5. Sliver Legion (WUBRG slivers)

6. Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief (B Vampires)

7. Teysa, Orzhov Scion (W/B recursion)

8. Thraximundar (R/B/U Zombies)

9. Rafiq of the Many (W/U/G exalted)

1o. Sharuum the Hegemon (B/W/U Artifacts)

11. Karona, False God (WUBRG Allies)

12. Xira Arien (B/R/G Eldrazi Spawn)

13. Oona or Wrexial or Szadek (B/U discard-mill)

14. Empress Galina (U Merfolk counter-tricks)

15. Kemba, Kha regent (W equipment)

16. Momir Vig, Simic Visionary (U/G graft)

17. Uril the Mist Stalker ---in progress

18. Kresh the Bloodbraided -- in progress

List #388:10 Reasons Why My Grandpa is Awesome

List #388: 10 Reasons (among many) Why My Grandpa is Awesome

1. He took me fishing and tells me stories.

2. He still goes to the gym 3 days a week at age 89+

3. He raised my Mom

4. He was a pilot in the Navy in WWII

5. He writes letters with a china marker

6. He feeds us smoked fish on chirstmas morning

7. He made me smart by telling me untruths

8. He is a famous (local) TV commercial star

9. He's really funny

10. He lives on a lake and lets me hang out there a lot.

List #387: 5 Albums I Really Liked This Year

List #387: 5 Albums I Really Liked This Year (even if they were released in other years)

1. Hadestown, Anais Mitchell

2. Forgiveness Rock Record, Broken Social Scene

3. A Balloon Called Moaning, The Joy Formidable

4. Animal, Ke$ha

5. Contra, Vampire Weekend

List #386: 292 Overlapping Word Pairs for Singing or Reading Aloud

List #386: 292 Overlapping Word Pairs for Singing or Reading Aloud

1. Pork
2. Chop
3. Shop
4. Talk
5. Radio
6. Broadcast
7. Journalism
8. School
9. Lunch
10. Meeting
11. Time
12. Travel
13. Agent
14. Orange
15. Julius
16. Caesar
17. Dressing
18. Room
19. Service
20. Appointment
21. Book
22. Shelf
23. Life
24. Long
25. Shot
26. Gun
27. Rack
28. Mounted
29. Police
30. Action
31. Film
32. Strip
33. Club
34. Soda
35. Water
36. Birth
37. Day
38. Trip
39. Line
40. Dance
41. Party
42. Dress
43. Shirt
44. Tail
45. Spin
46. Doctors
47. Note
48. Paper
49. Clip
50. Art
51. Studio
52. Track
53. Light
54. Show
55. Business
56. Casual
57. Friday
58. Night
59. Watch
60. Word
61. Processor
62. Speed
63. Trap
64. Door
65. Way
66. Station
67. Identification
68. Card
69. Readers
70. Advisory
71. Group
72. Project
73. Runway
74. Landing
75. Gear
76. Head
77. Stop
78. Motion
79. Picture
80. Perfect
81. Game
82. Ball
83. Boy
84. Friend
85. Zone
86. Defense
87. Grid
88. Iron
89. Chef
90. Hat
91. Box
92. Score
93. Board
94. Members
95. Only
96. Child
97. Care
98. Bear
99. Market
100. Square
101. Meal
102. Worm
103. Wood
104. Carved
105. Stone
106. Cold
107. Cream
108. Soda
109. Pop
110. Culture
111. Shock
112. Jock
113. Jam
114. Session
115. Player
116. Piano
117. Bar
118. Stool
119. Pigeon
120. Toe
121. Drag
122. Race
123. Car
124. Phone
125. Call
126. Center
127. Ice
128. Rink
129. Rat
130. Poison
131. Pen
132. Knife
133. Blade
134. Runner
135. Up
136. Standing
137. Offer
138. Sheet
139. Cake
140. Walk
141. On
142. Duty
143. Roster
144. Change
145. Purse
146. String
147. Bikini
148. Wax
149. Poetic
150. License
151. Office
152. Space
153. Shuttle
154. Cock
155. Robin
156. Williams
157. College
158. Major
159. General
160. Public
161. Record
162. Breaking
163. Bread
164. Basket
165. Case
166. Closed
167. Mondays
168. Child
169. Labor
170. Union
171. Jack
172. Pine
173. Nut
174. House
175. Broken
176. Bat
177. Poop
178. Deck
179. Hand
180. Out
181. Source
182. Code
183. Name
184. Drop
185. Kick
186. Off
187. Beat
188. Generation
189. X
190. File
191. Type
192. Setting
193. Sun
194. Screen
195. Print
196. Media
197. Coverage
198. Area
199. Rug
200. Shampoo
201. Bottle
202. Blonde
203. Joke
204. Gift
205. Horse
206. Shoe
207. Horn
208. Section
209. Final
210. Round
211. About
212. Face
213. Lift
214. Ticket
215. Price
216. Point
217. Blank
218. Slate
219. Mine
220. Field
221. Hockey
222. Stick
223. Figure
224. Drawing
225. Blood
226. Tie
227. Dye
228. Free
229. Kevin
230. Bacon
231. Grease
232. Fire
233. Pit
234. Crew
235. Team
236. Spirit
237. Medium
238. Well
239. Tempered
240. Steel
241. Eye
242. Candy
243. Cane
244. Sugar
245. Cookie
246. Monster
247. Truck
248. Bed
249. Rock
250. Salt
251. Licorice
252. Whip
253. Smart
254. Ass
255. Backwards
256. Compatible
257. Personality
258. Conflict
259. Diamond
260. Ring
261. Macaroni
262. Salad
263. Forked
264. Road
265. Food
266. Bank
267. Safe
268. Harbor
269. Master
270. Chief
271. Executive
272. Order
273. Form
274. Letter
275. Jacket
276. Pocket
277. Pet
278. Sounds
279. Good
280. Will
281. Power
282. Source
283. Material
284. Girl
285. Scouts
286. Honor
287. Society
288. Page
289. Count
290. Down
291. Under
292. Budget
293. Pork .... chop etc.

List #385: Favorite Condiments

List #385: Favorite Condiments

1. Frank's Red Hot
2. A1 Steak Sauce
3. Brown Mustard
4. Barbecue Sauce (Kansas City Style)
5. Mayonnaise (used extremely sparingly)
6. Yellow Mustard
7. Sauerkraut
8. Ketchup

List #384: Worst Pains I can remember right now

List #384: Worst Pains I can remember right now

1.Having a fallen-asleep foot kicked, on purpose, by another person (after identifying for her which foot had been kicked) in the Grand Rapids HS gymnasium.

2. Falling on my knee weird while skating when I was much younger. Wheeler ice rinks.

3. Stomach cramps I got on a monthly basis in the spring of 2002.

4. (Probably-)Broken right pinky-toe from kicking a pontoon boat railing

5. Earaches when I was very young (which I barely remember)

List #383: Librarian Stereotypes I Don't embody

List #383: Librarian Stereotypes I Don't embody (or the reasons behind my lack of embodiment)


1. I will never own one cat, let alone many
2. Hornrims block peripheral vision, and chains would bug my neck
3. Most "Classic" literature bores me
4. None of my sport coats are tweed, and none have patches on the elbows

And one I do...
1. I use the finger-to-lips 'shush' action.

List #382: Future Teaching Pet Peeves

List #382: Future Teaching Pet Peeves

1. Having to explain the difference between UR and U R.
2. Marking off points for mistakes that predictive-text makes
3. When kids get too lazy to even have to learn _skills_ (since "content" is already going out of vogue) because an App can do it for them.
4. Enforcing avatar dress-codes ('skin'-codes?)
5. Cheat code enhancement scandals for virtual athletes in "Madden 2020: Homecoming"

List #381: Track List of a Classic Mix Tape 3

List #381: Track List of a Classic Mix Tape 3

A:" Beatles and Stuff"
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Beatles
Help from my friends - Beatles
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds- Beatles
Twist and Shout - Beatles
Beatles Forever - EHS Wind Ensemble '9?
Cannonball - Breeders
Cut Your Hair - Pavement
Sister Havana - Urge Overkill
???
Longview - Greenday
Blackhole Sun - Soundgarden
Sunday, Bloody Sunday - U2
Kim the Waitress - Material Issue

B:"This is the Walrus"
Get off This - Cracker
Soul to Squeeze - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Blues Music - G. Love and the Special Sauce
Shine - Collective Soul
Man in the Box - Alice in Chains
????
Higher Ground - RHCP
Hobo humpin slobo babe - Whale
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Tori Amos
I Am the Walrus - Beatles
Amazing Grace - Canadian Brass
Pachlebel Canon - Canadian Brass

Bonus Historical Notes: The first side is Beatles themed for sure. I listened to this tape quite a bit while being a CIT at The Camp I Used To Be Affiliated With. I really like the Tori Amos "Teen Spirit." I think I know what the ??? songs are now, but I didn't have time to listen to the tape again, I only was copying liner notes. Notice that the Canadian Brass "Pachelbel Canon" appears again. "Soul to Squeeze" is still one of the best songs ever.

List #380: Track list of a Classic Mix Tape 2

List #380: Track list of a Classic Mix Tape 2

A:Psychic Venom
Self Esteem - Offspring
Undone(the Sweater Song) - Weezer
Centerfold - J. Geils Band
There She Goes - The Las
For Love - Lush
Fade Into You - Mazzy Star
Sabotage - Beastie Boys
Hey - Oingo Boingo
Come out and Play - Offspring
Today - Smashing Pumpkins
Sweet, Sweet - Smashing Pumpkins
Pop Song '89 - REM
Toys Go Winding Down - Primus

B:Sleight of Mind
Beercan - Beck
Green Mind - Dink
Don't - Dinosaur Jr.
I Alone - Live
Missing Link - Del and Dinosaur Jr.
Supernova - Liz Phair
What's the Frequency Kenneth - REM
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy - Buddy Rich Tribute
Sweet Home Alabama - Skynyrd
Lucas with the lid off - Lucas
?Don't Play with Fire? - ???
21st Century Digital Boy - Bad Religion

Bonus notes: This marks the first tape to use the "Blue Magic Card" naming convention. Many of these songs were also taped off of the DMX. I listened to this one a lot on the debate trip to Fargo/Moorhead sophomore year. I like this tape because it has Del the Funkee Homosapien on it, as well as some standard modern (at the time) rock. It also marks my first Weezer song. The Don't Play with Fire song is meaningful because the debate team had several pyromaniacs on it. This was also a good lawnmowing tape. "Don't" is a really good angry song.

List #379: Track list of Classic Mix-Tape 1

List #379: Track list of Classic Mix-Tape 1 (circa 1993-94)

Side A: "Flaming Green Peacock"
Sex Type Thing -STP
Heal it Up - Concrete Blonde
Hang On - Teenage Fanclub
Whatsamatta - Hollyfaith
We Care A Lot - Faith No More
Divine Hammer - Breeders
Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
Leave It Alone - Living Colour
Plush - Stone Temple Pilots
Particle Man - They Might Be Giants
?? -??
Screamager - Therapy?
Mr. Hello - Hash

SideB:"Pavon Verde y Inflammar"
Sexual Healing - Soul Asylum
Low - Cracker
Rush - Big Audio Dynamite
Slackjawed - the Connells
Real - Jesus Jones
Poetry and Prose - Primus
Low - Cracker (again?)
She Don't Use Jelly - Flaming Lips
Loser - Beck
? - Breeders
Pachelbel Canon - Canadian Brass
Edge of the World - Faith No More
Nothingness - Living Colour

note: it also had two songs by the Stereo MCs

Historical Notes: Lots of this came from the DMX service thing, so I don't know all of the names of all of the songs for sure. The title of the tape came from the banned name of an IntraMural team in 8th grade. I tried to translate it into Spanish and probably failed. This tape was listened to quite often on speech and debate trips. I also associate it with the book "Sphere" by Michael Crichton

List #378: 5 Magic: the Gathering Card Names I Would Use as Song Titles If I Was in a Metal Band

List #378: 5 Magic: the Gathering Card Names I Would Use as Song Titles If I Was in a Metal Band

1. It That Betrays
2. Seal of Doom
3. Words of Waste
4. Temporal Extortion
5. Torrent of Souls

List #377: 5 reasons I'm happy it's December

List #377: 5 reasons I'm happy it's December

1. SWinter (sweater winter)
2. Winter break
3. I paid off my car
4. I will soon be around Snow
5. Minnesota vacation

List #376: Ways in which my life still resembles High School

List #376: Ways in which my life still resembles High School

1. I go to School every day
2. I spend time thinking about / working on debate
3. I go to all of the Ice Hockey games
4. I play in the Pep Band
5. Sometimes there's busy work
6. I could probably be more awesome if I worked at it
7. My bedroom is a mess, and I spend most of my time there

List #375: Things in my life in need of an upgrade or replacement

List #375: Things in my life in need of an upgrade or replacement

1. Soup Pot
2. Digital Camera
3. Several Pairs of Dress Pants
4. Ice Hockey Skates
5. Ice Hockey stick and elbow pads
6. Eye Glasses
7. Sleep habits

List #374: Reasons Why My Room Is A Mess

List #374: Reasons Why My Room Is A Mess

1. I have too much stuff
2. Stuff includes clothing (specifically socks and t-shirts)
3. I have a lot of books and not a lot of shelf
4. I'm lazy
5. I don't like putting things away that I (wrongly) anticipate using again soon
6. Field hockey keeps me at work late, and I'd rather watch tv/use internet/read books than tidy my room
7. No one else is ever in my room but me
8. I have trouble getting rid of things

List #373: I'm not ___, but I do______

List #373: I'm not ___, but I do______


1. I'm not a Scholar, but I do like reading, learning and knowing
2. I'm not a Teacher, but I do work in education (and instruct a class)
3. I'm not an Athlete, but I do like to play sports and games a lot
4. I'm not a Guitar Player, but I do love playing guitar
5. I'm not an Artist, but I do like to make projects
6. I'm not a Foodie, but I do enjoy making foods (and soup)
7. I'm not husband material, but I do thing I'd be a pretty decent dad
8. I'm not Mathematically inclined, but I do think Calculus is pretty awesome
9. I'm not good at swimming, but I do love being in the water
10. I'm not a Singer, but I do sing along with my music sometimes.

List #372: Ingredients for a good Fish Soup

List #372: Ingredients for a good Fish Soup

1. Olive Oil
2. Onion
3. Fennel
4. Garlic
5. Chicken or Fish Stock
6. Water
7. Lemon zest
8. Potato
9. Lemon Juice
10. Basil
10.5 Tilapia or other firm, white fish
11. Saffron
12. Brown Rice
13. Mushrooms
14. Pepper
15. (salt)

List #371: First Names of my Ancestors

List #371: First Names of my Ancestors (roughly in reverse chronological order, except for the last 7)

1. Wanda
2. Steven
3. Warren
4. Bonnie
5. Walter
6. Dorothy
7. Joseph
8. Pearl
9. William Sheldon (Doc)
10. Wanda
11. Anton
12. Helen
13. Clyde
14. Mary
15. Anders
16. Anna
17. Emil
18. Annie
19. Joseph Sheldon
20. Virginia
21. Joseph
22. Frances
23. John
24. Anna
25. Frederick
26. Annie
27. Howell
28. Cora
29. John
30. Mary
31. Nicholas
32. Louisa
33. William Sheldon
34. Elizabeth
35. Robert
36. Amanda
37. Joseph Howell
38. Elizabeth
39. Dennis
40. Mary
41. William Hugh
42. Mary Ann
43. Abraham
44. Malvina/Malcina
45. William
46. Rachel
47. Robert
48. Sarah
49. John
50. Charity
51. Mercer
52. Margaret
53. John
54. Susannah
55. James
56. Anna
57. Samuel
58. Lydia
59. William
60. Nancy
61. Samuel
62. Simeon
63. Mary
64. Caleb
65. Sarah
66. Samuel
67. Alexander
68. Elizabeth
69. Ezekiel
70. Bathiah
71. Samuel
72. John
73. Magdalene
74. Daniel
75. Hannah
76. Alexander
77. Jannetje
78. Thomas
79. Margaret
80. Christopher
81. Peter
82. Margariet (Greitje)
83. Steven
84. Willempie
85. Francis
86. Elizabeth
87. Ola
88. Kerstin
89. Anna Fredrika
90. Daniel
91. Caroline
92. Trond Ole
93. Randina

List #370: Favorite Characters from selected TV shows I've liked

List #370: Favorite Characters from selected TV shows I've liked

1. The Office -- Toby Flenderson
2. How I Met Your Mother -- Marshall Erikson
3. Gossip Girl -- Rufus Humphrey
4. The Sopranos -- Paulie Walnuts
5. Battlestar Galactica -- William Adama
6. 30 Rock -- Tracy Jordan
7. Smallville -- Chloe Sullivan
8. The Wire -- Omar, Lester Freamon (tie)
9. Veronica Mars -- Veronica Mars
10. Boston Legal -- Alan Shore
11. Weeds -- Shane Botwin (when he was young)
12. Buffy -- Xander
13. Angel -- Fred
14. Firefly -- Kaylee
15. Sports Night -- Dan Rydell
16. The West Wing -- Donna Moss
17. Sesame Street -- Grover
18. Entourage -- Johnny Drama
19. Fraggle Rock -- Red
20. Arrested Development -- Michael Bluth
21. Seinfeld -- The Judge that puts them all in Jail in the finale
22. X-files -- Scully
23. Dexter -- Dexter Morgan
24. Big Bang Theory -- Penny
25. Modern Family -- Alex Dunphy
26. True Blood -- Jason Stackhouse
27. Dawson's Creek -- Dawson
28. Pushing Daisies -- Charlotte "Chuck" Charles
29. Bones -- Seely Booth
30. Friends -- Chandler Bing

List #369: Zoos I've been to.

List #369: Zoos I've been to.

1. Duluth (Lake Superior Zoo)
2. Apple Valley (Minnesota Zoo)
3. St. Paul (Como Zoo)
4. Des Moines
5. Kansas City
6. Seattle (Woodland Park zoo)
7. Washington D.C. (National Zoo)
8. Phoenix

List #368: Favorite Winter Olympic Sports

List #368: Favorite Winter Olympic Sports

1. Ice Hockey (men and women)
2. Speed Skating (long track)
3. Biathalon
4. Alpine Skiing (Downhill/Slalom)
5. Curling
6. Cross Country Skiing
7. Ski-Jump
8. Bobsled
9. Short-Track Speed Skating

Bonus List: least favorite Winter Olympic Sports
1. Anything with subjective scoring
2. Anything that ought to be an X-game.

List #367: Stuff one should do during a blizzard

List #367: Stuff one should do during a blizzard (and corresponding snow-day)

1.Don't Panic
2. Make sure to play outside
3. When shoveling, it is wise to occasionally dig-out the tops of the piles where you've been throwing snow (to make room for more snow)
4. Don't ever buy one of those "ergonomic/back-friendly" shovels: they only way they are good for your back is that they're so ineffectual that it's not worth shoveling with them so you go back inside).
5. Be smart and have Amazon deliver a bunch of books the day before it hits.
6. Build a Fort
7. Watch some quality TV
8. DO NOT do any job related work. Snow days are god/gaia/higher-power's (or a natural scientific occurance's) way of telling you to relax your mind (and work your body shovelling).
9. Drink hot cocoa, or warm chai tea.
10. While you are shoveling, take time to appreciate the smell, and sound, feeling (and taste if you live somewhere clean) of the snow. Today's snow felt silky on the first wade-through.

List #366: 12 Important Pieces of Information for Likers and Lovers of Lists

List #366: 12 Important Pieces of Information for Likers and Lovers of Lists

1. "My Year in Lists" was always intended to be a list per day for 1 year.
2. I have another daily writing project that is going to be my main focus for this year
3. It is called the "Nic-ipedia" and you can find it here http://nic-ipedia.blogspot.com/
4. I still have lists that I want to write
5. I will continue to write lists as I find time, but I'm not going to do a list-a-day this year
6. I can only have one blog automatically upload as Facebook Notes, as of today, that will be my new blog-project
7. I will try to remember to post links to my lists when I update the blog, but
8. If you really like the lists, you should keep checking http://nicsyearinlists.blogspot.com (maybe even add the RSSfeed to your reader, etc) to see them, and
9. You can and should still suggest list ideas.
10. I will continue with the consecutive numbering of the lists (as you can tell by this one)
11. Thanks for reading :)
12. San Dimas High School football Rules!!!!!!

List #365: Things I have learned while writing Lists

List #365: Things I have learned while writing Lists

1. It's fun to write lists
2. I can sustain a daily writing project for a year
3. I have a lot of cool friends
4. It's more fun to write if people are reading it
5. Comments are fun
6. I like attention
7. I've done a lot of cool things in my life
8. Writing lists is hard sometimes
9. Sometimes I'm clever
10. Most people read my lists on Facebook, but a few people found it on the wild internets
11. I've got more lists in me, so I'm probably going to continue to write lists, but not daily (at least for this year)
12. Probably some sort of deep thing about my true self, or something

List #364: Favorite lists from "My Year in Lists"

List #364: Favorite lists from "My Year in Lists" (The top 10%)

1. #333: Wisdom to live by, and other statements
2. #182: Things that, aside from their inclusion in this list, do not initially seem to be related
3. #74: Things I can do with my summer
4. #300: 300 Things to be Thankful for
5. #268: Favorite International Capitals (by name)
6. #63: My Favorite Numbers
7. #99: Names I would Give my children, were I to have any
8. #225: True Facts About Vampires
9. #208: Things that make me feel good inside
10. #97: Best Teachers I've Had
11. #8: The 10 Rs of the 1920s
12. #106: Favorite Collective Animal Names
13. #290: Visible Signs of my Nerdiness
14. #263: Fun words from the Wikipedia Entry, "Northern River Otter"
15. #307: 77 6-word book reviews
16. #159: Favorite Chords
17. #154: Things I like about My Grandpa's house
18. #192: Things I really like or really dislike depending on context
19. #95: Things to be Proud Of
20. #124: Qualifications for a Mate/Girlfriend/Wife
21. #58: Why you should watch the NCAA HOCKEY tournament instead of March Madness
22. #126: Moments you would go back in time to fix
23. #179: Things that come to my mind as answers first when asked any question
24. #127: Favorite Los Campesinos! lyrics and shout-along choruses (in no particular order)
25. #259: Favorite Dinosaurs
26. #40: 5 Things wrong with the "Watchmen (movie)" ending [SPOILERS]
27. #69: Things that were totally mind-blowing in the last 8 hours
28. #278: 5 Favorite Poems
29. #41: State Tournament Memories
30. #21: Inanimate objects that I have named
31. #15: Things I have been called (other than my given name)
32. #9: 10 Second Myers Memories
33. #61: Personal Greatest Sports Achievements
34. #52: My favorite things to teach
35. #331: Fictional Women that I have fallen in love with
36. #266: Sex-ed lessons I have learned
36.5: #217, Sublist A :Things in/about my dream about the "Lost" final season premiere

List #258: Time Travel media I like

List #258: Time Travel / Time Shifting media I like

1. Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
2. Watchmen (sorta, with Dr. Manhattan)
3. Booster Gold
4. Idiocracy
5. Time Travelers Wife (book)
6. The Simpsons Treeehouse of Horror V
7. Superboy / Supergirl and the Legion of Superheroes
8. Einstein's Dreams
9. Groundhog's Day
10. Lost

List #363: Ways TV has made me a better person

List #363: Ways TV has made me a better person, or things I have learned (and the show that did it)

1. The alphabet is awesome and people are different and a million other things(Sesame Street (PBS FTW!))
2. Books are awesome (Reading Rainbow (though that's more reinforcement))
3. Knowing is Half the Battle (G.I. JOE)
4. Politcs are interesting and I should care about them (The West Wing)
5. School Librarianship is exciting (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
6. History is awesome (Connections)
7. Family is important, no matter how crazy (Arrested Development)
8. Good Police are valuable, and also Stay out of Baltimore(The Wire)
9. It's okay to wear suits and nice clothing (How I Met Your Mother (Barney))
10. Our Planet and it's inhabitants matter (any animal show, and I watched A LOT of them when I was younger... and now)

Bonus list: Ways TV has misled me
1. Unrealistic expectations for ease of romance (pretty much all tv)
2. Being a lawyer means wearing awesome clothes and giving awesome speeches all the time (Boston Legal)

List #362: Favorite Low Songs

List #362: Favorite Low Songs

1. Sunflower
2. Dinosaur Act
3. In the Drugs
4. When I Go Deaf
5. Point of Disgust
6. Hatchet
7. Just Like Christmas
8. Silver Rider
9. Starfire
10. Like a Forest
11. On the Edge Of
12. Words
13. Canada
14. Monkey
15. Breaker
16. Last Snowstorm of the Year
17. Death of a Salesman
18. Murderer
19. Don't Drop the Baby
20. Blue-Eyed Devil (Soul Coughing Cover)

List #361: Scars (non-emotional) that I have accrued

List #361: Scars (non-emotional) that I have accrued, with some details

1. Inside Left Wrist - Lightbulb Burn - 5th grade: was sort of Africa shaped
2. Back of Left Hand, just above the 2nd finger Base Knuckle - someone else's sweatshirt zipper - freshman year of college: from a tiny dot of blood, caused trying to rescue someone from running off with my roommate
3. Stomach, left side - keloid-scar mole-removal, poorly healed after stitches removed - 2nd year of Grad School: it's raised and I can feel it through clothes. I tell people I had the mole removed for cosmetic reasons. You can see the marks where the stitches are.
4. Back? - mole removal - High School : I probably have scars from that too, but I've never looked
5. All over - over-scratched mosquito bites - life

List #360: Favorite Circular things

List #360: Favorite Circular things

1. Hockey Pucks
2. Wheels
3. Full Moons
4. Captain America's Shield
5. Nickels
6. CDs and LPs
7. Pizza
8. Logic
9. Frisbees
10. Pi

List #359: Heritages, in order of identification

List #359: Heritages, in order of identification (not necessarily composition)

1. Swedish
2. Welsh
3. Polish
4. Dutch
5. German
6. English

List #358: Super-powers I would like to have

List #358: Super-powers I would like to have (not necessarily all at once)

1. Phasing
2. Super Speed
3. Telekinesis
4. Ability to sustain myself without oxygen
5. A green or blue lantern ring
6. Teleportation
7. Computer interface
8. Invulnerability
9. Invisibility
10. Dream Travel

List #357: List #2 Revisited

List #357: List #2 Revisited (with links to the lists, or the closest ones. Somehow I thought I did more. Well, eventually I'll get to the rest)

"List #2: Potential Future Lists (in no particular order)"
1. #3Things I own that Glow In the Dark
2. Favorite Blankets
3. Countries I need to visit
4. #82, #86, #271, #304 Soups I have made
5. #16 Top 10 Counselor Hunt moments
6. #99 Names of my theoretical children
7. Cities I would Live in
8. #97 Teachers that I appreciated
9. Food-Beverage combinations that I enjoy
10. Things which Peanut Butter does/does not go well with
11. Favorite Artificial Flavors
12. #6 Musical instruments that automatically improve a piece of music
13. #137, #331 Television character crushes
14. Favorite TV show seasons
15. Places I've lost my lunch
16. #79 (kind of) Things I avoided that turned out to secretly be awesome
17. #8 The 10 Rs of the 1920s (10th Grade American History)
18. Things that don't fit in my pocket
19. Words that I enjoy
20. #134 Words that I do/did not enjoy
21. #11 Ongoing Comics Series that make me very happy
22. #5 Favorite Vegetables (chronologically)
23. Best Sports moments I have personally witnessed
24. #26 Concert Highlights
25. Books that Changed My Life
26. #104 Personal Structural Flaws
27. Things You Can Do with a Chickpea
28. Things I've gotten from my Secret Buddies
29. Superpowers I would like to have
30. Superheroes I would like to Be
31. Greatest Strong Bad Emails
32. #18 (kinda) Things that still make me laugh
33. #13 Things I miss about Duluth
34. #(many see the various "5 people I like and..." and "7 facts about..." lists) People I know and things I respect/admire/appreciate about them
35. Things I have never eaten
36. Songs/Artists that I enjoy un-ironically
37. Favorite kinds of sausage
38. #114 Things I like about winter
39. Favorite Inventions
40. Things that need to be invented
41. #347 Things I'd do if I had a million dollars
42. #21 Inanimate objects that I have named
43. #111 Nicest/Meanest things anyone's ever said/done to me
44. Things I just don't get
45. Magazines that I read regularly
46. Things I see on a daily basis that I'm glad I see on a Daily Basis
47. #210 (kinda) Beards I have had
48. #105 Fictional realities I would like to inhabit
49. Subcultures I'm not a part of, but find interesting
50. Ways to Leave your Lover (or ways to find one)
51. Favorite Free Software
52. Subjects I would write a Ph.D. Thesis on
53. Scars I have accrued
54. #314 Secrets that I'll never tell
55. Firefox Tabs I have open right now
56. #47 Clothing Items of great significance or age
57. #57 Favorite Sauces
58. #222 (more specific) Websites I find indispensible
59. Things not as easy as one would have you believe
60. Courses I took in High School and one thing I learned from each
61. #348 (partal) Courses I took in College and one thing I learned from each
62. #127 Favorite Los Campesinos! Shout-Along choruses
63. #352 (kinda) Best Restaurants (and best dish)
64. Epic plans that never came to fruition
65. Musical Supergroups that I would like to form
66. #346 One word I remember from each language I've ever known
67. #115 Miles Davis recordings
68. More Potential Lists that I could possibly write

List #356: Favorite Jokes

List #356: Favorite Jokes

1. "Count to 10 and ask me if I'm an Orange"
2. "The Happy Holiday Hotel"
3. "The Pope and the Limousine"
4. "How do you know Mick Jagger isn't a Scotsman"
5. The one about the three guys in the sauna (with the built in technology)
6. Any joke told by Travis
7. "How do you make a trombone sound like a french horn"
8. "How do spacemen tie their shoes"
9. "A piece of string walks into a bar"
10. a few that would probably offend a variety of different people.

List #355: Highest Playcounts on my iPod

List #355: Highest Playcounts on my iPod as of 1-18-10 according to Floola (though I think these counts may have been reset at some point

1. Party in the USA - Miley Cyrus : 36
2. July, July - The Decembrists : 33
3. Electric Feel - MGMT : 24
4. Poker Face - Lady GaGa : 22
5. Love at First Sight - Kylie Minogue : 20
6. While You Wait for the Others - Grizzly Bear : 17
7. Lovegame - Lady GaGa : 17
8. Paparazzi - Lady GaGa : 17
9. Music is My Hot Hot Sex - Cansei de Ser Sexy : 15
10. Agaya - Jaco Pastorius : 14
11. Disturbia - Rihanna : 14
12. Dance, Dance, Dance - Lykke Li : 14

List #354: Favorite Carleton Buildings

List #354: Favorite Carleton Buildings (circa 2001, excluding Houses)

1. Sevy
2. Gould Library
3. Evans
4. Myers
5. Sayles-Hill
6. Burton
7. Skinner Chapel
8. Leighton
9. CMC
10. Davis
11. Nourse
12. Cowling
13. Old Music Hall
14. M&D
15. Rec Center
16. Laird
17. Willis
18. Goodsell
19. Goodhue
20. Scoville
21. Olin
22. Boliou
23. Mudd
24. West Gym (aka Skydome)
25. Stadium
26. (Dowds) East Dining Hall
27. Watson
28. Musser
n/a: Hulings

List #353: Favorite Cookies

List #353: Favorite Cookies

1. Mexican Wedding Cakes
2. Mom's Chocolate Chip Cookies (frozen, w/milk)
3. Shortbread (with milk)
4. Oreo
5. Oatmeal (raisin, cranberry, or blueberry/walnut/dark chocolate)
6. Anna's Ginger thins
7. the ones that Grandpa always has
8. Nilla Wafers
9. The brown/pink/white wafer things
10. Frosted Animal Cookies (sorry Ned)
11. Samoas
12. Danish butter cookies
13. Beef Cookies
14. 45lb weights
15. Nutter Butters

List #352: Favorite places to eat in selected cities

List #352: Favorite places to eat in selected cities and what I like to get.

1. D.C.: Morty's Deli (formerly Krupin's)[Pickles] also the cafeteria at the Museum of the American Indian [varies]
2. Duluth: Hacienda Del Sol [chicken enchilada, medium, all rice, side of taco sauce and sourcream]
3. Columbia: Maiwand Kabob [Lamb Kabob], also Victoria [Duck Fat Fries]
4. Seattle: Northlake Pizza [pizza]
5. Northfield: Hogan Brothers [Turkey Sandwich, beer-cheese soup]
6. Cloquet: Gordy's Hi-Hat [Onion Rings]
7. Kansas City: Jack Stack [Barbecue Sampler]

List #351: Intramural sports teams I was involved with

List #351: Intramural sports teams I was involved with

1. 8-Balls (3-Line Football, Middle School)
2. ? (Shallow Waterpolo, Middle School)
3. Flaming Green Peacocks (changed to "Green Machine" by the principal, sport unknown, Middle School)
4. Charging Bunch O' Idiots (changed to "Charging Bunch", Indoor Soccer, Middle School)
5. ? (9-base kickball, Kaiserball, others. Middle School)
6. Go Nads! (Floor Hockey, College)
7. U!S!A! (Floor Hockey, College)
8. ? (Broomball, College)
9. ? (Soccer, College)

List #350: 5 Reasons why my Mom is to be commended

List #350: 5 Reasons why my Mom is to be commended (and each are actually worth 11 points!)

1. Birthing me and Natalie and Ned
2. Putting up with me as a baby/child/teenager/adult (as well as the other two)
3. Singing "The Christmas Song" to me 40 times in a row.
4. Making me take Piano Lessons (Thanks!)
5. Teaching me to be a good person and a lot of related things.

List #349: My favorite monsters (aka "The Monster at the End of this List")

List #349: My favorite monsters (aka "The Monster at the End of this List")

1. Goblins
2. Werewolves
3. Kobolds
4. Owl Bears
5. The Owl Man
6. El Chupacabra
7. Frost Giants
8. Astral Panthers
9. Dragons (Blue, Silver and Bronze)
10. Grover

List #348: Favorite College / Grad School courses

List #348: Favorite College / Grad School courses

1. LIS 508 : History of Recorded Information (UW)
2. Jazz History (Carleton)
3. Survey of Southern African History and Senior Seminar: Africa(Carleton)
4. The upper-level Medieval Welsh History course (UNW Bangor)
5. Musical Biography and Autobiography (Carleton)
6. LIS 510 (UW, because Trent was cool)
7. Intro Sociology (Carleton)
8. Intro Linguistics (Carleton)
9. Bandits (Carleton)
10. Francophone Literature of West Africa and the Caribbean, in translation (Carleton)

List #347: If I had a Million Dollars

List #347: If I had a Million Dollars (and I had to spend it, not save it)

1. 300,000 - Downpayment on house in Duluth (OR a larger amount to buy a house on Pike Lake)
2. 20,000 - Pay off all debts (car, grad school, undergrad)
3. 100,000 - Carleton College
4. 30,000 - iSchool
5. 50,000 - American Cancer Society
6. 50,000 - Multiple Sclerosis research
7. 50,000 - A Washer and Dryer for my Mom (and the rest at her discretion)
8. 50,000 - A corvette for my Dad (Because I owe him one)
9. 20,000 - PBS
10. 20,000 - Howard County Public Library
11. 20,000 - Duluth Zoo
12. 20,000 - Duluth Public Library
13. 20,000 - Pike Lake Presbyterian Church
14. 10,000 - Building a personal Comic and Graphic Novel collection
15. 10,000 - Guitars, Basses and Amplifiers
16. 30,000 - Suits and accessories(ridiculously nice ones)
17. 20,000 - My current place of employment
18. 10,000 - Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
19. 20,000 - Electronics: Computer, Stereo, TV, LCD Projector etc.
20. 10,000 - Super nice bed and mattress and sheets
21. 30,000 - Commissioned Artwork from some of my favorite artists
22. 100,000 - A super awesome party with a favorite band playing the music, and awesome food, as a charity fundrasiser.
23. 10,000 - A trip to somewhere cold like Lapland, or Alaska, or Antarctica(TBD)
25. 2,000 - Expensive Dinners at a few really nice restaurants
26. 2,000 - Towards completing my Heroclix collection
27. 2,000 - Car Maintenance
28. 2,000 - Kitchen supplies (incl. appliances, ingredients and beverages)
29. 1,000 - In an envelope, hidden in a library book with a note to the finder saying "Use half of this to do good for the world, and half to do good for yourself"
30. 1,000 - Shiny rocks

If I had A Lot more than a Million Dollars, I'd buy Camp Miller. The Y always wants money..

List #346: One word I remember from each language I've ever known

List #346: One word I remember from each language I've ever known (or at least the ones that I've taken at least one class in, or attempted to learn)

1. English: Spatula
2. German: Das Fenster
3. Spanish: La Basura
4. Russian: Pravda
5. Latin: Facio
6. Welsh: llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwrndrobwylllantysiliogogogoch (okay, so it's a somewhat fabricated place name. Still a word.)
7. Elvish: mellon (sindarin. lossë (quenya)

List #345: Instrumental rock /post rock bands that I dig

List #345: Instrumental rock bands that I dig

1. Samuel Jackson 5
2. Do Make Say Think
3. Maserati
4. Saxon Shore
5. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
6. Balmorhea
7. The Ventures
8. Battles
9. Mogwai
10. NMVGPTS
11. Pelican
12. Explosions in the Sky

List #344: Cyborg enhancements that I would want if I needed to be rebuilt

List #344: Cyborg enhancements that I would want if I needed to be rebuilt

1. Laser eyes
2. Magnetic hands
3. Feet replaced by mini tank treads
4. Wifi access in my head
5. Bluetooth brain/ipod adapter
6. Swiss-army fingers
7. Armor plating

LIst #343: Things I like, dislike about iPods

List #343: Things I like, dislike about iPods (mine in particular)

Like
1. It holds a ton of music (14k songs and still 60GB free)
2. It is portable
3. People have made some decent non-itunes software for it
4. It has a reflective case
5. It holds a ton of music!
6. They have great commmercials (with great music)

Dislike
1. Many of my album covers are messed up
2. It likes to pretend that it has no music on it sometimes
3. iTunes (and "sync-ing": do I ever hate its tyrannical nature)
4. it is much bigger than my laptop hard drive.
5. mine doesn't like pictures or audiobooks (mostly due to iTunes problems)

List #342: Good things about Sleep / Beds

List #342: Good things about Sleep / Beds

1. Crazy and memorable dreams
2. rejuvenation
3. Nice sheets
4. Multiple layers of blankets to trap and contain bodyheat
5. Sleep is where Cheif Wiggum says Ralph is a Viking
6. It's hard to be angry/sad/unhappy when you're asleep
7. Sleep is like time-travel
8. Hypnogogic state
9. Waking up without an alarm
10. Naps (when necessary)


Bonus list: Bad things about sleep
1. Nap mouth
2. Takes away reading and TV watching time

List #341: 15 things I like about "Questionable Content"

List #341: 15 things I like about "Questionable Content" (a Web Comic that I've been reading obsessively since Christmas Break)

1. Reading it makes me want to go out and have a cool life
2. lots of Homestar Runner references
3. Lots of "Dune" references
4. "The Alan Sparhawk Project" as a potential, but ultimately discarded, band name
5. Pint-size
6. It's about a nice guy who is surrounded by cute (for cartoon) and probably cool girls that could also kick the crap out of you
7. Hannelore Ellicott-Chatham
8. The combination of Humor, Music, Drama, Relationships, Sex, Science, Guitars, and ridiculous Robots.
9. The Angry Bird
10. The daily specials
11. Learning about cool bands (like, for example, Maserati)
12. It mentions Broken Social Scene a lot in the earlier strips
13. The evolution of the art style
14. the cool T-shirt Designs
15. How the creator claims to loathe puns, but uses them all the time

List #340: Christmas Break Highlights

List #340: Christmas Break Highlights 2009/10

1. Chad's B'day and Italian Nachos
2. Bentleyville/Park Point Lights (UNICORNS ARE MAGIC!) and Lake Avenue Cafe
3. Moose steaks, and hot-tubs.
4. SNOW and shoveling
5. Deciding that my parents split up because neither of them had 4-wheel drive vehicles of their own (which makes me able to be at peace with the situation)
6. "Point of Disgust"
7. Getting Clobberd by Ned's Girlfriend in bowling
8. Viv show
9. Trio at Blackwater, Sound Inc. @ the Powerhouse, Pot Bellied Stallions @ Billy's for New Year
10. Playing Ukulele with Brian's grand-daughter at Lake Vermillion
11. the cowbell girl
12. Watching Toy Story
13. New sheets
14. Discovering "Questionable Content" and "Goblins"
15. Lunch at the Hacienda
16. Heroclix at Dragonport (and at Grandpa's)
17. Watching the Winter Classic at Grandpa's and the meat-eating day
18. Making Morning Sunshine (though in the afternoon)
19. No one really fought, or fell through ceilings
20. Playing with toys, my old journal, etc.
21. Being in Minnesota in general
22. Taking Profile Pictures
23. Jamming with Ted "Mr. Phatman" Harwood.
24. Seeing a lot of family (and Will)
25. Working Out with Grandpa


2 minor Points of Disgust
1. Not able to x-c ski
2. Not getting to skate

List #339: 9 Realizations of 2009

List #339: 9 Realizations of 2009

1. Writing Lists is fun
2. Podcasts are great to listen to while driving
3. Despite what some people thought. I'm really freaking good at Camp Counseling
4. Really good old friends are like riding a bicycle
5. Being 30 isn't that much different from being 29, except when it is
6. Web-comics can be very addictive
7. I'm proud of my Northern European heritages
8. My motivation/confidence cycles rarely match up with my "ability/time to make use of motivation/confidence" cycles, but when they do...
9. I've lived in Maryland almost 5 years longer than I expected to

List #338: Excerpts from pages in my Journal circa 1992-1993

List #338: Excerpts from pages in my Journal circa 1992-1993 {I left out a lot of the Juicy bits}

1. Jan 7, 1992: Pretty boring day not much happened {first entry}

2. May 23, 1992: I saw Marisa today and Beth anher [sic] weird friends too... I Freaked nat about the Punisher today. It was funny. T.F.T.D. Smile :)

3. August 1, 1992: ...I want to be in the olympics but I know I won't but I'm going to try any way. {during the Barcelona summer games. This also talked about Basketball, Swimming and Gymnastics...weird}

4. Jan 28, 1993: ...Today I missed algebra and homeroom to go swimming w/Paul and dave. It was really fun. We played deep water water polo... Monday is my Birthday.

5. June 26, 1993: ... Campfire was sad. "Flicker" is a good song. Jeremy is funny. He's writing My letter. I'll always remember this week and everything in it. I wish I could stay another week -Get'm in the Mind... {this was the end of my last week as a camper. I do remember quite a bit about that week}

6. Aug 5, 1993: Nat sang last night. It was great. Saw Chad from camp. {not that Chad, though. I didn't know him yet}

7. Oct 8, 1993: Debate will be neat. Spam named Ed. Hans is cool. I like school. Drawing is fun. {"drawing" was an Art elective. Hans is still cool}

8. Oct 31, 1993: Halloween. Tami came over. It was nice to see her. Trick or treating was good. I still have Chicken Pox but I might have a mild case thats almost gone. its weird.

9. Nov 20, 1993: ... I'm 23-18 (24-17?). Whole team did well. Dave lettered. Dave and Jeremy are sick people. {this was about Debate}

10. Dec 18, 1993: Moundsview was the Best Tourney yet [.] Stayed at the Hyatt with fountains and credit card keys... Alison and Sarah V. killed Melanie's fish...
{this was a rather epic length entry... a lot of stuff happened that weekend}

List #337: "Things I like" circa ~'92-'97 from my Journal

List #337: "Things I like" circa ~'92-'97 (from my Journal)

1. Ned
2. Tuna
3. Jelly Beans
4. Hockey
5. Skis
6. Skiing
7. Swimming
8. Drawing
9. Writing
10. Sleeping
11. Libraries
12. Snow Leopards
13. Bananas
14. Zoos
15. Cats (?)
16. Pizza
17. The Sky
18. Greenish-blue
19. Stars
20. The Moon
21. Super Nintendo
22. My Friends
23. Lateral Thinking
24. Reading
25. Books
26. Water
27. Water Polo
28. Otters
29. Football (?)
30. Soccer
31. Vancouver
32. Tennis Balls
33. Gems
34. Wind *
35. Daydreaming
36. Imagining
37. Car Rides
38. Iowa
39. Swimming Pools
40. Carribean Beach Resort (Disney)
41. Summer
42. Winter
42. Art Class
43. Faith No More
44. Fantisizing [sic]
45. Ninjas
46. Weapons
47. Bayfront *
48. Jazz *
49. Music Videos
50. Bikes *
51. Bass *
52. Trampolines
53. Killer Whales *

Note. * means there was something written underneath that I erased and wrote over. Some are still illegible, some aren't, but will remain private

List #336: New Years Resolutions

List #336: New Year's Resolutions (in rough order of difficulty)

1. Relearn Trumpet and play music more often
2. Maintain a healthy diet and workout schedule
3. Create and sustain a worthy successor to "Nic's Year in Lists"
4. Do more Creative projects (including my big bookbinding plan)
5. Get out of the house (or even my room!) more
6. Be more assertive, confident and proactive about my Romantic life (or, rather, ending my lack-thereof)
7. Consider learning to drive in the City