Sunday, January 31, 2010

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

Saturday, January 30, 2010

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

Friday, January 29, 2010

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

Thursday, January 28, 2010

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)

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

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)

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

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

Monday, January 25, 2010

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

Sunday, January 24, 2010

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

Saturday, January 23, 2010

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

Friday, January 22, 2010

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

Thursday, January 21, 2010

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.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

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

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

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

Monday, January 18, 2010

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

Sunday, January 17, 2010

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]

Saturday, January 16, 2010

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)

Friday, January 15, 2010

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.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

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

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

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)

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

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..

Monday, January 11, 2010

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)

Sunday, January 10, 2010

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

Saturday, January 9, 2010

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

Friday, January 8, 2010

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)

Thursday, January 7, 2010

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

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

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

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

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

Monday, January 4, 2010

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

Sunday, January 3, 2010

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}

Saturday, January 2, 2010

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

Friday, January 1, 2010

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