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