Friday, December 31, 2010

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)

Thursday, December 30, 2010

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)


Wednesday, December 29, 2010

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.


Tuesday, December 28, 2010

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

Saturday, December 25, 2010

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


Friday, December 24, 2010

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

Monday, December 20, 2010

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.

Thursday, December 16, 2010

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

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

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.

Sunday, December 12, 2010

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

Saturday, December 11, 2010

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)

Friday, December 10, 2010

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.

Thursday, December 9, 2010

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"

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

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.

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

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.

Monday, December 6, 2010

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

Sunday, December 5, 2010

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

Saturday, December 4, 2010

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

Friday, December 3, 2010

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