List #212: Favorite YES songs

List #212: Favorite YES songs

1. And You and I
2. Close to the Edge
3. Starship Trooper
4. Siberian Khatru
5. Ritual (Nous sommes du soleil)
6. Heart of the Sunrise
7. I've Seen All Good People
7. Long Distance Runaround / The fish (Schindleria Praematurus)
8. Mood for a Day
9. America
10. Tempus Fugit
11. Survival (just the intro)
12. Gates of Delerium
13. Time and a Word
14. Awaken
15. That, That Is

List #211: Memories from Senior year at Carleton

List #211: Memories from Senior year at Carleton

1. Sevy 211, and the 211 Boyz
2. Jazz at Carleton independent Study
3. Field Hockey trip to chicago (Arby's)
4. The Wall of Faces moved into the bathroom
5. Radiohead and Ramen Noodles and a Coke Bottle graveyard
6. IMing Jason across the room while writing our Comps
7. Wiffleball the night before graduation
8. Andrew's domestic dispute / toothpaste money incident
9. Being woken up every sunday morning by KRLX djs looking for andrew because the phone numbers were wrong in the phonebook
10. the "I love you very very very very very very very very much" caterpillar
11. the couch
12. Floor Hockey (USA)
13. Not getting to play Spring Concert in the Arb, and having to do it at Olaf instead :(
14. Astronaughty
15. Come Sail Away in the concert hall
16. Andrew's screen play ( best quotation "Everytime it rains, it is because I ordered pornography")
17. Positive resolution of the Jason and Annemarie saga
18. Woodchuck Wednesdays
19. The Humiliation of Social Dance class
20. New Nic
21. Professor Rhodes' Intro Composition class
22. Playing with Bob Brookmeyer in jazz band
23. Midwinter ball
24. the "House of Cheeses" answering machine message ("Arms and Legs?")
25. experimental soundscapes with "Teenage Dirtbag"
26. Field Hockey banquet
27. Robot of the Week featuring the man with the Yellow Hat and a animated soft-serve machine
28. Lindsay eating cucumber sauce for money
29. Passing comps
30. Valentines Flowers
31. The view from the window by my computer
32. Jason and me being mistaken for "partners"
33. Softsserve at the snackbar
34. John Edward Hasse's convocation (and getting to go to two convo lunches!)
35. Andrew and the bathroom vents
36. Working (aka drawing with crayons) at Cowling
37. "Dowds" East Dining Hall
38. Jason playing Madden ("They used to put stick' em on their hands. Now they just wear those gloves")
39. The Archives Comps crew
40. The old people going to college characters

List #210: Uses for a beard

List #210: Uses for a beard

1. Chin hider
2. Wind protection
3. Crumb saver
4. Soup strainer
5. shoulder scratcher
6. Pot scrubber
7. deadly weapon
8. Nervous fidget toy

List #209: Things I would like to make

List #209: Things I would like to make

1. Deep dish pizza
2. Some sort of funny video
3. Some sort of cool Google Earth .kmz
4. not my bed
5. innovative changes to my 9th grade curriculum
6. a t-shirt quilt
7. an alphabet book
8. a pop-up book
9. something out of clay
10. a disc golf course

List #208: things that make me feel good inside

List #208: a Sampling of some things that make me feel good inside

1. Scoring a Goal in hockey (of any flavor)
2. seeing or hearing positive things about Minnesota
3. Lois calling Clark "smallville" on tv
4. the Green Lantern Corps oath
5. Sesame street
6. Having a good idea
7. Atom Eve/Invincible
8. Grandpa's house
9. A cold glass of water from the tap
10. good boy-girl harmonies
11. wearing mittens, or putting warm, dry, socked feet into sorels.
12. when kids like me.

List #207: Animals that scare me

List #207: Animals that scare me (as in I wouldn't want to encounter them in the wild)

1. Snakes (because they might be poisonous or constrict-y)
2. Snapping turtles
3. Sharks
4. Leeches
5. Humans
6. Wolverines
7. Polar Bears or Grizzly bears
8. Candiru
9. Electric Eels
10. Piranha
11. chupacabra
12. Wild hunting dogs
13. Tigers
14. Alligators (I'd rather have him as my friend, than have him in my boat) or crocodiles
15. Cassowary

List #206: A few reasons I'm happy to be rereading Ender's Game

List #206: A few reasons I'm happy to be rereading "Ender's Game"

1. Education is in the form of interactive video games
2. Tablet PCs
3. "I taught you everything I know. I didn't teach you everything _I_ know"
4. How fun the battle rooms sound (Battle school on the whole... not as much fun)
5. Bean
6. Gives me an excuse to reread "Ender's Shadow"

List #205: Best things I learned this summer

List #205: Best things I learned this summer

1. Disc Golf
2. the correct response to "Everybody Stand Up"... (I love to stand up, it's my favorite thing to do)
3. Grizzly Bear, Frankmusik, MGMT
4. Smoothies
5. The Fitness Center
6. Podcasts + driving
7. Cruise control
8. Where I want to be in three years
9. Omaha
10. My sister's dog is okay sometimes
11. The Blackwater
12. Order of the Stick

List #204: My projected fall TV watching schedule, with commentary

List #204: My projected fall TV watching schedule, with commentary


1. How I Met Your Mother, Monday 8-8:30 CBS (Heroes has become 'wait til DVD')
2. Big Bang Theory, Monday 9:30-10 CBS (need to find something to kill the 8:30-9:30 block)
3. Glee, Wednesday 9:00-10:00 Fox (gonna give it a try. liked the pilot)
4. Bones, Thursday 8:00-9:00 Fox (usually Likeable)
5. The Office, Thursday 9:00-9:30 NBC
6. 30 Rock, Thursday 9:30-10:00 NBC (once it starts)
7. Smallville, Friday 8:00-9:00 CW (why does it have to conflict with Heroclix!)
8. Dollhouse,Friday 9:00-10:00 Fox

Bonus: Things I will probably watch once they start, mostly out of habit, and that, If Jesus really loved me, would be on either Wednesday or Tuesday nights so that I don't have to choose between obligation to them and my desire to watch the better Monday/Thursday stuff.
1. 24
2. Lost

Bonus: Something I'd watch if I still have cable and didn't conflict with anything else.
1. Caprica

List #203: Favorite textures

List #203: Favorite textures (in no particular order)

1. Flour
2. Really nice paper
3. Flannel
4. Rice (dry)
5. Hair
6. Silk
7. well sanded wood
8. Rubber
9. water
10. Underarmor

List #202: Things I'm excited for in the upcoming future

List #202: Things I'm excited for in the upcoming future

1. Field Hockey season
2. cooler weather
3. the continuation of Blackest Night
4. "throw down your heart" DVD
5. Getting Groceries
6. New TV season
7. Christmas break

List #201: 7 facts about my Wednesday

List #201: 7 facts about my Wednesday

1. Technical difficulties led to my library software training becoming a goof-off fest
2. I re-determined that Maiwand kabob is the superior local kebabery
3. It is very very hot outside, but the AC at work made me actually cold
4. I reconnected with the music of the DMB and Bela Fleck
5. I defeated a room full of high school aged girls (and two other teachers) at a game called "big booty" (which is not even in the same universe of as bad as it sounds)
6. I weigh 197.1 pounds (clothed, unshod, full stomach, empty intestines)
7. Dawson's Creek is a fun show

List #200: Things that are better in pairs

List #200: Things that are better in pairs

1. Scissors
2. Scimitars
3. Pants
4. many different body parts
5. Baseball games
6. Beers (ala Pub Dog, etc.)
7. Dice
8. Nunchaku
9. Pistols
10. Bookends
11. Eggs
12. Glasses

List #199: Stuff I bought on Monday

List #199: Stuff I bought on Monday

1. TV stand
2. rice cooker
3. fan
4. milk crate
5. new shoes (on clearance)
6. a kitchen knife (that was magenta)
7. cutting board
8. toilet paper
9. paper towels
10. Pushing daisys (season 2)
11. Alias (seasons 3-5 13$ each!)
12. bath mat
13. weight lifting gloves
14. Absolute Sandman, vol IV
15. complete Invincible, vol. 3
16. complete Y: the Last Man, vol 2
17. some Fables and Green Lantern back issues
18. all of my comics from the last two months
19. suit hangers
20. tie hanger

List #198: Favorite X-men (or other marvel mutants)

List #198: Favorite X-men

1. Psylocke
2. Beast
3. Kitty Pryde
4. Jamie Madrox
5. Bishop
6. Sage
7. Mystique
8. Forge
9. Colossus
10. Havok
11. M
12. Nightcrawler
13. Rogue
14. Quicksilver
15. Lockheed

List #197: Hats I have worn

List #197: Hats I have worn

1. Green floral Bula hat
2. Green Corduroy Hartford Whalers hat (lost to the Pike Lake golf course)
3. 1988 National Men's fastpitch softball tournament hat, 'trucker' style (I attended the event)
4. Black corduroy Whalers hat
5. Very faded Chicago Whitesox hat (for canoeing)
6. Minnesota Twins cap
7. Wool winter cap with braided leather tassels
8. Superman baseball cap that might actually be some NASCAR thing
9. Michigan wolverines hat (fitted)
10. Green polar fleece Bula hat
11. Camp Miller fisherman's hat, white
12. White paper dishwasher's hat

List #196: Favorite ways to eat Oatmeal

List #196: Favorite ways to eat Oatmeal

1. w/Toasted walnuts, blueberries and honey
2. w/Raisins and milk and sugar
3. Throw a handful in a Sierra Cup and pour hot water on it
4. in trail mix/GORP
5. Plain, with an extra handful thrown into the pot just before it's taken off the heat
6. Maple Syrup (real stuff)

List #195: Ways in which bathrooms I've had have been decorated

#195: Ways in which bathrooms I've had have been decorated

1. With the faces of the entire student body of Carleton College circa 1999-2000
2. Fish in purple, pink and light blue
3. Not at all
4. Something old and newspapery-looking

List #194: A few of the many Great Things about Minnesota

List #194: A few of the many Great Things about Minnesota

1. Lake Superior and the North Shore
2. Hockey
3. The State Fair
4. Home of SPAM, Scotch Tape, Malt-o-meal, Prince, the headwaters of the Mississippi river and MPR.
5. The Mayo Clinic
6. The Minnesota Twins
7. Almost no poisonous snakes
8. Scandanavians
9. Winter
10. Natural Lakes
11. Hwy 61
12. Paul Bunyan and the Jolly Green Giant

List #193: Things that are really annoying

List #193: Things that are really annoying

1. Mosquitos in your ear
2. Biting the inside of your cheek
3. Tooth fuzz
4. Crickets in a building
5. Mis-hearing the start date for the State Fair.
6. Hotels with only outdoor swimming pools that aren't open year round
7. Noisy eaters
8. Sudoku
9. Toll Roads
10. Illogic

List #192: Things I really like or really dislike depending on the context

List #192: Things I really like or really dislike depending on the context

1. Explosions ( +Fireworks, -bombs)
2. Poop ( +conceptually as a basis for humor, -actual stuff/smell/dog cleanup)
3. Driving ( +long freeway drives, -city driving)
4. Police ( +keep us safe, -have to be mean and suspicious (rightfully so, but still not fun)and also make me drive nervously
5. Thunderstorms (+indoors at night, -daytime, or out camping)
6. Hot weather (+ if I'm at the lake, -any other time)
7. Reading (+when I get to pick it, -when it's assigned)
8. TV (+when it's scripted and fictional, -when it's "reality" )
9. Vampires (+when they get dusted by the sun, -when they sparkle)
10. Olives (+when pressed into oil, -when not in oil form)

List #191: Favorite Summer Camp related Media

List #191: Favorite Summer Camp related Media

1. "I Want to Go Home" Gordon Korman (book)
2. "Paul has a Summer Job" Michel Rabagliati (comic)
3. "Wet Hot American Summer" (movie)
4. "Salute Your Shorts" (TV)
5. "Meatballs" (movie)

List #190: 30 Things You Wouldn't Think to Ask

List #190: 30 Things You Wouldn't Think to Ask (another Facebook thing)

1. Have you ever been searched by the cops?
No, but they did ask me why my car was stashed in the woods on some private property past Black Bear.

2. Do you close your eyes on a roller coaster?
at the top. sometimes on the rest because I like the way it feels.

3. When was the last time you went sledding?
January

4. Would you rather sleep with someone or alone?
not enough data to give an answer

5. Do you believe in ghosts?
in my imagination

6. Do you consider yourself creative?
Yes, but not enough

7. Do you think O.J. killed his wife?
Probably

8. Jennifer Aniston or Angelina Jolie?
Jennifer Aniston

9. Can you honestly say you know ANYTHING about politics?
Yes.

10. Do you know how to play poker?
The basics, but I don't like it.

11. Have you ever been awake for 48 hours straight?
42 (I promised a friend's sister that I wouldn't fall asleep at her wedding, so I had to go to bed)

12. What's your favorite commercial?
do SNL commercials count? then "Taco Time"

13. Who was your first love?
Brandi, unrequited, in 1st grade. One day she had bangs.

14. If you're driving in the middle of the night, and no one is around, do you run a red?
No.

15. Do you have a secret that no one knows but you?
am I human?

16. Boston Red Sox or New York Yankees?
that's like asking if you want to be burned at the stake or beheaded...

17. Have you ever been ice skating?
People that answer "no" aren't fully human...

18. How often do you remember your dreams?
somewhat often

19. What's the one thing on your mind right now?
Am I foolish

20. Do you always wear your seat belt?
Yep!

21. What talent do you wish you had?
harmony singing while playing complex guitar OR pro-level ice hockey skills

22. Do you like sushi?
Quite a bit, though mostly the simple stuff: tuna, salmon, unagi

23. What do you wear to bed?
The t-shirt I wore that day.

24. Do you truly hate anyone?
George Costanza.

25. If you could sleep with one famous person, who would it be?
hmmm... maybe Anne Hathaway (the non Shakespeare's-wife one)

26. Do you know anyone in jail?
Probably

27. What food do you find disgusting?
Olives

28. Have you ever made fun of your friends behind their backs?
Yes, or rather, I have told stories about ridiculous things friends have done because they were humorous even if they didn't cast said friends in the best light. I'm a bad person. sorry.

29. Have you ever been punched in the face?
I don't think so. Maybe by a daycamper: Logan probably came close.

30. Do you believe in angels and demons?
I believe the book was entertaining.

List #189: 10 things I liked in/about the 1980s

List #189: 10 things I liked in/about the 1980s

1. 1987 World Series
2. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
3. Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
4. The Greatest American Hero
5. G.I. Joe cartoon
6. Transformers cartoon
7. M.A.S.K.
8. Def Leppard
9. The Edmonton Oilers
10. 4th grade

List #188: Foods that were prepared and given to me by other people yesterday

List #188: Foods that were prepared and given to me by other people yesterday

1. Steaks and potatoes with onions and red-peppers
2. Michelina's frozen ham-and-cheese bites
3. Couscous with Kale, Chard and Chickpeas.

List #187: 7 good Things about my sister

List #187: 7 good Things about my sister

1. Sang the national anthem at the 1st professional baseball game started by a female player.
2. was on the cover of a magazine
3. played Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz at the playhouse
4. played trumpet
5. buys me cool beers
6. is really good at daycamp
7. is a very good lifegaurd

List #186: Favorite and Least Favorite Chores

List #186: Favorite and Least Favorite Chores

favorite
1. Lawn mowing
2. Snow shoveling / Snow Blowing
3. Raking
4. Washing the Car
5. Sweeping

least favorite
1. Putting sheets on the bed
2. Weed whacking
3. Folding Laundry
4. Taking out trash/recycling
5. Cleaning the kitchen

List #185: 50 Bands I've Seen Live

List #185: 50 Bands I've Seen Live

1. Dave Matthews Band
2. Broken Social Scene
3. Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
4. Bela Fleck and the Africa Project
5. Mike Stern
6. Victor Wooten
7. Yes
8. Steely Dan
9. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
10. Doobie Brothers
11. the Monkees
12. Buddy Guy
13. Jimmy Vaughn
14. Blind Boys of Alabama
15. Robben Ford
16. Dr. John
17. Marcus Miller, Stanley Clarke, Victor Wooten
18. Al Jarreau
19. En Vogue
20. Schleigho
21. Abdullah Ibrahim
22. Thomas Mapfumo
23. Oumou Sangare
24. The Punch Brothers feat. Chris Thile
25. Nelson
26. Rick Springfield (first concert)
27. Richard Marx
28. Def Leppard
29. Wilco
30. Mike Doughty
31. The Rolling Stones
32. The Spin Doctors
33. Feist
34. Land of Talk
35. Do Make Say Think
36. Los Campesinos!
37. Vertical Horizon
38. Johnny Lang
39. Chris Duarte
40. the Yellowjackets
41. Manplanet
42. Reel Big Fish
43. Ani Di Franco
44. Pat Metheny
45. Chick Corea
46. Wallace Roney
47. Jaki Byard
48. Great Big Sea
49. Bob Dylan / Paul Simon (from a boat in the bay)
50. Abigail Washburn and the Sparrow Quartet



OK, here are the rules. Test your memory and your love of live music by listing 50 artists or bands (or as many as you can remember) you've seen in concert. List the first 50 acts that come into your head. An act you saw at a festival and opening acts count, but only if you can't think of 50 other artists. Oh, and list the first concert you ever saw (you can remember that, can’t you)?

Should you choose this challenge, here's what you do:
Copy my note. Click on “notes” under tabs on your profile page. Select "write a new note" in the top corner. Paste the copy in the body of the note. Make your list. Change the number at the top, and add your title. Once you've saved, don't forget to tag friends (including me) on the right.

List #184: 5 favorite Ned songs

List #184: 5 favorite Ned songs

1. Green
2. Little Tiny Superheroes Swimming in my Diet Coke
3. Garbageman Jones
4. Jessi Summers
5. The Weatherman's Evil Plan

List #183: Favorite Twins players (current, former, past, present)

List #183: Favorite Twins players (current, former, past, present)

1. Kirby Puckett
2. Harmon Killebrew
3. Torii Hunter
4. Brad Radke
5. Kent Hrbek
6. Tom Brunansky
7. Everyday Eddie Guardado
8. Jeff Reardon
9. Joe Mauer
10. Jack Morris (yes it was only one season, but game 7 makes it count!)
11. Frank Viola
12. Rod Carew
13. Burt Blyleven
14. Gary Gaetti
15. Gene Larkin (for winning game 7 in '91)

List #182: Things that, aside from their inclusion in this list, do not initially seem to be related

List #182: Things that, aside from their inclusion in this list, do not initially seem to be related, but are (in a meta way)

1. June 4-7th, 1942
2. What my grandpa puts on cereal
3. Curtis James per Jackson III
4. a root-finding algorithm which repeatedly bisects an interval then selects a subinterval in which a root must lie for further processing.
5. Wednesday