• murder by numbers
• chloe
• the kids are all right
• amelia
• toy story
• toy story 2
• the other guys
• scott pilgrim vs. the world
• superbad
• garden state
• beauty and the beast
• easy a
• the chipmunk adventure
• inception
• how i met your mother seasons 1 & 2

• a movie script ending / death cab for cutie
• the scientist / coldplay
• homecoming / kanye west feat. chris martin
• sic transit gloria...glory fades / brand new

• electing the first african american president ( & loving it)
• in washington, d.c. the day Clinton was impeached
• in washington, d.c. the day Obama signed the health care bill 2010 (and stood in the same room he signed it in the following day)
• watched the original airing of dick in a box on SNL
• saw paranormal activity in theatres, the first movie voted into theatres by the public
• one of the first couple thousand to join myspace
• LOTR, harry potter, twilight midnight releases/showings
• CNNtech twitter coverage of iphone 4 announcement.

for years, i have regretted not keeping a better tab of who i have seen live, when, and how many times. this is an attempt that i will continue to build as i can remember events and details. unfortunately, there are countless acts that i have seen that i do not remember or did not know the name of so this can never be a complete/correct list. also, in no particular order..just as i think of it.

• cartel (11-13x)
• jacks mannequin (2x)
• something corporate
• the format (4-5x)
• lifehouse (2-3x)
• matchbox 20
• everclear
• taking back sunday
• jimmy eat world
• number one fan
• bright eyes

• wearing a bra
• choosing what to eat
• blow drying my hair
• folding laundry / hanging up clothes
• being insincerely polite
• wearing pants
• deleting text messages / clearing my inbox
• getting up to pee / looking for public restrooms
• deciding what music to listen to when i'm not currently obsessed with anything

• twitter is much better on the iphone
• facebook app is the worst app i've encountered
• why is the listography app $3???
• wish i hadn't bought dumb things like i am t pain
• texts from last night is just as awesome on iphone
• why does gmail insist i archive things instead of delete them?
• there should be more games you can play with friends like words with friends

• afternon naps
• big boobs
• calculated
• dark colors
• enthusiastic
• far away from home
• give advice
• helpful
• intelligent
• joking around
• keffiyeh
• laughing is the very best
• mothering
• necessary, no extras
• opinionated
• political
• quirky
• random unless you're in my head
• sarcastic to a fault
• territorial
• useful

• ✔ andrew mcmahon
• ✔ arthur carl enders
• barack obama
• michelle obama
• chris martin

this is an epic generated list topic so i will do it.

• king of wishful thinking by go west in pretty woman
• breathe me by sia in the finale of six feet under.
• possibility by lykke li in new moon
• with a little help from my friends in across the universe.
• tiny dancer by elton john in almost famous
• stranded by plumb in 10 things i hate about you
• new slang by the shins in garden state
• my life would suck without you in glee season 1 finale
• big poppa by notorious b.i.g. in superbad
• down to the river to pray by alison krauss in o'brother where art thou?
• down once more in phantom of the opera

• leap year by maria taylor
• marching bands of manhattan by death cab for cutie
• the scientist by coldplay
• in your atmosphere by john mayer
• fast car by tracy chapman

• i am a senior at the university of central arkansas studying to be a social studies teacher.
• i spent most of my life in atlanta and miss it like fuck. but i know there is where i need to be right now.
• my immediate family that i have left is the most precious thing to me in this world.
• laughing is my favorite activity in this life. and i'm pretty great at it, if i do say so myself.
• i love making situations awkward for other people. only guaranteed thing to make me feel awkward is talking about pooping.
• i love to eat ice, especially ice that used to be emerged in a glass of coke classic.
• fastest way to hurt my feelings... tell me to be quiet.
• i love learning. i wish i could take ever...

• along for the ride by sarah dessen
• the last song by nicholas sparks
• scrambled eggs at midnight by brad barkley & heather hepler
• lock and key by sarah dessen
• the short second life of bree tanner by stephenie meyer
• this lullaby by sarah dessen
• my horizontal life by chelsea handler
• he's just not that into you by greg behrendt & liz tuccillo
• twelve who ruled by r.r. palmer (for school)
• a short history of the french revoltuion by jeremy popkin (for school)

• it's good to be alive // jacks mann
• having a point in every direction is the same as having no point at all // harry nilsson
• they're planning the end of you // i can make a mess
• fght ff yr dmns // brand new
• you can breathe // jacks mann
• it's the same world honey that brings you down that's gonna pull you up // maria taylor
• now my feet won't touch the ground // coldplay

• moving to atlanta
• starting public school in 5th grade
• building a relationship with jessica
• the years mom was sick
• death of my mother
• faith's birth, life, and death
• going to independence high
• spending time with eric
• samuel moving away / growing apart from samuel
• falling in love with music
• going to my first show
• going to my first show without dad
• befriending ocoee
• losing my creative writing ability
• dad and kids moving away / moving in with jessica
• working at books-a-million in peachtree city
• realizing i wanted to move back to arkansas

i've never made a "bucket list" sort of thing so... here goes.

• lobby for an issue i believe in
• get my masters
• get my doctorate
• teach a class at the university of chicago
• live in seattle, washington
• drive a boat
• get all the tattoos i dream about
• be content with the length of my hair
• really be there for my students
• help hannah & eric reach their goals
• don't ever let my dad down
• learn to listen
• reach a point where i'm ready to be a mother
• be worthy of a wikipedia page
• be a surrogate mother