• my best friend
• hockey, and a way to watch it
• country music, specifically but not limited to Miranda Lambert
• lots of tea
• my guitar
• food and water
• cozy pyjamas
• my Moleskine planner
• South Park

• Over My Head (Cable Car) - The Fray
• Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
• Tim McGraw - Taylor Swift
• Home - City and Colour
• Beautiful Soul - Jesse McCartney
• Screaming Infidelities - Dashboard Confessional
• More Than a Memory - Garth Brooks

• moving into our first apartment together!
• graduating high school
• going to Tofino and drinking beer on the beach
• moving to Calgary together
• moving into our much nicer Calgary apartment
• getting the penthouse suite of a nice hotel for my 19th birthday
• staying out late at the park talking before grad and her sitting on my feet 'cause they were cold
• staying up all night to watch the Spengler Cup then trekking to McDonald's in the snow
• our first Calgary Stampede (a major drunkfest)
• going to the Steveston Salmon Festival on Canada Day and befriending a bartender
• traveling to NYC in our grad year

• I LOVE sports and will encourage you to watch them as much as possible. I'll even bring you beer.
• Video games are fun. :)
• I have a very large DVD collection, complete with actions, horrors, and dumb comedies.
• I like guys who are distant. Don't call me everyday? That's fine!
• Beer is a friend.

• unsolicited compliments
• hearing a favourite song on the radio
• having time for coffee before work/class
• when my handwriting looks neat
• getting to watch the Canucks play
• practicing guitar
• neon coloured things
• going to the movies
• text messages from certain boys
• watching favourite movies
• really cozy boots
• tea, especially when it's hot but not TOO hot
• making lists, of course :)

• "Before He Cheats" - Carrie Underwood
• "Kerosene", "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend", "Gunpowder and Lead", "Sin for a Sin", "Only Prettier" - Miranda Lambert
• "Love You" - Jack Ingram
• "You Oughta Know" - Alanis Morisette
• "I'll Take You Back" - Brad Paisley
• "So, So Long" - Dierks Bentley
• "Hold My Beer" - Aaron Pritchett
• "Not Ready to Make Nice" - Dixie Chicks

• Roberto Luongo
• Sidney Crosby
• Sean Avery
• Mike Ribiero
• Steve Moore
• Wayne Gretzky
• Mark Messier (never should've been a Canuck, ugh)
• Devan Dubnyk
• Ryan Getzlaf (...sometimes)
• Dion Phaneuf
• Patrick Kane
• Dustin Byfuglien

• I'm ALWAYS on the Internet
• have tons of friends who live in the computer, haha
• used to moderate (and founded, actually) an online forum
• spend tons of money on comic books
• can code HTML pretty decently
• on rare occasions, I say 'lol' or 'wtf' out loud
• stay home nearly every weekend and go to bed at like, 10pm

• popcorn, chips and Bagel Bites
• fancy pens
• Starbucks drinks of all kinds
• skin/haircare products - I always need to try new things
• Miranda Lambert's music
• BFF time
• alcohol - when I drink, I drink a lot
• different kinds of tea
• cute underwear

• bs-ing my way through essays
• thinking on the spot
• being punctual
• memorizing song lyrics
• talking my way out of situations
• flatironing hair

• watered down apple juice
• Starbucks of any kind
• just plain cold water
• tea, especially peppermint
• Diet Coke or root beer
• orange juice with pulp
• fruit punch

• pumpkin spice lattes and cupcakes!
• it finally gets cold
• Thanksgiving/Halloween/my birthday
• return of hockey season, aka I get my life back
• I don't look good in summer clothes
• cozy sweaters and boots
• the first couple weeks of school are always exciting
• kids go back to school, so I see less of them during the day
• corn mazes and pumpkin patches reopen!

• honesty
• ambition and working hard
• genuine kindness
• athleticism
• the ability to make a good latte
• good taste in music and movies
• not being a music/movie/literary snob
• the ability to laugh
• not constantly needing to be right, or to appear smart
• no superiority complex!
• height

• the first time I punched someone
• my last time seeing my dad
• Tonquin Park, perfect day
• every minute I've spent with T...lame.
• the time my boob popped out at a hockey game, but only so I could stop it from happening!
• seeing Miranda Lambert live...amazing
• watching the Giants win the Memorial Cup
• meeting Artem Chubarov!
• my going away dinner in August '09, it was all my favourite people and I was so happy

• taxi drivers take debit
• it snows like nine months a year
• people are way friendlier
• Crave cupcakes are superior to cupcakes found in Vancouver
• the airport has themes on their luggage carrells
• Calgary Tower is gorgeous
• Mount Royal is the best school EVER
• RANCHMAN'S! <3 and mostly the fact that you can find country music without going all the way to Pitt Meadows :P

• Spice Girls
• Jack Ingram
• Kalan Porter
• Panic! at the disco
• Brad Paisley
• Taylor Swift
• Rodney Atkins
• Jason Aldean
• Dierks Bentley
• Emerson Drive
• MIRANDA LAMBERT <333
• Kenny Chesney
• Lady Antebellum

• go more than a couple days without washing my hair
• be late to work
• take up too much space on the bus
• get started on how much I despise Taylor Swift
• leave the lights on when I leave the room
• take cabs to school when I'm feeling lazy (99% of the time)

• champagne
• catharsis
• sugar
• chinook
• cappuccino
• eloquent
• topaz

• Zoolander
• Team America: World Police
• Not Another Teen Movie
• Watchmen
• Freddy vs Jason
• The Dark Knight
• Friday the 13th
• Saw
• Nightmare on Elm Street
• Chicago
• Rent

• I play country music 95% of the time.
• I will invariably care more about hockey than you.
• I've been known to cheat.
• I'm not very attentive - you might go days without hearing from me.
• My best friend comes first. Seriously.

• Lot of Leavin' Left to Do - Dierks Bentley
• I Know You Won't - Carrie Underwood
• Don't Forget to Remember Me - Carrie Underwood
• Cowboy - Jessica Harp
• Wide Open Spaces - Dixie Chicks
• Cowboy Take Me Away - Dixie Chicks
• Wide Open - Jason Aldean
• Little Things - Kaeleigh Evans
• I Still Miss You - Keith Anderson
• almost everything by Miranda Lambert but mostly: Desperation, Girl Like Me, More Like Her, Heart Like Mine, Mama I'm Alright, Airstream Song, Jack Daniels, Oh California

• Staedtler Triplus Fineliners
• Moleskine planners
• Clarins toner, Hydraquench cream, Pure Melt Cleansing Gel
• my Blackberry Curve
• Pentel Slicci pens
• Bio-Oil
• plain old Chapstick
• Tetley tea (in cute stackable containers!)
• Lululemon Reverse Groove Pants
• Livejournal and Twitter
• anything with a Canucks logo
• Old Navy V-neck t-shirts
• Bearpaw boots

Favourite Girl's Names

• Genevieve
• Madison
• Emmaleigh (a Kaeleigh/Emma hybrid - maybe as a middle name, haha)
• Katerina
• Nicole
• Dylan

Favourite Boy's Names

• Linden
• Geoff
• Aidan
• James
• Aaron
• Blake

• Artem Chubarov - he's my #1 and I will not rest until he comes back to the NHL!
• Trevor Linden - he should be on EVERYONE'S list
• Todd Bertuzzi - I miss the days when he was a superstar
• Markus Naslund - I wish he'd retired here
• Darren Langdon - I love the players with heart!
• Trevor Letowski - he made me laugh
• Sami Salo - he's been here forever and kicks butt, when he isn't on the IR
• Willie Mitchell - seems like the really wants to be here
• Jason King - I called his breakout season when everyone was all about Reid, tyvm.
• the Sedin twins - they count as one, because I really only love them for scoring. They're not really lovable.
• Dan Cloutier - he was fiesty and I love that
• Mattias Ohlund - he's always a Canuck to me!

• animals of all kinds - I want so many pets
• hockey players
• perfect hair/boobs
• an apartment in NYC
• Yaletown highrises
• a Stanley Cup for Vancouver
• a trust fund
• musical talent

• hockey players
• broad shoulders and biceps
• tattoos (that don't look like they were done in prison)
• businessmen
• chivalry
• cowboys (or even just guys who like country music)
• hockey/football fans
• owning a dog
• independence

• Jack Daniel's, either as a shot or with Coke
• gin & tonic/seven
• Molson Canadian beer
• porn stars
• Bud Light Lime
• frozen lime margaritas
• broken down golf carts
• whatever someone's buying me!

• construction - it makes me anxious
• accounting - me + math = bad news bears
• waitressing - I drop things
• personal trainer - HAHAHAH.
• make up artist - I do not have mad makeup skillz
• personal stylist - I also have no sense of style!
• babysitter/nanny - I don't get along with kids

Almost always nonfat milk, no whip and sugar-free syrup (if they have it)...but occasionally I "forget" to ask ;)

• 
  raspberry mocha
• london fog with extra vanilla...mmm!
• 
  pumpkin spice latte
• peppermint mocha + eggnog latte (Christmas starts when these come out!)
• java chip frapp with a pump of peppermint
• cinnamon dolce latte
• just a plain old cappuccino or latte!

• her cooking: ham and cheese casserole, turkey soup, spaghetti
• her hair
• her handwriting; no matter how often i've tried to copy it I can't
• how much she loved our dog Harry, even though she's not a dog person
• how tan she is!
• how cozy her bed is and how I'd always go there when I had bad dreams
• how she took care of me and my brother all by herself, while still working fulltime
• her ugly bag lady sweater!

• english bay is one of my favourite places on earth
• there's a starbucks on every corner
• the view from the Granville Street bridge
• the various areas of downtown: Yaletown, Gastown, the West End: i love them all
• the Canucks and the Giants
• Solly's Bagels, Thai Away Home, East is East, Memphis Blues, A Kettle of Fish, O'Douls: Vancouver food appeals to my tummy
• it's home to most of my friends
• things don't close at 6pm
• The Roxy + The Cellar!
• they have sidewalks everywhere

• Dexter
• Arrested Development
• The Hills (I know, I know)
• South Park
• Secret Diary of a Call Girl
• Family Guy
• The Simpsons
• Girls Next Door
• Till Debt Do Us Part
• Law & Order SVU

• Don't Stop Believing - Journey
• Ignition - R Kelly
• Kerosene - Miranda Lambert
• Like a Virgin - Madonna
• Take Me Home Country Roads - John Denver
• Alcohol - Brad Paisley
• Private Dancer - Tina Turner
• Walking on Broken Glass - Annie Lennox
• You Oughta Know - Alanis Morisette
• Living on a Prayer, Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi
• All Out of Love - Air Supply

• Cadillac Ranch - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
• Crazy Bitch - Buckcherry
• Kerosene - Miranda Lambert
• Replica - Sonata Arctica
• Sugar We're Going Down - Fall Out Boy
• Loathing - Wicked soundtrack
• This is The Night - Clay Aiken

• Love is more important than money...but turning money down is hard.
• You can't hide things from your parents.
• You can't run away from your problems, but distance can solve them.
• Other people will not always intervene when you need help. Learn to fight.
• It can be hard (and scary!) to sever ties with bad friends, but it's always worth it.

• she's not unrealistically gorgeous, but she's still hot
• her song lyrics are deeper and more raw than most
• her voice is amazing
• she's badass!
• she turned down a record deal at like 16 to pursue her own style - possibly the coolest thing ever
• her live show is AMAZING
• her songs seem really honest
• she can actually sing, and she's actually country
• I relate to almost all of her songs

• waking up to snow
• unwrapping presents
• snail mail you weren't expecting
• my roommate bringing me Starbucks
• doing well on assignments you thought you'd bombed
• getting off work/class early
• finding money you'd forgotten about
• when baristas accidently give you a bigger size than you'd ordered
• "good morning" text messages
• good endings to movies/books
• good hair days

• "Tell A Country Boy" - Rodney Atkins
• "Big Green Tractor", "Amarillo Sky" - Jason Aldean
• "She's In Love With the Boy" - Trisha Yearwood
• "Every Reason Not to Go" - Billy Currington
• "Ticks" - Brad Paisley
• "Come A Little Closer", "Trying to Stop Your Leaving", "A Lot of Leaving Left to Do" - Dierks Bentley
• "Troubadour" - George Strait
• "Brass Bed" , "We Weren't Crazy", "Favourite State of Mind"- Josh Gracin
• "Cowboy Take Me Away" - Dixie Chicks
• "John Deere Green" - Joe Diffie
• "Pickin' Wildflowers" - Keith Anderson
• "Makin' Memories of Us", "Rainin' On Sunday" - Keith Urban
• "My First Love Song" - Luke Bryan
• "Hold My Beer" - Aaron Pritchett

• Martin Brodeur - I can appreciate cocky goalies from afar
• Peter Forsberg - one of my first favourite hockey players
• Vincent Lecalvier
• Martin St Louis
• Brent Burns
• Ryan Getzlaf (sometimes...)
• Robyn Regher
• Jarome Iginla
• Nikolai Khabibulin
• Mark Fistric
• Mike Modano
• Gilbert Brule
• Nigel Dawes
• Jeff Carter
• Mike Richards
• all of WJC '05 :)

• ja & da (yes & no, Swedish & Russian)
• aiya (Chinese? for oh my gosh/sort of an expression of exasperation)
• avec (French for with)
• mais oui (French for 'but of course')
• q'uelle heur et-til (French for 'what time is it')
• mochilla (Spanish for backpack; I used it before Dora, haha)

• anyone who believes their personal beliefs should limit other people (pro-lifers, people against gay marriage)
• celebrities who complain about their fame
• split ends
• when people step on the backs of my feet
• being talked down to
• the fact that Taylor Swift is considered country music and therefore invades my radio, TV stations and magazines
• "sports fans" who don't really know what they're talking about but still try to argue with you
• long flights in economy class
• brunettes who try to pass themselves off as "dirty blondes"
• people who claim their eyes change colours. they don't, sorry, that's lighting.
• backhanded compliments
• people who constantly complain they're ti...

• people who are good at math
• naturally thin, tall or (nice, not mousy) blonde people
• Miranda Lambert
• Julie Bertuzzi
• guitar players
• anyone who lives in the South
• real cowboys
• professional athletes
• morning people
• people who are passionately in love

• hummus + pita or veggies
• popcorn, especially from movie theatres...my biggest vice!
• crackers of all kinds
• potato chips, it's insane how much I love them
• Jello
• BAGEL BITES <3

• Crocs
• socks with sandals
• cropped pants with any kind of sock (unless it's an ankle sock and you can't see it)
• dark brown hair with blonde highlights
• dying just the tips of your hair
• cropped shirts
• red lipstick, on most people
• overly highlighted hair
• hair so long it looks like a horse's tail

• moving out at a young age and not having to move home (though I did for a few months, but not because I HAD to, haha)
• choosing love over money
• buying a Coach bag for myself, and then a Louis Vuitton, because they symbolized my own financial freedom!
• going to school
• not taking ANY handouts from my family
• standing up for myself to guys who've tried to mess with me
• finding a real job I like
• paying such good attention to my own feelings/needs
• never comparing myself to my brother, or having any grown-up sibling rivalries
• not getting into relationships just for the sake of them
• not apologizing for taking a unique life route
• being a Canucks fan!

• Hawaii every year when I was a kid
• weekend trip to England to go to Legoland!
• Argentina x 2...being there during World Cup time was scary!
• Disneyland, where I got sick as fuck, but I still rode the Indiana Jones ride 20489309 times
• Disneyworld and Florida, I got to eat Poprocks for breakfast, woohoo!
• Calgary, like twice a year, mostly for Christmas
• Hornby Island every year, so beautiful
• Long Beach, when I was a baby and when I was like 13, fun fun.
• England + France, we went to so many castles!
• Cancun, just this past winter, doing tequila shots with my family was pretty ridiculous!

• Crimes of the Heart (my first leading role!)
• Beaches
• Oklahoma!
• karaoke at Ducky's waaaay too many times (and Darby's, and random places in TO, and anywhere they'll let me take a mic...)
• giving grad chair speech