Independence Day

• mm, fat lady.
• look at you, ship all BANGED up!
• must go faster, must go faster!
• i ain't heard no fat lady!
• i have got to get me one of these!
• what...which part? (hand motion)
• i'm a combat pilot, Will. i belong in the air.
• We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!

sight:

• the color blue
• symmetry/balance
• clean lines
• modern design
• sunsets
• Monet paintings
• flowers

sound:

• the cello
• soft, slow piano
• Backstreet Boys music
• Point of Grace music
• babies laughing
• my friend's voice over the phone

taste:

• see my list of foods i could never get sick of
• i also really like the combination of sal...

• Jesus (and I will!!)
• the rest of the Backstreet Boys (of course, i would have no qualms meeting howie again!)
• sandra bullock
• tony shalhoub
• sophie kinsella (aka madeleine wickham)
• anyone from my favorite male actors list :)

• toothpaste: Colgate
• lotion: Vaseline
• hand lotion: Neutrogena Norwegian formula
• facial care: Clean & Clear
• pens: Pilot
• shampoo & conditioner: Herbal Essences
• soap: Irish Spring
• laundry detergent: Purex
• dishwashing liquid: Palmolive
• toilet paper: whatever's on sale, or Meijer
• paper towel: i prefer Viva but will buy whatever's on sale
• peanut butter: Peter Pan reduced fat
• yogurt: Yoplait light
• tea: Celestial Seasons, Bigelow
• mascara: Maybelline
• eyeliner: CoverGirl
• eye shadow: Revlon

• don't be wasteful
• you don't need a lot of stuff to enjoy yourself
• creativity
• love of singing, musicals, disney movies
• not being a picky eater
• trying new foods
• sharing food
• [from mom] how to cook spaghetti: boil water, add spaghetti, turn the stove OFF and cover. after cooked, keep the hot water by draining over another bowl. rinse pasta with cold water, then pour the hot water through the pasta right before serving.

DVDs

• the proposal
• nature's most amazing events (bbc)
• tarzan (disney)
• mulan (disney)
• sense and sensibility (2008 bbc version)
• anne of green gables
• anne of green gables the sequel
• saved by the bell (any season)

Books

• Harry Potter series 1-7, paperback set*

Music

• now & then soundtrack
• a grateful people, watermark

Miscellaneous

• heavy duty tongs (for cooking)*
• toiletries bag
• a yellow handbag

• banana hater (BH for short) - no one actually calls me this, but i am widely known as someone who "hates" bananas. lindsay and the other girls came up with this nickname for me because they all had food-related nicknames (Brownie, Juice and Breadstick)
• Cool J - my varsity vball coach gave this nickname to me (LL are my initials, get it?) and i started responding to it when my teammates would use it
• Dichs/Dichi (pronounced Deets or Deetsy) - only my brother calls me this (Dichi is 2nd older sister in our dialect)
• Lades/Ladles - only my sister calls me this, it derived from Fat Lady, which then became Lady, then Lades and Ladles...
• Shobs, Shlarps - old nicknames my sister used to call me, short for Sho-be (which means younger sister in our dialect)
• Loke/Lok - my dad calls me this. not tota...

rated based on overall quality (some of my favorite songs are on albums with a lower overall quality)

• Millennium - Backstreet Boys
• Steady On - Point of Grace
• Woven & Spun - Nichole Nordeman
• In a Different Light - Avalon
• Never Gone - Backstreet Boys
• Free to Fly - Point of Grace
• Speechless - Steven Curtis Chapman
• Crystal Clear - Jaci Velasquez
• Jars of Clay - Jars of Clay (I don't actually own this one but I think it belongs on a list like this.)

• la mestiza *
• hubbard avenue diner *
• biaggi's *
• bluephie's *
• tapas rias *
• hong kong wok *
• restaurant magnus
• inka *
• takara *
• wasabi
• oy sy
• imperial garden
• maharani *
• saigon noodle *
• sa bai thong *
• gino's *
• swagat *
• kabul *
• ian's pizza *
• rising sons
• laredo's

• anne & gilbert (anne of green gables)
• zack & kelly (saved by the bell)
• ron & hermione (harry potter)
• emma & mr. knightley (emma)
• beatrice and benedick (much ado about nothing)
• margaret hale & john thornton (north & south)
• becky & luke (shopaholic books)
• sabrina and harvey (sabrina the teenage witch)
• chuck & sarah (chuck)

• Target - pretty much buy everything except groceries here. it's very hard to leave Target without purchasing something! plus their bags are the perfect size for my kitchen garbage can. :)
• Old Navy - i buy a lot of my clothes here because there's always a good clearance sale. recently i bought 3 shirts, 2 vests and a dress for a total of $30. can't beat that!
• Michael's - i'm an arts and crafts geek and i love going shopping for a new project. haven't gone much lately but i still love Michael's
• Joann, etc. - ditto on the arts thing. actually Joann is close to Meijer & Target so i go here more than Michael's these days. they have a great scrapbooking section.
• Kohl's - i also like shopping for clothes here although their junior section is ge...