• Feministing
• Mother Jones
• Huffington Post
• Superficial
• Pink is the New Blog

• Last Exit to Brooklyn-Hubert Selby
• Manifesta, Young Women, Feminism, and the Future (in progress)
• stuff by Philip Roth-American Pastoral?
• stuff by Noam Chomsky
• The Queen's Fool (in progress)-Phillipa Gregory
• Run, Rabbit-John Updike
• A Long Way Down-Nick Hornby
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower-Stephen Chbosky
• Beloved-Toni Morrison(or anything by her)
• Fahrenheit 451-Ray Bradbury
• Until I Find You-John Irving
• 98 Reasons for Being-Clare Dudman
• Whores for Gloria-William Vollmann

Man Crushes

• Anderson Cooper (I don't care if he's gay or straight, I still imagine what it's like to have sex with him.)
• Jeremy Piven
• Stephen Colbert
• a YOUNG Mick Jagger
• Matt Lauer
• Ryan Gosling
• Mark Wahlberg
• Will Smith

Woman Crushes

• Scarlett Johansson without a doubt. She's unbelievably hot!
• Chloe Sevigny
• Angelina Jolie
• Gwen Stefani

• Wally Lamb
• Philippa Gregory
• John Irving
• Toni Morrison
• Richard Wright
• Sylvia Plath

• Librarian
• Print journalist
• School counselor
• History teacher
• College professor
• Hairstylist
• Retail manager
• Substitute teacher

Elementary School:

• My freckles--I hated them!
• Getting invited to birthday parties.
• Whether or not my friends were mad at me.
• Getting to shave my legs.

Junior High

• My zits--boys teased me!
• Being popular--HA!
• Wanting boys to like me. I was so pathetic.
• Going to school dances on Friday nights.
• Finding someone to drive us places.
• Our parents were SO embarassing! (Now I feel so bad for feeling embarassed of them!)
• Whether or not I should try drinking/smoking

High School

• Planned Parenthood
• NOW-National Organization of Women
• Amnesty International
• PETA-they can be a little extreme at times, but I like their message.
• ACLU-American Civil Liberties Union
• NCTE-National Council for Teachers of English

• Being physically able.
• Having a stable, loving family life.
• Having sight and hearing.
• Having financial support from my parents.
• Being in a relationship with a really great guy.

• Made the first move with Jacob.
• Changed my major to English/Secondary Education.
• Broke up with a certain guy who was bad for me.
• Transferred to LSU.
• Got back in touch with my grandma.
• Got into the habit of questioning commonly held beliefs.
• Never joined a sorority.

• Oprah
• Bill Maher
• Gloria Steinem
• Frida Kahlo
• Arianna Huffington
• Tori Amos
• Nancy Pelosi
• The Dixie Chicks
• Anne Boleyn

• Humor
• Intelligence
• Reliability
• Humility
• Thoughtfulness
• Appreciative
• Committed
• Tall
• Dark hair/eyes
• Sarcasm
• Opinionated

• Taking long,hot baths
• Lying down with a soft blanket with the fan on.
• Drinking white hot cocoas.
• Hugging Jacob real tight.
• Rainy days (ONLY if I'm cozy indoors)
• My deep-sounding wind chimes.
• etsy.com
• Bad words
• Putting on my fountain in my room while I burn my candles.

• Gem and the Holograms
• The Elephant Show
• Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood
• Eureka's Castle
• All That!
• Clarissa Explains it All
• Rocko's Modern Life
• Doug
• Rugrats
• Saved By the Bell
• Alex Mack (not sure what it was called)
• I Dream of Jeannie
• I Love Lucy
• Bewitched
• Sabrina the Teenage Witch

• Stepmom
• The Notebook
• A Beautiful Mind
• American History X
• Life is Beautiful
• Big Fish
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
• Frida
• American Beauty

• At a sidewalk cafe' in Paris for lunchtime.
• In an art museum.
• On a streetcar in San Francisco.
• Along the streets of New York City with an unlimited amount of money.
• Browsing books in the library.
• At a spa resort getting the full treatment.
• In one of those relaxing meditation gardens in Japan.
• At a temple in India, smelling the incense.
• On a comfy chair with a cup of coffee and the newspaper.
• At my grandma's cozy house in Austin just being lazy.
• At one large gathering with all of my favorite people, just mingling.

• Getting married.
• Graduating college.
• Being a teacher.
• Doing lots of travelling with Jacob.
• Being financially stable enough to grocery shop at Whole Foods.
• Seeing my friends get married.
• Getting a new car.
• Having a child.

• Hearing about global warming and catastrophes.
• The war in Iraq and its consequences.
• No Child Left Behind
• Mental illness
• Cancer
• AIDS
• People caught in a cycle of poverty
• Hearing something bad that someone has said about me
• Seeing loved ones with negative, unhealthy habits.
• Gay people not having the same rights as everyone else.
• Seeing the damage that humans have done to the earth.
• Seeing young people die.
• Intolerant tendencies being instilled into children.
• Children that are being neglected by their parents.

• This.
• Myspace
• Crossword puzzles
• Facebook
• random naps
• I mentally set little time limits on my computer clock, but I always end up adding 30 minutes, then 15 minutes, etc.
• It'll be 2 am and I still haven't changed out of my work clothes or took a shower or anything.
• Check my e-mail, hoping there's something I need to "tend to".. you know.. like accepting a friend request on myspace.

• Free coffee, anytime!!
• Great co-workers
• Tips from fellow students who know what it's like to have a crappy job.
• Yummy, soft, fresh bagels: Asiago cheese, Everything (onions, poppyseeds, sesame seeds), Tomato Basil with veggie cream cheese!!
• Meeting cool professors
• Down time for doing homework
• Iced mint tea!
• Having an outlet for my excessive energy! (People just think I'm hyped up from the caffeine)
• Did I mention.. FREE COFFEE?!

• Coffee (especially when I'm grinding the huge commercial sized bags at work.
• The smell of an arts and craft store like Michaels when you first walk in.
• Books from the library
• Incense like Sandalwood, Lavender,or Nag Champa
• Vanilla sugar cookie candles
• Sensual Amber scent from Bath and Body works
• The way Jacob's shampoo smells
• Oatmeal raisin cookies
• New car scent

• Mopping up the coffee-stained, dirty floor.
• Customers who say "skinny" in place of skim/nonfat.
• When the owner shows up.
• People can't add sugar and cream without spilling stuff.
• When customers say "tall","grande" and "venti" in place of small, medium and large. (I DON'T work at Starbucks!)
• Taking garbage backs out to the dumpsters.
• Customers who stay on their cell phones while placing an order.