1. Battlestar Galactica
2. Flight of the Conchords
3. The Daily Show
4. Entourage
5. Meerkat Manor
6. Lost
7. The Office (U.S.)
8. Julia Child anything
9. Scrubs
10. Good Eats

1. homemade!
2. Berthillon
3. Bi-Rite
4. Tucker's
5. Ici
6. Amorino
7. Mashti Malone's
8. Ciao Bella
9. Sketch
10. Mitchell's
11. Bombay Ice Creamery
12. Gelateria Naia/Mondo Gelato
13. Fenton's

1. Ispahan (Parisian almond macaron with rose lychee buttercream and raspberries)
2. Strawberry shortcake
3. Mixed berry (raspberry, boysenberry, blueberry) cobbler
4. Stone fruit (cherry, peach and apricot) crisp
5. Raspberry tart
6. Sour cherry pie (2x)
7. Peach blueberry tart
8. Meyer lemon bars
9. Rocky Road ice cream
10. Raspberry sorbet
11. Noyau ice cream
12. Apricot Galette
13. Plum tart

1. Worrying about Freddy Kreuger-like scars
2. General pain, discomfort, itching and lack of mobility. Heat and sun seems to aggravate the discomfort.
3. Being unable to go to swim practice or yoga class. Usually, when I'm stressed or anxious, I exercise or clean or cook. I haven't felt much like cooking until yesterday and went back to yoga a couple of days ago. Hopefully, I'll be able to swim tomorrow. Luc...

1. Try new coiffures/looks involving scarves, hoods, hats and sunglasses. Current coiffure: pull back hair, wrap scarf/bandana around head to keep stray hairs out of face, don gigantic Oliver Peoples sunglasses, flip hoodie up and apply lip gloss.
2. Road said new "looks" while doing basic things such picking up bandages from the drugstore, taking out the trash, coffee runs, etc. Shoot for "Olson twin av...

1. dropped a pot of molten sugar into the mixer, splashing it onto my face and arms. Second degree burns, yay!
2. walked into a plate glass door
3. spilled hot tea on myself, leaving a meandering 2nd degree burn all over my wrist and hand (healing nicely now)
4. picked at a hangnail on my thumb and wound up peeling half the skin off the whole finger.
5. slipped on the BART grates in the rain (damn chuck taylors) whi...

1. Mayonnaise - freshly made is okay, but that stuff that comes in a jar is snot of the devil.
2. Honey Walnut Prawns - whenever I go out for Chinese with others, they also seem to want to order this dish. I think it's just foul and I think it must have mayonnaise in it.
3. Donuts - I like beignets and fresh Krispy Kremes, but otherwise, they're just too much.
4. Tripe - I really should like tripe. I've sampled ...

1. Marc Jacobs - modern with a retro twist through the eyes of a derelict schoolgirl
2. Alexander McQueen - razor sharp tailoring with a touch of eroticism
3. Zac Posen - girly swirly bias cut paneling
4. Stella McCartney - girly but not too precious
5. Catherine Malandrino - parisian goes rocker
6. Proenza Schoueler - understated luxury that's not boring
7. Narciso Rodriguez - makes minimalism look sexy
8. Imitation of Christ ...

1. Epoisses de Bourgogne
2. Vacherin Mont D'Or
3. Gruyere/Comte/Beaufort
4. Langres
5. Camembert de Normandie
6. Pouligny St. Pierre
7. Parmegiano Reggiano
8. Forme Sauternes
9. Humboldt Fog
10. Torta del Casar

1. Naked
2. Middlesex
3. Infinite Jest
4. My Life in France
5. The Little Friend
6. You Shall Know Our Velocity
7. The Brothers Karamazov (D.F. Wallace might have convinced me)
8. The Sun Also Rises
9. A Long Way Down
10. Assasination Vacation
11. Lolita
12. In the Name of the Rose
13. Mrs. Dalloway
14. Kav and Clay

1. The new Marc by Marc Jacobs store
2. Veronica Mars (missed the first half of the first season, and I'm finally catching up on DVD)
3. Beard Papa cream puffs
4. Lost (who isn't?)
5. New yoga arm balances - parsva eka pada galavasana, mayurasana, hummingbird (don't know the sanskrit name)

1. The Holy Grail
2. but I might settle for these
3. Utterly impractical. I love them!
4. The "boots" are amazing, too.
5. Frye Harness boots
6. Old Skool
7. Those red soles are so naughty.
8. Sexy Easy Spirits?
9. The new mouse flat
10. Very last year, but I still want them.
11. Ballerina Flats
12. United Nude Moebius Slides

1. "Whew! Whew! Whew!... I was just imagining myself as a ninja!"
2. "When the robots take over, you'd best be prepared."
3. "Of course the chickens would peck you. It's the apocalypse!"
4. "What would you do if you came home and I was building a giant wooden badger on the front lawn?"
5. "You lied to the pirate! The pirate police are going to come after you now. ARRRRRR!"

1. Freeway - why I'll always love Reese and saw her Oscar potential ten years ago
2. Election - see above
3. Heavenly Creatures - when will Kate get a statue?
4. Cinema Paradiso - one of the most sentimental movies I've seen
5. Indochine - colonialism and Catherine Deneuve
6. All About Eve - for the ultimate in bitchy divas
7. Gallipoli - early Mel Gibson, but a great WWI film
8. Audition - Japanese horror that will scar your s...

1. I worked out earlier, so it's okay.
2. I'm working out later today, so it'll be okay.
3. When you share, the calories don't count.
4. Chocolate is good for you.
5. Pizza isn't that bad for you
6. Tacos aren't that bad for you
7. If you deep fry foods at the proper temperature, they're not that bad for you.
8. Red wine/lemon/vinegar/caffeine/sugar cancels out the fat.
9. It's not as bad for you as butter.
10. Most of the fat has been ...

1. when BART is over 30 minutes late because it's their fault (i.e. computer problem), passengers should ride free
2. "Fun" is a weeklong "business" trip to Paris in April with your fuckbuddy. "Not fun" is researching IRS tax codes for nonprofit business associations.
3. My coworker asked me what we should treat ourselves to for Secretaries' Day. My immediate reaction was "chocolate!" But then I wondered are...

1. The Neverending Story
2. Splash
3. Legend
4. Red Sonja
5. Dragonslayer
6. War Games
7. That Darn Cat
8. Cloak and Dagger
9. Short Circuit
10. let's be honest here... Police Academies 1-4

1. listography!
2. water - lame, I know, but I actually start developing a headache if I don't get 32 oz in by 2:00 pm! Juice, tea, and alcohol don't count.
3. lip balm
4. chocolate
5. green tea
6. yoga
7. my iPod
8. TiVo
9. The Daily Show
10. NPR, esp. Sat - I was in OC visiting the fam a few months ago, and couldn't get a clear feed. I am now convinced that it's some sort of right wing conspiracy.
11. Lost
12. Orbitz bubblemint gum

1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2. Being John Malkovich
3. Heavenly Creatures
4. Memento
5. Donnie Darko
6. Adaptation
7. The Sixth Sense
8. The Usual Suspects
9. The Others
10. Jacob's Ladder

1. chili cheese fries
2. Kelly Clarkson
3. Juicy Couture
4. InStyle magazine
5. getting my cuticles trimmed
6. Blue Crush (the movie)
7. gigantic sunglasses
8. white bread
9. The O.C. (the tv show)
10. West L.A.
11. Mandy Moore

1. Don't Stop Believin'
2. Copacabana
3. Daydream Believer
4. Dancing Queen
5. Summer Nights
6. Raspberry Beret
7. Get This Party Started
8. Since U Been Gone
9. No Scrubs
10. The Tide is High
11. Express Yourself
12. Hit Me With Your Best Shot

Admit it, you know all the words...

1. L'Occitane lip balm
2. sunglasses (yay! the sun's back!)
3. iPod
4. makeup bag (we'll save this for another list)
5. Smith's rosebud lip balm
6. coin purse (containing BART ticket, ID, cash, atm card, gym card, mini lip balm, building pass)
7. coin purse #2 (containing assorted punch cards from restaurants/cafes I frequent, gift cards, etc)
8. ball point pen
9. Kiehl's lip balm
10. cell phone
11. Fresh sugar lip balm
12. Juicy tube - "beach pl...

1. La Mer
2. Prada
3. Caudalie antioxidant
4. Smith's Rose Bud
5. Fresh Sugar
6. Nuxe honey
7. Kiehl's Original (2 bigass pots, 1 for my office, 1 for my bedside table, 2 tubes)
8. Tarte lemon curd
9. Kiehl's SPF 15 (clear)
10. Kiehl's SPF 15 (berry)
11. Vermont's Bag Balm
12. L'Occitane blueberry shea butter
13. Benetint lip balm
14. Jing Jang creme

Last year, I flew down to LA late on Xmas Eve and forgot to bring any! It was awful. Now I'm paranoid about ...

1. blue bottle coffee
2. strauss milk
3. blood orange juice squeezed to order from monterey market
4. mariage freres tea
5. B & B farms eggs - they finally returned to the farmer's market!
6. Frog Hollow stone fruit
7. Acme Bread
8. Fage yogurt, when I can't get La Fermiere or Mamie Nova
9. Callebaut/Scharffenberger/La Maison du Chocolat
10. Niman ranch beef and Hoffman chickens
11. Fallot dijon mustard
12. fleur de sel