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• 2/6: savory waffles
• 2/7: jimmy making me dinner and rubbing his back until he fell asleep.
• 2/8: good discussions with amigos in the living room.
• 2/9: the little girl kissing the baby on the subway.

• see an olympic sporting event
• macy's day parade
• aura borealis
• plant a fruit tree
• walk the wrong way on an escalator
• visit all 50 states
• have a collection of mugs from all 50 states
• swim/at least put my feet in all the great lakes
• float down a river in an inner tube, tied to other inner tubes that my friends are sitting in

• songs with whistling
• home songs
• acrostic mix

• "I’m not a cognitive scientist. But what I understand about humor is that it’s a form of a startle reaction. You don’t have to be an expert to figure out that humor is connected to the fear response. You know what I mean? Even the smile response of baring the teeth is a fear response in primates. It’s a way of processing all of the terrible realities that, if you couldn’t laugh at, you’d want to roll over and die." - todd hanson
• "A sense of humor is a measurement of the extent to which we realize that we are trapped in a world almost totally devoid of reason. Laughter is how we express the anxiety we feel at this knowledge." -dave barry
• "There is no humor in heaven." - mark twain
• "Advertising is a conscienceless industry, populated by cowards and idiots, that w...

• 9/23: a ten year old girl wearing giant bright green doc martens fell up the stairs while holding her mom's hand and they both laughed hysterically.
• 9/24: billowing parkas in the tube station and older irish men in navy blue suits with shoulder-length blonde hair who say hilarious things to their wives
• 9/25: lady with a suitcase looking at apartment listings in notting hill. the man with the goatee who runs the £4.95 all you can eat chinese buffet.
• 9/26: talking to boys who have superhero alter egos.
• 9/27: getting a card from your mom that not only contains your brother's senior picture but also a hilarious 50th wedding anniversary announcement from the paper, featuring the old couple dressed in weird pioneer/fairytale costumes.
• 9/28: keiran giggling in her sleep.

• locks/keys
• flip flops
• towel (depending on which one we stay at)
• detailed print outs of exactly where we want to go/address/public transit/hours/price

some of these are a stretch

• tim curry & curry
• kevin bacon & bacon
• whoopi goldberg & whoopi pies
• tarentino & tortellini
• jack black & flapjacks
• annie hall & oates(meal)
• shaq snack attack
• cera & cereal
• sandler & sandwiches
• luda & gouda
• ruffalo & buffalo (wings)
• stallone & provolone
• banderas & bananas
• hitchcock & smoked lox
• jeff daniels & jack daniels
• sean penn & game hen

• "ooo- there's some tension in my uterus!" - keiran, demonstrating the difference between pms (us term) and pmt (uk term)
• "these are good leg-touchin' seats!" - keiran, on the seats in imperial college's lecture hall
• "we love cheese!" - christine, when the british man told us the club we were going to was kind of cheesey
• "if you put mascara on your sideburns, it'll run when your ears cry." - keiran, who seems to be perpetually drunk.
• "my DICK is up!" - keiran, when some girl's asked us if we were up for going out
• "he twalks like dis and has real squinty eyes." - keiran, imitating a friend's ex-boyfriend
• "well i haven't been shot yet!" - christine, when a british man expressed fear about visiting philadelphia
• "i hate having eyeballs." - keiran, durin...

• dead like me
• wonderfalls
• firefly
• mighty boosh
  • despite a crap internet connection, i blew through this series. still need to watch nanageddon.
• the IT crowd
• mad men
• spaced
• the wire
• twin peaks
• venture brothers
• that mitchell & webb look

• the time rachel fell down the stairs at nawakwa and landed on the picnic table.
• when amy tried to jump over the tennis net and faceplanted.
• when sarah was nine and pooped herself under her neighbor's picnic table
• the time lauren white was trying to hold up her sweatshirt so her new back henna wouldn't get messed up and she slipped all the way down the hill in front of an entire crowd of festival go-ers. she still held her shirt up the whole way down.
• the time kalina sang 'graduation' by vitamin c for her entire elementary school for a teacher's retirement party. she didn't know any of the words and just mouthed 'watermelon' over and over again.

• white button down
• two pairs of good jeans
  • old navy jeans count, right?
• classic, casual black dress
• several cardigans
• combat boots
  • ABSOLUTE PERFECTION.
• oxfords
  • crossed off not because they were obtained, but because they ain't gonna work wiff dese feets.
• two pairs of flats
• swingy black skirt
• black or gray ankle boots
• watch
• sunglasses

• pittsburgh
  • pittsburgh city paper
    • PRO: would actually get to write and do more hands-on things
    • CON: unpaid
  • pittsburgh film office
    • PRO: get credit and get to work on a personal project
    • CON: unpaid
  • modcloth
    • PRO: surrounding my glorious dresses. possibly get to do creative work.
    • CON: do they even have internships?
• philadelphia
  • comcast

• ray lamontagne (aug. 10)
• murder by death (aug. 10)
• ra ra riot (aug. 10)
• edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros (july 10)
• felice brothers (july 10)
• free energy (july 10; june 10)
• angus & july stone (june 10)
• gogol bordello (june 10)
• coco rosie (june 10)
• final fantasy (april 10; nov. 07)
• major lazer (april 10)
• ted leo (nov. 09)
• the dodos (oct.09)
• monsters of folk (nov. 09)
• animal collective (may 09)
• dan deacon (may 09; november 08; august 07)
• cloud cult (april 09)
• diplo (april 09)
• lily allen (april 09)

• colorful french macarons
• fonts/posters with large lettering
• gold spray paint
• boys in suits
• bon ivor
• wood grain
• fabric yo yos
• bunting
• velvet
• throw pillows
• thick cabled socks in heather and cardinal red
• shadow boxes
• paper cutting
• tap shorts
• flapper headbands
• fringe
• anthropology lingerie

• phamous philadelphians (featuring a million jello shots for bill cosby)
• lost boys/shipwreck party (drink tropical drinks but look like disheveled children.)
• arrested development/never nude (marathon ad watching! cornballs for all! and frozen bananas!)
• gatsby lawn party
• cross dressing karaoke
• 50's housewife tupperware party. (beehives and drinking out of tupperware)
• dress like what you wanted to be when you were five party (lots of ballerinas and firefighters)
• recreate your worst school picture party
• favorite fictional or historical character arm-wrestling party
• ellis island party (turn of the century immigrant dress- bring a liquor associated with your country. fake chickens.) (real...

• magazine writer (for bust or something more creative, less business-y)
• tea shop owner
• vintage store owner
• book store owner
• combination vintage/tea/book shop owner
• librarian at an old historic library
• secretary (only for the pencil skirts, cardigans, and candy dishes. i also love filing)
• food truck owner (it could be cupcakes! or sandwiches!)
• television writer
• screenwriter/playwright
• costume designer
• preschool teacher
• window display maker

• the green sequined dress in alaska (too expensive for a 14 year old- $70)
• the matching owl lamps at salvation army (they each weighed 50 pounds)
• the tan bomber jacket at walmart (too expensive at the time. in retrospect it would have been worth it.)
• the red vinyl top table with cream and chrome detail at goodwill (had to get the van. it was gone when i came back the next day.)

• learn to drive stick
• revamp etsy (make new items, list new items, new banner, promote more, etc.)
• read more about politics/begin to form more educated opinions
• create a five year plan
• find a job or internship at temple
• make more videos with my brother
• get business cards
• learn graphic design basics
• learn web design basics
• apply for study abroad

• helen
  • d.c. trip: make a small booklet with possible ideas for what we might do
  • opera fudge
• kevin
  • stout sampler
  • pie bird
  • framed family photos?
  • five year journal?
• andrew
  • animal suit?
  • stenciled shirt?
  • comics?
  • covert-able mittens
  • tyler the creator cd/odd futures cd
• jesse
  • dinner somewhere, with drew

• try all the stephen starr restaurants
  • alma de cuba
  • parc
  • el rey
  • jones
  • continental
  • buddakan
  • el vez
  • morimoto
  • pod
  • butcher & singer
  • dandylion
  • barclay prime
• pretzel ride
• see all the love murals

• dexter victim (saran wrap and blood on cheek)
• pink floyd (dress in all pink, nametag that says floyd)
• pearl (twenties ho with a messed up face)
• jellybeans (like dad circa 1995)

• best overall (chocolate): reese's peanut butter cups
• best newcomer (chocolate): reese's crispy crunchy bars
• best candy bar everyone forgets about (chocolate): whatchamacallit
• best candy for movies (maybe only because it's what people in movies eat at the movies): tie between snocaps and junior mints
• best camp candy: swedish fish
• best fruit flavored candy: just born jelly beans
• best sour candy: sour patch kids
• candy i randomly crave that reminds me of freshman year: cookies'n'cream bar
• candy that was always really exciting to get in your trick'or'treat bag: butterfinger
• best wearable candy: candy necklaces
• best candy packaging: pez

• assassins guild
• cheese
• chocolate
• balloon twisting
• cooking
• dodgeball
• knitsoc (sexy knitting?)
• rocksoc (rock & metal)
• ten pin bowling
• wine & fine drinks

• what are teeth made of
• gregory + name history
• windey
• calories pint of fosters
• how to make the pound symbol on a mac
• pumpernickel
• mean fiddler
• pixilated
• cheese of the month
• muppets london
• mailing things to us from london
• easy prague
• avocado fruit or vegetable
• taquito
• pregnant + burst appendix
• what are eggs
• junk food synonym
• zorbing
• p.diddy yaht

• the packaging on all the food in marks&spencer. everything is beautiful. the fonts are absolutely swoonworthy and don't even get me started on the color schemes and vintage influence.
• clotted cream. on scones. with jam.
• small children with british accents
• short wait times for the tube
• oyster card
• how old things are. so much history.
• free museums
• the people watching
• street musicians
• beautiful book covers and access to penguins gorgeous paperback collections.

• tuesday night museum time! Sir John Soane Museum
  • tp://www.soane.org/map.html
• afternoon tea!
  • http://www.beasofbloomsbury.com/
• globe theatre!
  • so much fun. i couldn't stop smiling.
• speaker's corner!
• portabello market!
• the black friar (pub)
• ye olde cheshire cheese
  • pints for 2 quid? yes please.
• drunken monkey in shoreditch!
  • dim sum! hip hop! bottled beer!
  • cute bartender said his favorite beer is blue moon & i'm naming my first child por...

• "every batman needs a robin. it's just hard to be a robin." -man on 18th & chestnut
• "now that's one trashcan i wouldn't mind smelling!" - said by a very enthusiastic ten year old girl at chocolate world. it would have made a great/creepy commercial.
• "i can't see anything. fuck a duck." - man behind me on the stairs at the pub in camden
• "diggory cupcake." - small child in a uniform skipping down the street

• perfume
• pajamas
• socks
• film
• razor
• pills
• laundry bag
• umbrella
• hoodie
• mp3 player
• stationary
• copybooks
• pictures
• laptop & charger & usb cord
• digital camera
• four square camera
• maybe the diana mini
  • sorry diana. you will have to stay home.
• towel
• scarf

• go to knoebels
  • ride the phoenix
  • get a hot fudge sundae
  • take photobooth pictures
• neato burrito
• movies with grandpa
• farewell feast
• go to the drive-in
  • terrible movies this summer. no good.
• make copies of all important documents
• back up computer
• make little pouches for everything not because it's practical, but because it's cute.

• clementine
• salinger (sally)
• russell
• nicholson
• lena
• charlotte
• sebastian
• oscar
• max
• oliver
• matilda (tilly)
• dorothy (dot)
• ramona
• penelope (penny)
• harriett (or maybe harris or harry in honor of harrisburg.)
• allen
• emerson
• june
• poppy

• apply for pittsburgh internships
• read at least two books
• learn to drive stick
• make lace dress
• make floral mad men dress
• make blue knit mod dress
• knit an afghan
• apply for study abroad
• matt barry mittens
• mom scarf
• chunky yarn project
• finish rap video
• make movies with drew
• take a bath
• find pictures for collage frame
• lose five pounds
• cover binders
• floral bag
• neil gloves

• mischief brew
• sufjan stevens
• arcade fire
• man man
• busdriver

• the smell of liz's car
• singing loudly in large groups (bohemian rhapsody at the barry's; zombie at skatehouse; shortskirt/longjacket with my dodt group; rock lobster at parties at alex's)
• seeing the little dirt bumps on the nose pore strips
• laying on my bed and dumping all my warm, clean laundry on top of me
• screaming in my car when i'm driving home by myself. just to see if i actually know how to scream because i really don't get the chance to very often. i like to keep in practice.
• driving with my hand out the window
• falling asleep among friends or in highly populated places. i took a wonderful nap under some bleachers during a muse set at a music festival.
• eating brownie batter

• i'll be getting out of my car and by some cosmic twist of fate ( a tear in time and space? wormhole? overlapping of a parallel universe?) a shark will fall out of the sky, mouth open, and eat me. then skid across the pavement and die, obviously.
• i'll slip and fall and hit my head on the side of a large white van and die.
• a man in a business suit with stab me in the stomach while walking down the street and then keep walking.
• i'll be walking in a curved subway hall and hear a rumbling that i assume is just a subway train only to find out that it's rhinoceroses stampeding toward me. and how could i possibly forsee that? the walls are curved!
• dolls will bite my ankles
• all my stuffed animals (past and present) will conspire to kill me. they will sneak down to the kitchen, get a knife, then ...

• gentlemen broncos (oct. 30)
• fantastic mr. fox (nov. 13)
• extract (sept. 4)
• paper heart (nov. 13)
• holmes (dec. 25)
• alice in wonderland (mar. 5)
• the invention of lying (sept. 25)
• world's greatest dad (aug. 21)
• whip it (oct. 9)
• adam (jul. 29)
• youth in revolt (oct. 30)
• babies (april 16)
• up in the air (dec. 25)
• grown-ups (june 25)
• humble pie
• easy a
• going the distance ( i know. i know. i hate myself too.)
• brutal beauty
• freakonomics
• it's kind of a funny story

• mary poppins umbrella
• amelie on dvd
• super 8 film
• state mugs (i'm starting a state mug collection)
  • pennsylvania
• animal masks
• tan ankle cowboy boots from target
• diana mini with flash
• glass head from pier one
• bookbag (ll bean!)
• all of the wee sing videos (musical mansion & sillyville most notably)
• three hole punch
• paul simon record with "50 ways to lose your lover" on it
• unusual/ugly tea pots
• tea cozies
• favorite recipes from family and friends
• wooden letters to hang on my wall

• this is a great place (ribs)
• ampersand (behind right ear) (for the improv and the people it's brought into my life)
• keystone (behind my left ear) (in royal blue) (if i ever move out of pennsylvania)
• drew's initials (in mom's handwriting)

• ric rac
• t-strap shoes
• savory waffles
• hot air balloons
• hot glue guns

• see West Philadelphia Orchestra
• go on vineyard tours
• harrisburg house tour
• philly story slams
• lebowski fest
• tweed bike ride (november)
• hon fest (june 12-13)

• braided scarf
• beard
• maroon socks
• gift for baby tess
• gift for baby nicky
• gift for baby ginger christine nephew guy
• marcy's stocking
• mittens for matt
• eric pom pom hat
• anna braid headband
• liz ascot
• tea cozy
• leg warmers
• mittens/scarf for marcy (black or white)
• convertable mittens for drew

• "with fresh eyes, you may see the idea bouncing around on your desk like a chicken trying to avoid becoming Sunday dinner."
• "sometimes when your imagination has been warmed by verbal techniques- many times, too many times- it ends up like coffee that has been microwaved too often."
• "billboards who have babies. what a value."
• "there are as many stories about experts failing to understand new ideas, as there are keys on a piano."
• "specializing is like brushing one tooth."
• "by talking to strangers outside your field, you'll get the kind of creative fiber you can't get from your breakfast cereal."
• "noisey as a goose eating dominoes."

• kazoos
• heidi braids
• gold spray paint
• typography
• animal jewelry
• long nails
• pesto
• colored ukuleles
• ukulele projects
• penguin paperback series
• time alone
• clementines
• clocks & watches
• nutella. on toast. on knives. on anything. you could spread it on a shoe and i'd gladly eat it and ask for seconds.
• portions for foxes, acoustic version
• standing on things
• riding in the top part of the bus at the very front so i can look out the big window.

• best sugary: reese's puffs
• best grown-up: honey bunches of oats with almonds
• most dessert-like: french vanilla almond crunch by archer farms (sold at target)
• best foreign: muesli
• most appetizing smell: fruity pebbles
• most nostalgic, memory-inducing smell: fruity pebbles
• cereal most likely to be at your aunt's house circa 1995: berry, berry kix
• most surprising (in the way that it doesn't look good, but it tastes awesome): life

• the way buildings are numbered. at home, it's odds on one side, evens on the other. here, they just scramble them all up. sometimes it's 10,9,8,7,6 on one side and 5,4,3,2,1 on the other. sometimes there's the same number on different sides of the street, two blocks away.
• london is not a grid by any stretch of the imagination. i miss the logic of philadelphia's streets.
• all the uk websites have a 'what's on' category as opposed to a 'what's happening' link
• their paper is half an inch longer than our paper. my folders are useless.
• if you want to beg, you have to get a certification. otherwise it's considered loitering. such a formal system.
• also, if you want to busk in the subway, you have to audition. can't just grab a fisher price microphone and do some karaok...

• comb
• sunglasses
• watch. because i have no idea what time it is ever.
• british homies
• stamps

• emoticons. even when used with the best of intentions, they still make me cringe.
• slow walkers.
• people who stop in really terrible places to stop. like the middle of a crowded walkway. or the middle of the aisle at old navy. just move to the side. it's so easy.
• when people don't finish their sentences.
• people who create their own problems just because they feel like they need problems to be interesting.
• smokers. why?
  • smoking is expensive and yet they always complain they don't have any money.
  • it's a social crutch. get a personality. stop relying on that stick of tobacco to define who you are.
  • it's actually the stupidest thing ever. i...

• sprout internship
• get one act produced by grad student
• go on a date with yaz
• find a part time job
  • the internship is paid!
• most epic birthday party ever. february birthday month will rule this year.
• write sketches for smash.
• apply for diamond scholars
• apply for scholarships
• film grandpa
• make pickles
• make jam
• learn about wines
• start a supper club!
• join feminist club
• wafflestomper

• seashells and other small mementos
  • can display them museum style in shadow boxes with labels
• ducks with attitude sweatshirts
• things with faces. (when they shouldn't have faces.)

• rocky horror in delaware
• make more short films
• learn papercutting
• apply for summer internships
• find summer housing
• explore philadelphia more
  • though there's always more exploring to do. it's really never done.
• texas roadtrip
• get involved with more clubs
• watch more movies
• READ
• SEW
• 4.0
  • 3.65. damn you macro.
• buy textbooks
• talk to ana or amanda about internships (which ones to apply for, tips, etc.)
• go see the west philly orchestra

• the devil in white city
• what is the what Dave Eggers
• more kurt vonnegut
• glass castle Jeannette Walls
• more plays
• a homemade life
• water for elephants
• the beauty myth
• brita
• special topics in calamity physics
• the uncommon reader

• cloche for natalie
• brown fur stole
• decanter labels
• mustache tea cups
• embroidery hoops
• milk glass objects (vases, candle holders, etc.)

• missy elliot
• ari or uzi tennenbuam/datarock (i just have this awesome red jumpsuit i want to wear. it's from kohls circa 2005.)
• dorothy (of yellow brick road fame. while my hair is still long.)
• mary poppins
• rosie the riveter (i could wear the jumpsuit i 'permanently borrowed' from work!)

• iceland (pro: scenery. con: boredom)
• austin texas (pro: red meat and boots. con: none.)
  • i went. and it was glorious.
• california (pro: can see the price is right LIVE. con: long ass drive)
• montreal (pro: architecture and french canadian boys. con: been there. done that.)

• pittsburgh (sublet from one of eric's roommates)
• philadelphia (find an apartment or sublet; score a sweet-ass internship)
  • philly won. congratulations.
• scotland (study abroad- creative writing class; get a job as a bartender or americana-themed stripper)
• australia (intern somewhere and harass uncle marty)
• new york (intern as bust (dream internship!) and be a street performer. live on the streets because i'm too poor.)
• texas (work in a bakery; wear boots all the time. eat tons of red meat. find a husband.)
• on a boat on the east coast (drink a lot of sangria.)