• USA (home)
  • UK: england (home for now), scotland, wales
  • spain
  • france
  • mexico
  • cayman islands
  • germany
  • austria
  • greece
  • poland
  • hong kong
  • ireland
  • finland
  • singapore
  • denmark
  • italy
  • czech republic
nov 1 2015 ∞
aug 8 2020 +
  • been to africa
  • seen the pacific ocean
mar 23 2010 ∞
jul 3 2016 +
  • photojournalist
  • college professor
  • french horn player
  • limnologist
  • engineer (lots of them)
  • visual studies researcher
  • CIA agent
  • violinist/music teacher
  • visual artist
  • lawyer
  • college administrator
  • secret service agent
  • nurse
  • military officer
  • singer/music teacher
  • geologist
  • english teacher
feb 15 2010 ∞
oct 19 2014 +
  • wild ponies (this really needs to be the only thing on the list, but i'll keep going)
  • mountain AND beach vacations in the same state
  • college basketball
  • ...and the greatest rivalry in all of sports
  • cook out
  • the outer banks
  • NCSA
  • bojangles
  • the nc zoo in asheboro, one of the world's largest habitat zoos
  • sweet tea
  • kind hipsters
  • the state fair
  • duke effing university
  • beaufort waterfront
  • sliding rock
  • skiing
apr 25 2013 ∞
oct 26 2014 +
  • lions
  • tigers
  • cats
  • otters
  • ocelots
  • goats
  • camels
  • elephants
  • poodles
  • turtles
  • owls
  • cheetahs
  • alpacas
  • mules
  • meerkats
  • martens
apr 18 2010 ∞
oct 19 2014 +
  • hero - because it's vague, overused, and often an inappropriate word choice
  • passion/passionate - overused to the point where it loses its meaning
  • reach out - instead of the simpler and more descriptive "talk to"
  • i feel like - instead of the more accurate "i think," particularly in academics
  • vehicle - when people pronounce the "h" it makes my skin crawl
  • "way to ___________" - condescending
  • good hustle - because it means absolutely nothing and reminds me of the horrendous soccer moms (and girls) of my youth
  • hey there - instead of "hi" or "hey" or "hello." unnecessary addition of a word, and condescending.
may 8 2010 ∞
jun 28 2010 +
  • morocco
  • egypt
  • greece (done!)
  • australia
  • havana
  • amsterdam
  • san francisco
  • seattle
  • hawaii
  • aztec/mayan ruins
  • somewhere in eastern europe (done!)
  • a pink lake (senegal or similar)
  • russia
  • vienna
  • florence
feb 17 2010 ∞
mar 8 2016 +
  • Sue Sylvester from Glee
  • Black Swan from Black Swan
  • Lois Lane from Superman
  • Irene Adler from Sherlock
  • Edina and Patsy from Ab Fab
  • Ariana Grande
  • Grumpy Cat
  • Sally Bowles from Cabaret
mar 5 2016 ∞
mar 5 2016 +
  • actress/dancer/singer
  • professor (history or lit)
  • litigator
  • interior designer
  • magazine editor
  • gallery owner/art museum curator
  • film or stage director
  • choreographer
  • judge
feb 6 2010 ∞
dec 20 2014 +
  • singing in the rain: cyd charisse and gene kelly's dance
  • silk stockings: cyd charisse's 'silk stockings' dance
  • sound of music: the laendler
  • center stage: romeo and juliet scene
  • white christmas: choreography
  • singing in the rain: moses supposes
  • victor/victoria: le jazz hot
  • top hat: isn't it a lovely day (to be caught in the rain)
  • center stage: jonathan's ballet
  • love actually: opening scene (billy mack's 'christmas is all around')
  • what's up doc: opening/closing credits
  • the blues brothers: aretha franklin's 'think'
  • cabaret: maybe this time
  • sound of music: something good
feb 15 2010 ∞
aug 22 2013 +
  • bill clinton
  • john lithgow
  • joshua bell
  • kelli o'hara
  • sutton foster
  • john edwards
  • ethan steifel
  • julie kent
  • hilary hahn
  • ben gibbard
  • chris walla
  • john vanderslice
  • ted turner
  • michele norris
  • madeleine albright
  • kenny mayne
  • mike krzyzewski
  • debbie allen
  • tyce diorio
  • caroline rhea
  • zach condon
mar 2 2010 ∞
nov 29 2020 +
  • singing in the rain: moses supposes
  • top hat: caught in the rain
  • singing in the rain: gotta dance
  • west side story: prologue/jet song
  • white christmas: mandy
  • top hat: cheek to cheek
  • white christmas: the best things
  • center stage: cooper's ballet
  • seven brides for seven brothers: barn dance
  • a chorus line: one/finale
  • sweet charity: rich man's frug
  • silk stockings: silk stockings
  • funny face: [i have no idea what this one is called, but you know which one i'm talking about]
  • cabaret: mein herr
  • footloose: ren's angry barn dance
  • silk stockings: red blues
  • sound of music: laendler
jul 20 2010 ∞
nov 10 2018 +
  • rare tuna (yum)
  • rare bison (not as yum)
  • the black diamond slope (over my head, but i only fell once)
  • a back dive (success!)
  • wearing my hair down (ha)
  • letting myself be flipped and tossed around while swing dancing (super-fun)
  • daredevil drop at emerald pointe (semi-fun)
  • auditioning for a play (success!)
  • anchovies on pizza (seriously awful)
  • softball (i'm getting better)
feb 17 2010 ∞
jun 21 2015 +
  • when ella-cat wakes me up
  • getting my daily email from mom
  • when my hair falls in front of my face and i can smell the shampoo
  • walking home from work in london through mayfair and hyde park
apr 25 2010 ∞
jun 21 2015 +
  • biscuits
  • pimento cheese
  • pancakes
feb 13 2014 ∞
oct 19 2014 +
  • annie get your gun (b'way)
  • avenue q (b'way)
  • the music man (tour)
  • hairspray (tour)
  • cats (tour)
  • sweet smell of success (b'way)
  • little women (b'way)
  • chicago (tour)
  • movin' out (tour)
  • phantom of the opera (west end)
  • newsies (b'way)
  • the pajama game (west end)
  • top hat (west end)
  • 1984 (west end)
  • handbagged (west end)
  • great britain (national)
  • forbidden broadway (west end)
  • anything goes (west end)
  • king charles iii (west end)
  • cabaret (b'way)
  • sweeney todd (west end)
feb 16 2010 ∞
feb 19 2018 +
  • visual studies - taught me to apply literary/critical analysis to images. this class changes the way you see the world.
  • constitutional law - nationally renowned professor; plus, it teaches you the realities of freedom and checks and balances in america.
  • art history (various) - because it makes you sound smart at cocktail parties. and you get to look at beautiful things.
  • intellectual property law - fascinating to me as a writer and child of the internet age.
  • religion - classes about religion, not classes indoctrinating you in a certain theology. because the more you know, the less likely you are to be manipulated (not that faith is a bad thing, but religions can manipulate).
  • history - any history. because those who ignore their past are doomed to repeat it...
feb 13 2010 ∞
aug 22 2013 +
  • This is what makes us girls, Lana del Rey
  • Styrofoam plates, Death Cab for Cutie
  • Company string quartet, Philip Glass
  • Another hundred people, Stephen Sondheim
  • An Orkney wedding with sunrise, Peter Maxwell Davies
  • Cavern, Liquid Liquid
apr 24 2013 ∞
feb 8 2016 +
  • down comforters
  • cats
  • winter holidays
  • empty museums
  • olive oil
  • markers
  • airplane food
  • moonbeam clocks
  • blank journals
  • tea
  • hoodies
  • theatres and stages
  • tanglewood
  • reading a good book over and over
  • public speaking
  • sunshine
  • la mezquita
  • calder mobiles
  • sundresses and flip flops
  • getting ready for thanksgiving and christmas
feb 5 2010 ∞
feb 12 2016 +
  • the tunnels under my high school
  • the tunnels under duke's east campus
  • inside an installation of seemingly floating charcoal at the guggenheim
  • la mezquita - a cathedral inside a mosque in spain
  • inside the dome of baldwin auditorium
  • sliding rock in the NC mountains
  • the basement storage rooms of the smithsonian
  • bloody bay wall on little cayman
  • stingray city
  • the narrows at zion national park
  • tanglewood, the greatest music venue on earth, imho
  • balmorhea state park in texas - a two-acre spring-fed pool with a natural bottom and catfish swimming around
  • that room filled with calder mobiles at the national gallery
  • a room filled entirely with white balloon...
feb 13 2010 ∞
aug 8 2020 +