mar 12 2010 ∞
mar 12 2010 +
  • pizza
  • cabbage
feb 17 2010 ∞
feb 24 2010 +
  • acoustic cover of 4 minutes
  • single ladies / andy griffith mashup
  • show me your teeth
  • lovestoned
  • lucky star (or rainbow high?)
oct 14 2009 ∞
feb 14 2010 +
  • sofa so good
  • adam's ribs
  • joanie loves tchotchkes
  • desperate housewares
    • or disparate housewares?
aug 18 2009 ∞
feb 22 2010 +

that already exist

  • gayby
  • gaymer
  • gaysian

that ought to be in broader usage

  • pennsylgaynia
  • gaycation
  • drivegay
  • thanksgayving
  • speed gayting
mar 2 2009 ∞
feb 24 2010 +
  • "let's get out of these wet clothes and into a dry martini"
  • "did your eyes hurt when you were born? because you're the only girl I've ever loved."
  • "to call this 'beyond the pale' would be an insult to pale people."
  • checkmark"war requiem? more like whore requiem."
  • "dramaturgy? more like trauma-turgy."
  • "a heart full of larb"
  • "onward, christian hipsters."
  • "how do you make pot brownies without butter?" (pick-up line ...
jan 6 2010 ∞
jan 6 2010 +
  • I was late because Mike Lock is broken.
  • I hit Mike Lock in the morning when I want to go back to sleep.
  • When I was unpacking I found Mike Lock in a box under my bed.
  • I'm worried that Mike Lock is wrong; I should have had my period last week.

please help me think of more.

jan 5 2010 ∞
jan 7 2010 +
  • start composting
  • no more canned beans
  • communicate with shana daily
  • thank you notes
dec 30 2009 ∞
feb 1 2010 +
  • samuel a maurer
  • samantha a mirzoeff
  • robert o beahrs
  • darlene a radke
  • melissa e lopez
dec 26 2009 ∞
jan 6 2010 +
  • thisiswhyyourefat.com
  • lady gaga
  • oprah
dec 23 2009 ∞
dec 23 2009 +
  • bogoroditse devo, rachmaninoff
  • samson, regina spektor
dec 20 2009 ∞
jan 4 2010 +
  • mila kunis / milan kundera
  • susan sarandon / susan lucci / sally field
dec 20 2009 ∞
feb 15 2010 +
  • apple butter
  • butter braised brussels sprouts radishes and kohrabi
  • herbed walnuts
  • soffrito
  • cauliflower soup with beet chips
  • torn croutons
  • caramelized scallops
  • leek bread pudding
  • duck confit

must do

  • catalan beef stew
  • grilled cheese
  • potato pave
  • all other recipes
dec 16 2009 ∞
mar 10 2010 +
  • incorrectly adding an extra "s" to the end of someone's name (e.g. "julia childs")
  • overblown arrangements of "carol of the bells"
    • also, most arrangements of "carol of the bells"
    • especially the one by trans-siberian orchestra
      • also, all songs by trans-siberian orchestra
  • ugly sweater parties
  • tupperware without lids
  • the @ sign
dec 4 2009 ∞
jan 6 2010 +
  • sam -- liza minnelli
  • adam, joshua l -- beyonce
  • gstock -- lady gaga
  • jeff -- alanis morissette
  • dansteele -- martha argerich
  • colin 1 -- jacqueline du pre
dec 4 2009 ∞
dec 14 2009 +

"people have to learn to distinguish between a 'need' and a 'want'" -hvn

  • FEDORA (brown)
jan 29 2010 ∞
jan 29 2010 +
  • sleepinginairports.com
  • puttingweirdthingsincoffee.com
may 26 2009 ∞
dec 8 2009 +
  • gay bowling alley
  • churracos
  • fried oatmeal food cart
  • bagel skinz
  • "fat people twister": the game show
  • deep-fried stuffing
  • faghagblog
  • manhandle
nov 30 2009 ∞
dec 14 2009 +
  • intergalactic
  • zombie
  • crash into me
  • sledgehammer
    • actually all peter gabriel songs
  • fallin' by alicia keys
    • he does not actually have this.
oct 21 2008 ∞
nov 23 2009 +
  • new mown hay
  • big sky country
  • summer thunder
  • the saddest book you ever read
  • the only girl I've ever loved
  • alabaster altarpiece
  • hey mama wolf
  • solitary Saturn
  • your perfect verse
nov 25 2009 ∞
nov 25 2009 +
  • target women
  • that's gay
  • stanford ribosomes
  • kimono condom commercial
oct 14 2009 ∞
oct 14 2009 +
  • blizzard of '96, central PA
  • supertyphoon of '09, california
oct 5 2009 ∞
nov 29 2009 +
  • sky
  • woe
  • dew
oct 5 2009 ∞
feb 22 2010 +
  • muscular and chewy
  • hauntingly aromatic
  • a diesel-like hint and darker mineral presence, like being in a mossy, wet cave
jul 9 2009 ∞
oct 19 2009 +
  • chocolate stimulus
  • mousse and squirrel
dec 4 2008 ∞
oct 13 2009 +
  • tenzing
  • tanzen wir!
  • super energy pill
  • the franklin badge
  • the jane chord
  • tangularity
  • gamera glasnost
  • slow backup technique
  • ethel rosenberg and the conspirators
sep 13 2009 ∞
sep 13 2009 +
  1. "when you get to where you want to be"
  2. "the island of doubt is like the taste of medicine"
  3. "the world moves on a woman's hips"
  4. "there is water on the bottom of the ocean"
  5. "he'll keep on digging for a thousand years"
  6. "he wondered if he too had made a similar mistake"
  7. "the wind in my heart, the dust in my head"
  8. "the gentle collapsing of every surface"
jan 3 2009 ∞
oct 2 2009 +
  • bjork covering "touch me" (the doors)
  • mariachi cover of "one more cup of coffee" (bob dylan)
  • white stripes covering "(not your) steppin' stone" (monkees)
  • devendra banhart covering "the origin of love" (hedwig)
  • mary j blige covering "psycho killer" (talking heads)
  • jazz band that plays at cheeseboard covering first movement of beethoven's pathetique
  • david foster wallace writing an article about the metaph...
aug 28 2009 ∞
feb 5 2010 +

I actually hate watching movies

  • gates of heaven
  • grizzly man
  • minority report
  • I'm not there
  • the searchers
  • enter the dragon
aug 22 2009 ∞
dec 7 2009 +
  • seams to fit
  • in full swing
  • go figure
jan 19 2010 ∞
jan 19 2010 +
  • cassoulet
  • duck confit
  • leek bread pudding

+ adam, dan, tooter

jan 19 2009 ∞
feb 20 2010 +
  • unseasonable warmth
  • wearing glasses
  • stalking people
  • asparagus season
nov 24 2009 ∞
dec 17 2009 +
  • spontaneous drunk singalong of the bleeding heart show, possibly around a campfire
  • finding out that shana's great-uncle is actually philip roth
  • that warren zevon song is actually called "werewolves of thunder", and someone makes a movie with that title using it as the theme song
aug 21 2009 ∞
dec 17 2009 +
  • (not your) stepping stone
  • five years
  • space oddity (most of it)
  • the origin of love
  • hey ya!
  • how to disappear completely
  • you know I'm no good
  • heaven
  • reckoner
    • as a consequence, the reckoner/love lockdown mashup
  • wicked game (it's just bm a e)
  • cactus
  • electric feel (am7 em f / g em f)
  • the bleeding heart show
  • running out of fools
  • if it be your will
aug 30 2009 ∞
nov 23 2009 +
  • bombs over baghdad (outkast)
  • quia respexit humilitatem (bach's magnificat)
  • st. elmo's fire (brian eno)
  • reckoner (radiohead)
  • return of the frog queen (jeremy enigk)
  • most of quatuor pour la fin du temps (messiaen)
    • also joie du sang des etoiles (messiaen)
  • the crucifixion (britten)
aug 27 2009 ∞
aug 27 2009 +

q: how many hipsters does it take to screw in a lightbulb? a: some obscure number you've never heard of.

  • pabst blue ribbon
  • animal collective
jul 24 2009 ∞
jan 19 2010 +
  • where have all the cowboys gone?
  • checkmarksomebody told me
  • checkmark99 luftballoons
  • checkmarkmaybe this time
  • checkmarkjolene
  • checkmarkyou know I'm no good
  • checkmarktiny dancer
    • substitute name of friend for "tiny dancer"
aug 15 2009 ∞
aug 29 2009 +
  • nothelfer (emergency helper)
  • tiefensee (deep sea)
  • schneeweiss (snow white)
aug 10 2009 ∞
oct 25 2009 +
  • "we're going to put the limes on his nipples"
  • "we have to go back when they open to look for colin's shoe."
  • "two guys came out of both bathrooms!"
  • "it's not a furry party; it's a costume party."
jul 14 2009 ∞
jul 19 2009 +
  • 1: message in a bottle
  • 2: put the needle on it
  • 3: sara and jesus hobo zombies
  • 3: lacey and pasha mannequin dance
  • 5: addiction
jul 22 2009 ∞
feb 1 2010 +
  • walt whitman
  • gogo yubari
  • mothra + two girls that summon mothra
  • flo and kay, world's only living autistic savant twins

http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/catego...

  • group costume: all the robots from mega man 2
  • checkmarkjulia child
  • werewolf bar mitzvah
  • octopus michael jackson
  • beavis and butthead (and cher)
  • lucy and ethel
  • the grinch, stealing christmas
  • benjamin franklin
  • wile e coyote and roadrunner
  • little mac (punch out!)
  • ju...
jul 9 2009 ∞
aug 30 2009 +
  • tina fey
  • jim croce
  • girl from the blair witch project
jul 6 2009 ∞
jul 6 2009 +
  • electric feel (mgmt)
  • the mollusk (ween)
  • weird fishes (radiohead)
  • i am the walrus (beatles)
sep 6 2008 ∞
jul 6 2009 +
  • st. elmo's fire (brian eno)
  • buckingham green (ween)
  • the upper peninsula (sufjan stevens)
  • the great curve (talking heads)
  • the abandoned hospital ship (flaming lips)
  • white queen (queen)
  • dance the night away (cream)
jun 19 2009 ∞
jun 19 2009 +
  • iranian revolution
  • information about bart delays
  • finding the creme brulee cart
  • tina fey observing, "why do I even chew corn anymore?"
jun 15 2009 ∞
jun 15 2009 +
  • "I'm not gonna be sick anymore, because an angel told me."
  • Prince had a spiritual epiphany that the album was evil and had the album recalled.
  • in its current 4m there is a feeling that the NPGMC gone as far as it can go. In a world without limitations and infinite possibilities, has the time come 2 once again make a leap of faith and begin anew? These r ?s we in the NPG need 2 answer.
jun 15 2009 ∞
jun 15 2009 +
  • gary danko
  • garment district
  • god damn
jun 15 2009 ∞
feb 17 2010 +
  • "marrakesh express"
    • by crosby, stills, and nash
    • not the grateful dead
  • "i will get by"
    • by the grateful dead
    • not the traveling wilburys
    • and is actually called "touch of grey"
  • "do you love me"
    • by the hollies
    • I did not actually know that the band that performed this had a name.
  • "teeth"
    • by lady gaga
    • I thought it was sung by a man named alex
jun 10 2009 ∞
jun 10 2009 +
  • "When someone else is using the regular toilet it’s amazing how quickly one of the most enjoyable moments of my day can become one of the least"

- jess kim, on funky squat toilets in japan

  • "There was also a complimentary teacher appreciation luncheon, which I forgot about until after I had already eaten the lunch I packed. I had two lunches today!"

- caroline

jun 2 2009 ∞
nov 30 2009 +
  • checkmarkstrainer / chinoise
  • checkmarkcheesecloth (cut up old t-shirt?)
  • metal tongs
  • checkmarkmetal spatula
jun 25 2009 ∞
feb 1 2010 +
  • checkmarkokonomiyaki
  • korean burrito (with kimchi in it)
  • pasties
  • cat
  • montreal smoked meat
aug 21 2008 ∞
jun 1 2009 +
  • opening credits: ocean of noise, the arcade fire
  • sex scene: ricercar a 6, musical offering, js bach
  • whittling montage: insect eyes, devendra banhart
  • driving scene: one more cup of coffee, bob dylan
  • prostitute gets head beaten in with an oxygen tank scene: downtown, petula clark
  • wandering through tenderloin alone at night: come rather goddess sage and holy, gf handel

uncategorized

  • my body is a cage, the a...
jul 19 2009 ∞
jul 19 2009 +
  • crepes on cole
  • walk of shame
  • moss on trees
may 25 2009 ∞
sep 7 2009 +
  • frozen unshelled edamame
    • edit: RE-continued!
  • california brown rice
  • high-pulp orange juice without calcium
  • flax pasta
jun 1 2009 ∞
feb 1 2010 +
  • onion rings
  • checkmarkbraised lamb
    • I forgot this was even on the list
  • checkmarkpopovers / gougeres
  • checkmarkpita
  • checkmarkenglish muffins
  • checkmarkgnocchi
  • mayonnaise
  • poutine
  • pommes dauphinoise/anna
  • something with harissa
  • clarified butter + paneer
  • checkmarkpreserved lemons
apr 22 2009 ∞
may 4 2009 +

in order of increasing offensiveness:

  • peanut butter and jam
  • a radial tire and 365 blow jobs
  • terri schiavo and a tomato
  • sarah palin's mouth and sarah palin's vagina
apr 13 2009 ∞
nov 11 2009 +
  • tracey does conan
  • hard ball / negotiation
  • sandwich day
  • apollo, apollo
  • audition day
apr 9 2009 ∞
apr 9 2009 +
  • the music man
  • cinderella (rodgers and hammerstein version)
  • phantom of the opera

seriously, the music man won a tony over west side story?

apr 9 2009 ∞
apr 9 2009 +
  • washing dishes
  • salty fried potatoes
  • warm lava-like egg yolks
  • multivitamins (placebo)
  • mint tea
mar 29 2009 ∞
mar 10 2010 +
  • gilgamesh (gil for short)
  • malaria vaccine
  • copernicus laser
  • cleopatra laser
  • bart and muni (twins of different genders)
  • rudielle
  • vowel
  • eel
  • catharsha
  • shock
mar 29 2009 ∞
jun 28 2009 +
  • munitia ballade
  • ridonkula akimbo
  • nima salami
  • robin wing
  • costco morpheus
  • katt binder
mar 9 2009 ∞
mar 30 2009 +
  • kindle
  • twitter
  • the iphone
  • foldy bikes
  • emoticons
jul 26 2009 ∞
jul 26 2009 +
  • cooking
  • blogging
  • choral singing
feb 4 2009 ∞
mar 23 2009 +
  • star w, for writing like I wish I talked
  • jason b, for his ceaseless quest to avoid ever consuming butter, oil, egg yolks, or cheese (and for calling a side salad "uninspired" at a place called "five napkin burger")
  • dan r, for reviewing 30 harrisburg area yelpers, the concept of learning a foreign language, and the taepodong 2 ballistic missile
  • sean b, for several reviews in which he uses the phrase "...
may 4 2009 ∞
may 4 2009 +
  • are passing cars running their windshield wipers?
  • are people carrying umbrellas?
  • are there raindrops falling into standing pools of water?
jan 30 2009 ∞
jan 30 2009 +
  • enter a competitive eating contest
  • bike to stanford and back
mar 3 2009 ∞
mar 3 2009 +
  • kona porter
  • moose drool
  • boont amber
  • poppy jasper
  • summer sam
  • lionshead (fuck yes)
jan 23 2009 ∞
aug 8 2009 +
  • lie to someone's face
  • say something for no other reason than to hurt someone
  • hos before bros
  • bid one dollar higher than someone on price is right
  • ride a bike on the sidewalk
sep 12 2008 ∞
oct 3 2009 +
  • glacier national park (before grinnell glacier melts)
  • mesa verde national park
  • trans-siberian railroad
  • bangkok
  • berlin again (begin again)
  • an anechoic chamber
  • peru
  • sarajevo
  • kvly-tv mast in north dakota
  • checkmarkhoh rainforest in washington state
  • qatar (architecture tour)
  • the wave, arizona
  • false kiva
nov 30 2008 ∞
jan 19 2009 +

"one man with god is a majority" -- henrik ibsen (?)

  • X3 is a better movie than X2
  • brad pitt is not that attractive
  • rachael ray is a decent person
  • if you are on price is right and you bid one dollar higher than someone that makes you an asshole
  • 'living on a prayer' is a better drunk song than 'don't stop believing'
jan 19 2009 ∞
apr 22 2009 +
  • yummy
  • slurp
  • gooey
  • unctuous
  • aioli
aug 29 2009 ∞
jan 3 2010 +
  • cataclysmic earthquake
  • laptop power supply exploding
  • gas leak destroying house when I turn on the stove
  • drive-by shooting
  • plane crashes
    • plane I'm in crashing into other plane in midair
    • midair two-plane crash above me raining debris onto me
may 29 2009 ∞
may 29 2009 +
  • victor gold
  • peter gigante
jan 2 2009 ∞
jan 2 2009 +
  • magneto
  • storm
  • doctor doom
  • galactus (devourer of worlds)
dec 10 2008 ∞
dec 11 2008 +
  • thou shalt break them
  • he shall purify
  • comfort ye
  • and suddenly there was with the angel / glory to god
  • hallelujah!
  • behold the lamb of god
  • all we like sheep (second part only)
dec 27 2008 ∞
dec 27 2008 +
  • coffee table
    • craiglist, decoupage
  • kitchen table
    • get friend with SUV to retrieve from DS's
  • VW hubcap clock
    • you can do it, sam. believe in yourself
  • paintings with song lyrics
    • learn to paint
    • "i wanna be your little seahorse" -- devendra
    • "now how I remember you" -- aeroplane
dec 23 2008 ∞
dec 25 2008 +
  • trachimbrod
  • lakefront brewery in milwaukee on a friday
  • beacon street on the first of may when all the flowering trees are in bloom
  • washington square park on a summer night
sep 10 2009 ∞
sep 10 2009 +
  • benjamin britten, war requiem: "recordare jesu pie quod sum causa tuae viae"
  • mozart, requiem: "ne absorbeat eas tartarus ne cadant in obscurum"
  • nirvana, lithium: entire song
dec 14 2008 ∞
apr 23 2009 +
  • verbunden (german)
  • mangue, boisson (french)
  • sacapuntas (spanish)
  • аспирант (russian)
aug 30 2008 ∞
dec 26 2008 +
  • dizzle
  • killer
  • mevdor
  • richard
  • snivs
  • sakai
  • FGS
  • carj
  • guido
  • best friend
  • colin 1, colin 2
  • roomz
  • v-train
  • sam's mom
  • dansteele

works in progress

  • sprinkles
  • khalil
dec 26 2008 ∞
nov 30 2009 +
  • checkmark(i'm not your) steppin' stone
  • randy scouse git
  • i'm a believer
  • checkmarkhey sandy
  • roses
  • checkmarkone more cup of coffee
  • checkmarkcrazy
  • gamma ray!
  • checkmarkcactus
dec 23 2008 ∞
dec 23 2008 +
  • "there must be something strangely sacred in salt. it is in our tears and in the sea." -- khalil gibran
  • "then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the lord in the air." --the bible
  • "there is now, in my mouth, this sharp chain. and it never comes out" -- equus
feb 5 2009 ∞
aug 3 2009 +
  • telegraph avenue (berkeley) and haight street (sf)
  • solano avenue (berkeley/albany) and college ave below ashby (oakland)
  • palo alto and walnut creek
  • union city and alameda
jan 5 2009 ∞
jan 18 2009 +
  • I dreamed that I dropped acid and was really worried about it, and then I met beck, and then we sang the song "gamma ray" together, a capella (Jan 4 2008)
  • I dreamed that someone on the snl writing staff thought I looked like tina fey, so they decided I should replace her on weekend update one night. I couldn't read the teleprompter and messed up really bad, and amy poehler also gave up, so it was a...
dec 8 2008 ∞
oct 13 2009 +
  • people behind me
  • people taller than 6'1"
  • people who own iPhones
  • people who don't have brown eyes
  • people who are particularly tan
  • people who wear cologne
  • cats
nov 29 2008 ∞
nov 29 2008 +
  • the predatory wasp of the palisades, sufjan stevens
  • casimir pulaski day, sufjan stevens
  • the stars of track and field, belle & sebastian
  • ocean of noise, arcade fire
  • you oughta know, alanis morrisette
  • zombie, cranberries
  • unravel, björk
  • hyper-ballad, björk
  • reckoner, radiohead
  • acid tongue, jenny lewis
  • alone, heart or/and carrie underwood
  • in the aeroplane over the sea, neutral milk hotel
nov 11 2008 ∞
nov 30 2008 +

november

  • visit from colin 1
    • figure out something to do in hbg. other than state museum
    • hangover brunch
  • sths reunion
    • pregame with shawna
    • embarrass self, but not too much

december

  • haircut
    • cheesesteaks
  • visit nyc (see other lists)
  • lancaster B&B with shana
    • pretend to be mormon newlyweds
    • visit wolf sanctuary
    • begin research for novel (tentative title: primal howl)
    • cross fingers for quiet snowfall
  • meet dan r. with shana
    • g...
feb 7 2010 ∞
feb 14 2010 +
  • cauliflower soup with red beet chips
  • caramelized scallops with marble potatoes and radishes in a lemon vinaigrette
  • cassoulet, duck confit, leek bread pudding
  • cheese course
  • chocolate mousse, theo's coffee chocolate

plus

  • tooter, dan, adam
nov 14 2008 ∞
nov 16 2008 +
  • tell them "this might be on the exam"
  • tell them the only time available for extra office hours is 7:30 AM
  • use the urinal next to them
nov 21 2008 ∞
dec 29 2008 +
  • is living on a houseboat a good idea?
  • is "snow in august" a good book?
  • can there be irony in facial hair?
  • is mortality a turn-on?
nov 29 2008 ∞
feb 26 2010 +
  • wearing someone else's clothes
  • not flushing after using a public urinal
  • being called "buddy" by strangers
  • alphabetizing things
  • expressions that use both "fuck" and "shit"
    • fuck this shit
    • what the fuck is this shit?
    • holy fucking shit
    • shit-eating motherfucker
    • fucked the shit out of bears
  • reading over people's shoulders on public transit
  • folding things into nine sections
  • walks of shame
  • wearing a sweatshirt without...
nov 16 2008 ∞
nov 16 2008 +

(in order of quality)

  1. "if I ever get out of here..."
  2. "band on the run! band on the run!"
  3. "stuck inside these four walls..."
nov 15 2008 ∞
apr 15 2009 +
  1. voice mail
  2. mom (home)
  3. mitra
  4. ruthie
  5. jeff
  6. shana
  7. dan steele
  8. mom (cell)
  9. adam
nov 23 2008 ∞
nov 30 2008 +
  1. sweet potato
  2. peanut butter
  3. lemon sponge
  4. coconut custard
  5. cherry
nov 13 2009 ∞
nov 13 2009 +
  • post-dentist mouth freshness
  • first day of unqualified health after a nasty cold
  • sleeping in a bed that I just made
nov 8 2008 ∞
nov 8 2008 +
  • I like to wear ties sometimes
  • lots of colors
  • threadless t-shirts
  • impressive outer layers
  • my glasses are blue
nov 8 2008 ∞
nov 8 2008 +
  • howard
  • caroline
  • joe
  • jed
  • bethany
nov 7 2008 ∞
nov 7 2008 +
  • I mean
  • Idonno
  • so
  • okay
nov 8 2008 ∞
nov 8 2008 +
  • "well, you know I wish someone would come invalidate my marriage. it's too bad we can't switch places"
  • "I mean, if you got a sex change, then your marriage would be invalid in Pennsylvania."
  • "why do I have to get the sex change? why can't your father ever do anything?"