• no one belongs here more than you by miranda july
• emma by jane austen
• the audacity of hope by barack obama

1. the golden compass by philip pullman
2. a dangerous place: california's unsettling fate by marc reisner
3. the world without us by alan weisman
4. after dark by haruki murakami
5. drown by junot diaz
6. the! greatest! of! marlys! by linda barry
7. black swan green by david mitchell
8. self-made man: one woman's journey into manhood and back again by norah vincent
9. a year without made in china: one family's true life adventure ...

• books people gave me as gifts
• books i've had for a long time (e.g. my high school french dictionary)
• all the little monkey toys and stuff people have given me
• gifts from ex-boyfriends that are really nice
• my old panasonic walkman that records (dad gave me in middle school)
• oak bookshelf my dad spent a lot of money for and gave me as a birthday present
• anything anyone has given me as a gift, really
• christ...

• hello kitty polaroid izone camera
• queen bee bag with broken strap
• motorola cell phone
• toys/figurines
• records
• clothes?

1. defensiveness
2. stonewalling
3. criticism
4. contempt

from blink by malcolm gladwell

1. purchase renters insurance and earthquake insurance (premiums lowered! see http://www.earthquakeauthority.com/)
2. make mom's christmas song mix cd (use itunes gift certificate won from blingo)
3. complete organization/filing in office/guest room (use all those nice new boxes from the container store)
4. go to h&r block to switch over stocks/whatever into both matt's and my names, and switch to some better st...

1. see monkeys X
2. see other animals like tapirs, jaguars, and toucans X (1 of 3--toucans)
3. beaches X
4. erupting volcano X
5. cloud forest X
6. hammock X
7. see leatherback turtles (maybe)
8. swimming in the warm ocean X
9. walking in the warm rain X
10. swim-up bar X (sortof)

1. veronica mars
2. the sopranos
3. alias
4. dead like me

1. redwood trees
2. strawberry creek
3. squirrels
4. picnic table
5. hummingbirds

(it's quite nice really)

1. babysitting, of course. i babysat a lot. and the rate, back then, was $1 an hour. i just read ann landers and some girl was complaining that she was getting paid less than minimum wage. what.
2. michigan state university virology lab. one of those high school summer things. i witnessed for the first time that college students (even grad students) were not much like "adults" at all, they were whiny, pi...

1. (the secret history) "what a debut! a beautifully written story, well-told, funny, sad, scary, impossible to leave alone until finished. not since the prince of tides have i enjoyed a book as much as this." --john grisham

1. like 7 carrots
2. bag of salad mix
3. quart of strawberries
4. like 7 white potatoes
5. big bag of snap peas
6. maybe a quart of walnuts
7. 3 red onions
8. big bag of English peas
9. 3 grapefruits
10. tons of fava beans
11. two things of green garlic
12. 5 Valencia oranges

1. get/renew passports
2. get renter's insurance
3. figure out what to put IRAs in and increase contributions
4. go to h&r block and figure shit out
5. call ING with matt to switch password
6. make christmas song cd for mom
7. go shopping at H&M
8. get frames for stuff and put them on the walls
9. put together emergency kit
10. sell clothes or take to salvation army
11. get wedding tattoos
12. get record player console fixed
13. clean up guest room fo...

1. LOST (omg)
2. survivor
3. arrested development (on dvd)
4. scrubs (on dvd)
5. big love (when i can get tivo copies)
6. the dog whisperer (when my boss gives me tapes)
7. knowing me knowing you
8. extras (when i can get tivo copies)

1. national geographic
2. bust
3. real simple
4. vice

1. hat for mom
2. mp3 player cozy
3. baby stuff for new babies coming this year
4. afghan out of scrap yarn
5. hat for matt k
6. hat for daina

1. cook more. try new recipes. don't eat cereal for dinner.
2. buy better food. local and sustainable when possible. farmer's market. and don't waste it.
3. exercise. more than walking up and down all the hills to work.
4. write letters to my friends. don't take forever to reply to emails. send postcards, too.
5. floss. also use rubber tip thing and prevident. don't let teeth rot away. especially brush after eating ...

1. pennsylvania used to be west new jersey
2. the western end of the transcontinental railroad was oakland
3. there's pretty much three golfers: arnold palmer, jack nicklaus, and sometimes chy chy rodrigeuz

1. u.s.
2. canada
3. egypt
4. morocco
5. austria
6. belgium
7. czech republic
8. france
9. germany
10. gibraltar
11. greece
12. italy
13. malta
14. netherlands
15. poland
16. spain
17. switzerland
18. u.k. (england, scotland, wales)
19. vatican
20. cyprus
21. israel
22. turkey (just turkish part of cyprus)
23. taiwan

1. the godfather
2. goodfellas
3. braveheart
4. scarface

1. wedding drink (chambord, raspberri absolut, triple sec, and sprite)
2. midori sour
3. gin & tonic (sometimes)
4. wyder's cider (especially raspberry) (not hornby's)
5. mike's hard lemonade or the lime one
6. mandarin malt liquor drink from grocery outlet
7. corona (when there's only beer)

1. a good donut place
2. somewhere i can get a juicy portobello mushroom sandwich
3. somewhere i can get mashed potatoes and macaroni and cheese for lunch
4. pinball

1. rsvp
2. don't shoot the puppy
3. bomb of brave boy
4. set
5. settlers
6. orsinal many cute

1. super puzzle fighter
2. katamari damacy/we love katamari
3. dance dance revolution
4. tetris

1. euchre
2. settlers of catan/seafarers of catan
3. scrabble
4. ticket to ride
5. taboo
6. apples to apples