As to not clog the "personal favorites" list.

  • Writing, I think, is not apart from living. Writing is a kind of double living. The writer experiences everything twice. Once in reality and once in that mirror which waits always before or behind.—Catherine Drinker Bowen
  • If you never fall in love with your character, you'll never be able to do that character justice. No matter who it is, no matter what the character does, you have to find the reason for it. Everyone's got a reason for what they do, even if it's a reason that they're not proud of.—Hugh Jackman
  • You never stop loving someone. You just learn to live without them.—Tupac Shakur
  • There are many reasons why novelists write – but they all have one thing in comm...
mar 23 2011 ∞
nov 10 2015 +
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Ones that sound pretty or look pretty (example: the British spelling of enamored > the US spelling).

  • accoutrements
  • acumen
  • addendum
  • appeal
  • auspicious
  • blatant
  • cacophony
  • circumnavigate
  • clandestine
  • coalesce
  • cocksure
  • corrosive
  • coruscate
  • crescendo
  • culminate
  • delineate
  • deuteragonist
  • deviate
sep 3 2008 ∞
apr 12 2015 +
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I have this thing, where I like the last songs on albums.

  • The Chauffeur, Duran Duran (from Rio)
  • Forever and Ever Amen, 8mm (from Songs to Love and Die By...)
  • 40', Franz Ferdinand (from Franz Ferdinand)
  • Into the Airwaves, Jack's Mannequin (from Everything in Transit)
  • I'm Gonna Find Another You, John Mayer (from Continuum)
  • Take a Bow, Madonna (from Bedtime Stories)
  • Looking In, Mariah Carey (from Daydream)
  • Back at Your Door, Maroon 5 (from It Won't Be Soon Before Long)
  • Sweetest Goodbye, Maroon 5 (from Songs About Jane)
  • Do Your Thing, *NSYNC (from Celebrity)
  • Gravity, Sara Bareilles (from Little Voice)
jan 2 2010 ∞
dec 30 2016 +
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Good Lord, you sure are pretty.

Gentlemen:

  • Adrien Brody
  • Aldis Hodge
  • Andrew Garfield
  • Anthony Mackie
  • Ben Barnes
  • Chace Crawford
  • Charlie Cox
  • Charlie Hunnam
  • Chris Evans
  • Chris Hemsworth
  • Chris Pine
  • Clive Owen
  • Cullen Jones
  • Daniel Craig
  • Daniel Dae Kim
  • Dan Stevens
  • Darren Criss
  • Dave Franco
  • Daveed Diggs
oct 30 2009 ∞
jan 25 2021 +
  • Peggy Carter
    • Peggy Carter as Captain America
  • Alya Cesare from Miraculous Ladybug
  • Buttercup from Powerpuff Girls
  • Veronica from Heathers
  • Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel
  • '40s style Belle from Beauty and the Beast
    • '90s style Belle
  • Tina Belcher
  • Louise Belcher
  • Monica Rambeau

And for hypothetical potential pop star cosplay:

  • Janet Jackson from the "Nasty" video
  • Mel B/Scary Spice
may 30 2018 ∞
jul 4 2021 +
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I'm an occasional 'shipper. :| (NOTE: these are favorites past and present)

  • Jessica Darling and Marcus Flutie, Sloppy Firsts
  • Ned and Charlotte "Chuck" Charles, Pushing Daisies
  • Kate Austen and James "Sawyer" Ford, Lost
  • Desmond Hume and Penelope Widmore, Lost
  • Lloyd Dobler and Diane Court, Say Anything
  • Kat Stratford and Patrick Verona, 10 Things I Hate About You
  • Jack Foley and Karen Sisko, Out of Sight
  • Barney Stinson and Robin Scherbatsky, How I Met Your Mother
  • Lily Aldrin and Marshall Erikson, How I Met Your Mother
  • Rufus Humphrey and Lily van der Woodsen, Gossip Girl
  • Becca Fisher and Tucker James, Flash Forward
  • Ashley Kerwin and Craig Manning, Degrassi: The Next Generation
  • Rachel Berry and Noah "Puck" Puckerman, Glee
  • Schuyler van Alen and Jack Force, Blue Bloods
  • Tiana and Naveen, The Princess and the Frog
  • Tony Stark and Pepper Potts, Iron Man
  • Elena Gilbert and Stefan Salvatore, The Vampire Diaries
  • Carl and Ellie Fredrickson, Up
mar 12 2009 ∞
jul 27 2018 +

This is only counting pop music, not the classical concerts I went to with school/Girl Scouts growing up, because I can't remember those exact dates.

  • Backstreet Boys, September 6, 1998
  • Backstreet Boys, September 17, 1999
  • Backstreet Boys, February 21, 2000
  • Christina Aguilera and Destiny's Child, September 30, 2000
  • *NSYNC, July 8, 2001
  • *NSYNC, March 20, 2002
  • dcTalk, Jars of Clay, and Kirk Franklin, October 18, 2002
  • Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake, June 26, 2003
  • Mariah Carey, August 26, 2003
  • Clay Aiken and Kelly Clarkson, March 19, 2004
  • Duran Duran, February 19, 2005
  • Maroon 5, March 19, 2005
  • Franz Ferdinand and Death Cab for Cutie, ...
oct 22 2007 ∞
sep 19 2023 +

I... have somewhat questionable taste in music.

  • Rio, Duran Duran
  • Songs About Jane, Maroon 5
  • Continuum, John Mayer
  • Stripped, Christina Aguilera
  • Songs to Love and Die By, 8mm
  • Nine Objects of Desire Suzanne Vega
  • No Strings Attached, , *NSYNC
  • Spiceworld, Spice Girls
  • Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand
  • Back to Basics, Christina Aguilera
  • Daydream, Mariah Carey
  • The Stranger, Billy Joel
  • Talking Book, Stevie Wonder
  • O, Damien Rice
  • Eye to the Telescope , KT Tunstall
  • My December, Kelly Clarkson
  • Little Voice, Sara Bareilles
  • Of the Blue Colour of the Sky, OK Go
  • The Fame Monster, Lady Gaga
may 8 2007 ∞
sep 3 2020 +
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"Because your kids is what I miss when I turn out the lights."--Hall and Oates

  • Jamal and Latika at the end of Slumdog Millionaire
  • Kate and Sawyer in "Confidence Man"; Lost , season 1
    • And again in "The Glass Ballerina" and "I Do" (season 3) and "There's No Place Like Home" (season 4)
  • Christian and Satine in the elephant in Moulin Rouge!
  • Jake and Samantha over the birthday cake in Sixteen Candles
  • Ned and Chuck with plastic wrap on Pushing Daisies
    • Also their first kiss
    • And in Ned's dream
  • Lloyd and Diane in the car in Say Anything
  • Desmond and Penny reuniting in "There's No Place Like Home"; Lost , season 4
  • Kat and Patrick playing paintball in 10 Things I Hate About You
    • And again at the end of the movie
apr 11 2009 ∞
feb 29 2020 +
  • Alien (narrative feature, 1979, inducted in 2002)
  • Amadeus (narrative feature, 1984, inducted in 2019)
  • An American in Paris (narrative feature, 1951, inducted in 1993)
  • Back to the Future (narrative feature, 1985, inducted in 2007)
  • Bambi (animated feature film, 1942, inducted in 2011)
  • The Band Wagon (narrative feature, 1953, inducted in 1995)
  • Beauty and the Beast (animated narrative feature, 1991, inducted in 2002)
  • Ben-Hur (narrative feature, 1959, inducted in 2004)
  • The Big Sleep (narrative feature, 1946, inducted in 1997)
  • The Birds (narrative feature, 1963, inducted in 2016)
  • Blazing Saddles (narrative feature, 1974, inducted in 20...
jan 4 2012 ∞
oct 11 2023 +
  • The others were untrue, but when it came to loving you, I'd spend my whole life with you.--Blood, Sweat, & Tears, You've Made Me So Very Happy
  • If stars don't align, if it doesn't stop time, if you can't see the sign, wait for it. One hundred percent, with every penny you spend, he'll be the one that finishes your sentences.--Katy Perry, Not Like the Movies
  • Here you come again, looking better than a body has a right to.--Dolly Parton, Here You Come Again
  • I don't have to be hateful, I can just say "bless your heart."--Miranda Lambert, Only Prettier
  • And I never was smart with love. I let the bad ones in and the good ones go, but I'm gonna love you like I've never been hurt before. I'm gonna love you like I'm indestructible.--Robyn, Indestructible
dec 30 2011 ∞
mar 8 2022 +
  • And That's Why We Drink
  • Backstory
  • Black Tribbles
  • The Bridge
  • Can I Pet Your Dog?
  • Caustic Soda (RIP)
  • Criminal
  • Disney Princess Deathmatch
  • The Dollop
  • Fangirl Fridays
  • First Draft with Sarah Enni
  • Girl on Guy (RIP)
  • Grownups Read Things They Wrote As Kids
  • Liar City
  • Limetown
  • Lore
  • Made of Fail
  • The Mortified Podcast
  • The Moth
  • The Nerdist
  • Presidential
aug 22 2011 ∞
nov 17 2018 +