• A is for Ann and amiable, the word I dishonestly use to describe myself in those silly icebreaker games
• B is for boy, specifically "my boys" which can refer to my guy friends or my brothers, respectively
• C is for car, which is always getting me in some sort of trouble or needs some sort of cleaning
• D is for Daniel and David, the yin/yangs to my yo
• E is for eleemosynary, my new favorite word
• F is for freakin', the wordy dird that got Dan kicked out of Dad's house
• G is for God and Godot, I'm waiting for both
• H is for Horne, which I used to awkwardly pronounce "horny" when I was in middle school
• I is for igloo and ice because I want to ...

Anna Elizabeth Robinson:

• how she can't stop looking in mirrors, esp at restaurants
• her mastery of the Dean walk, aka the determined march
• the birthmark & how it'll get red when she's upset
• those angry flaring nostrils
• how she goes with her gut (punches people impulsively)
• the squinchy faux-angry face she gives James when she's actually very pleased with him
• the breathless, almost-guilty "hey" when she answers the phone & her tendency to hang up suddenly
• the kissy slurp noise
• how her eyelashes touch her glasses
• her straightforwardness & loudness, it's all part of the Anna charm

Jessica Ashley Horne:

• Angelina Jolie, girl crush
• Mark Wahlberg
• Will Smith

• just one: the bank of the Hudson river at sunset

• the female Johnny Depp--like a Helena Bonham Carter mixed with Audrey Tautou
• a National Geographic photojournalist
• an award-winning author(ess) who lives quietly on the beach in her three story Victorian with a tower-library and too many children
• something wildly adventurous and lovely in the Philippines..like a rice farmer or a wild caribou rancher

• curl up with my blue blanket in a pile of pillows and read
• bake cookies--pb and oatmeal with chocolate chips--and eat the dough
• run really long and hard, then stop by Smoothie King for a Chocolate Activator
• snuggle with David, no one else is really as satisfying
• fall asleep watching Dan and Dave play video games, at insane hours of the morning
• drive with the windows down, cruise control on, my leg propped up against the dash, music blaring
• listen to my Dirty Dancing soundtrack
• finish a big project, nail a big scene, complete a big paper
• grab a skinny hazelnut latte from my fave S'box
• listen to the birds chirp in the morning, pref 4 am

• my Target visa
• my camera card
• bobby pins, sooo many bobby pins
• my sanity
• keys, occasionally

• I can’t hear you, so I’m making indiscriminate noises and nodding nonsensically.
• Every time you use bad grammar, a puppy dies. And a little bit of me dies on the inside.
• I don’t know how to tell you I’m sorry, so I won’t say anything at all.
• I’m not as tough as I pretend to be.
• Claborn has no y’s , no I’s and no e’s.
• I think you’re freakin’ hot, and you should notice me too.
• Let go.
• I have no idea what I’m doing and am afraid of looking ridiculous while I do it.
• I’m lost—literally, figuratively, physically…
• I’m judging you hardcore right now.
• I made my first big life decision when I...

• Last Kiss-- several, fuzzy on the order, none good, New Years
• Last Speeding Ticket-- and still only one, knock on wood
• Last Cry-- arguing with my mother on the phone, oh that woman...
• Last Lie-- um somewhere on this list is a lie, guess where?!
• Last Meal-- Zeta food, only the salad and broccoli looked edible, incidental and accidental vegetarian
• Last Sip of Alcohol-- i'm legal! hard lemonade @ Mrs. Robinson's
• Last Compliment-- "Grl, yous gotta beautiful body," from a rando on Franklin
• Last Snuggle-- MCA, instead of studying I snuggles
• Last Illness-- can we pretend my all-nighters are illnesses? because, in that case, Sunday night
• Last Impulse Buy-- gum at student stores,...

be wary what you list, it might just come true

• punch someone with all my strength, pref in the face
• spend a night under the stars
• finish a cross-word puzzle before midnight, no help
• run the Comrades
• make a star of Bethlehem quilt
• grow bougainvilleas for remembrance
• get a real Christmas tree...and I mean legit go up to the mountain and get the tree irregardless of the creepy critters you bring into your home

what an appropriate topic

• YoPo trips with Jen, at all hours and in all weather with all types of transportation. even the homeless man bike incident.
• the Vagina Monologues, women that touched my soul
• late night conversations with Elliot that made me laugh out loud
• the moment I signed my name in Zeta's book for initiation
• finding my mom at Parent's Brunch after I was initiated
• that late night with Crandall and Joey when we were kicked out of fall cocktail and I first ever enjoyed the taste of beer
• snuggle nights with Mary Cole, especially if it involves a fiberoptic Christmas tree
• KWilks finding me after my horrible horrible rejection from the DTH and managing t...

• Irritated by common grammar mistakes: how to spell "definitely," where to put punctuation in relation to quotations, the then/than distinction, and especially how to say pin/pen
• Dull down my pencils & scratch pages at the back of every notebook
• How I sleep: with a bazillion pillows, curled up on my left side
• Singing loudly in the car
• Cleaning my room when I can't sleep
• Speak without actually using words, the language of sound effects
• Tilt my head towards you to hear
• I can't go a day without speaking in elaborate metaphors, similes, and wild personification
• Snoozing lots and lots of alarms, let's blame it on the ear
• Cross my eyes when things get to close to my face

• authentic Tex-Mex tamales
• peanut butter and banana pancakes with choc chips
• Chocolate Elvis smoothie
• Panera's summer salad, it will return!
• crab cakes
• Qdoba nachos, guilty pleasure
• cookie dough
• puppy chow, aka white trash
• poppyseed chicken casserole
• homemade bread
• pumpkin pie!
• Yopo (Ghiradelli choc w/graham cracker crust)
• pokeys
• warm corn tortillas with butter and salsa
• apples
• pistachios
• hot, salty pretzels
• nutella with almost anything, esp pretzel...

• untied shoes when I run and they always come untied
• waiters who talk into my bad ear
• sleeping in past 12 pm
• bad acting/ overacting
• when my electronics die or get sick
• messy bedroom
• not being able to sing whenever I want to
• doing and folding my laundry in the same day
• Tony's dumb rule about pre-heating the oven
• insomnia
• afterisms, and the wit that could've been

• Charlie Bartlett
• Bella
• Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
• Crash
• The Last King of Scotland
• La Vie en Rose
• Shakespeare in Love
• Tootsie
• Australia
• Doubt
• Mamma Mia
• Taken
• Out of Africa
• Atonement
• Babel
• The Women (so says Jess, Amy still sketch)
• V for Vendetta
• Paris Je t'aime (Amy's choice, Jess still wary)
• Chocolat

• dear next door neighbors, is there a way you can do quiet kegstands after 1 am? thanks
• dear UL streakers, you are flabby. everyone sees that you're flabby. you probably shouldn't be naked.
• dear tall girl, blow your nose. no one wants to see that.
• dear boy in class, clear you freakin throat like a man. just do it. i don't need eight million little coughs, just clear it once and be done.
• dear girl who showers before me, stop moving the shower head so that the water sprays me in the face and gets all over the floor when i turn it on. you're stupid and i'm tired of having squishy wet rugs.
• dear mailer-daemon, i don't know what kind of evil mastermind you are but stop blocking my emails. you've obviously acquired AI and should be terminated immediatel...

in no particular order except that which they spring to mind

• James Simpson
• Jordan Hicks
• Ryan Hart
• Christian Ayers
• Alex Goley
• Cameron Lineberger
• Sonny Siragusa

c'mon I can totally make it to ten damn guess i can't

• find the sunniest place in the house and curl up with an Agatha Christie
• eat Poppyseed Chicken
• drink chai tea
• long run--don't know if I really like like to do this, but I like to do this
• go to church with my boys
• eat a carefree brunch of many, many carbs
• listen to Iron & Wine and hope time goes away
• forget about the coming week

• appreciate what's weird about me
• comment on my eyes or voice
• eat whatever food i dangle in front of them
• teach me more about music
• sit in silence with me
• ignore my camera when i take pictures
• speak without words
• don't let my ear bother them
• pursue me
• laugh at something that only they find funny
• allow me to shamelessly snuggle

• American Beauty
• Pan's Labyrinth
• Juno
• Amelie
• The Diving Bell & the Butterfly
• Pride & Prejudice (1995 mini-series)
• V for Vendetta
• Into the Wild (I think, haven't finished)