bold favorites

  • going the distance (1/2/11) ****
  • easy a (1/5/11) ****
  • charlie st. cloud (1/5/11) ***
  • the kids are all right (1/5/11) ****
  • the social network (1/11/11) *****
  • no strings attached (1/22/11) ****
  • the last song (1/22/11) *
  • silence of the lambs (1/24/11) ****
  • empire records (1/28/11) *****
  • jaws (2/1/11) ****
  • chaos theory (2/6/11) ***
  • the king's speech (2/13/11) *****
  • winter's bone (2/17/11) ****
  • crazy heart (2/18/11) ****
  • the american president (2/21/11) ***
  • ...
  • true grit (2/24/11) *****
  • megamind (3/10/11) ***
  • the girl with the dragon tattoo (3/11/11) ****
jan 3 2011 ∞
apr 2 2011 +

bold currently reading

  • q&a - vikas swarup (finished: 1/10/09)
  • hey whipple - squeeze this: a guide to creating great ads - luke sullivan (finished: 1/22/09)
  • the reader - bernhard schlink (finished: 1/29/09)
  • revolutionary road - richard yates (finished: 3/6/09)
  • lullaby - chuck palahniuk (finished: 5/13/09)
  • generation kill: devil dogs, iceman, captain america and the new face of american war - evan wright (finished: 8/25/09)
  • dead until dark - charlaine harris (finished: 9/15/09)
  • living dead in dallas - charlaine harris (finished: 9/16/09)
  • club dead - charlaine harris (finished: 9/17/09)
  • dead to the world - charlaine harris (finished: 9/18/09)
  • dead as a doornail - charlaine harris (finished: 9/20/09)
  • definitely dead - charlaine harris (finished: 10/7/09)
  • all together dead - charlaine harris (finished: 10/9/09)
  • from dead to worse - charlaine harris (finished: 10/13/09)
  • how to be a graphic designer, without losing your soul - adrian shaughnessy (finished: 11/4/09)
jan 1 2009 ∞
jan 2 2010 +

i have a whole lot of favorites, FYI.

  • "go be that starving artist you're afraid to be. open up that journal and get poetic finally. volunteer. suck it up and travel. you were not born here to work and pay taxes. you were put here to be a part of a vast organism to explore and create. stop putting it off. the world has much to offer than what's on 15 television at TGI fridays. take pictures. scare people. shake up the scene." - jason mraz
  • "life is what happens while you're busy making other plans." - john lennon
  • "i, myself, am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions." - augusten burroughs
  • "the future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." - eleanor roosevelt
  • "you probably wouldn't worry about what people think of you if you could know how ...
sep 30 2008 ∞
apr 11 2010 +

bold favorites

  • national treasure: book of secrets
  • rush hour 3
  • metroland
  • the zodiac
  • waitress
  • ocean's 13
  • wild hogs
  • atonement
  • driving lessons
  • the science of sleep
  • cloverfield
  • there will be blood
  • last king of scotland
  • penelope
  • jumper
  • charlie bartlett
  • good will hunting
  • alex & emma
  • casablanca
  • donnie darko
jul 9 2008 ∞
dec 31 2008 +

bold currently reading

  • the girl with the dragon tattoo , stieg larsson (finished 3/10/11)
  • the girl who played with fire , stieg larsson (finished 3/19/11)
jan 3 2011 ∞
mar 20 2011 +

bold favorites

  • up (1/1/10) ****
  • district 9 (1/2/10) ****
  • the proposal (1/2/10) ***
  • angus, thongs and perfect snogging (1/4/10) ***
  • the hangover (1/4/10) *****
  • watchmen (1/7/10) ***
  • night at the museum: battle of the smithsonian (1/12/10) **
  • sunshine cleaning (1/15/10) ***
  • black hawk down (1/15/10) ****
  • serendipity (1/16/10) ***
  • the ugly truth (1/18/10) **
  • the hurt locker (2/15/10) *****
  • lymelife (2/21/10) ***
  • up in the air (3/5/10) *****
  • an education (3/6/10) *****
  • zombieland (3/6/10) ****
  • a serious man (3/6/10) ****
  • where the wild things are (3/15/10) ****
jan 2 2010 ∞
dec 9 2010 +
  • basics: born-and-raised connecticutian, current bostonian, arizonan-by-association, brunette, photography buff, sports fanatic, car enthusiast, technology nerd, college student, advertising major + aspiring art director, graphic designer.
  • affections: nutella, advertising, soccer, reading, baseball, american football, traveling, cars, photography, harry potter, chuck palahniuk novels, shopping, horse riding, layout + graphic design, cute boys with accents, turkey sandwiches on wheat bread, people watching (especially in airports), foreign films, thunderstorms, big cities, british culture, happy music, mexican food, corny jokes, "me" time, fanfiction, mashed potatoes, the sound of waves, tazo green tea, starry night skies in arizona, driving around aimlessly, singing 'til i lose my voice, the idea of hope, musicals, honey mustard, witty banter.
sep 30 2008 ∞
apr 9 2010 +
  • choke, chuck palahniuk
  • fight club, chuck palahniuk
  • survivor, chuck palahniuk
  • heart of darkness, joseph conrad
  • in an antique land, amitav ghosh
  • shah of shahs, ryszard kapuscinski
  • the reawakening, primo levi
  • invisible cities, italo calvino
  • atonement, ian mcewan
  • into the wild, jon krakauer
  • into thin air, jon krakauer
  • the unbearable lightness of being, milan kundera
  • i hope they serve beer in hell, tucker max
  • the art of french kissing, kristin harmel
  • bergdorf blondes, plum sykes
  • everyone worth knowing, lauren weisberger
  • breaking dawn, stephenie meyer
jul 9 2008 ∞
apr 23 2009 +

bold currently reading

  • band of brothers, e company, 506th regiment, 101st airborne: from normandy to hitler's eagle nest , stephen ambrose (finished: 1/12/10)
  • the father of spin: edward l. bernays & the birth of PR larry tye (finished: 2/2/10)
  • thank you for smoking , christopher buckley (finished: 2/6/10)
  • vicar of wakefield , oliver goldsmith (finished: 2/9/10)
  • wilhelm meister's apprenticeship , johann goethe (finished: 2/28/10)
  • beyond band of brothers , richard winters (finished: 3/15/10)
  • the confidence man: his masquerade , herman melville (finished: 4/2/10)
  • rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead , tom stoppard (finished: 4/18/10)
  • gertrude and claudius , john updike (finished: 4/22/10)
  • amusing ourselves to death: public discourse in the age of show business , neil postman (finished: 4/28/10)
  • wild blue: the men and boys who flew the b-24s over germany 1944-45, stephen ambrose
  • are you there, vodka? it's me, chelsea , chelsea handler (finished: 9/8/10)
jan 2 2010 ∞
sep 9 2010 +

bold favorites

  • linewatch (1/1/09) **
  • what happens in vegas (1/1/09) **
  • slumdog millionaire (1/4/09) *****
  • the chronicles of narnia: prince caspian (1/12/09) ***
  • the curious case of benjamin button (1/23/09) *****
  • say anything (1/25/09) ****
  • revolutionary road (1/30/09) ****
  • gran torino (2/14/09) ****
  • american psycho (2/24/09) ***
  • nick and norah's infinite playlist (2/27/09) ***
  • w (3/7/09) **
  • vicky cristina barcelona (3/8/09) ***
  • nights in rodanthe (3/8/09) ***
  • sexdrive (3/9/09) ***
  • how to lose friends and alienate people (3/9/09) ****
  • swing vote (3/10/09) ***
  • transporter 3 (3/11/09) ***
jan 1 2009 ∞
aug 23 2010 +
  • get a tattoo in of honor cindy.
  • intern at an awesome ad agency.
  • work as an art director in a big agency in a big city.
  • travel the world.
    • prague, czech republic
    • brussels, belgium
    • sydney, australia
    • rome, italy
    • madrid, spain
    • barcelona, spain
    • lima, peru
    • berlin, germany
    • oslo, norway
    • stockholm, sweden
    • devil's pool, victoria falls, zambia
  • live in london at least once.
  • live in nyc at least once.
  • take ballroom dancing lessons.
  • learn to speak multiple languages.
sep 29 2008 ∞
apr 22 2010 +