• Middle School Get Me Out of Here by James Patterson
• Wonder by R.J. Palacio
• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
• Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
• Fooling Houdiini by Alex Stone
• The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
• Paris in Love by Eloisa James
• The Future of Us by Jay Asher
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
• The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
• Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley
• Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
• The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan
  • The Red Pyramid
  • The Throne of Fire
  • The Serpent's Shadow

• When the day ends at midday through the tears of glass the eye shall see

• What do you want?
  • After answering, it's always something along the lines of "No way in hell." If you can't give what I want, or won't give it, don't bother asking. It saves time, and keeps me from getting mad at you.

• Bern, Switzerland
• (Giants Causeway) Ireland
• (Heaven's Stairs) Tian Men Shan, China
• Petra, Jordan
• Santorini, Greece
• (Sua Ocean Trench) Samoa
• (The Gardens of Marqueyssac) Vezac, France
• (The Wonder Tree) Klamath, CA
• Yellowstone National Park

• Bossypants by Tina Fey
• Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
• Last Night At Chateau Marmont by Lauren Weisberger
• Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
• Organize Now! by Jennifer Ford Berry
• Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
• The Dress Lodger by Sheri Holman
• The Fates Will Find Their Way by Hannah Pittard
• The Girls' Guide to Surfing by Andrea McCloud
• The Happiness Project
• Three Hundred Things a Bright Girl Can Do by Lilla Elizabeth Kelley
• Unwind by Neil Shusterman
• What the Dickens by Gregory Maguire
• Yellow Umbrella by Jae-Soo Liu

• "Dear People of the World, I don't mean ... Sincerely, Grammar"

or not make the time to do -- better yet, can't do.

• read a book, properly
• write in a "journal", every day
• go shopping
• organize all my school stuff
  • perfect examples: my class notebooks
• watch all the shows i want to watch...
• watch a movie, in theaters

• .. and the only ones I can think of right now...
• Spirited Away - February 12, 2011
• The Cat Returns - February 19, 2011
• Cinderella
• The Beauty and the Beast
• Sleeping Beauty
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
• Mulan
• Little Mermaid
• Shrek
• Shrek 2
• Nightmare Before Christmas

• It’s us - yes, we’re back again, here to see you through, ‘til the days end

And if the night comes, and the night will come, well at least the war is over When you went away, you were just a kid And if you lost it all, and you lost it, we will still be there when the war is over All the living are dead, and the dead are all living The war is over and we are beginning

• When you cried I’d wipe away all of your tears

When you’d scream I’d fight away all of your fears And I held your hand through all of these years But you still have All of me

• Home, let me come home

Home is whenever I’m with you I follow you into the park, through the jungle, th...

• A River Runs through it
• An American in Paris
• Bourne
• Funny Face
• It Happened One Night
• It's A Wonderful Life
• Jane Eyre
• M
• Marie Antoinette
• Network
• Nuit Noire, Calcutta
• Pride & Prejudice (both versions)
• Rear Window
• Roman Holiday
• Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
• Singin' in the Rain
• The King and I
• The Young Victoria
• Yahoo!'s list

• A Little Princess by Hilary McKay*
• A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jen Egan
• Blow Out the Moon by Libb Koponen
• Firespell by Chloe Neil
• Gentlemen & Players by Joanne Harris
• I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb
• Legacies by Mercedes Lackie
• Miles Between by Mary Pearson
• Million Little Pieces by James Frey
• Not the End of the World by Chris Brooklyn
• One Day by David Nicholls
• Possessions by Nancy Holder
• Room by Emma Donoghue
• Suspicions by Kate Brian*
• Tests of Time by Will H. Cass
• The Mysterious Case of the Albright Academy by Diane Stanley
• The Other Girl by Sarah Miller*
• The Secret To Lying Todd Mitchell
• The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray*

• music
  • album covers in my top ten
  • favorite lines from lyrics
• about me
  • things that make me cry
  • favorite outdoor adventures
  • things that always appear in my dreams
  • favorite things to receive
  • list of unanswered questions
• auto bio
  • a list of standout memories from childhood
  • favorite elementary school memories
  • things i've tried with slight hesitation
  • what I remember about my childhood home
• books
  • books i should read again

• The Sound of Music
• Cabaret

• ... Ing
• 100 Days With Mr.Arrogant
• 2 Faces of My Girlfriend
• 200 Pounds Beauty
• A Millionaire's First Love
• Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do
• Frivolous Wife
• My Girl and I
• My Little Bride
• My Mighty Princess
• My Sassy Girl
• Postman to Heaven
• Seducing Mr. Perfect

• Bones
  • ✔ Season 1
  • ✔ Season 2
  • ✔ Season 3
  • ✔ Season 4
  • ✔ Season 5
  • Season 6
  • Season 7
• Doctor Who
  • Seasons [of the Classic Doctor Who] 1-26
  • ✔ Series 1
  • ✔ Series 2
  • ✔ Series 3
  • ✔ Series 4
  • ✔ Series 5
  • ✔ Series 6
  • ✔ Series 7
• Eureka

• Descartes
  • Corgito, ergo sum.
• Epictetus
  • If you desire to be good, begin by believing you are wicked.
• Hans Kelson
  • Necessity is blind until becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.
• Jonathan Miller
  • I became startled by the extraordinary difference between something whose surface is completely invisible which only makes itself present by virtue of what it reflects, and a window, which doesn't make itself apparent at all, in the ideal case.
• Leon Foucalt

• Pop-up cards
• Paper bag cook-book
• Accordion Envelope book
• Scrap paper notebooks
• Cereal Gift Box
  • Alternative
• How About Orange
• Envelope Houses

• A.Gautam
• Robert Frost

"So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don’t use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason, boys - to woo women - and, in that endeavor, laziness will not do. It also won’t do in your essays." (Dead Poets Society 1989)

• altruistic
• fester
• schadenfreude
• oxymoron
• paradox
• flibbertigibbet
• ambivalence
• concise
• resilient

• Adventure Info
  • "On your travels, we hope that you will meet countless people, and through them, achieve personal growth."
  • "This is the most important objective of this adventure."
• "Your very own tale of grand adventure is about to unfold. Fun experiences, difficult experiences, there's so much waiting for you! Dreams! Adventure! Let's go to the world of Pokemon!" - Professor Oak

• First Episode
  • The Five are at the Angel Grove Youth Center Gym and Juice Bar, talking about Billy's first Karate class. Ernie comes with their orders, an "earthquake" happens. Cut scene to Alpha panicking.
    • ALPHA 5: Major! Major! It's the Big One! I know it! We'll all be destroyed!
    • Zordon: Calm down, Alpha. It's Rita, she's escaped and attacking the planet.
    • ALPHA 5: Aiyaiyai, what do we do!?
    • Zordon: Teleport to us five over-bearing and over-emotional humans.
    • ALPHA 5: No! Not that! Not teenagers!
    • Zordon: That's correct, Alpha.
    • ALPHA 5: I was afraid of that.