• Finish Stargate SG-1
• Start rewatching Stargate Atlantis
• Watch Sanctuary
• Watch Supernatural
• Watch Saving Hope
• Medieval Times
• Rooftops (Liberation Broadcast)
• Re-do jumping pictures
• Magic Waters
• Camping trip to Lake Geneva
• Tanning
• Six Flags Great America
• Excavate and paint room
• Watch the sun rise
• Chase the sunset
• Drive and take a picture every 10 miles
• Fancy girls' night
• Make dinner for everyone
• Stargaze... a lot
• Packers Shareholders' meeting
• Packers family night

• alone relaxation time
• together relaxation time
• disillusioned yet youthfully optimistic conversations with friends
• bonding
• movies
• dogs
• sharing, music in particular
• listening to relient k, incessantly
• seeing mr. reynolds in the morning
  • I wish I could do this still
• my friends
• being reunited
• cloudy days and the communal melancholy they create
• trying new food places
• realizing just how lovely things are
• Jesus
• love
• hitting the bottom, because there's no fu...

• become the version of myself God intended.
• grow up.
• love people.
• set boundaries.
• create standards.
• listen to more new music.
• love people.
• love love love God.

• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
• Every other Austen novel (with Sarah!)
• A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
• High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
• Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
• How to Break a Terrorist by Matthew Alexander
• Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
• Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
• Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality by Donald Miller
• Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
• Everybody's Normal Till You Get to Know Them by John Ortberg
• Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
• Hadassah: One Night with the King by Tomm...

• I am always amazed at how incredibly thankful I am for my friends and memories. Always.
• I am also always amazed at how considerate my boyfriend is.
• Despite the incredible nerdiness of them, and my infinite disappointment in them for playing Wow, I really really love my friends.
• Today while working, I saw Jeff, of all people. This is honestly the best thing that's happened to me this entire summer. I ran into his arms like a five-year-old running to her dad, according to Mike.
• My hair is showing relatively less reluctance to being styled. Praise the Lord!
• I can be clumsy now without being too embarrassed by it!
• Nights at work where we're all hilarious are the best.
• Jane austen book club was great!

• For Monday, April 22
  • Psycholinguistics
    • chapter 13 + moodle post
    • chapter 4, part 1 + moodle post
    • chapter 4, part 2 + moodle post
  • Pilgrimage
    • WRITE THE OVERDUE ESSAY, ANNA, DAMNIT.
    • Eat, Pray, Love excerpts + moodle post
      • Italy: 36-42, 55, 60-64, 72-75, 97-102
      • India: 119-137, 141-146, 170-171, 175-188, 193-200, 203-211
  • Islam
    • start research!
  • Lithography
    • choose photo to manipulate

• the first taste of a Diet Coke on a hot summer day
• bare feet touching grass and pavement while on a long walk
• accomplishment, of any size
• that triumphant feeling when successfully sneaking a text message at work
• the after effects of laughing so hard it hurts
• the exhilaration of a new friendship
• the overwhelming feeling of home i get every time i set foot on Oxy's campus
• seeing or talking to an old friend
• opening a new book for the first time
• listening to a really great new band or artist
• being at a concert and letting the feeling on the music wash over you and letting yourself go to the atmosphere around you
• seeing someone or something that you really truly care about

• Medieval Times
• Rooftops
• get to know people
• visit former Roscoeians
• have baking days
• watch every episode of Stargate
• collectively write a novel
• form book club
• jumping pictures
• Magic Waters
• concerts
• write therapeutic letters
• camping trip
• 17 Day Diet
• Pearl Lake
• tanning
• walks
• Sharefest
• fancy girls' dinner
• make dinner for everyone
• drive and take a picture every ten miles

July 9th, 2006- UW Madison's Book Store

• Harry and the Potters
• Draco and the Malfoys

December 2nd, 2006- NIU

• The Remus Lupins

December ?, 2006- Peoria Public Library

• Draco and the Malfoys
• The Whomping Willows

March 2007- Chicago, IL- The Beat Kitchen

• Harry and the Potters

July 2007- Chicago Public Library

• Darcy
• Lucy
• Evelyn
• Elizabeth
• Quinn
• Wren
• Savannah
• Claire
• Margot
• Susie
• Olivia
• Sophie
• Riley
• Emma
• Lily
• Charlie
• Ivy
• Amelie

• insecurity
  • I need to be confident in myself and in who God created me to be if I'm going to be truly happy, and until then, there's no way I'm going to find satisfaction.
• people-pleasing
  • Tied to insecurity. Unless I realize that I can't please everyone, I'll waste all of my time and forget about making myself into someone I'm proud of.
• worry
  • Despite the knowledge that I can only do so much, I worry about things that are beyond my control. I can only do so much, and worry only takes my focus from what I have done well.
• complaining

• If I were a month, I'd be January
• If I were a day of the week, I'd be Wednesday
• If I were a time of day, I'd be sunrise
• If I were a planet, I'd be Saturn
• If I were a sea animal, I'd be a seal
• If I were a direction, I'd be north
• If I were a piece of furniture, I'd be an antique armoir
• If I were a sin, I'd be gluttony
• If I were a historical figure, I'd be Thomas Jefferson
• If I were a liquid, I'd be diet coke
• If I were a gemstone, I'd be a garnet
• If I were a tree, I'd be a maple
• If I were a bird, I'd be a blue jay
• If I were a tool, I’d be a
• If I were a flower, I'd be a carnation
• If I were a kind of weather, I'd be snow on Christmas day
• If I were a musical instrument, I'd be a ...

• Micah
• Ethan
• Chance
• Graham
• Jude
• Sebastian
• Liam
• James
• Casper
• Clark
• Elijah
• Riley
• Gerard
• Fletcher
• Seth
• Felix
• Emile
• Leonard
• Milo
• Oliver
• Harry