• Paleontologist/Archeologist/Anthropologist
• Psychologist
• Costume Designer
• Diplomat
• Editor (book)
• Seamstress
• Magazine layout editor

Jobs I would NOT be good at

• Short order cook
• Mathematician
• Video Game tester
• Painter
• Translator
• Bomb tech
• Teacher
• Accountant
• Engineer
• Writer
• Farmer

Summer

• ✔ Nectarine Preserves
• ✔ Plum Jam
• Pickled Okra
• ✔ Tomato Chutney
• Pickles
• ✔ Vanilla ice cream
• ✔ Strawberry Preserves
• Preserved lemons

Fall

• Fudge
• Toffee
• White Wine jelly
• ✔ Apple Butter/Sauce
• Pickled Beets
• Honey Vinegar
• ✔ More ice cream...
• Breads
• Apple Cider Cupcakes (cider instead of water?)w/cinnamon cream cheese frosting

• Deer Shirt
• Postcard Cup
• Atlas Staionary
• Gnomes book
• Swirl notecards
• Green leather and plaid bag
• Vine Blossom Antique Ring
• Leaf Ring
• Compass Ring
• Anchors Away Shrug
• Lacy Fedora
• Mod black dress
• Tea Set
• Grey Felt hat
• Swallow Locket
• ✔ Wooly Mammoth Cards
• For Thy Beautiful Maiden
• Spells and Charms notebook
• Striped Vintage Motorcycle t shirt

Books That I Have Not Read (but are staring at me like I should)

• Pin-up Grrrls
• Queen Noor
• Mostly Harmless
• Salmon of Doubt
• Lolita
• Seven Daughters of Eve
• Strange Behavior
• Finding Darwin's God
• Origin of Species
• The Memory Keeper's Daughter
• Vanity Fair
• Farewell to Arms
• Brave New World
• Dragonspell
• How the Irish Saved Civilization
• Peter Pan
• Watership Down
• Dracula
• Ivanhoe

Summer

• Jam: Strawberry (hopefully go picking near Winnipeg), any other fruit I can get cheaply in bulk
• Other Jam
  • ✔ Nectarine
  • ✔ Plum
  • Apricot
  • White Wine
• Mango Chutney
• Pickles (most likely refridgerator, since I live in an apartment)
• Arroz con Pollo (still figuring out recipe)
• Paninis (so I can use my Panini maker!) Grilled cheese with jam; mushrooms, tomatos, eggplant, cheese...

Fall

• ✔ Go apple picking in MN: apple butter, app...

• http://www.shopirish.com
• http://www.uncommongoods.com
• http://www.williams-sonoma.com
• http://www.amazon.com
• http://www.urbanoutfitters.com
• http://www.victoriassecret.com/
• http://www.cb2.com
• http://www.delias.com
• http://www.alloy.com
• http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/inde...
• http://www.signals.com/
• http://www.chroniclebooks.com/index/main...
• http://www.converse.com/#
• http://shop.nhl.com/home/index.jsp
• http://www.hottopic.com/hottopic/index.j...
• http://www.thinkgeek.com/index.shtml
• http://www.tiffany.com
• http://www.modcloth.com
• http://shop.pacsun.com/user/wishlist.jsp...
• http://www.ae.com/web/wishlist/home_wish...
• http://www.unique-vintage.com/wishlist.p...

• Jeopardy (even though I HATE Alex Trebek)
• Cash Cab
• Ghost Hunters
• Rescue Me
• Futurama
• Good Eats
• Rachael Ray's shows
• Big Bang Theory
• Stargate (SG1)
• Bones
• How I Met Your Mother
• Vampire Diaries
• Deadliest Catch
• Glee
• Being Human (British)
• Once Upon a Time
• The Walking Dead
• Castle
• Doctor Who
• Battlestar Galactica

• People who say "When I was little I wanted to be an Archaeologist so I could dig up Dinosaurs". PALEONTOLOGISTS dig up dinosaurs (or other life) and ARCHAEOLOGISTS dig up civilizations, remnants of human existence, etc. They're not the same; and no, they are not close enough.
• People who still say alligators are dinosaurs closest relatives. Hollow bones, people, hollow bones!
• People who say "Brontosaurs" instead of "Apatosaurus". It was renamed in 1903! You've had 107 years to fix it, now get it right!
• People who drive slow in the fast lane
• People who stop when making right turns even though the light is green/they have an arrow. PAY ATTENTION
• People who drive in the middle of wide roads at 25 miles an hour so I can't pass them

• Harry Potter (duh)
• A Wrinkle in Time (the whole series)
• Dealing with Dragons (and the other 3 in the series)
• American Girl books (and the dolls I have)
• The Seal Mother
• The Greyling
• Dinotopia (1 and 2, but they will never see the movie, it was a DISASTER)
• His Dark Materials (Golden Compass, the Subtle Knife, the Amber Spyglass)
• Stellaluna
• The Mitten

• Paris, Je t'aime
• Silk
• Kingdom of Heaven
• Brokeback Mountain
• Walk the Line
• Michael Clayton
• Hollywoodland
• Black Dahlia
• Marie Antoinette
• The Duchess
• Vicki Cristina Barcelona
• The Painted Vail
• Amelie
• Goodnight, and Good Luck
• Superman II
• A Very Long Engagement
• Kinsey
• Bride and Prejudice
• Finding Neverland
• Little Children
• Good Morning, Vietnam

• another controller for my Wii ($40)
• surround sound ($150-300)
• a grey winter coat ($100)
• a dog ($not sure, Humane Society though): his name is Callum
• AV cables for my video camera ($20)
• New (nice) purse ($ don't want to think about it)
• new camera
• new computer

• Paleontology
• Archeology
• Military History
• Aviation
• Cooking
• Psychology (autism, etc)
• The rise and fall of the Ottoman Empire. Also Persian Empire
• Politics and factual history of biblical times, Jewish history.
• Women’s place in monotheistic vs polytheistic religions
• Genghis Khan
• Roman Empire influence in Britain, history of Britain until the dark ages. (Saxon, King Arthur, rise of Christian-dom, Robin Hood)
• Geisha and women in Japan, brief history of Japan
• History of Islam, women in Islam
• Origins of Myths/Fairy Tales

Things I've Been

• Ancient Greek Woman
• Western Bar Floozy
• Gypsy
• Hockey Player
• Pirate Wench
• Hippy

Ideas for Next Year

• Amelia Earhart
• Static Cling
• Flapper
• Tonks or Hermione from Harry Potter
• Rosie the Riveter
• 40's pin-up girl

• Memoirs of a Geisha
• all of the Harry Potters
• Reading Lolita in Tehran
• Entre Nous
• Where the Heart Is
• Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
• Ice Time
• Sarah
• Candy Girl
• The Art of Uncontrolled Flight
• The Bookman

• pay off credit card bills/ student loans
• pay off Brandon's credit card bills/student loans
• buy a new car (a "good" car, and a "hot" car)
• buy Brandon a new car
• buy my parents both new cars
• buy them new appliances
• get LASEK
• buy a house here and one in MN
• do some serious shopping
• buy a nice surround sound system and bigger tv
• get my dad a projector and surround sound
• buy my parents a new tv for the living room
• get a Roth IRA
• buy my entire Amazon wishlist
• various specific craft machines: an embroidery machine, a button maker

That I'm Currently Reading...

• Good Omens
• A Game of Thrones
• It's a Wonderful Lie
• Saxons, Vikings and Celts
• Seeker's Guide to Harry Potter
• Lilah
• Marriage, A History
• Brothels, Bordellos and Bad Girls

To Start Next

• Wuthering Heights
• Dragonspell
• Enchantress of Florence
• American Gods
• The Archivist
• Paradise Lost
• Isaac Asimov's Werewolves
• Anno Dracula
• The Handmaid's Tale
• Proust was a Neuroscientist

• sleeping
• reading my cooking magazines
• re-reading Memoirs of a Geisha
• sleeping
• sewing
• going through my magazine clippings
• watching Big Bang Theory
• sleeping
• playing Freecell
• watching "Secondhand Lions"
• sleeping
• checking blogs
• playing Futurama trivia on facebook

• "High on a hill..." with puppets...
• Dogs greet soldier coming home from Iraq...
• Border Collie plays with frisbee in a ne...
• So Cute it hurts...
• Beagle puppy howl
• Louis CK - "Hello! It's f***ing hot outs...
• Younger Beagle puppy howl
• Prop 8- The Musical
• Jump (for my love)...with dancing
• Border Collie herds a soccer ball
• "Why aren't you seizing the boy?!?!"
• Robbie Bina goal against the Gophers
• Ninja Kitty muted
• Scrat
• Kitten Mittens

I know some of these things won't all grow in the same climate, but it's my fantasy list and I dont care.

• Lemon trees
• Tomatos
• Roses
• Grapes
• Nectarines
• Apple trees
• Raspberries
• (edible) Lavender

• Marie Clare
• Glamour
• Jane (I miss it)
• Everyday with Rachael Ray
• Elle
• Fitness
• Allure
• Bust
• Lucky
• Discover

• Aiden
• Conner
• Noah
• Jordan
• Elijah
• Joshua
• Jacob
• Caleb
• Danny (but not Daniel)

• ✔ A Barnes and Noble that is open til 11pm (well 10, but that was a company change)
• ✔ An Olive Garden
• ✔ A Chipotle
• ✔ A Coldstone
• A Caribou Coffee (if I'm in the midwest)[There's one an hour away]
• ✔ More than 60,000 people
• ✔ Be within 1 1/2 hr drive to an NHL team
• ✔ More than one cable company
• A downtown with actual shops, not just bars (haven't been yet, but I have high hopes)
• ✔ More than just American and Chinese food resturants

• Constance
• Melanie
• Evelyn (Evy, Eva)
• Mia
• Ava
• Madison
• Haley
• Natalie
• Madeline
• Sophie
• Gemma

• Isreal
• France (Paris/Marseille/Verdun/Normandy)
• England (London)
• Poland: Warsaw, for the war monuments; and Gdansk, Mariacka St
• Ireland
• Scotland
• Italy
• Greece
• Japan
• Dubai
• Egypt
• Morocco
• Australia
• Spain (Madrid)
• Mongolia (Gobi Desert, for paleontology)
• India
• Tibet/Nepal
• Turkey (Istanbul)
• Thailand
• Antarctica

• Dorthy: "How can you talk if you haven't got a brain?"

Scarcrow: "I don't know... But some people without brains do an awful lot of talking... don't they?" Dorthy: "Yes, I guess you're right"

• John: "Women don't like being referred to as fat mammals, Skank"

Skank: "I never would have said that to her face." (Mystery, Alaska)

• Fry: "I'm having one of those things, you know, a headache with pictures?"

Leela:"An idea?" (Futurama)

• "Fuck me, he cleared it!" (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves)
• Dr. Cox: "Do you know what most people are? Bastard coated bastards with bastard filling!"

Colorado Springs, CO

• Chipotle (Steak Burrito)
• Taste of India (Beef Korma)
• That Chinese Place Down the Street, something-wok (Seasame Beef)
• La Baguette (flan)
• Sonic (chili dog and strawberry shake/chicken strips and cherry limeade)
• Bennigan's (Monte Cristo) Closed. Sadness.
• Noodles and CO. Just about everything.
• Spicy Pickle (make your own panini)

• ✔ an ivory or grey pleated skirt, preferably Ralph Lauren (brown Ralph Lauren)
• a pair of Louboutin heels
• a pair of bedhead pjs
• ✔ a piece of jewelry I can pass on to my kids (my grandmother just gave me her mother's ring. Thanks, Mama!)
• a Coach bag (brown, not trendy)

• Chicago
• St Paul
• Durham, NC
• Denver
• DC
• Boston
• Bozeman, MT
• Seattle
• Ft Collins, CO

• Kelly Clarkson
• Avril Lavigne
• Legally Blonde
• Bridal Magazines/Shows (on TV)
• Shelties
• Julia Roberts movies
• Twilight

I have to have something going in the background while I sew, unless it's new and complicated.

• Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Blog
• Hot Fuzz
• Spaced
• Blackpool
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• How I Met Your Mother

• Raven for mom
• Dr Horrible cross stitch
• Bridesmaid dress mod
• Scrap fabric journal
• Finish B's Quilt
• Altered tank tops (buttons and cut outs)
• Finish crop circles embroidery
• squirt gun mod
• Shawn of the Dead pint glasses
• Leaf Quilt
• TFU cross stitch
• Home Sweet Home set (Stargate, Futurama, Doctor Who, 127.0.0.1)

• Leelo: tattoo and “time not important only life important”
• Dino skeletons
• “im afraid I cant do that HAL”
• set of 4 GIRs (1/4)
• anatomy
  • old bones
  • mitosis
  • DNA strand
• futurama
• 2 dance step hankies
• dandeilions
• theres no place like 127.0.0.1
• xml pillow
• movie quotes
• Uffington white horse
• Crop circles
• steampunk stamps (on hankies?)
• V speech

• black tights with gold heels
• 40's hats
• madelines
• pine (the color and the smell)
• the way magazines smell
• the way really old/brand new books smell
• greasy, cheesey pizza fresh out of the oven
• the words "huckleberry" and "nubbin"
• campfires
• coffee house smell
• Fall
• Plaid, especially flannel
• the phrase "Quantum Singularity"
• sleeping on fresh sheets on the bed right after I shower
• bad thunderstorms
• non-Newtonian fluids

• "Hotel California" by the Eagles (right now)
• "One" by Metallica
• "Save Me" by Remy Zero
• "Sound of Silence" Simon and Garfunkel
• "Jesse's Girl" by Rick Springfield
• "Purple Haze" by Jimmy Hendrix
• "I Love the Way You Move" Outkast
• "Land Down Under" Men at Work

I am too lazy to get up and look at the author's names, sorry.

• Born on a Blue Day
• The Crimson Petal and the White
• Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
• Life, the Universe, and Everything
• The Reluctant Fundamentalist
• Blood Feud: Detroit Red Wings and the Colorado Avalanche
• The Abstinence Teacher
• Marriage: A History
• No Turning Back
• Dinosaurs of Flaming Cliff
• The Namesake

And the books I will start after those:

• The Red Tent
• Proust was a Neuroscientist
• Genghis Khan and the making of the modern world
• The Perfect Red: (something about the col...

• Cook my way through all my Cookbooks
• Read all the classics (except Dickens,James and Hawthorne)
• Write a book
• Write an article and get it published
• Finish my quilt
• Watch all the old movies I want to
• Watch the 100 Best War Movies, in order
• Invent a recipe that can be "the family's secret recipe"
• Learn French, Spanish, and Hebrew
• Be kissed under mistletoe
• Get a tattoo

• "What a fine persecution-to be kept intrigued without ever quite being enlightened" ~ from the play 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead'
• Get your facts first, then you can distort them as much as you please" Mark Twain
• "Ahh...whoa...whats happening?...

And whats this thing coming towards me very fast? This big and flat and round and needs a very wide sounding name...oww..round...ground, thats it! Ground! I wonder if it will be friends with me? Hello, Ground! (poof)" The Whale, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

• Washington (state)
• Washington DC (the smithsonian)
• New York (city)
• Alaska
• Alberta (Calgary, Drumheller, Edmonton)
• British Columbia (Vancouver; the aquarium)
• Quebec (Montreal)
• Onterio (Toronto)
• Caribbean (anywhere!)
• Puerto Rico
• Hawaii (again)
• Chicago
• San Diego (again)
• New Orleans
• Glacier National Park (in Montana)