• Penelope Cruz movies CHECK
• Fencing SABRE STARTED
• Painting peacock feathers
• Creative nonfiction books
• The true meaning of journalism STARTED
• What to do with my life
• Kingdom Hearts/video games FARMVILLE!
• Building treehouse prototype STARTED
• Sculpting with power tools!
• Finishing Grandpa's second dollhouse
• Road trips
• Teach Jacob-Baby the giraffe-noise CHECK
• Study abroad options ISH CHECK
• Lab project choices CHECKISH
• Nutrition thingers
• More thrift stores CHECK
• Tickets (to concerts) as presents
• Making an Etsy shop CHECK BUT FAIL
• Post-grad premed school requirements things (what the heck)CHECK BLAH
• Ice skating

• Trinity Restaurant= semi gourmet
• El Sarape (Broad St.)= Mexican
• Bombay Olive (West H. New Brit)= Indian/Nepali
• East West Diner (New Park)= casual Thai
• King and I Thai (Park)= fancier but cheap tasty Thai
• New View Chinese (New Brit.)= Chinese
• First and Last Cafe= sandwiches/paninis
• Piolin (New Brit.)= Peruvian- antichucho!
• Mayor Mike's (downtown)= American family-style
• Ruby Tuesdays (Mall)= salad bar!
• Rainforest Cafe (Mall)= atmosphere
• Middle Eastern Market (Farmington Ave?)= take-out falafel/baklava!
• Monte Alban (Farmington Ave)= Mexican with atmosphere and outdoor seating
• The Corner Pug(New Brit. Ave)= pubby atmosphere, French onion soup, homemade chips...

• Iceland- 98% literacy rate and natural hot springs.
• Bhutan- gross national HAPPINESS, not product
• India- Jhumpa Lahiri, Veena and Neena's bellydance, Forster's A Passage to India- all intriguing.
• Nepal- visit Pooja's homeland and Mt. Everest (see it, not climb it)
• England- British people. Obviously. Also the Brontes' and Darwin's houses.
• Venice, Italy- with Bryan; note: bring noseplugs- canal sewage.
• Prague- Alyssa's ancestors
• Poland- my ancestors, and thatcrazy wavy building from National Geog. Traveler's "Strange Planet"
• China- culture; note: government knows the family name so wait till after married and changed name
• Africa- need to narrow this down...

• The Fratellis
• The Rolling Stones
• Muse
• Regina Spektor CHECK the orca whale song!
• Mika CHECK YES
• Putomaya World Music albums! CHECK
• Reel Big Fish
• Elton John
• Tchaikowsky CHECK- not who I thought...
• Stravinsky's! "Firebird"
• More Weezer CHECK
• Presidents of the United States
• More Billy Joel
• The Moldy Peaches
• Kate Nash
• The Ramones
• Arctic Monkeys
• Zox

• Undergraduate degree CHECK anthropology, cw minor
• Have a library room lined with shelves with books of every shape, size, and topic
• Eventually marry best friend and kiss him at the Sign of Peace every weekend in church
• Have a puppy I'm not allergic to and coddle it like an only child; bring it to be blessed on the day of the Blessing of the Beasts CHECK
• Learn to play the harmonica, ukelele, carillon, guitar, piano
• Visit Iceland, even if no other non-North American country
• Name a pet or child Joe
• Fluency in Spanish
• Write a children's book involving pirates and backhoes
• Learn to develop photographs
• Go to grad school for nutrition, or somet...

• Chicago
• Thoroughly Modern Millie
• Disney's The Princess and the Frog
• Easy Virtue
• The Great Gatsby (Robert Redford, Mia Farrow) (also a book, of course)
• The Great Gatsby (Leonardo diCaprio)
• Alex and Emma
• Singin' in the Rain
• Oscar
• Midnight in Paris
• Magic in the Moonlight
• Cold Comfort Farm
• Downton Abbey, seasons 4, 5

Who Share my Birthday:

• Rosa Parks
• Betty Friedan
• Charles Lindbergh
• Dietrich Bonhoeffer (heehe, what a name)

Who Share my Some of Aspirations:

• Rachel Carson!
• Jaclyn Moriarty
• The Bronte sisters
• Tillie Olsen
• Oliver Sacks
• Margaret Mead
• Mary Leakey

Who Inspire Adventure:

• Amelia Earhart
• Teddy Roosevelt- "Oh, bully, bully!"

• Garden Gnome= overalls?,tunic [that says "Hanging with the Gnomies], felt boots FUZZY CHECK, toolbelt CHECK, garden tools CHECK, cone shaped hat, beribboned braided pigtails CHECK, dirt on rosy cheeks.
• Lady Zorro= short black cape almostCHECK, black pants with silk stripe CHECK, foil CHECK, sheath, rapier in sheath CHECK, black heeled boots A's CHECK, tunic RED CHECK, weightlifter-type belt, broad-brimmed black felt hat CHECK, black eye mask, "Z" belt buckle/earrings. DONE CHECK 2009.
• Juno= red and white striped t shirt, zip hoodie, jeans, pleated mini skirt CHECK, Converse sneakers, pillow, hair elastic for ponytail CHECK.
• Patricia from Joe VS. the Volcano= white, one sleeve silky dress, leis, white shell bracelets, blond wig, orange soda, a boy dressed as Joe in tux.

• Juno
• Uptown Girls
• Up
• Where the Wild Things Are
• When Harry Met Sally & You've Got Mail BUT ONLY AT THE END
• Batman: The Dark Knight BECAUSE RACHEL DIES.
• Driving Miss Daisy- oh, Morgan Freeman.
• The Princess and the Frog- WHY WOULD DISNEY DO THAT TO RAY? WHY?
• Hotel for Dogs (help the puppies)

• The Stranger -Albert Camus CHECK
• Einstein's Dreams -Alan Lightman CHECK
• Ender's Game series -Orson Scott Card CHECK (2)- some
• Dr. Zhivago -Boris Pasternak
• Something by Okey Ndibe (because I've met him!)
• Short Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald CHECK
• Stardust -Neil Gaiman
• Sarah Bilston's books BED REST CHECK
• Confederacy of Dunces TRIED- loathsome characters
• R.A. Salvatore books TRIED adverb hemorrage UGH.
• More by Lorrie Moore BIRDS OF AMERICA CHECK
• See journal for more.

• Dad (birthday)
• Danielle (birthday JUST PAST belated oh noo oh well)
• Alex
• Allison (small)
• Kaylee (smalll but perfect)
• Mommer for Christmas (Allison has them)

• The Kooks (with Bryan)
• Vampire Weekend
• Jack Johnson (again) CHECK once
• Zach Gill (a very animated pianist from Jack Johnson who went solo for an album)
• Beatlemania CHECK YAY
• Yael Naim (but I doubt she has concerts)
• Plain White T's
• Cobra Starship CHECK
• Someone old, like Bob Dylan. Just to say I saw them.
• They Might Be Giants
• NEW Panic at the Disco
• Cake
• Cultural music someplace exotic
• MAYBE The Moldy Peaches
• Ingrid Michaelson CHECK

• Grey's Anatomy
• All true ghost story books. Ever.
• How Things Work
• Visual dictionaries in different languages
• On Writing Zinsser CHECK
• Into the Woods -Bill Bryson
• The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks CHECK
• Field Guide to Tools
• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (is this even about motorcycles or zen?)
• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
• A Short Hisotry of Everything -Bill Bryson CHECK
• Books by Deborah Blum; Rebecca Skloot; Mary Roach; Atul Gawande;
• Books in Alison's office...