• Catcher in the Rye
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower
• The Alchemist (illustrated)
• On the Road (Original Manuscript)
• The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch

•Lean Forward Into Your Life- Begin Each Day As If It Were On Purpose- Mary Anne Radmacher

• The Art of Nonfiction: A guide for writers & readers : ayn rand
• The House by the Sea: A Journal : May Sarton started
• Encore: A Journal of the Eightieth Year : May Sarton
• Endgame: A Journal of the Seventy-Ninth Year : May Sarton
• At Eighty-Two: A Journal : May Sarton
• At Seventy : May Sarton
• Brave New World : Aldous Huxley
• 1984 : George Orwell bought
• The Little Prince: Antoine de Saint Exupery
• the journals of Anais Nin
• The Unbearable Lightness of Being: Milan Kundera

• people who talk a mile-a-minute when trying to relay important information
• small talk
• loose staples on carpeted floors
• loose staples on carpeted floors that get stuck into the carpet
• bras, socks, shoes- anything that makes me feel constricted
• messy kitchens: dirty counters, dishes left in the sink that haven't been rinsed off
• my short, stubby fingernails I can never quit biting
• banana (nut) bread
• guys who lead me on with little to no honesty (older guys who should know better than this)
• salt water
• water I can't see the bottom of
• most music on the radio
• how dry & unmanageable my hair can be

• malarkey
• wanderlust
• mavericky
• unquenchable
• audacious
• vivify
• ravishing
• impetuous
• intrepid
• shit-tastic

• The Short Stories- Ernest Hemingway
• The Invitation - Oriah Mountain Dreamer
• Hagakure- The Book of the Samurai - Yamamoto Tsunetomo
• Bird by Bird: Some Instructions On Writing & Life - Anne Lamott
• The House by the Sea: A Journal - May Sarton
• The Diary of Anais Nin : Volume One 1931-1934
• Spilling Open: The Art of Becoming Yourself- Sabrina Ward Harrison
• Night Falls Fast: understanding suicide-
• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close- Jonathan Safran Foer

• being barefoot when and where ever possible
• being naked when nobody is home (including darting from room to room and even in front of our large windows that overlook the street)
• bubble baths with fresh flowers, wine, candles, music and/or Breakfast at Tiffany's
• meeting cool people at the Casbah
• smoking/drinking/talking/working at the bar at the Casbah
• raindrops on windows at night that shine like diamonds
• cloudy days
• rain
• hurricane/tropical storm parties
• my naturally long eyelashes
• the thrill of a new crush
• banana laffy taffy
• banana milkshakes from Steak N Shake

• "I want to taste all that I could possibly taste in this lifetime: both ends of the spectrum and everything in between."

that basically sums it up for me- why i am the way i am and why i do what i do.

• "Colin Powell...is a warm glass of milk and a cookie for those voters who have a hard time going to sleep at night." - Alex Castellanos, Republican Strategist
• "i like too many things, and get all confused and hung up running from one falling star to another, til i drop." -jack kerouac
• "I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in li...

• favourite things people have said about me/called me
• favourite quotes
• what i look for in a guy
• books i've read this year
• books to read this year
• things i've learned in 2008
• resolutions for 2009
• favourite words
• favourite poems
• my favourite songs of all time
• bands i want to see live before i die/they break up
• words i don't like
• movies
  • favourites of all time
  • movies to watch