• Norweigan Wood (Haruki Murakami)
  • The Psychopath Test (Jon Ronson)
  • The Devil Bones (Kathy Reichs)
  • A Game of Thrones (George R. R. Martin)
  • The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
  • World Without End (Ken Follett)
  • Tuesdays with Morrie (Mitch Albom)
  • Girl Interrupted (Susanna Kaysen)
  • The Elegance of the Hedgehog (Muriel Barberry)
  • Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
feb 10 2013 ∞
aug 14 2013 +
  • The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
  • The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Stieg Larsson)
  • The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Oliver Sacks)
  • Colonial Habits (Kathryn Burns)
  • Lieutenant Nun (Catalina de Erauso)
  • Eat Pray Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)
  • My Sister's Keeper (Jodi Picoult)
  • Saving Fish From Drowning (Amy Tan)
  • The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
  • Catch Me If You Can (Frank W. Abagnale)
  • Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (John Berendt)
  • Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
  • Midwives (Chris Bohjalian)
  • Suite Française (Iréne Némirovsky)
  • Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
  • In The Woods (Tana French)
apr 2 2012 ∞
jan 1 2013 +
  • The Following
  • Revenge
  • Scandal
  • Girls
  • The Mindy Project
  • New Girl
  • The Office
  • How I Met Your Mother
  • Bones
  • The Big Bang Theory
  • Desperate Housewives
  • Friends
  • Freaks and Geeks
  • Misfits
  • The Simpsons
  • Family Guy
  • King of the Hill
  • King of Queens
  • Malcolm in the Middle
  • Weeds
  • The IT Crowd
dec 9 2012 ∞
may 26 2013 +
  • Legend of the Guardians
  • Black Swan
  • Easy A
  • The Social Network*
  • L'Auberge Espagnole
  • Iron Man II
  • Grease*
  • Blades of Glory*
  • Moulin Rouge
  • The Tourist
  • Valentine's Day
  • Crocodile movie (Spanish)
  • Blue Streak (Spanish)*
  • Taken
  • Sin Nombre*
  • Bridget Jones' Diary*
  • Tangled
  • The Tournament
  • National Treasure*
  • I Love You Man
  • Stardust
feb 14 2011 ∞
jan 4 2012 +
  • papaya
  • granadillo
  • ceviche
  • sopa con una pata de pollo!
  • mango
jan 11 2011 ∞
feb 6 2011 +
  • The Elegance of the Hedgehog (Muriel Barbery)
  • The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
  • A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
  • La Préférence Nationale (Fatou Diome)
  • Special Topics in Calamity Physics (Marisha Pessl)
  • Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding)
  • Bridge Jones: The Edge of Reason (Helen Fielding)
  • The History of Love (Nicole Krauss)
  • The Westing Game (Ellen Raskin)
  • I Am Charlotte Simmons (Tom Wolfe)
  • One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez)
  • Les Misérables (Victor Hugo)
  • The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
  • Saving Fish from Drowning (Amy Tan)
  • The Audacity of Hope (Barack Obama)
jan 23 2011 ∞
jan 23 2011 +
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  • Brooks & Dunn
  • Kain (2x)
  • Les Cowboys Fringants
  • Boreal
  • John Mayer
  • Ben Folds
  • James Morrison
  • Sugarland
  • Cobra Starship (2x)
  • Metro Station
  • We the Kings
  • The Cab
  • Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
  • The Higher
  • Relient K
  • Gym Class Heroes (2x)
  • Katy Perry
  • Jack's Mannequin
  • Say Anything
  • Jennifer O'Connor
  • The Whomping Willows
dec 3 2008 ∞
mar 10 2012 +
  • Bob Dylan: The Essential Interviews (Jonathan Cott)
  • Bob Dylan: Lyrics (1962-2001)
mar 11 2010 ∞
mar 11 2010 +
  • streak through the undergrad library
  • let someone stab me in a non-vital organ
  • sarah
  • set fire to half the clothes i own
  • sleep in avery's study lounge for a week
  • run 6 miles non-stop
  • jump in a disgusting dumpster
  • roll around in mud or cow manure

I TOLD YOU I'M HARDCORE HATING ON THIS.

apr 12 2010 ∞
apr 12 2010 +
  • sunglasses
  • tights with an interesting design
  • shorts for running
  • cream-colored medium-length cardigan
  • black studded belt
aug 14 2009 ∞
feb 21 2010 +
  • nice fashionable haircut
  • clear skin, impeccable makeup
  • working out 3 times a week or more
  • learning to cook and bake!
  • doing schoolwork on time
  • being organized at home
  • keep reading as much as i do
  • lots of amazing friends!
  • keeping up with family all over the world
jun 16 2009 ∞
jul 14 2009 +
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  • the hush sound "goodbye blues"
  • the wombats "a guide to love, loss, and desperation"
  • the format "dog problems"
  • vampire weekend, "vampire weekend"
  • the fratellis "costello music"
  • motion city soundtrack "even if it kills me"
  • motion city soundtrack "i am the movie"
  • ben kweller "ben kweller"
  • the shins "chute's too narrow"
  • jack's mannequin "everything in transit"
  • guster "satellite"
  • five times august "brighter side"
  • taylor swift - self-titled
  • taylor swift - "fearless"
  • sara bareilles - "careful confessions"
  • sara bareilles - "little voice"
  • kt tunstall - "eye to the telescope"
  • lily allen - "alright, still"
  • lily allen - "it's not me, it's you"
mar 22 2009 ∞
jul 30 2009 +
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  • Penelope, kiss #2
  • Titanic, front of boat
  • 10 Things I Hate About You, all of them
  • Amelie, at the end
  • Aladdin, pushed up from magic carpet
  • Across the Universe, all of them
  • When Harry Met Sally, all of them
  • Twilight, on Bella's bed
  • Disturbia, makeout session
  • Charlie Bartlett, kiss in bathroom
  • Blind Dating, first kiss in the garden
  • 500 Days of Summer, copy room
  • Girl Next Door, frat party
  • Prison Break, Michael and Sara in train
  • Serendipity, first kiss
  • New Girl, Nick and Jess
  • Grey's Anatomy, Izzy and Alex
feb 23 2009 ∞
apr 10 2013 +
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  • people who insist on peeling off protective stickers for me
  • jeans wet from walking in the rain
  • being looked down upon by adults
  • people who comment on relationship statuses on facebook
  • loud people in dorms late at night
  • when guys describe doing something with other guys then adding "no homo"
  • the sound of someone biting into an apple
  • tractors on major highways
  • slow drivers in general
  • discussing weddings on your facebook status
  • any references to twitter in real life
  • teenager love that is clearly teenager love
  • local news on TV
  • TMZ
  • the judges on any tv show (particularly A...
mar 16 2009 ∞
jun 25 2009 +
  • wedding song: just the way you are, billy joel
  • i'm gonna have a DJ but i'm going to supervise every single music choice - there will be no song i don't like at my wedding
  • in the background... a slide show of hundreds of pictures taken through the years :)
sep 5 2009 ∞
sep 5 2009 +
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  • Be a barista (again)
  • Have something published
  • Sell one song to the music industry
  • Get my Green Card
  • Stay on the Dean’s List
  • -Declare a major - Psych and French
  • -Get a job (any)
  • Build credit history by getting a credit card
  • Save a dollar every day (0/1001)
  • -Try to become an RA
  • -Rent an apartment (with friends!)
  • -Sell 5 things on amazon.com (7/5)
  • Keep only necessities
  • Go bungee-jumping
  • -Protest something [joseph kony's child abductions]
  • Go skinny-dipping
  • -Go ice skating
  • Go skiing
  • Go snowboarding
dec 26 2008 ∞
jan 22 2011 +
  • Safe Haven
  • The Lego Movie (2x)
  • The Muppets
  • Wolf of Wall Street
  • The Amazing Spider-man 2
  • The Heat
  • How to Train Your Dragon
  • This is the End
  • Her
  • Spice World
may 27 2014 ∞
aug 18 2014 +
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II
  • The Ides of March
  • 50/50
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray
  • Star Trek*
  • Paul
  • Pocahontas*
  • St. Elmo's Fire
  • Old School
  • Rise of the Planet of the Apes
  • Mar Adentro
  • Metropolis
  • The Hunger Games
  • Bridesmaids
  • Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  • I'm Not There*
  • My Week With Marilyn
  • The Women on the 6th Floor
mar 9 2012 ∞
feb 21 2013 +
  • The History of Love (Nicole Krauss)
  • East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
  • The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
  • Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
  • Eat Pray Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)
  • A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
  • The Shipping News (E. Annie Proulx)
  • The Best American Non-Required Reading 2003 (Dave Eggers)
  • Lady Chatterley's Lover (DH Lawrence)
  • Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (Lisa See)
  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
  • Viva South America (Oliver Balch)
  • Slaughterhouse Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
  • Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding)
  • Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
  • Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
  • Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (R...
jan 11 2011 ∞
apr 2 2012 +
  • see the Pacific ocean! (aka go to the beach)
  • visit Otavalo
  • visit the Galapagos Islands
  • visit the tropical rain forest
  • learn to salsa dance jk
  • become FLUENT in Spanish
  • study for and take the GRE
  • make plans for the summer
  • read 50 books
  • figure something out for post-grad
jan 13 2011 ∞
apr 2 2012 +
  • 30 Gordon Road - first home in Québec, Canada. Lived there for 10 years. Surrounded by woods and fields, across the street from the railroad tracks and the Yamaska River. And next-door neighbors on either side were my uncles!
  • 749 Sir Raleigh Drive - First home in the United States. Lived there for 8 years. In Concord, close to everything including Central and a relatively short drive to Rocky River Coffee. Great neighborhood when we moved in - but happy to move out when we did.
  • 3945 Chatter Lane - Family still resides at this house in Midland, going on 3 years of living there. Out in the country, nice, quiet, and beautiful. Finally had my own bathroom but live there less than part-time.
  • 310 Horton - Chapel Hill. Freshman year. Enjoyed a semester with Zoe and a semes...
jan 22 2011 ∞
jan 20 2013 +
  • Inglourious Basterds (2x)
  • Shakespeare in Love
  • Diarios de Motocicleta
  • Caramel
  • Yesterday
  • Le Mandat
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • Les Tam-tams Se Sont Tus
  • Whip It
  • Avatar 3D
  • Talladega Nights
  • Rudo y Cursi
  • Persepolis
  • I'm Not There
  • Visages de femmes
  • Sango Malo
  • Black Girl
  • The Blind Side
  • An Education
  • Little Shop of Horrors
  • The Proposal
jan 30 2010 ∞
jan 1 2011 +
  • Sofia
  • Aviv
  • Milo
  • Sebastien
  • Ava
  • Leonardo
  • Eileen/Aileen
  • Elena
may 1 2010 ∞
jan 20 2013 +
  • Lindbergh (A. Scott Berg)
  • The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk (Randy Shilts)
  • John Adams (David McCullough)
  • Rough Magic (Paul Alexander) - on Sylvia Plath
  • Dino: Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams (Nick Tosches) - on Dean Martin
mar 11 2010 ∞
mar 11 2010 +
  • inability to extricate myself from a certain relationship
  • dealing with people who are behaving like they are still in the 4th grade
  • dealing with people who can't make a life for themselves
  • wanting to be home
  • wanting to talk to mom
  • presence of unattainable cute boys, or sweet, cute boys with incompatible personalities
  • inability to help everyone....trying the best i can just doesn't seem to cover it
  • trying to not be walked all over
  • trying to keep control of my life. failingg
feb 21 2010 ∞
feb 21 2010 +
  • fashion & decor collage notebook like i had when i was younger
  • hardcore songwriting sessions
  • some more thrift stores raids & sewing machine attacks
  • read read read like it's breathing
  • redecorate my half of the room in some interesting manner
feb 21 2010 ∞
feb 21 2010 +
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  • "blue" malbec
  • "bruises" chairlift
  • "new in town" little boots
  • "fern beard" the submarines
  • "wish i" jem
  • "mayor of your town" leona naess
  • "cheated hearts" yeah yeah yeahs
  • "the twist" metric
  • "swimming pool" the submarines
  • "hey boy" the blow
  • "the last ocean" pictures and sounds
  • JULIETA VENEGAS - NEEEEED.
jun 26 2009 ∞
apr 22 2010 +
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  • An Open Heart (the Dalai Lama)
  • The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
  • The Nanny Diaries (McLaughlin and Kraus)
  • The Kite Runner (Hosseini)
  • A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Eggers)
  • Water for Elephants (Sarah Gruen)
  • The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
  • On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
  • The Pump House Gang (Tom Wolfe)
  • Le Libraire (Gerard Bessette)
  • Salut Galarneau (jacques Godbout)
  • The White Album (Joan Didion)
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
  • The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
  • Geography III (Elizabeth Bishop)
  • In Country (Bobbie Ann Mason)
  • The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
  • The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
  • Faithfull (Marianne Faithfull)
dec 1 2008 ∞
sep 11 2009 +
  • Leona Lewis
  • Linkin Park
  • Megan Fox
  • Lauren Conrad
  • Coldplay
  • the bottom of lakes
  • gray days
  • the Ellen show (sorry guys!)
  • commercials
  • Kanye West
  • that part of Regis and Kelly when they spin the wheel and give away vacations
apr 16 2009 ∞
jul 31 2009 +
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  • facebook
  • myspace
  • livejournal
  • listography
  • twitter
  • tumblr
  • blogger
  • craftster
  • pandora
  • ravelry
  • goodreads
may 1 2009 ∞
jan 22 2011 +

original

  • resignation
  • spring

cover

  • speechless
  • you were meant for me
  • poker face

maybe

  • inevitable
  • la maison est grande
  • everybody
mar 9 2010 ∞
mar 9 2010 +
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  • 500 Days of Summer
  • Taking Woodstock
  • Bruno
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
  • Funny People
  • The Motorcycle Diaries
  • Mona Lisa Smile
  • Dead Poet's Society
  • Coco
jan 16 2009 ∞
may 13 2011 +
  • Parental Guidance
  • Pitch Perfect*
  • Men in Black III
  • Wreck-it Ralph
  • Johnny English 2
  • Argo*
  • Liberal Arts
  • Taken 2
  • Brave
  • Batman Begins
  • Seven Psychopaths
  • Django Unchained
  • Star Trek
  • Oz
  • Cloud Atlas
  • Con Air*
  • Sherlock Holmes*
  • The Campaign
  • Gabrielle
  • 12 Years a Slave
  • Love Actually
jan 20 2013 ∞
nov 30 2013 +
  • 10 Things I Hate About You
  • Love Actually
  • The Holiday
  • Bridget Jones' Diary
  • The Wedding Singer
  • When Harry Met Sally
  • A Walk to Remember
may 3 2012 ∞
may 3 2012 +
  • Centro Historico
    • Iglesia San Francisco
    • Museo de la Ciudad
    • Casa de la Cultura
    • Confederate Bookstore
    • English Bookstore
    • Black Market
    • Basilica
  • Mercado Artesanal cerca de la Mariscal
  • Jardines Botanicas
  • USFQ/Cumbayá por supuesto
  • Guapulo - mirador y iglesia
  • Parque Metropolitano
  • Otavalo
    • Animal Feria
    • Mercado Artesanal
    • Cascadas Peguche
    • Cuicocha
  • La Mariscal
jan 11 2011 ∞
apr 2 2012 +
  • return from Quito on May 15
  • spend a week or so in North Carolina
  • go to Montreal, get settled in Phil's apartment
  • find a job - no matter where
  • spend my summer working, knitting, weaving, reading, and doing light studying for the GRE
  • make a good amount of money
  • come back to North Carolina
  • begin first semester senior year
  • take the GRE
  • apply for the Masters of Arts Teaching program
  • see if I'm eligible for Teach for America
jan 22 2011 ∞
jan 22 2011 +
  • The God of Small Things
  • Never Let Me Go
  • How to Kill a Rockstar (Tiffanie DeBartolo)
  • Mostly Harmless (Douglas Adams)
  • So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (Douglas Adams)
  • Life, the Universe, and Everything (Douglas Adams)
  • The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Douglas Adams)
  • Long Way Gone (Ishmael Beah)
  • The Elegance of the Hedgehog (Muriel Barbery)
  • Knit Two (Kate Jacobs)
  • Three Cups of Tea (Greg Mortensen)
  • Mockingjay (Collins)
  • Catching Fire (Collins)
  • The Hunger Games (Collins)
  • Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
  • Slam (Nick Hornby)
jul 5 2010 ∞
dec 14 2010 +
  • taking German lessons on livemocha
  • reading from the Spanish Conversations book
  • reading Madame Bovary / Gabrielle Roy book
  • thinking about food - making it, buying it, eating less of it
  • watching How I Met Your Mother
  • watching movies, often with cute unavailable boys
  • playing guitar
  • learning a little bit of piano
  • facebook/tumblr/listography/goodreads
  • random trips with friends
  • running (yepp still trying to do this)
  • napping (often inevitable)
jun 6 2010 ∞
jun 6 2010 +
  • Pandora Radio - It's perfect both for finding new music and listening to old favorites. Sets moods and is perfect as background music for working.
  • Notecards - Why is everything easier to remember when it's on a notecard?
  • Gmail - Being able to check my email on any computer is a comfort - and as evidenced with my laptop issue - a blessing.
  • Skull Candy Headphones - Reasonably priced and block out sound perfectly. In other words, I won't be deaf in ten years because I don't have to blast music now! So nice in noisy libraries, etc.
  • The song "Hey Soul Sister" by Train - It's beautiful and makes me happy.
  • Planners - Keeps me sane and feeling organized. I like to be able to see what my week is gonna look like.
apr 25 2010 ∞
apr 30 2010 +
  • Sunshine Cleaning
  • Paper Heart
  • So I Married An Axe Murderer
  • Priceless
  • American Pie 2
  • Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
  • Kate and Leopold
  • Nola
  • Punch Drunk Love
  • City of Angels
  • Footloose
  • Fried Green Tomatoes
  • Mr. Holland's Opus
  • Julie and Julia
  • New York I Love You
  • In the Time of the Butterflies
  • Brokeback Mountain
  • Evita
  • Year One
  • Being John Malkovich
  • The Ugly Truth
apr 22 2010 ∞
dec 30 2010 +
  • The Hours (Michael Cunningham)
  • This is Charlotte Simmons (Tom Wolfe)
  • Special Topics in Calamity Physics (Marisha Pessl)
  • La Mulatresse Solitude (André Schwarzbart)
  • La Préférence Nationale (Fatou Diome)
  • Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
  • Bonheur d'occasion (Gabrielle Roy)
feb 21 2010 ∞
mar 7 2010 +
  • visual and performing arts [intro to country music]
  • philosophical reasoning [GERM 245]
  • 2nd quantitative reasoning [PSYC 210]
  • experiential education [study abroad/APPLES]
  • world before 1750 [try to get FREN 370/371 to count)
  • beyond the north atlantic [WMST 388]
  • global issues [WMST 388]
  • 1 more distributive credit
  • one more science credit

ALMOST DONE :)

aug 1 2009 ∞
dec 22 2011 +
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  • Summer Storm
  • Paris, Je T'aime
  • The 40-Year Old Virgin
  • My Big Fat Greek Wedding
  • Iron Man
  • The Other Boleyn Girl
  • When Harry Met Sally
  • No Reservations
  • Milk
  • Steel Magnolias
  • Keeping the Faith
  • Ghost Town
  • Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
  • Gaz Bar Blues
  • Penelope
  • Twilight
  • Deja-Vu.... Denzel Vu haha:)
  • London
  • Bridget Jones's Diary
  • The Little Rascals
  • Notting Hill
jan 23 2009 ∞
dec 27 2009 +

Regular Stuff

  • volunteer at kitty city (7 hrs/week)
  • volunteer at concord library, children's room (3 hrs/week)
  • 2 classes at RCCC (soci/span)(11 hrs/week, not incl hw)
  • YMCA (3x week) + yoga

Been to

  • Chapel Hill
  • Lakehouse in SC
  • Farnham, QC
  • Quebec City, QC!

Going to

  • Beach off NC coast
jun 13 2009 ∞
jul 29 2009 +
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2008

  • The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
  • A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle

2007

  • The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
  • Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
  • Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
  • The Road by Cormac McCarthy
  • The Measure of a Man by Sidney Poitier

2006

  • Night by Elie Wiesel

2005

  • A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
  • Light in August by William Faulkner
  • The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
may 1 2009 ∞
feb 21 2013 +
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pop culture

  • spice girls & backstreet boys & britney spears
  • pokemon
  • tamagotchi (which i never got)
  • furbies
  • huge lego sets
  • star wars

endeavors with cousins

  • Five Rescue Mission - we rescued animals (including a bird, a chipmunk, a few cats, and a cow - only casualty was the bird)
  • screenplay of Star Wars, my own edition, with entire family as cast
  • Pokemon Center. Enough said.
  • DDCP - our band. first only played with blocks in basement of grandparent's house. had to become DDCPA when alex wanted to join
feb 16 2009 ∞
may 7 2009 +
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  • whatever book i'm reading
  • my journal
  • my quotes notebook
  • my guitar
  • a comfortable pair of jeans
  • my pillow
  • a knit or crochet project
  • cell phone
  • lap top
  • coffee
  • girls state flannel blanket
  • silver ring
  • my ipod
feb 8 2009 ∞
may 7 2009 +