• Holocaust Museum
• Jefferson Memorial
• Lincoln Memorial
• Postal Museum
• Sticky Fingers Bakery!

• ace of cakes.
• ice road truckers.
• six feet under.
• lost.
• dexter.
• freaks and geeks.
• csi (original only).
• arrested development.
• the west wing.
• sports night.
• 30 rock.
• the ultimate fighter.
• studio 60.
• weeds.
• breaking bad.
• michael and michael have issues.

• any kind of orchid.
• roses (it's my middle name too).
• gerber daisies.
• clematis.
• certain kinds of lilies.
• magnolia.
• dogwood (i have the tattoo to prove it).
• iceland poppies.
• lobelia.
• lantana.

• grandma. she passed away this summer.
• uncle tim. he also passed away this summer.
• taylor. we were best friends growing up but have drifted apart since high school.
• lauren, amber, loren, amy. friends from high school that i haven't seen since then. we all live in various parts of the country now.
• mike. he has an uncanny ability to make me laugh. most of the time that made all the trouble he caused worth it.
• abby. my old roommate in minnesota who got married this summer. that year and a half was one of the best of my life.
• the jam dog boys. micah, micah, chris, chris, james, jeremy. that time of my life was one of the most fun-filled. i miss the people individually and the scene we were all a part of.

i really don't eat that much cereal. but when i do:

• honey nut cherrios.
• puffins.
• capt'n crunch. the one cereal i wanted growing up that my mom would never buy me. when i moved out, i started buying it all the time.
• grape nuts.
• homemade granola.

• watching a cute boy from the art quest class windows with taylor and amy and nicole.
• listening to five iron frenzy in freshman u.s. history class while working on a project.
• getting ready for homecoming freshman year.
• hanging out with amy mackay for the first time at my house, dancing in our bras and dyeing out hair.
• skipping out of school at lunch time on my birthday with taylor, peter, nicole, and matt and going to the beach where we fed wasabi to a seagull without considering the repercussions.
• working in the art class courtyard
• making up names for boys so that we could talk about them, even if they were around
• my apparent rivalry with the girl leader ...

• the tallest man on earth
• andrew bird
• beirut (my dad saw him before i did; not fair)
• bjork
• the arcade fire (i want to see them one day 6 years ago)
• mewithoutYou, 7 times and counting...

• cardinal, right foot (a little piece of VA)
• MN, inside of right ankle (to match my CA)
• the Dawn Treader, entire right side
• 3/4 sleeve, left arm of various summer happenings in 2007 (way cooler than it sounds) including: state flower of every place i visited, flowers that remind me of my uncle and grandma that passed away, two calaveras, a red ribbon, mountains...
• egrets flying across my upper back
• a saint on each calf: patron saint of handicrafts and patron saint of baking
• orchids, my pelvic bone, both sides
• a button (like one on a shirt, not one you push)
• a simple dress form outline
• a whole sewint/quilting themed arm piece

• holly verhage.
• chris hill.
• josh kothe-levie.
• marcus hodges.
• faith weatherly.
• angela dunn.
• abby hansen.
• chelsea nahai.
• ryan mchugh.
• dan & julie bivins

• i am almost always overly analytical.
• i can be very judgmental of people, especially at concerts.
• i pick at the skin around my fingernails too much.
• i am always worried about being embarrassed.
• i have a lot of insecurities.
• i am bad at starting conversations.
• sometimes i take things too personally.
• i don't like making phone calls to people i don't know, sometimes even ones to people i do know.
• i have a hard time showing empathy sometimes.
• i assume i know what people will say in answer to something.
• i have some abandonment and trust issues. never fun to realize.

my family never really had game nights or anything but

• every once in a while my mom and brother and i would play life. for some reason my mom always ended up with lots of children.
• hi ho cheerio. my granny and grandpa had a great game cupboard at their house.
• candyland, at either of my grandparents houses.
• the barbie game. you tried to become prom queen with dates named things like pointdexter. it was from when my mom was a child.
• taylor and i would play the little mermaid in her grammy's pool on sacramento. she always got to be the little mermaid and i always got to be the wave. haha. she was the dominant personality between the two of us.
• i would spend the night at my granny and ...

• i only like my grilled cheese sandwiches cut diagonally.
• i enjoy color coded things for aesthetic purposes such as books and calenders and my clothes.
• i make lists about pretty much everything. obviously.
• when i use things out of a tub (such as butter or hummus) , i like to keep the surface as level as possible.
• i really hate the buzz of fluorescent lights.
• i am particular about the way i load a dishwasher.

California.

• the phoenix theater. petaluma.
• inn of the beginning. cotati.
• the warfield. san francisco.
• the fillmore. san francisco.
• the pound. san francisco. (rip.)
• great american music hall. san francisco.
• slims. san francisco.
• bottom of the hill. san francisco.
• greek theater. berkeley.
• gilman street. berkeley.
• blake's on telegraph. berkeley.
• chain reaction. anaheim.
• the glass house. pomona.

Florida.

• the venue. gainesville.
• durty nelly's. gainesville.
• market street pub. gainesville.
• 1982. gainesville.

• cloud shadows.
• music.
• flowering window boxes.
• being kissed on the neck.
• a good book.
• snow.
• thunderstorms.
• amos and astrid.
• snail mail.
• sewing.
• jesus.
• fond memories.
• hot tea.
• fires in fireplaces on a cold evening.
• quilts. making them and lying under them.
• the beach in northern california.
• the sound of the wind.
• camping.
• getting tattoos.
• napping in the sun.

• taylor melligan
• lauren hodge
• amy mackay
• amber solbakken
• lindsey keel
• peter bonos
• dan bouchante
• nick rappaport
• max winston
• nicole gelormino
• ariel clay
• timothy beach
• nicole dedischew
• jason hornig
• alex koninous
• loren butchart
• seth

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• begin each item with an asterisk

• superfluous
• ethereal
• cadaver
• circuitous
• glaciation

• ride bicycles.
• sit by the ocean in the pacific northwest.
• take road trips.
• see live shows.
• sew clothes and quilts.
• knit.
• watch foreign movies.
• make lists.
• cuddle.
• write and receive letters.
• dance parties.
• being spontaneous.
• camping.
• cooking/baking.

• ✔ large kitchen. it's hardly large but it's still better.
• ✔ space for a garden.
• ✔ washer and dryer. there are hookups for it at least. we're part way there.
• gas stove.
• ✔ fireplace. we have two!

• "fahrenheit 451" by ray bradbury
• "the giver" by lois lowry
• "the house of the spirits" by isabelle allende
• "to kill a mockingbird" by harper lee (that's actually a lie, i hated it in high school but i re-read it this year and loved it.)
• "she's come undone" by wally lamb
• "enders game" by orson scott card
• "sophie's world" by jostein gaarder
• "the perks of being a wallflower" by stephen chbosky

• hard rain.
• wind in the trees.
• tattoo guns.
• water falls in the forest before i see them.
• the absence of sound when it snows.
• marcus' voice.

• pad thai.
• pizza.
• earl grey tea cookies.
• milk.
• good cheese.
• pink lady apples.
• avocados.
• waikiki meatballs.
• my daddy's garlic mashed potatoes.
• plain tostitos chips.
• fun dip. for nostalgic reasons.

• gotten engaged.

i had a hard time thinking of catagories...

• first car: 1996 maroon honda civic. totalled.
• first pet: zack the cat. he hated me.
• first kiss: tom elder. 8th grade. his house.
• first concert: third eye blind with smashmouth. (unless you count raffi when I was about 10)
• first book i enjoyed: she's come undone. wally lamb.
• first job: sebastopol blueprint shop.
• first memory: the journey with taylor.
• first love: mike weatherly.
• first piercing: ears.
• first tattoo: sacred heart on back of my neck.
• first time i got drunk: vodka tonics at an open bar.

the list is short. there are too many movies in the world i want to see to spend time watching some more than once. with a few exceptions:

• amelie.
• eternal sunshine of the spotless mind.
• once.
• princess and the warrior.
• the royal tenenbaums.
• everything is illuminated.
• the return.
• juno.