BEFORE/research-

  • budgetyourtrip.com
  • priceoftravel.com

flights-

  • skyscanner.com
  • secretflyer.com
  • kayak.com
  • momondo.com
  • cheapoair.com
  • googleflights.com
  • seatguru.com
  • kiwi.com

accomodation-

  • hostelworld.com
  • hostelbooker.com

transport while in country-

  • cleverlayover.com
  • sleepinginairports.com
mar 1 2018 ∞
may 29 2018 +

SONGS-

  • first aid kit- emmy Lou
  • Far From Home- Five Finger Death Punch
  • Let Me Clear My Throat- DJ Kool Shazam
  • Falling- The Civil Wars
  • Slow Me Down- Emmy Rossum
  • She Ain't You- New Hollow
  • Teenage Dirtbag- Wheatus
  • Goodbye Goodbye- Tegan and Sara

GROUPS-

  • Arcade Fire
  • Artic Monkey
oct 24 2015 ∞
oct 24 2015 +
  • Steal this book- Abbie Hoffman
  • the Chomsky reader- Noam Chomsky
  • a people's history of the united states- Howard zinn
  • the anarchist cookbook- William Powell
  • human, all to human- friedrich Nietzsche
  • complete works- Arthur Rimbaud
  • fear and loathing in las Vegas- hunter s Thompson
  • the bell jar- Sylvia Plath
  • the satanic bible- Anton lavey
  • Factotum- Charles bukowski
  • siddhartha- Herman Hesse
  • steppenwolf- herman Hesse
  • slaughterhouse five- Kurt Vonnegut
  • naked lunch- William s Burroughs
  • Life After College: the Complete Guide to Getting What You Want- Jenny Blake
mar 13 2012 ∞
may 18 2014 +
  • buy a new car
  • roadtrip around the country
  • take a big vacation
  • buy a house
  • go to Disneyland and act like a kid?
  • establish career
  • save $ if want to be stay at home mom
  • have crazy sex
  • address any relationship issues
  • talk about how we want to raise our kids
  • be spontaneous
  • invite a baby to spend the night
  • complete all home renovations
  • move to a new place
  • read the books you've always wanted to read
  • splurge on something
  • spend time with grandparents
  • go on a cruise together
  • save a year long emergency fund
  • go camping
jul 25 2013 ∞
oct 24 2015 +

BBC thinks that most people will only have read 6 books out of these 100. Let's see how I do.

  • Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
  • The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
  • Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
  • Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
  • To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
  • The Bible
  • Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
  • Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
  • His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
  • Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
  • Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
  • Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
  • Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
  • Complete Works of Shakespeare
  • Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
  • The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
  • Birdsong - Sebastian Faulk
jun 24 2011 ∞
may 18 2014 +
  • The Sound of Music
  • Rent
  • West Side Story
  • Sixteen Candles
  • Ferris Bueller's Day Off
  • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
  • Breakfast Club
  • Brother Bear
  • St. Elmo's Fire
  • Friday
  • E.T.
  • Finding Nemo
  • Factory Girl
  • The Jacket
  • The Little Mermaid
  • Overboard
  • Truman Show
  • The Goonies
  • Waking Life
  • Dirty Dancing
  • Garden State
feb 17 2011 ∞
mar 13 2012 +
  • books I've read.

2000's

  • Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
  • Saturday by Ian McEwan
  • On Beauty by Zadie Smith
  • Slow Man by J.M. Coetzee
  • Adjunct: An Undigest by Peter Manson
  • The Sea by John Banville
  • The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble
  • The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
  • The Master by Colm Tóibín
  • Vanishing Point by David Markson
  • The Lambs of London by Peter Ackroyd
  • Dining on Stones by Iain Sinclair
  • Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
  • Drop City by T. Coraghessan Boyle
  • The Colour by Rose Tremain
  • Thursbitch by Alan Garner
  • The Light of Day by Graham Swift
  • What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt
oct 24 2010 ∞
dec 6 2020 +
  • dance on a bar
  • spray a fire distinguisher
  • walk in a demonstration
  • wear false lashes for a whole day
  • slide with a matress from a slide
  • spray graffiti
  • learn to play guitar
  • try yoga
  • learn to write my name in chinese
  • dance on a pole without falling
  • learn piano better
  • learn to make a crane bird out of origami
  • milk a cow
  • ride an elephant
  • go to a carnival
  • make a dress by myself
  • make a gingerbread-house
  • write a song
  • send a message in a bottle
  • lay flowers down on an unknown grave
aug 9 2010 ∞
may 18 2014 +
  • States & Cities and how many people I know around the US from each state. Crossed out states are states I've been to.
      • Alabama
      • Alaska (2 people)
      • Arizona (1 person)
      • Arkansas
      • California (2 people)
      • Colorado
      • Connecticut
      • Delaware
      • Florida (3 people)
      • Georgia
      • Hawaii (MARIAH?!)
      • Idaho
      • Illinois (4 people)
      • Indiana
      • Iowa
      • Kansas
aug 13 2010 ∞
dec 6 2020 +

SAVE:

  • auto-save from each paycheck
  • don't eat out
  • don't go out for drinks
  • no more coffee

EARN:

  • sell on ebay
  • sell on amazon
  • christmas
  • birthdays- Cody 2, Kayla 1
  • taxes 2019
  • sidehustles/part time jobs
mar 1 2018 ∞
may 29 2018 +
  • Take a month long vacation on the opposite side of the world in a city with a completely different culture.
  • Jump out of a perfectly good airplane.
  • Make love in a place you aren't supposed to.
  • Swim with sharks.
  • Throw the house party of all house parties.
  • Take sexy photos of yourself, keep them somewhere safe.
  • Learn to fly a plane.
  • Become skilled with a musical instrument.
  • Live in SoCal for at least a year.
  • Live in the heart of a major city for at least a year.
  • Spend a few weeks vacationing on the beach with your partner.
  • Visit Hawaii.
  • Visit the North Pole.
jun 21 2011 ∞
oct 24 2015 +
  • The Great Gatsby- F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Brave New World- Aldous Huxley
  • Of Mice and Men- John Steinbeck
  • Animal Farm- George Orwell
  • The Heart is a Lonely Hunter- Carson McCullers
  • Slaughterhouse Five- Kurt Vonnegut
  • Native Son- Richard Wright
  • Seize the Day- Saul Bellow
  • Howards End- EM Forester
  • The Sun Also Rises- Earnest Hemingway
  • The Catcher in the Rye- JD Salinger
  • Heart of Darkness- Joseph Conrad
  • The Call of the Wild- Jack London
  • To Kill a Mockingbird- Harper Lee
  • The Grapes of Wrath- John Steinbeck
  • Why We Can't Wait- Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Ideas and Opinions- Albert Einstein
  • Homage to Catalonia- George Orwell
  • Black Lamb and Grey Falcon- Rebecca West
jan 20 2012 ∞
may 18 2014 +

Spicy Yogurt Sauce-

  • 1 container 6oz plain lowfat yogurt
  • 1 clove garlic, grated
  • 1 tsp fresh lemon juice
  • 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • Combine all ingredients in a bowl, mix, store in fridge until using.
  • Serve over meat, tomato, cucumber (lettuce/onion/ green/red pepper opt), in a pita!

KALE CHIPS-

  • (bake torn pieces of kale, sprayed with olive oil and sprinkled lightly with salt until crispy in a 400 degree oven; have as many as you want!)
  • Carrot chips
  • cucumber chips
  • zucchini chips
  • apple chips
mar 13 2012 ∞
may 18 2014 +
  • Wizard Of Oz (1939)
  • Terms Of Endearment (1983)
  • The Constant Gardener (2005)
  • La Dolce Vita (1960)
  • Mulholland Drive (2001)
  • The Red Shoes (1948)
  • Brief Encounter (1945)
  • Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
  • Annie Hall (1977)
  • When Harry Met Sally (1989)
  • The Graduate (1967)
  • Pulp Fiction (1994)
  • Casablanca (1942)
  • Heathers (1988)
  • The Apartment (1960)
  • Let the Right One In (2008)
  • Persepolis (2007)
  • The African Queen (1951)
  • The Birds (1963)
  • Gone With the Wind (1939)
  • Belle Du Jour (1967)
aug 20 2011 ∞
mar 13 2012 +

Movies (DVD)

  • Independence Day
  • Fox and the Hound
  • The Little Mermaid
  • Factory Girl
  • Party Monster
  • Requiem For A Dream
  • Spun
  • Waking Life
  • Rocky Horror Picture Show
  • Beatle's Yellow Submarine
  • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
  • American Psycho's
  • Twilight Series
  • ER Full Collection
  • Friends Full Collection

Books

  • Harry Potter 5-7
  • Huck Finn
oct 21 2010 ∞
oct 24 2015 +
  • A Clockwork Orange
  • Sideways
  • Big Fish
  • Stand By Me
  • Misery
  • American Psycho
  • Being There
  • Casino Royale
  • Psycho
  • Goodfellas
  • The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
  • There Will Be Blood
  • The Fantastic Mr. Fox
  • Victor Victoria
  • Amelie
  • Bottle Rocket
  • Crooklyn
  • In America
  • Junebug
  • Slaves of New York
  • Rushmore
feb 17 2011 ∞
dec 6 2020 +

Broadway, NYC

  • Music Man (ft. Eric McCormack)
  • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
  • Hairspray
  • Mamma Mia
  • Tarzan
  • Rent
  • In The Heights (Original Cast)
  • West Side Story
  • The Jersey Boys
  • If/Then

West End, London

  • Les Miserables
oct 21 2010 ∞
oct 24 2015 +

Ones Completely Watched-

  • Eli Stone
  • Lost
  • Private Practice
  • Fringe
  • Freaks and Geeks
  • United States of Tara
  • Dexter
  • Bones
  • Gilmore Girls (incl A Year..)
  • Doctor Who (Doctors 9-11)
  • Parks and Rec
  • Girl Meets World
  • Nurse Jackie
  • Series of Unfortunate Events
  • Master of None (current)
  • Game of Thrones (current)

Ones I'm in the middle of-

  • Orange is the New Black (2 episodes left)...
jul 9 2011 ∞
mar 1 2018 +
  • Financial Basics: Money-Management Guide for Students- Susan Knox
  • How to Survive Your Freshman Year- Hundreds of Heads Survival Guides
  • The Student's Guide to Financial Literacy- Robert E. Lawless
  • The Debt-Free Graduate: How to Survive College Without Going Broke- Murray Baker
  • Who Moved My Cheese for Teens?- Spencer Johnson & Kenneth Blanchard
  • Money Management for College Students- Karin R. O'Callaghan
  • The Naked Roommate- Harlan Cohen
jan 20 2012 ∞
may 18 2014 +
  • 1/2 brown rice cakes spread w/ one tbs of almond butter each.
  • microwaveable bowl of soup (minestrone/chicken and rice).
  • Pkgd instant plain oatmeal w/ dry peaches/cranberries & 1 tbs walnuts.
  • Nutty Kind bar & apple/clementine.
  • 1/4 cup each of roasted edamame and baked apple chips.
  • Sliced tomato & mozz, basil, salt & pepper on 2 Wasa rye crackers.
  • V8 V-Fusion Smoothie & handful of soy nuts.
  • Box chocolate milk (not need refrigeration) & handful of almonds.
  • 8in WG tortilla w/ 1 1/2 tbs neufchatel cheese mixed w/ 1 tbs salsa.
  • 1/4 cup red pepper hummus w/ sugar snap peas / radishes.
  • Cucumber wheels with 1/2 cup mixture of pesto & plain nf Greek yogurt.
mar 13 2012 ∞
may 18 2014 +

BRAZIL-

  • Jau National Park

SPAIN-

  • Tower Of Hercules- Galicia
  • Balboa
  • Barcelona
  • Madrid
  • Seville

ITALY-

  • Explore Venice without time constraints

IRELAND-

  • Belfast (cheaper than Dublin)

GREECE- FRANCE-

  • eat macaroons at La Duree, on the Champs Elysee
  • eat ice-cream at Berthillon
  • eat pastries at Pierre Hermé
apr 24 2012 ∞
jul 18 2012 +
  • Just Kids- Patti Smith
  • Man's Search For Meaning- Victor Frankl

A-

  • Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe
  • Call Me By Your Name - André Aciman
  • A Death in the Family - James Agee
  • Thanks for the Memories - Cecelia Ahern
  • Love, Rosie - Cecelia Ahern
  • Ps.: I Love You - Cecelia Ahern
  • If You Could See Me Now - Cecelia Ahern
  • The Extra Man - Jonathan Ames
  • Buffalo Lockjaw - Greg Ames
  • Lucky Jim - Kingsley Amis
  • Winesburg, Ohio - Sherwood Anderson
  • Harry, A History - Melissa Anelli
  • The Romanov Bride - Robert Alexander
  • Predictably Irrational - Dan Ariely
  • Alias Grace - Margaret Atwood
  • The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
  • The Year of the Flood - Margaret Atwood
feb 20 2010 ∞
sep 23 2011 +
  • The Princess Bride
  • Forrest Gump
  • Catch Me If You Can
  • The Shining
  • Mary Poppins
  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • School Of Rock
  • Man On Fire
  • Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World<3
  • The Sound of Music
feb 17 2011 ∞
feb 17 2011 +
  • Shawshank Redemption (1994)
  • The Godfather (1972)
  • The Godfather: Part II (1974)
  • Inception (2010)
  • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
  • Pulp Fiction (1994)
  • Schindler's List (1993)
  • 12 Angry Men (1957)
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
  • Star Wars: Episode V- The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
  • The Dark Knight (2008)
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
  • Seven Samurai (1954)
  • Star Wars: Episode IV- A New Hope (1977)
  • Goodfellas (1990)
  • Casablanca (1942)
  • Fight Club (1999)
  • Toy Story 3 (2010)
  • City of God (2002)
oct 22 2010 ∞
dec 6 2020 +
  • Cody.
  • Living with Cody.
  • Going to sleep with Cody.
  • Waking up next to Cody.
  • Denmark.
  • Exchange Students.
  • Salad Pizza.
  • New cell phones.
  • Not being poor.
  • When boys aren't stupid.
  • When my rooms clean (not the cleaning part though).
  • Getting pay checks (not the working part though).
  • Having nice nails.
  • Being tan.
  • Reading.
  • Writing.
  • Singing.
  • Driving.
  • Windows down.
aug 10 2010 ∞
feb 16 2011 +