listography: >>plain crash.

i read a HELLA lot when i was a kid. i wish i had more time to now. i loved books that were scary, humorous, quotable, and/or about unique, interesting, non-conformist characters.

The Phantom Tollbooth - Norton Juster
everything by Roald Dahl
Beverly Cleary's books about Ramona Quimby
Tacky the Penquin - Helen Lester
Gregory the Terrible Eater - Mitchell Sharmat
Holes and all the Wayside School books - Louis Sachar
Coraline - Neil Gaiman
Stargirl - Jerry Spinelli
A Wrinkle in Time (&sequels) - Madeleine L'Engle
Harry Potter, duh. - J.K. Rowling
A Series of Unfortunate Events (all of them!) - Lemony Snicket

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dec 25 2008 ∞
mar 20 2012 +

quotes (favorite quotes from anywhere)

..separate from favorite book quotes.
"Liberalism is the supreme form of generosity. It the the right which the majority concedes to the minority, and hence is is the most noble cry that has ever resounded on this planet." - José Ortega y Gasset
"The media cares about what's new. Millions of people dying is nothing new." - Bill Gates
The perfect society will occur only when kings become philosophers or philosophers are made kings." - Plato
"I am finding different ways to express myself." - Raven
"I don't believe in soul mates. However, I do believe in souls and that all souls desire a connection with others. I imagine that long ago, everything and everybody were all just one soul and somehow (maybe with a god-sized planet-shooting cannon) there was an explosion or a big bang and the one big soul shattered into immeasu...__Anthony Green__

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dec 28 2008 ∞
jul 17 2010 +

wishlist (CHRISTMAS LIST 2010)

Ongoing wishlist, in order of urgency/necessity/sheer covetousness:

Pembroke Welsh Corgi puppy
percussion massager
keyboard cover
Betsey Johnson jewelry - something chunky
subscription to NYLON Magazine
Flickr pro-account renewal
Queen or Simon & Garfunkel Shirt

may 3 2009 ∞
may 6 2011 +

Names (favorite names.)

Girls;
- Scout
- Kitson
- Carah Faye
- Tristen
- Reagan
- Charlie
- Cadence
- Rilee
- Harper
- Calista
- Annalee
- Elliot
- Piper
- Sawyer
- Rian
- Cabriole
- Waverly
- Ainslee
- Hadley

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dec 7 2008 ∞
feb 19 2012 +

to do (stuff i want to do before i bite the dus...)

for the things I've crossed out, i may have done it multiple times or might do it again ;)

visit India & Japan & Spain (at the least)
become fluent in at least one other language. (i'm hoping Spanish.)
vandalize something
dress up & go nowhere special
really fall in love and be loved back
attend Sundance
live in San Francisco
get into college
go to a drive-in movie
ride in the back of a pick-up truck
adopt a child
sing & dance loudly in public
make someone's dreams come true (I LITERALLY did this :)
go on a roadtrip without parents
splurge on something i really want (this ...

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dec 24 2008 ∞
jul 17 2010 +

about me (Guilty Pleasures.)

The OC reruns
fudge
cookie dough/cake batter
secondhand smoke
Taylor Swift

jun 25 2009 ∞
jul 17 2010 +

quotes (favorite book quotes.)

derff under construction.

Holden Caulfield, The Catcher in the Rye:
- "People never notice anything."
- "Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody."
- "I'm sort of glad they've got the atomic bomb invented. If there's ever another war, I'm going to sit right the hell on top of it. I'll volunteer for it, I swear to God I will."
- "I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life."
- “That's a deer shooting hat.” “Like hell it is.” I took it off and looked at it. I sort of closed one eye, like I was taking aim at it. “This is a people shooting hat,” I said. “I shoot people in this hat.”
- "It was that kind of a crazy afternoon, t...