• the ability to be silly
• not being argumentative about every little thing
• must have nice eyes
• must have nice smile
• an appreciation for all sorts of music...preferably into the non-mainstream
• a love of the written word
• vintage fashion sense that works its way in here and there
• an ability to make a crowded room disappear and have it feel like it's just the two of you
• a desire to do something with themselves
• an open mind to relocation or travel
• trust

meg, i stole this from you....

• how to balance the social with the work
• how to cook on a budget
• how to REALLY read
• how to write news articles
• that science really is interesting, however daunting
• everyone is human...other students, public figures, professors....everyone
• that i CAN sing
• how to be confident
• how to carry myself in a proud manner even when i'm falling apart inside
• how to break up with someone and share a city
• how to drink and not go overboard
• you don't need a watch if you have a cell phone...!
• that some people just can't be helped
• how to put on make up (seriously.....)
• how to let other people into my dance spa...

non-alcoholic:

• chai latte
• london fog
• coffee
• earl grey tea
• green tea with jasmine
• cappuccino (a REAL one....from somewhere like the bistro)
• pomegranate juice
• mango lemonade
• oasis strawberry kiwi
• oasis 10 fruits

alcoholic:

• keiths (ohhhh the keiths that shows up on my table as soon as i walk through the door on thursday nights to run the open mic...)
• guinness
• black velvet
• 50 (for old time's sake)

• House of Fools - "Kiss The Haze"
• The Acorn - "The Flood Pt. 1"
• The Weakerthans - "Reconstruction Site"
• Pixies - "Here Comes Your Man"
• The Acorn - "Hold Your Breath"
• Foo Fighters - "Home"
• Counting Crows - "Raining In Baltimore"
• Kate Vogele - "Hallelujah"
• Emm Gryner - "Disco Lights"
• Danny Michel - "I Will Love You For Miles" (off the live dvd)
• Ween - "Bananas and Blow"
• Keane - "Under Pressure"
• The Weakerthans - "One Great City!"
• Led Zeppelin - "Goin' To California"

• The Acorn
• House of Fools
• Pixies
• Foo Fighters
• The Tasty Jams
• Ludo
• Danny Michel
• Major Maker
• Ween
• Less Than Jake
• Murray Head
• Sarah Slean
• Beatles
• Led Zeppelin
• The Weakerthans
• Foal
• Patty Griffin
• Kathleen Edwards
• KT Tunstall
• Bad Religion
• NOFX

• Alarm
• Harp
• Chart
• Women's Health

• danny michel (more times than i can even count!)
• dayna manning
• emm gryner (one time she used my keyboard for the show!)
• green day
• pearl jam
• bad religion (warped 2007)
• flogging molly (warped 2007)
• lindy (a few times)
• kim stockwood (bluebird north tour 2005)
• andy kim (bluebird north tour 2005)
• tiger army (warped 2007)
• coheed and cambria (warped 2007)
• paramore (warped 2007)
• feist (for free...canada day in ottawa 2007)
• the weakerthans (a couple of times)
• tegan and sara
• wilco
• bobnoxious (don't ask. it wasn't my decis...

• Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy
• House of Fools - Kiss The Haze
• Feist - I Feel It All
• Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
• Temptations - Shout
• Danny Michel - I Will Love You For Miles
• Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride
• Jason Mraz - Wordplay
• Pixies - Here Comes Your Man
• Foo Fighters - Cold Day in the Sun
• Beatles/George Harrison - Here Comes The Sun
• The Acorn - The Flood Pt.1
• Rilo Kiley - The Good That Won't Come Out
• Steely Dan - Reelin' In The Years
• Neil Young - Walk On
• The Police - Message In A Bottle
• Spiral Beach - Voodoo
• The Weakerthans - Aside
• Sarah Harmer - Basement Apartment

• Phillip Pullman - "The Golden Compass - His Dark Materials"
• Douglas Coupland - "Shampoo Planet"
• Oliver Sachs - "Musicophilia"

• first car: 1990 chev lumina
• first guitar: yamaha (aka the beater)
• first dog: buster
• first pony: gretchen
• first horse: brandy
• first friend to get married: erin
• first kiss: the summer between grade 10 and 11
• first song learned and performed on bass: "why does it hurt when i pee" - frank zappa (this was done simultaneously...the learning and the performing)
• first summer job: camp counsellor at a riding camp
• first corporation i worked for: mcdonalds (the riding camp wasn't corporate)
• first breath taken: at st.joseph's hospital in london
• first grade teacher: mrs. shaddick

this is entirely girly, gratuitous, and vapid....and i'm okay with that..!

• BOTH my 1976 vintage leather purses
• scarves...SCARVES SCARVES SCARVES!
• birkenstock sandals
• jacob jeans
• denim blazer
• hippie sweater
• the blue forever21 shirt
• the green forever21 shirt
• grey flippy skirt
• brown and turquoise skirt
• LOIS jeans
• cardigans
• things that have a southern flair

• Goderich
• Guelph
• Kitchener/Waterloo
• Barrie
• Muskoka Area
• Hamilton

• ✔ Take pay slips to bank
• remove wallpaper
• get room ready to paint
• ✔ take cable box back to rogers
• fix the pickup for the beater guitar
• finish writing that song
• find music for those other words
• ✔ work 11 - 4 at the bistro
• ✔ work 5 till close on the restaurant side of wicked's
• finish reading the golden compass
• clean room
• ✔ wash darks
• ✔ retrieve ironing board from london
• ✔ put the new music on the ipod