• mouth to mouth
• brothers
• invictus
• seven pounds
• bright lights, big city
• finding forrester
• six degrees of separation
• rushmore
• whip it
• the quiet
• american psycho
• where the wild things are
• milk
• pulp fiction
• teeth (hahah,)
• fast times at ridgemont high
• eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
• drumline
• zombieland
• psycho
• man on fire

• donate blood
• share the only secret i've kept from anyone
• have a stranger ask for an autograph
• contribute to bettering the world
  • (although this is ongoing)
• see Envy on the Coast perform live [4/14/10. hell yeah.]
• Write a letter to all of Incubus thanking for them for being my most influential muse.
• make it into college
• relocate to new york city
• inspire somebody else
• make my mark in music
• find love.
• buy a pair of Toms for donation
• donate to invisible children and/or MYF
• Habitat for Humanity
• road trip across country

• new zealand
• france
• belgium
• iceland
• the philippines
• barcelona
• the u.k.
• malaysia
• morocco
• ireland
• shanghai
• california

• Charlie Bartlett
• American History X
• K-PAX
• The Breakfast Club
• Stand By Me
• Memento
• Once
• Harry Potter series
• Requiem for a dream
• He's Just Not That Into You
• any Ellen Page movie
• Little Miss Sunshine
• The Butterfly Effect
• Rain Man
• The Pursuit of Happyness
• The Royal Tenenbaums
• Edward Scissorhands
• Back to the future
• Donnie Darko
• Doc Hollywood
• Gran Turino

• voice
• songwriting/instruments
• reading more
• confidence/self esteem
• expanding vocabulary
• music theory
• getting in shape
• college applications galore.
• picking a fallback career
• not bottling emotions
• following through with my goals
• not being lonely
• normal sleeping / eating habits
• sketching

• finding money in your pocket
• unexpected compliments from strangers
• being informed that there is no homework for the day/weekend
• having a test moved to a later date
• receiving a good grade on a paper you did at four in the morning
• last minute plans
• hugs from behind

• Paper Towns - John Green
• Finding Forrester - James Ellison
• And The Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks - William S. Burroughs/Jack Kerouac
• Down and Out On Murder Mile - Tony O'Neill
• Thirteen Reasons Why - Jay Asher
• Noise Fiction Inspired By Sonic Youth - Peter Wild
• Invitation Only - Kate Brian
• Close To The Knives: A Memoir Of Disintegration - David Wojnarowicz
• Before I Die - Jenny Downham
• Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut
• Snuff - Chuck Palahniuk

I wish/hope:

• to see the brother and grandparents who I don't see for years at a time
• that my mother gets all the presents and care that I know she deserves but never receives
• to mend the relationship i have with my father
• that i can start achieving something great for the world
• that one day, i can forgive myself

the funnies:

• Julian Smith
• Livelavalive // Mitchell Davis
• Jimmy0010
• Nigahiga

Musicians:

• Jack Conte
• Jesse Barrera

to be continued.

• will smith
• justin long
• edward norton
• john cusack
• michael j. fox
• michael cera
• anton yelchin
• dustin hoffman
• jake gyllenhaal
• rupert grint
• keifer sutherland
• ellen page
• natalie portman
• zooey deschanel
• emma watson
• anne hathaway
• scarlett johansson

• dropping the bowl of cake mix when baking with woog and christian. 8/21/09.
• locking myself out of my bedroom. my cleats for soccer practice that night were in there. had to remove the entire door knob.
• hanging my favorite watch on the hood of the old van, my brother driving away in it, forgetting it was there...
• wrestling with pat and chris. breaking chris' collar bone.
• getting hit in the eye by greggory, who was rollerblading down a steep hill with a very large stick in his hand. still have a scar to this day,
• being tricked by my brothers to walk by a nest of mud wasps, who they had just thrown rocks at, and getting stung in the eye and hip at the same time.
• leaving a decent sized hole in the wall at the buffalo icon.

• dislikes
• subtelties (about me)
• inspirations/admirations
• pleasant surprises
• books to read
• songs to learn/cover
• favorite movie quotations
• memorable mishaps.
• the things i try to live by
• favorite music videos

(ideas stolen from the various listography books):

• guilty pleasure music
• songs you would want to be serenaded with
• guitar heroes
• bands that should not have broken up
• superpowers i wish i had

• 12:59 lullaby - bedouin soundclash
• not myself - john mayer
• new deep - john mayer
• you still hurt me - william fitzsimmons
• use somebody - kings of leon
• to build a home - cinematic orchestra
• welcome to the jungle - guns 'n roses
• canon in D
• glass - gavin degraw
• the only exception - paramore
• when the night feels my song - bedouin sondclash
• spit on a stranger - pavement/nickel creek cover version
• lean on me - any version

to be continued.

• shows / concerts
• laughing to the point of tears
• during and after a bike ride
• making lists and playlists
• playing tennis matches that last for hours
• the sight of a delicious looking sandwich
• the feeling after a good run
• being in a big city
• putting on clothing immediately after being in the dryer
• the month of october
• crisp and chilly mornings
• christmas lights
• certain buddhist philosophies
• incubus
• paramore
• bonfires
• having the house to myself once in awhile

• stand by me - the drifters
• brick - ben folds
• Ocean - john butler
• ignorance - paramore
• upward over the mountain - iron & wine
• gravity - john mayer
• bold as love - jimi hendrix
• luca - brand new
• timber me shivers - cage the elephant
• demons - guster
• under the bridge - red hot chili peppers
• santeria - sublime
• black hole sun - soudgarden
• say it ain't so - weezer
• lucky denver mint - jimmy eat world
• every incubus song, pretty much.
• childlike wildlife - jason mraz
• eleanor rigby- the beatles
• i'll be - edwin mccain
• i want you - third eye blind
• adams song - blink 182