- god is not great by christopher hitchens
- a briefer history of time by stephen hawking
- carried away by alice munro
- the thing about life is that one day you'll be dead by david shields
- eeee eee eeee by tao lin
- recollected essays 1965-1980 by wendell berry
- american wife by curtis sittenfeld
- the wordy shipmates by sarah vowell
- the world is flat by thomas friedman
jan 4 2009 ∞
jan 4 2009 +
- books people gave me as gifts
- books i've had for a long time (e.g. my high school french dictionary)
- all the little monkey toys and stuff people have given me
- gifts from ex-boyfriends that are really nice
- my old panasonic walkman that records (dad gave me in middle school)
- oak bookshelf my dad spent a lot of money for and gave me as a birthday present
- anything anyone has given me as a gift, really
- christmas cards, birth announcements, wedding invitations, etc.
- all my old audio tapes (keeping mix tapes, though)
- stuff i just bought, goddammit!!
- kenwood stereo components i bought in college that still work great
jan 27 2007 ∞
jan 27 2007 +
- purchase renters insurance and earthquake insurance (premiums lowered! see http://www.earthquakeauthority.com/)
- make mom's christmas song mix cd (use itunes gift certificate won from blingo)
- complete organization/filing in office/guest room (use all those nice new boxes from the container store)
- go to h&r block to switch over stocks/whatever into both matt's and my names, and switch to some better stocks/funds
- mp3-ize vinyl with new usb turntable
- get a frame for big map poster in bedroom
- sort/purge yarn, and maybe start making something again (or finish half-done projects)
- mom's 60th birthday present
- switch name on worldperks frequent flier mile account
- figure out cingular cell phone bills
- return coat to h&m
oct 25 2006 ∞
nov 19 2006 +
may 30 2006 ∞
may 30 2006 +
- (the secret history) "what a debut! a beautifully written story, well-told, funny, sad, scary, impossible to leave alone until finished. not since the prince of tides have i enjoyed a book as much as this." --john grisham
may 30 2006 ∞
may 30 2006 +
- LOST (omg)
- survivor
- arrested development (on dvd)
- scrubs (on dvd)
- big love (when i can get tivo copies)
- the dog whisperer (when my boss gives me tapes)
- knowing me knowing you
- extras (when i can get tivo copies)
may 19 2006 ∞
may 19 2006 +
- cook more. try new recipes. don't eat cereal for dinner.
- buy better food. local and sustainable when possible. farmer's market. and don't waste it.
- exercise. more than walking up and down all the hills to work.
- write letters to my friends. don't take forever to reply to emails. send postcards, too.
- floss. also use rubber tip thing and prevident. don't let teeth rot away. especially brush after eating candy and sweet stuff.
may 12 2006 ∞
may 12 2006 +
- the godfather
- goodfellas
- braveheart
- scarface
apr 14 2006 ∞
apr 14 2006 +
apr 12 2006 ∞
apr 12 2006 +
- here
- book of lists (jill bliss journal i carry around)
- moleskine datebook
- oracle calendar
- scraps of paper in my carry-around bag
- refrigerator door
apr 11 2006 ∞
apr 11 2006 +
apr 11 2006 ∞
apr 11 2006 +
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- bob marley legend - hostel in jerusalem where it was on heavy rotation for two weeks in early 2000
- the cure kiss me kiss me kiss me - dimensions summer arts program after 7th or 8th grade
- jane's addiction nothing's shocking - listened to this tape every night while falling asleep when it came out
- jane's addiction - first cd i bought. for some reason i bought it in the strip mall next to target in okemos
- beastie boys - concert at MSU where i met that guy from "wonders"
- aretha i never loved a man the way i love you - this LP was on heavy rotation at 1023 church street in ann arbor. lisa always got out her guns dance for this
jun 3 2009 ∞
jun 3 2009 +
- the golden compass by philip pullman
- a dangerous place: california's unsettling fate by marc reisner
- the world without us by alan weisman
- after dark by haruki murakami
- drown by junot diaz
- the! greatest! of! marlys! by linda barry
- black swan green by david mitchell
- self-made man: one woman's journey into manhood and back again by norah vincent
- a year without made in china: one family's true life adventure in the global economy by sara bongiorni
- deeper by jeff long
- a cook's tour by anthony bourdain
- it's all too much: an easy plan for living a richer life with less stuff by peter walsh
- the planets by dava sobel
- goodbye, chunky rice by craig thompson
jan 3 2007 ∞
jan 2 2008 +
- defensiveness
- stonewalling
- criticism
- contempt
from blink by malcolm gladwell
jan 3 2007 ∞
jan 3 2007 +
- veronica mars
- the sopranos
- alias
- dead like me
jun 27 2006 ∞
jun 27 2006 +
- babysitting, of course. i babysat a lot. and the rate, back then, was $1 an hour. i just read ann landers and some girl was complaining that she was getting paid less than minimum wage. what.
- michigan state university virology lab. one of those high school summer things. i witnessed for the first time that college students (even grad students) were not much like "adults" at all, they were whiny, pimply, annoying larger teenagers. a big part of my job was making DEF (duck embryo fibroblasts) by pulling live duck embryos out of their eggs and putting them in a blender.
- state of michigan virology lab. another summer thing. don't remember much except that i had to do a lot of centrifuging and autoclaving. and i decided i didn't want to go into science.
- university of michigan government documen...
may 30 2006 ∞
may 30 2006 +
- get/renew passports
- get renter's insurance
- figure out what to put IRAs in and increase contributions
- go to h&r block and figure shit out
- call ING with matt to switch password
- make christmas song cd for mom
- go shopping at H&M
- get frames for stuff and put them on the walls
- put together emergency kit
- sell clothes or take to salvation army
- get wedding tattoos
- get record player console fixed
- clean up guest room for timmy
may 19 2006 ∞
may 19 2006 +
- hat for mom
- mp3 player cozy
- baby stuff for new babies coming this year
- afghan out of scrap yarn
- hat for matt k
- hat for daina
may 19 2006 ∞
may 19 2006 +
- u.s.
- canada
- egypt
- morocco
- austria
- belgium
- czech republic
- france
- germany
- gibraltar
- greece
- italy
- malta
- netherlands
- poland
- spain
- switzerland
- u.k. (england, scotland, wales)
- vatican
- cyprus
- israel
apr 20 2006 ∞
apr 20 2006 +
- a good donut place
- somewhere i can get a juicy portobello mushroom sandwich
- somewhere i can get mashed potatoes and macaroni and cheese for lunch
- pinball
apr 14 2006 ∞
apr 14 2006 +
- euchre
- settlers of catan/seafarers of catan
- scrabble
- ticket to ride
- taboo
- apples to apples
apr 11 2006 ∞
apr 11 2006 +
- elephant man. #1 of all time. gave me nightmares for two years straight.
- paperhouse. i want to see this again but it's not on video in the u.s. i actually had dreams i was in the movie, over and over.
- willy wonka and the chocolate factory. gene wilder has always creeped me out.
- the exorcist. probably shouldn't have watched this as a young child.
- rosemary's baby. scary baby.
- dead alive. okay i saw this in college.
apr 11 2006 ∞
apr 11 2006 +
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- no one belongs here more than you by miranda july
- the brief wondrous life of oscar wao by junot diaz
- animal, vegetable, miracle by barbara kingsolver
- the headmaster ritual by taylor antrim
- my life in france by julia child
- then we came to the end by joshua ferris
- staring at the sun: overcoming the terror of death by irving yalom
- the absolutely true diary of a part-time indian by sherman alexie
- twilight by stephenie meyer
- ender's game by orson scott card
- new moon by stephenie meyer
- unaccustomed earth by jhumpa lahiri
- eclipse by stephenie meyer
- blue pills: a positive love story by frederik peeters
- foreskin's lament: a memoir by shalom aus...
jan 2 2008 ∞
jan 4 2009 +
- hello kitty polaroid izone camera
- queen bee bag with broken strap
- motorola cell phone
- toys/figurines
- records
- clothes?
jan 27 2007 ∞
jan 27 2007 +
- see monkeys X
- see other animals like tapirs, jaguars, and toucans X (1 of 3--toucans)
- beaches X
- erupting volcano X
- cloud forest X
- hammock X
- see leatherback turtles (maybe)
- swimming in the warm ocean X
- walking in the warm rain X
- swim-up bar X (sortof)
jun 27 2006 ∞
aug 18 2006 +
- redwood trees
- strawberry creek
- squirrels
- picnic table
- hummingbirds
(it's quite nice really)
may 30 2006 ∞
may 30 2006 +
- like 7 carrots
- bag of salad mix
- quart of strawberries
- like 7 white potatoes
- big bag of snap peas
- maybe a quart of walnuts
- 3 red onions
- big bag of English peas
- 3 grapefruits
- tons of fava beans
- two things of green garlic
- 5 Valencia oranges
may 25 2006 ∞
may 25 2006 +
- national geographic
- bust
- real simple
- vice
may 19 2006 ∞
may 19 2006 +
- pennsylvania used to be west new jersey
- the western end of the transcontinental railroad was oakland
- there's pretty much three golfers: arnold palmer, jack nicklaus, and sometimes chy chy rodrigeuz
may 5 2006 ∞
feb 22 2008 +
- wedding drink (chambord, raspberri absolut, triple sec, and sprite)
- midori sour
- gin & tonic (sometimes)
- wyder's cider (especially raspberry) (not hornby's)
- mike's hard lemonade or the lime one
- mandarin malt liquor drink from grocery outlet
- corona (when there's only beer)
apr 14 2006 ∞
apr 14 2006 +
- super puzzle fighter
- katamari damacy/we love katamari
- dance dance revolution
- tetris
apr 11 2006 ∞
apr 11 2006 +
- tomatoes. lots, from the farmer's market.
- green beans. on tall poles.
- basil. indoors and out.
- hot peppers. for friends, not me.
apr 11 2006 ∞
apr 11 2006 +
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