• Emma Thompson
• Jane Austen
• Tina Fey
• Azar Nafisi
• Jhumpa Lahiri
• Charles Dickens
• C.S. Lewis
• G.K. Chesterton
• Marjane Satrapi
• Elizabeth Barrett Browning
• John Donne
• Margaret Edson
• William Shakespeare
• Oscar Wilde
• Henry James
• Fyodor Dostoyevski
• Louisa May Alcott
• Earl Palmer
• N.T. Wright
• Frederick Buechner
• Margaret Atwood

• Visiting NYC in less than 3 weeks!
• Seeing Coldplay in 2 months!
• Possible trip to Germany this summer/fall
• Getting better hours at work

• U of British Columbia
• U of Manchester (1 year program)
• Portland State U - blah
• U of Texas - Austin - PhD only :(
• UW - just because
• NYU - unlikely $$$
• Texas Christian U - recommended by a friend
• McGill - Far away, more expensive, hard to get into...

This list is still short. UT is pretty much out, since I don't want a PhD program at this point. I'm a little worried about the authenticity of a 1 year UK program, but Manchester is supposedly a pretty respected school, behind Oxford and Cambridge, but then...my research so far is only about 5 mm thick. Hey look! I can use the metric system! I'm actually really liking the sound of UBC. It's close, but I think it's respected and it would give me a...

• Going to the onsen with friends
• Buying half-price sashimi at the grocery store
• Eating 105 yen kaiten sushi
• The way my 1st graders flip out when I visit their classroom :)
• When my students draw pictures on their papers
• How everyone has charms on their cell-phones
• How my JHS boys like stickers and stamps
• School uniforms
• Yaki Niku! Korean BBQ!
• JET camaraderie
• Kyushouku! I will miss school lunch...despite my complaints ;)
• Narrow streets
• Narrower cars
• All the bicycles
• Omiyage!
• My adorable supervisor

• Everyone would have food
• Everyone would have a place to sleep at night
• No abortions, but no unwanted children either
• Adoption would be affordable
• People would respect one another
• Everyone would have health care
• Education for all - including college
• Education would celebrate all different learning styles and all different intelligences
• Parents would respect and care for their children
• People would look out for one another
• Government officials would govern justly and not only look out for their own personal interests
• People would work hard enough to appreciate what they have, but would also know how to relax and enjoy life

• File taxes
• Finish yearbook pages
• Type up helpful information for my successor regarding my school, home, car, etc.
• Make a school schedule deciphering guide :)
• Gather useful info for my successor, train schedules, etc.
• Take pictures of teachers and staff. Make a video?
• Study for the GRE
• Take the GRE
• Finish packing and send boxes via Surface mail
• Contact Apple regarding my bad disk drive
• Memorize speech for students, staff-room and assembly
• Have a party
• Make cards for JTEs and Sato-sensei
• Make lemon-bars for my JTEs

• Simon & Garfunkel
• Paul McCartney
• Bon Iver
• Andrew Belle
• Bonobo
• Robert Miles
• Milo Greene
• The Cranberries
• The Cardigans
• She & Him
• Florence + The Machine
• Feist
• Imogen Heap
• Coldplay
• The Civil Wars
• The Head and The Heart
• Keane
• Will Smith
• John Mayer
• Dido
• Justin Timberlake

• Dress
• Jeans - 2
• Black pants
• Sweatshirt
• Tights
• T-shirts - 8 days
• Tanks for underneath
• Underwear (8)
• Socks (8)
• Hair Dryer
• Straightener
• Makeup
• Hairbrush
• Face cream, deoderant, facewash
• Razor
• Light sweater
• Jacket
• Umbrella
• Tennis shoes, Keds, Black flats
• Iphone
• Kindle

Remaining parts of old list:

• Buy a scrapbook
• Find swing dancing
• Take a swing dancing class
• ***Make Friends*** (in Portland)
• Learn how to use home espresso machine

• Jane Eyre - !!!!!!!!! - So good! I want to own it!
• Arthur - Helen Mirren is, as always, amazing, but the rest of the movie lacked some lustre
• Midnight in Paris
• Submarine
• The Descendents
• The Help
• The Tempest
• The Tree of Life

• Visit Korea - next week!
• Visit Kyoto
• Climb Fuji - DONE!!!!!!!
• Spend a day in Kobe
• Spend a night in Osaka/go so spa-world!
• Visit Iya Valley
• Climb Bizan - lol
• Spend a weekend in Kaiyo, see waterfalls
• Go to Thai restaurant in Mugi
• Take a camping trip to Shodashima

• Bermuda Cafe, Freiburg
• Seepark, Freiburg
• Notre Dame, Paris
• Kiyomizudera Temple, Kyoto
• Miyajima Shrine, Hiroshima
• Century Ballroom, Seattle
• Columbia River Gorge, Oregon
• Pike's Place Market, Seattle
• The Magic Hallway, Northwest University
• Powell's Bookstore, Portland
• National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
• Kokusai Street, Naha
• Hatton Haven, Seal Rock
• Rose Hill Starbucks, Kirkland
• Gasworks Park, Seattle
• Lake Zurich, Switzerland
• Churaumi Aquarium, Okinawa

• Friends
• Youtube: We're on a Boat
• Chocolate-covered marshmallow eggs
• Old Jewelry
• British accents
• Music dominated by the piano
• Black wigs
• GREY!
• Youtube: Look around you
• Monty Python
• British Comedy ;)
• Holiday socks
• Eating out
• KARAOKE! Box style
• Literary research
• Studying
• Lectures
• Good sermons
• Thai food
• Greek food
• Theatre!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• I'm not all that special. There are plenty of people out there that are just as interesting, thoughtful, and joyous as I am - if not more so. However, I value those people for their individuality, even though there are tons of others like them as well. We people are not all that different, and yet, we value one another as though we were. And that's how it should be.

This weekend we had our dress rehearsal for Treasure Island, the English/Japanese musical :P These things are exhausting but I love them. Here are some of the highlights:

• Costumes: I get to wear this AMAZING costume, since I'm the captain. I adore it and I look awesome :D
• Onstage romance: There are multiple onstage romances, including an unstated one between myself and Mr. Errol. No one ever mentions it - but you can feel the tension ;) Plus, our costumes match. What else does a functional relationship need?
• Mr. Atlas, aka the shipbuilder/Fozzy-the-bear. My co-worker Brent delivers this amazingly ridiculous performance that lights up the whole stage. It's fantastic.
• Our amazing mast/sail. Our director rigged up this fake mast that's essentially a giant slinky with brown fabric sown aroun...

I'm possibly moving to Germany in about 6 weeks. I say possibly, because I haven't quite made my final decision yet. However, these are things I need to do in case I end up going.

• Send more inquiries out about rooms
• Email the language center and find out about German classes
• Renew my driver's license so it doesn't expire while I'm gone.
• Get an international driver's permit.
• Send Mr. Finger a list of the courses I want to take.
• Get my iPhone unlocked.
• Buy and extra external hard-drive
• Shop for fall/winter.
• Get a breakdown from Mr. Finger about when classes are in sesssion/have a break.

• Sign up at a credit union
• Look into mutual funds
• Book a hostel in NYC
• Write SOP for Freiburg - working on it
• Write rec letter for Freiburg

• Seeing Gavin, Emma, Lucus and the new baby :)
• A refrigerator full of delicious cheese and juice and American wonderfulness
• Central cooling and heating
• Having a church again
• Understanding what people say
• Interacting with strangers in English
• Concerts
• Hanging out with my brothers.
• Hanging out with my sister
• Going to the mall
• Buying books at Powell's
• Using my library card
• The Oregon Coast!
• Swing dancing
• Seeing all my friends in Seattle again
• Geeking out with Kate!
• Meeting new people (weird that I'm excited about this...)
• Driving a normal sized car

• Letters to Malcolm, C.S. Lewis
• Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction
• Foucault: A Very Short Introduction
• The Complete Stories, Flannery O'Connor
• Speak What We Feel, Not What We Ought to Say, Frederick Buechner
• Lolita, Nabokov
• Vaclav & Lena, Haley Tanner
• Salvation by Surprise, a commentary on Romans, Earl Palmer
• Wanted Women
• Great Divide? Book about class division in the U.S.

• The Philadelphia Story (1940s)
• Little Women (1990s)
• Pride and Prejudice (A&E)
• Sabrina (Hepburn)
• My Fair Lady
• Emma (Paltrow)
• The Importance of Being Earnest

• Vegetable Soup
• Spaghetti Carbonara
• Bolognese
• White wine/onion cream sauce
• Thai Cashew Chicken
• Brownies
• Homemade Gyros
• New York Cheesecake
• Hummus
• Tomato and Avocado Bruschetta
• Guacamole
• Lemon and Mayonnaise Salmon filets
• Garlic Mashed Potatoes
• Eggplant marinara
• Homemade Mac and Cheese ;)
• Veggie and Cheese sandwiches
• Lemon Bars
• Lemonade
• Salsa
• Peanut sauce