Books (from recent to classic): Hunger Games, Way of Kings, Do Hard
Things, Persuasion, Cry the Beloved Country, East of Eden
Movies: It's a Wonderful Life, Lord of the Rings, Anne of Green
Gables, That Thing You Do, The Princess Bride, Pride and
Prejudice
Shows: Gilmore Girls, 24, Lie to Me, Downton Abbey
Music: Top Pandora stations - Nickel Creek, Flamenco, Kim
Walker-Smith, Zoot Suit Riot - but nothing in excess
Food: I like food. I'm none too picky.
And a list, in no particular order, of other random facts about
me:
1. I found out yesterday that my favorite flowers are called
lipstick roses.
2. I usually have the Olympic theme stuck in my head.
3. I want someone to sing "las mananitas" to me on my
birthday.
4. I think I was meant to live by the ocean.
5. I like long movies, the longer the better. I thought King Kong,
for instance, was a good length, as was the Colin Firth Pride and
Prejudice.
6. I wonder about being blonde.
7. If you ask me to record you a book on tape, I probably
will.
8. I regret that the days of churning your own butter are in the
past.
9. I have footie pajamas. I wear them.
10. Some people say if I were an animal I would be a cow. I
disagree. My favorite person in the world told me I would be a
unicorn. She’s my favorite because she said that.
11. Carcinogen is onomatopoeic.
12. I regularly think of how to say things backward in my
head.
13. I wonder about the difference between words that end in –ward
and –wards. Toward/towards, backward/backwards, etc. Apparently as
adverbs they’re interchangeable but I continue searching for a
nuance of usage that will indicate which one I should choose.
14. Items like number 13 make me think I would never do well on
reality television.
15. On long drives, I cannot stand to have music on the whole time.
Every two hours or so I have to have at least a five-minute period
of background silence.
16. Long drives are the only time I enjoy country music.
17. I’m not a pet person. Show me an animal, and I will show you
complete disinterest. However, this might be a moral failing, and I
have recently added to my life goals list item #89: Make friends
with an animal. I think I would prefer it be a dog.
18. My life goals list is currently lost, thus #89 is an arbitrary
numeral. Arbitrary #47 is Don’t have any bad habits.
19. The number of people in a room inversely relates with how long
I can stay in it.
20. Ballet, Astronomy, and John Donne were my favorite
undergraduate classes.
21. I’ve stopped packing carry-on items for plane, train, and car
trips because I never find time to use them.
22. This list was written for Facebook back in 2009 when everyone
was filling out 25 things about themselves. I just re-read it today
and liked it again, except not so much items 22-25, so here we end.
