♥ my house ♥
♥ my newest addition ♥
♥ my newest newest addition ♥
♥ my newest newest newest edition ♥
one good thing about manassas
-life.. not the cereal
-the M&Ms that are "mishaped" ... i swear they taste better
-art history
-independent films
-taking pictures
-singing Karma Chameleon really loud
-people watching (don't worry i know i'm going to hell for being mean)
-discussing all sorts of topics
-listening to good music, and terrible techno
-eating at restaurants my budget doesn't befriend
-making fancy dinners with behnaz and nayereh
-listening to songs on repeat till i learn the whole song
-fixing things, usually jewelry, its only because i'm anal retentive and have to fix it
-spelling words for people, i'm such a nerd
-giving really good directions (perhaps i shouldn't admit this and the latter..... i'm a strange girl)
-decorating my room
-giving people advice, usually what i too should subscribe to
-drinking tea from my mother's "depression ware"
-talking to Samantha Froelich about ANYTHING
-asking intelligent questions by accident AND purposely
-strolling through art museums
-visiting my brother
-laughing uncontrolably (usually when i'm not supposed to be laughing)
-eye make up of all sorts
-buying random books i will never read
-phone calls right before bed
-phone calls just after waking
-making up "code names" for people
-keeping it simple
-quoting movies
-georgetown
-walking with my friend's yorkie terrier, pretending she's mine
-really breezy days and nights
-vitamin water
-the color red
-hating on maryland
-pointless phone calls with lame excuses for calling, and the serious ones too
-winking
-reading my horoscope
-Eugene V. Debs
-comfortable pajamas
-black coffee
-drunk phone calls at 6am
-driving through consecutive green lights on the national mall.. it feels like i'm winning!
-making good CD mixes for people (i only make good ones by the way!)
-"picnics" in dupont
-having an entirely enjoyable day
-talking aman to sleep
-rearranging furniture in starbucks
-updating this list each time i think of something else
-drinking water non-stop
-OCEANOGRAPHY
-heather tompkin's iTunes collection
-pointing out to aman, the pink stripes in the morning sky
I'd like to meet:
myself in ten years
I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.
- J.D. Salinger
Music:
A-A Ha, AIR, Amr Diab, Angelo Badalamenti, Arcade Fire,
B-Badly Drawn Boy, Belle and Sebastian, Billy Idol, BJORK!!!, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Bob Dylan, The Bravery, Bright Eyes, Broken Social Scene,
C-The Church, Coldplay, Craig David, The Cure, Cyndi Lauper,
D-DAVID BOWIE (my husband), Dead Can Dance, Depeche Mode, DeVotchKa, Dresden Dolls, Duran Duran,
E-Elliot Smith,
F-Faithless, The Flaming Lips, Franz Ferdinand, Frou Frou,
G-Garbage, Gorillaz, Gwen Stefani,
H-Her Space Holiday, Hole,
I-Interpol, Iggy Pop,
J-James, Jamiroquai, Janis Ian, Jens Lekman, Jesus and Mary Chain, Jimi Hendrix, JUNIOR SENIOR,
K-The Killers, Kings of Leon, Kool & The Gang, Kylie Minogue,
L-Led Zeppelin, The Libertines, Longwave,
M-M83, Madonna, Modest Mouse, Mudhoney, Muse, My Morning Jacket,
N-Nazir and Rebecca, New Order, NIN, Nirvana, No Doubt,
O-Olive, Omid, OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark),
P-Paul Oakenfold, Pearl Jam, Pixies, Placebo, The Postal Service, Pulp,
Q-Queen,
R-Radiohead, The Ramones, Razorlight, Rilo Kiley, The Rolling Stones, Ryan Adams,
S-Savage Garden (such a guilty pleasure, but a good one), Scissor Sisters, The Selzers, The Shins, Shout Out Louds, Sigur Ros, Sinead O'Connor, Smashing Pumpkins, The Smiths, Space Hog, The Stills, The Strokes,
T-Tegan and Sara, Telepopmusik, The The, Travis,
U-U2, Underworld,
V-The Velvet Teen, VNV Nation,
W-The Walkmen, Weezer, Wilco,
X-
Y-Yeah Yeah Yeahs,
Z-
Movies:
Garden State, Amelie, The Thin Red Line, Mean Girls, Edward Scissorhands, Labyrinth, A Room with a View, Hate, Moulin Rouge, The Village, Clueless, Dazed and Confused, Batman, The Philadelphia Story, Roman Holiday, Breakfast Club (and all other Brat-Pack movies), Princess and the Warrior, Heaven, Read My Lips, La Haine, Brokeback Mountain, Monsieur Ibrahim, 28 Days Later, Bride and Prejudice, My Best Friend's Wedding, Virgin Suicides, Lost in Translation, Pulp Fiction, The Last Unicorn, About A Boy, Love Actually, Velvet Goldmine, Bend it Like Beckham, Trainspotting, Napoleon Dynamite, L'Auberge espagnole, Rushmore, Bottlerocket, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic, Proof, Great Expectations, Bounce, Hook, I ♥ Huckabees
Books:
The Catcher in the Rye, Franny and Zooey, my art history book, my shakespeare book (3), i read more short stories than i do books.. Kate Chopin is my favorite, Joyce Carol Oates, Emily Dickinson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edgar Allen Poe's Cask of Amontillado (sooo good!) and there is more.. much more
