ways to deal with stress

1. running
2. hugs with people you love
3. drinking
4. nachos
5. making a list with a few easy things on it to cross off
6. crying
7. napping
8. ice cream
9. talking it out
10. binge eating
11. a walk (alone or with a friend, depending on the type of stress)
12. tea
13. screaming
14. cleaning the work area
15. sleep
16. long vacation
17. good tv
18. bad tv
19. sex
20. climbing
21. complaining
22. breathing exercises
23. making a list
24. wine
25. hot shower
26. rom coms
27. cycling
28. lavender
29. solo dance party
30. using a punching bag
31. yoga
32. lobster roll break
33. swimming
34. doing the hardest thing first
35. making mobiles
36. exercise
37. arts and crafts

things that are stressing us out

1. mortgage(s)
2. my pending background check (seriously)
3. comprehensive exams
4. not having time for fun
5. taxes
6. potential engagement?
7. lip zit
8. being messy
9. my sister
10. too much work
11. social media
12. feeling like the only team player
13. losing weight
14. colonization, racism, and patriarchy
15. turning 29 and not owning a couch
16. li post-mortem
17. the grid
18. work
19. my boring job
20. wanting a house
21. my short temper
22. feeling like a procrastinator
23. bikini line
24. acting insane
25. allergies
26. the work that is involved in the final two weeks of my master’s program
27. not so good haircut, but it’s only hair
28. my mom
29. taxes
30. picking lights
31. pants that don’t fit
32. housing
33. laundry (because we don’t have a washer and dryer at home)
34. spending one-third of my time alone
35. J O B
36. making myself do the paperwork for a colombian visa
37. the past
38. family
39. money
40. my parents getting old
41. my trajectory
42. seasonal fruits
43. field work
44. eating right (not doing so)
45. my roommate
46. lawyers
47. sleep (lack thereof)
48. the fact that my boyfriend hates his job
49. networking
50. finishing papers
51. interpersonal conflicts at work
52. my parents getting old before i have a baby, or a niece or nephew
53. the future
54. adoption agency people.
55. hormones
56. wanting to eat too much chocolate
57. lack of exercise
58. rough feet
59. writing a book
60. finals (what if i fail all my classes and don’t graduate?)
61. marketing
62. figuring out who will be on my comps committee
63. deadlines
64. being 30!
65. finding an upstanding gentleman
66. not having worked for a year, but having the latest style of dresses look really cute on me.
67. my lack of (private, non-public) transportation options
68. not enough work
69. learning to knit and sew
70. decisions

15 minute assignments

1. send maggie a list
2. exquisite corpse drawing
3. design the ultimate chair.
4. watch someone try to count to 1,000
5. give yourself cornrows
6. write a love letter
7. paint your toenails
8. pick flowers and make a flower arrangement
9. make a to do list
10. make fresh juice
11. wash all of the dishes
12. write a song
13. watch a feature movie in fast-forward
14. run a mile
15. contribute to this list
16. trim your bangs
17. get ben on the phone and order a portrait
18. read tongue-twisters aloud (source text available upon request)
19. wrap dates in bacon and throw in 450 degree oven for 10 minutes
20. make your lunch for tomorrow
21. embroider initials or a cluster of flowers on a hanky, napkin, pillowcase, etc
22. do most of a crossword puzzle
23. take out everything in the refrigerator, wipe it down, and put everything back in
24. buy something you don’t need online
25. watch 1/10 of a harry potter movie
26. reorganize your entire living room
27. organize stereo or computer cables with zip ties
28. start reading a new book
29. talk on the phone with someone far away
30. read the lovely love notes at www.iloveyoumorethanblank.com. write your own and send them to everyone you love
31. run a couple miles (haha)
32. create a set of color coded labels in your gmail settings and start using them!
33. dig out and turn over my compost (volunteers very welcome!)
34. draw portrait of everyone in your immediate family
35. pay your bills
36. re-order your closet by color
37. eat a hamburger
38. meditate
39. decide if you like somebody
40. make a postcard
41. make cookie ice cream sandwiches and eat them all by yourself
42. pimp your internet browser with add-ons and user scripts (e.g. helvetireader, or icon-only permatabs)
43. make a stovetop dinner
44. fold that clean laundry
45. make your own peanut butter: process 1 cup peanuts (salted or unsalted, or even honey roasted!) with a little bit of vegetable oil and some honey. whiz it in the processor and eat on a ripe banana. or stir chocolate chips into it and eat with a spoon.
46. listen to the bizarre message a crazy woman left on my voicemail
47. run as far as you can from your front door in 7.5 minutes, turn around and go back
48. stitch a handmade book
49. cook a lobster
50. eat a pint of ice cream
51. make a cute pillowcase for your travel pillow
52. tie dye everything
53. make and drink a cup of tea.
54. walk downtown
55. clean out your car
56. walk a mile
57. draw a bird; on a tree; dwarfed by a dinosaur...
58. call your best friend
59. clean the outside of your counter top appliances, or trash can
60. enjoy successful sex
61. make a super-short film
62. do as many handstands as your body will allow
63. clean the studio before someone stops in
64. brush everyone’s hair - the cats, the dogs, your own
65. take a short walk to enjoy the sun
66. spray paint something gold (preferably a kitschy item from the thrift store)
67. write a letter to your grandparents
68. watch so many previews in the theater that you forget what movie you are waiting to see
69. re-pot your plants
70. walk a labyrinth
71. make a 15 minute portrait
72. take a bath
73. make some dessert



list by: ben, david, emily, jeff, jennie, jess, maggie, michela, mom and sara
photo by maggie

sweet

1. sweat
2. sweet tarts
3. green converse all-stars
4. the roast beef sandwich and goldfish snack pack bram made me today
5. everything in the garden, especially snap peas on the vine
6. opening the door for a women
7. curls
8. cheeks
9. candy candy candy
10. fritter’s fur
11. my studio
12. seeing your baby in a 4d ultrasound sucking it’s thumb
13. baby teeth
14. sweet dreams!
15. awww... aren’t you sweet
16. the jingle of change in a pocket
17. father helping child scan items on the grocery self-checkout with no one in line behind them
18. sweet peas
19. muffin tops (the edible kind)
20. handfuls of cottony sheets
21. babies
22. summer breezes
23. flowers on your birthday
24. milkshakes
25. watermelon
26. parker jo
27. chewing on clover
28. rum and coke
29. frosting
30. watching people hug hello
31. my man
32. baby toes
33. sour patch kids
34. falling asleep with a breeze
35. my dog’s cuddles
36. ice cream
37. watching your 2 year old sleep soundly
38. maple syrup lemonade
39. www.peoplespops.com
40. feijoas (try them!)
41. puppies
42. how sweet it is to be loved by you!
43. sunsets and windy hair
44. soft kisses
45. vodka tonic
46. sweet caroline
47. leaving notes behind
48. dean’s chocolates
49. freckles
50. ice cream
51. little girl hugging me in the subway for no reason
52. maple syrup on ice cream
53. summer watermelon
54. tying a bow
55. kisses in the sun
56. strawberries that are just a day away from going by
57. vegan cupcakes take over the world by isa chandra moskowitz
58. nostalgia
59. chocolate
60. my nephews’ hugs
61. home
63. delicious wheat beer with oranges!
64. getting the list topic from maggie
65. flowers for no reason
66. gifts from friends
67. mudslides (the drink - the natural disaster is not sweet at all)
68. new boyfriend letting me read his entire journal
69. braiding hair
70. taking a couple minutes out of my day to clear my head and free-associate
71. sugar sugar!
72. when people call you sugar pie
73. walking and talking
74. maraschino cherries
75. things that are awesome
76. there’s always chocolate
77. i like you by sandol stoddard warburg
78. holga cameras



list by: ashley, becky, ben, emily, jan, jeff, jennie, karrie, maggie, megan, mom and sara

black

1. the color of my rhombus
2. fritter’s paws
3. plastic spiders on halloween
4. sheep
5. murky water
6. feeling desolate
7. and blue
8. my favorite jeans used to be
9. what i want to paint a red door that i see
10. my fingernails in high school
11. black is black, i want my baby back…
12. the threat of coal in a stocking
12. holes
13. depression
14. the clouds of june 2009
15. is beautiful
16. onyx
17. my eyebrows
18. my cake pans
19. feelings
20. my favorite clothing color
21. out
22. the spaces between things
23. licorice
24. color or non-color?
25. licorice, yuck
26. zoolander’s coal miner face
27. night sky
28. coal
29. the dried up shriveled remains of my ex-boyfriend’s heart
30. silhouettes
31. half of my wardrobe
32. oil
33. black eyes
34. this shirt i’m wearing right now - merino wool baselayer = awesome
35. chic
36. the majority of my clothes
37. the opium den in the bbc production of sherlock holmes
38. things that are sexy
39. night time
40. chimney sweeps
41. night
42. sleeping
43. black out
44. what amy winehouse is going back to
45. is beautiful
46. daffy duck
47. black is the new black
48. kanye west
49. the mold that makes me sneeze
50. truffles...mmmmm
51. black hole suns
52. poop when you eat too many blueberries
53. i see a red door and i want to paint it
54. some people’s hearts
55. clothing worn by a cat burgler
56. gothic
58. victorian mourning jewelry
59. ravens
60. charcol on my fingers after art class
61. darkroom
62. and tan
63. what i’m back in

list by: becky, emily, jamie, jennie, katie, leah, maggie, maura, megan, michela and mom

hot

1. dogs
2. cute guys with cute glasses
3. the center of my compost heap
4. toasted marshmallows
5. forearms
6. beards
7. drag queens that work at the karaoke bar around the corner from my apartment
8. hell
9. sexy time
10. pink
11. fire
12. 5 o’clock shadows
13. chuck bass + blair waldorf
14. digging five years’ worth of sediment out of my gutters
15. eco-talk
16. i always burn the roof of my mouth with pizza
17. texas in the summer
18. attics
19. hot toddies
20. tea
21. vanilla latte
22. mexico in the summer
23. jalapenos
24. hot, hot, hot (the song)
25. panang curry
26. tiger
27. lava!
28. tom from tom’s shoes (the commercial makes me swoon)
29. august
30. the best way to feel just before your body hits the cool lake water
31. the stove
32. spicy food
33. sun
34. indian soup (mulligatawney)
35. sand on your bare feet in the summer
36. the first sunburn of the season
37. being comfortable in your own skin
38. a tin roof
39. st. louis
40. maggie drinking a bottle of wine by herself at the bar
41. korean bbq
42. running across gravel with barefeet in july/aug
43. boiling pasta water
44. pavement in summer
45. you
46. steering wheels in the dead of summer
47. the sun
48. being burnt
49. gold accessories
50. hot towels in japanese restaurants/planes
51. jalapeno peppers
52. sex
53. boyfriends who cook dinner and do dishes and laundry
54. summer
55. sizzling cinnamon jelly bellies
56. richard gere
57. jamie’s friends and bridesmaids dancin’ at da club
58. hot mama
59. like a hot tub (huh!)
60. stove
61. salsa
62. tofu tomato rice soup
63. bedhead
64. my man
65. a woodstove
66. johnny depp



list by: ashley, emily, gillian, hanna, jamie, jeff, maggie, maura and mom
photo by maggie

red

1. bloodshot eyes
2. what is the history of us calling the russians “reds”?
3. in the face
4. blood
5. the turban in my favorite vaneyck
6. anne of green gables’ hair (really)
7. pepperoni
8. hawaiian punch
9. old canvas boat shoes
10. coral
11. sass
12. passionate love
13. cowboy bandanas
14. fucking delicious summer tomatoes
15. gmail label for “work”
16. my beloved vintage bicycle
17. my cheeks when i blush or drink red wine
18. racy
19. my favorite tulips when i was a little kid
20. roses
21. fire trucks
22. dorothy’s shoes
23. spitting cherry pits out the car window while driving around in summertime
24. every file folder in the office
25. cheeks
26. cinnamon toothpaste
27. thunderwear
28. most valentine’s day cards
29. secret crush bandanna
30. a baboon’s bottom
31. balloons
32. kitchen rug
33. “red light special” by tlc
34. flag
35. cocktail cherries
36. matching open-toe heels and toenail polish
37. the juice i threw up on the airplane
38. beets
39. hot anger
40. curry ketchup!
41. hearts
42. my allergy-eyes
43. happy
44. milk crates
45. peppers
46. cranberries
47. wagon
48. the binding of the book jacket of marley and me
49. other people’s lipsticks
50. the only color of wine
51. squirrels
52. my cousin’s nickname
53. stop signs
54. strawberries
55. favorite snowball flavors [that’s sno-cone or shave ice for y’all up north]
56. garbage can
57. october
58. coca cola
59. fall leaves
60. a ceramic strawberry
61. stop lights
62. herring
63. that stuff that drips out of me every time i injure myself
64. fire hydrants
65. construction paper (the red kind)
66. my face
67. my winter coat
68. foxes
69. campfires
70. the ‘tent’
71. morgan freeman’s character in the shawshank redemption
72. my cheeks, very often
73. my face when secret crush comes around
74. raspberries
75. my hair
76. walls at the downtown lounge
77. phonebooths in london
78. tomatoes
79. a worn victorian chair sitting in mom’s garage
80. apples
81. this nice fleece blanket my sister made my mom
82. the dresses at the phoenix award show
83. a sweet heart
84. those teeny tiny little bugs that you find outside sometimes. they’re bright red and almost invisible. they don’t scare me one bit.
85. favorite new coat, made by lou freitzel of milwaukee
86. very few things that i own
87. the blush on a ripe bosc pear
88. playground balls
89. firemen’s hats
90. cherries
91. my bank balance
92. lobsters
93. my fingernails last week
94. blazing sunset
95. conference room chairs
96. freckles
97. red wine (gives me headaches, but i drink it anyway)
98. aunt flo
99. curry
100. the back of my business cards (emily’s too)
101. licorice
102. tomato sauce
103. wine
104. brake lights
105. marinara
106. red velvet cake
107. is my favorite color
108. strawberry picking
109. commies
110. cinnamon hearts
111. my favorite cereal bowl
112. put on your red dress
113. that okkervil river song
114. letter days
115. i picked red as my favorite color when i was six because i liked how the red crayon (moreso than any other color) felt against the paper when i was drawing balloons
116. twizzlers
117. lobster and crab


list by: allie, amanda, ashley, becky, ben, deirdre, emily, jan, jennie, jess, katie, leah, maggie, megan, other megan, mom, sara
photo by maggie

tricks you've played (or dream of playing)

1. convinced mother i was jewish
2. had someone smell some food and then shove their face in it (often) 
3. put fake ants on my mom's pillow for april fool's day
4. tricked sister into eating hand
5. faux roach inside a shoe
6. stacked all of a friend's belongings on her desk after she went to bed
7. threw a surprise party (does that even count?)
8. convinced brother I voted for McCain 
9. rearranged furniture while someone was in the bathroom
10. bucket of confetti atop a cracked open door
11. made most of world believe harry connick, jr. is my cousin
12. sleeping person + hand in warm water = pee!
13. put staplers placed in jello
14. faux ice cubes with "flies" in them
15. put clothes hangers under the fitted sheet on a friend's bed
16. filled top of toothpaste tube with peanut butter
17. a couple bart simpson-esque prank phone calls (when i was younger)
18. switched my roommates drawers so you couldnt find her clothes before her early morning classes
19. hysterical fake pregnancy
20. hid in the closet and jumped out to scare my mom (constantly)
21. convinced my sister that i threw weighted pillows at the gym for exercise
22. used my compromised toothbrush to scrub toilet and then let my roommate's boyfriend (who was wiping snot on the walls and exhibiting other odd behavior that disgusted me) use it for several days. 
22. that thing that peppermint patty did to charlie brown over and over again with the football, only with food instead of a football and a baby instead of charlie brown
23. say things like "i have bad news..." to preface banal things
24. rubber band around the kitchen sink sprayer
25. fortune cookies with oddly accurate messages inserted
26. told my sister that her dolls were coming alive as an april fool's joke. she believed me, but only because she was 5
27. snappy joke gum pack
28. hid outside in the snow and surprised my brother with a snowball right in the gut (it might have even been the face)
29. put a hairball in a water bottle
30. short-sheeted bed
31. stealing mattress and hiding it
32. regularly pretended to be someone else on the phone when i call home (usually someone with a really bad british accent)
33. joy buzzer
34. moved friend's car to across parking lot when they leave keys in it (dumbass!) 
35. when my brother answers the phone at home, i love to pretend that he's my mom because he gets so mad
36. blue food coloring in milk carton
37. tricked people into eating something gross by saying it was delicious (it will never get old)
38. paged a woman I don't like to come over to my desk for a made up reason after I've let a really stinky fart go


list by: amanda, becky, deirdre, evan, jan, jennie, jess, karrie, katherine, maggie, megan and rebecca
photo by stefanie frances

dream jobs

1. explorer
2. party planner
3. professional project participant
4. college placement professional
5. essayist
6. couch potato
7. framer
8. english teacher
9. second-hand store owner
10. professional movie-watcher
11. blogger for pay
12. stay-at-home mom
13. travel photographer
14. designer of cd coverart
15. bakery owner
16. eat, read, sleep
17. job placement professional
18. cartographer of border regions
19. trophy wife
20. worker at the appalshop in whitesburg, ky.
21. avocado rancher
22. sea world animal handler
23. book collector
24. naturalist
25. graphic designer
26. independent freelance contractor
27. interior designer
28. independent scholar
29. woodsman
30. philanthropist
31. actress (stage)
32. working for google – in maine!
33. art/rare book buyer for a museum/library with an unlimited budget
34. kitten rescuer/caretaker
35. working for the aclu
36. artist with rich patron
37. product tester
38. someone who gets paid to read design and food blogs all day
39. color collector
40. family photograph detective
41. fiction writer
42. social worker
43. my job- because i’ve dreamt about it
44. bassist to all grrl punk band
45. food critic
46. bowdoin english professor with the office in mass hall with the dutch door
47. assignment photographer
48. cupcake maker
49. rare book conservator
50. professor
51. veronica mars
52. train traveler
53. café / bookstore owner
54. farmer
55. video game tester
56. personal shopper for someone who i respect- like zooey deshanel
57. artist mentor at spindleworks
58. art collector
59. baker
60.product tester for g3 skis
61. librarian
62. professional donator for a philanthropic endowment with unlimited funds
63. sailor
64. independently wealthy person
65. working for the coalition for woman
66. rock singer (successful)
67. private detective
68. resident babe
69. cartographer of border regions
70. kindergarten teacher
71. student activities advisor (at a college)
72. gallery owner
73. elementary school librarian at a school for smart kids
74. outdoor instructor of some kind
75. ski bunny
76. a television detective or fbi agent (real life ones would be too scary)

list by: alyce, amanda, becky, ben, deirdre, emily, karrie, katherine, maggie, megan, and mom

photo by becky

favorite adjectives

1. squishy
2. opinionated
3. cynical
4. sketchy
5. bicameral
6. moist
7. festering
8. scrumptious
9. french
10. spiky
11. unfreebootable
12. haughty
13. gluttonous
14. plaid
15. spicy
16. vivacious
17. ongepotchket (yiddish!)
18. blustery
19. passionate
20. pale
21. mellifluous
22. buttery
23. unacceptable
24. slippery
25. hollered
26. admired
27. enchanted
28. ebullient
29. luminous
30. smoky
31. wicked
32. shiny
33. cozy
34. ignominious
35. ridiculous
36. abandoned
37. scary
38. killer
39. rapacious
40. boring
41. beautiful
42. crunchy
43. perspicacious
44. boisterous
45. delirious
46. poufy
47. bomber (meaning a very good hold in climbing)
48. fair
49. hazy
50. insane
51. sincere
52. solo
53. translucent
54. delightful
55. hot potato
56. salubrious
57. flakey
58. indulgent
59. excruciating
60. snuggly
61. territorial
62. smart
63. juicy
64. criminal
65. facetious
66. triumphant
67. foggy
68. fugly
69. halloweeney
70. lethargic
71. quizical
72. zippy
73. hysterical
74. smitten
75. essential
76. problematic
77. whipped
78. clean
79. delicious
80. vibrant
81. hilarious
82. delicate
83. cantankerous
84. melodious
85. spontaneous
86. dirty
87. colorful (esp. when describing a personality)
88. lackadaisical
89. skeezy
90. sad
91. grandiose
92. broken
93. mossy
94. crafty
95. zesty
96. salty
97. tapered
98. crispy
100. cuddly
101. irrational
102. spiraled
103. cavalier
104. sharp
105. malfunctioning
106. chubby
107. languid
108. tender
109. sleepy
110. pompus
111. irreverent
112. disdainful
113. delectable
114. elegant
115. callous
116. variable
117. awesome
118. creamy
119. infantile
120. green
121. serious
122. modest
123. ovoid
124. unbelievable
125. stripped
126. cloudy
127. rad!
128. luscious
129. unmade
130. luminescent
131. earthy
132. succulent
133. adorable
134. worn
135. hectic
136. monumental
137. foreboding
138. murky
139. swarthy
140. funny
141. joyous
142. chocolatey
143. morose
144. steamy
145. aloof
146. west
147. flippant
148. subtle
149. wild
150. flat
151. lofty
152. quotidian
153. downy
154. simple
155. loquacious
156. amiable
157. complex
158. biased
159. f’kacht (it’s yiddish, and i don’t know how you’d spell it)
160. elusive
161. raw
162. soaked
163. fluffy
164. earthy
165. holy
166. icy
167. brindled
168. virile
169. totally
170. involved
171. leviathanic
172. angled
173. yucky
174. snowy
175. silky
176. complecated
177. slick
178. naked
179. creamed
180. stable
181. haunting
182. fresh
183. lucious
184. transparent
185. jumpy
186. asinine
187. clogged
188. parallel
189. gelatinous
190. zany
191. rustley
192. weird
193. paisley
194. daring
195. ill-fated
196. jacked
197. clustered
198. smooth
199. raunchy
200. odd
201. whole
202. unfortunate
203. sugary
204. generous
205. sardonic
206. diverting
207. crusty
208. radiant
209. clear
210. creative
211. magical
212. misty
213. bizarre
214. explosive

list by: abby, allie, alyson, amanda, ashley, becky, ben, chris, deirdre, emily, hanna, jennie, jess, karrie, leah, maggie, maura, michela and mom

photo by ashley

embarassing moments

1. waving to the wrong person from across the street
2. not being allowed to shave my legs in the 6th grade and getting made fun of
3. falling and twisting ankles in front of people
4. mispronouncing a word
5. my sister snorting chocolate milk out her nose in front of a boy she liked
6. getting stuck on a water slide at aquaboggan
7. dropping a jar of carmex in the lunchroom in 9th grade and it rolled under a table of upperclassmen, i was mortified and pretended i didn’t see it
8. anytime i blush (which is often)
9. spelling “carson city” “c-a-r-s-o-n s-i-t-y” in the 5th-6th grade states & capitals spelling bee when everyone knew i was the best speller (i’m just really bad at spelling out loud!)
10. when my uncle and aunt came to visit and i had a box of condoms hanging on the wall in the kitchen called “low-riders” (complete with ‘70s girl + bikini)
11. not knowing how to rollerskate and therefore “skating” by myself in the kids’ rink at happy wheels during a childhood friend’s birthday party and then not being able to stop and running into the carpeted wall and getting rug burn on my face right before birthday cake
12. spilling a glass of wine over my new boyfriend’s parent’s picnic table the second night i met them (at least i missed the laptop)
13. laughing so hard that i fart
14. forgetting to bring a spare camera battery to my uncle’s wedding, which i was shooting, and making the whole wedding party wait ten minutes while my dad retrieved it
15. vomiting on a boyfriend after he broke my camera by picking me up and knocking us both over coming out of a cab after a party
16. my period bleeding through my jeans in the 8th or 9th grade and nancy hong, who i wasn’t even friends with, having to tell me, which was actually really really nice of her
17. not being able to fix the slide projector on the 17. first day of class last semester in front of 22 students
18.using a houseplant or two as toilets when roommates have spent too long in the shower
19. throwing up during sex, that was pretty bad
20. calling my ex by the name of my previous ex
21. throwing up right in front of the 7th grade lockers after getting off the bus, though to be honest this wasn’t really that embarrassing because i felt too sick to be embarrassed
22. my stepdad recently walking into the room where i was watching tv with my mom and wearing only see through underwear (it was hot out)

list by: allie, becky, jennie, michela and maggie
photo by stef!

things that i have broken

1. a perfectly good guitar
2. necklace chains
3. lots of lightbulbs
4. various tools in the bakery
5. two hearts (hello, cliché!)
6. my first camera
7. a tiffany’s lamp
8. a rusted U-Lock
9. promises to loved ones
10. cell phones (i drop them too)
11. my glasses, sort of on purpose so i could get contacts
12. an antique mirror of my mother’s
13. glass bottles, by climbing up tall ladders and throwing them into giant dumpsters at the recycling center (cherished childhood pleasure)
14. my cousin's window (when i threw him through it)
15. the speed limit
16. a church window
17. two drinking glasses with drawings of fruit smiling on them
18. my own heart
19. eggs! eggs! eggs!
20. at least 3 good 35mm SLRs
21. many, many needles
22. my second camera
23. my mom’s eskimo doll thing. (i was just a kid)
34. no world records (as far as i know)
35. diets
36. promises to god
37. many, many wine glasses
38. a really beautiful china sugar bowl shaped like a clump of fruits and vegetables 39. given to me by my mom (I did save the creamer pitcher though)
40. every pinky promise i've ever made
41. pairs (i always lose one earring)
42. several pairs of shoes
43. screen door- on many occasions
44. the bank
45. bottle of olive oil (eek!)
46. (some) bad habits
57. favorite 80's Mtv video countdown homemade compilation videos
58. a bat
59. computer (i tend to drop them)
60. friendships, some i regret and some i don’t
61. three toes
62. pencil lead
63. lamp in the living room
64. a few flowerpots
65. a thirteen year old relationship
66. a mask of myself that i made in 3rd grade
67. my walkman
68. promises to myself
69. one of my worst habits
70. various cameras and mechanical objects
71. my wheaton mug (thankfully i gave my mom an identical one that i took back)
72. my left fibula
73. my favorite bottle (http://www.proofofbeing.com/?m=20080528)
74. a necklace i made when i was 9
75. glass (usually champagne or some other fancy glass)
76. my leg
77. the bindings of books
78. a chunk off of my front right tooth with a corona bottle at a poker game (classy)
79. dreams/hopes/aspirations
80. my face on the pavement
81. my favorite michael jackson tape
82. the table/bed in the camper
83. plates and glasses that i really liked and have yet to replace
84. a lease or two
85. rhubarb stalks
86. a bone in the bottom of my foot
87. my marriage vow to d.b. stafford in kindergarten
88. a piece of that… (as in, break me off a piece of that)
89. the seams of many vintage dresses
90. a croquet set
91. a beautiful ceramic dish from a friend's boyfriend
92. a glass pipe
93. hummels
94. a window in the door of my last apartment
95. my first powerbook
96. that swinging branch in the forest that I thought could tell time
97. promises and hearts, baby, wherever i go
98. ties with a difficult friendship
99. plans with people, because i didn’t feel like going
100. my left pinky toe
101. my voice


list by: ashley, other ashley, becky, ben, jennie, lauren, maura, michela, and sara
photo by ashley

best things about summer

sorry about the delay.
we were on vacation.

1. the beach
2. lilacs + fresh cut grass
3. weekends in san francisco
4. jumping in the waves
5. the smell of tanned skin
6. mirages
7. music… summer songs
8. fans
9. tomatoes
10. s'mores
11. hot dogs and hamburgers
12. how everything seems a bit slower
13. making out with cute boys
14. eating food from roadside stands
15. the smell the ocean
16. open windows
17. my flowers and my garden
18. being tan
19. iron and wine and joanna newsom
20. dandelions
21. birthdays of the family
22. yard sales
23. walking walking walking
24. fireflies
25. grilled dinners on the patio
26. sunsets
27. truck shows
28. watermelon with salt
29. astro-pops
30. flip flops
31. my first pair of prescription sunglasses
32. not having to wear socks to bed
33. smell of suntan lotion
34. peaches and nectarines
35. campfire songs
36. sweat
37. lobsters
38. wildflowers
39. fields of green and blue skies
40. sundresses
41. gardening (when I actually have one)
42. keithman’s boat
43. summer reading lists
44. vacations
45. mango in a cup with lime juice, salt and hot pepper
46. shorts and tanks
47. coming home and taking off your shirt immediately because it’s so damn hot
48. portland's decks
49. going to coronado
50. frisbee
51. tanned feet in the sand
52. dresses and skirts, only!
53. how the heat makes me move slower
54. leaving the siding door and windows open through dinner
55. frog ponds and dragonflies
56. sidewalk chalk
57. roadside attractions such as giant dinosaurs
58. baseball
59. the y
60. bbq’s
61. bon fires
62. the sound of crickets in the night
63. long nights with cool breezes
64. collecting shells
65. hot hot weather
66. golf
67. picnics
68. camping
69. everyone wearing just a little less clothing
70. diving boards
71. orchata or cantaloupe juice on chicago and wolcott
72. anything at the beach really
73. long days
74. skinny dipping
75. fried clams
76. avocados all the time
77. tanquery and tonics
78. sweaty sex
79. drinking sweet tea on the porch
80. watermelon
81. corn on the cob
82. going to the movies because it’s too hot outside
83. junebugs
84. iced cold beer straight from a cooler
85. summer camp
86. tasti d-lite (applies to new york only)
87. my hair and its amazing highlights
88. looking at the stars from the driveway i grew up in and seeing orion very bright
89. my birthday!
90. long walks on the beach
91. berries
92. dogs and cats in windows sniffing at the street
93. the 4th of july
94. homemade lemonade from the tree in my backyard
95. outdoor concerts
96. not being cold when you get out of the shower
97. store bought ice cream
98. waves
99. camping
100. bare legs
101. saratoga springs
102. eating ice cream from places i’ve never been
103. driving the coast
104. sleeping naked
105. summer nights
106. fishing
107. sleeping outside
108. daylight until 9pm
109. the smell
110. school’s out!
111. cookouts
112. short skirts
113. warm breezes
114. body surfing
115. bike rides
116. beach reading (fun books)
117. painted toenails and sandals
118. fireworks
119. sand castles
120. vitamin d
121. muumuus
122. sunglasses
123. eating outside
124. riding my bike while eating gelato on a cone
125. gazpacho
126. boogie boards
127. swimming in lakes, rivers, and oceans
128. homemade ice cream
129. late, light nights

list by: ashley, becky, gillian, jennie, karrie, maggie, marcia, maura, michela, rebecca
photo by maggie

things I'd like to see in the world

1. the dead sea
2. peace amongst nations
3. the scottish highlands
4. taking trains around mali, africa
5. graceland
6. women receiving equal pay as men
7. the northern lights
8. the pyramids (egypt and mexico)
9. the amalfi coast
10. all of my clients being successful in life
11. middle america via cross country bike trip
12. iceland
13. greater tolerance
14. twin peaks
15. one of the remaining 500 snow leopards in nepal
16. wooden toymakers of seiffen, germany
17. penguins in antarctica
18. france (for the bread and the countryside)
19. dominican rebublic
20. the huge heads on easter island
21. polar bears in the arctic
22. greece
23. all of the national parks in america
24. spain
25. the south pole
26. atlantis
27. milan, italy
28. taj mahal
29. alaska
30. all of the landmarks featured in the oregon trail computer game
31. puerto rico (the caves)
32. the chilean coast and the home of pablo neruda
33. selling everything & travelling nowhere particular
34. an excellent education system, affordable (or free!) college for all!
35. mount fuji
36. the creation of time machines
37. the forest bridge of the americas
38. all the parts of new zealand that are in the lord of the rings movies
39. france
40. russia (trans-siberian railroad)
41. the great wall of china
42. victoria falls
43. tibet
44. the mother river in china
45. mongolia
46. middle america via cross country bike trip
47. the north pole
48. cuba
49. stevie wonder's living room
50. slovenia
51. bollywood
52. tahiti
53. that wax museum in london
54. abandoned farms in north dakota
55. the great white spirit bear
56. brazil
57. happiness and a good life for the future generations
58. north wales
59. a cheetah
60. cape town
61. brazil
62. the amausement park on top of the mountain outside barcelona
63. architecture in uruguay
64. whales in the wild
65. himalayas
66. thailand
67. new england
68. my great grandchildren
69. anti hangover medicine
70. mt shasta from closer
71. a turquoise wall in india
72. a reform of the us school system
73. china (hong kong, temples, great wall)
74. the south pole
75. bill murray at a barbeque in new jersey
76. japan
77. a stone circle in a forest somewhere
78. elimination of the death penalty
79. excellent healthcare for everyone. access to medicine and treatments, no matter your salary, race, ethnicity
80. istanbul
81. a female president of the united states
82. the north pole
83. a reform of the catholic church
84. gaudi's architecture
85. morocco
86. prague
87. whales in the wild
88. germany
89. norway
90. austin, tx
91. tokyo
92. all of the national parks in canada
93. the toilets in australia... to see if they really flush backwards
94. the yukon
95. the sundial bridge in california
96. hybrids becoming cooler than hummers
97. a redwood tree
98. peru
99. a love of reading
100. people marrying the people they love, no matter their sexuality, race, gender, religion
101. india
102. the underground rivers of the yukatan
103. rome (pope mobile!)
104. an actual island where you can deport your ex-boyfriends
105. helsinki in the summertime
106. the grand canyon
107. petra, jordan
108. crete
109. israel
110. pizza machines
111. a shift towards renewable energies
112. the amazon
113. good education for all
114. the modern wonders
115. a jaguar from less than 3 feet
116. the ancient egyptian ruins/artifacts
117. maccu picchu
118. wrigley field
119. turkey
120. the south pacific
121. hovercraft
122. red flowers on fiji
123. the grand canyon
124. rural alaska in mid-winter
125. where my grandparents grew up in russia and poland
126. the spice road
127. africa

list by: alyson, amanda, ashley, becky, darcy, deirdre, jamie, other jamie, jan marie, katie, lauren, maggie, maura, and mom
photo by maggie

favorite movies

1. the wizard of oz
2. the lives of others
3. stand by me
4. what about bob?
5. science of sleep
6. places in the heart
7. manchurian candidate (both of them)
8. indiana jones (all 3)
9. le circle rouge
10. days of heaven
11. casablanca
12. band of outsiders
13. anchorman: the legend of ron burgundy
14. a league of their own
15. e.t.
16. how green was my valley
17. jungle book
18. adam’s rib
19. pretty woman
20. wedding crashers
21. zelig
22. two for the road
23. 10 things i hate about you
24. bonnie and clyde
25. the incredible mr. limpet
26. l’eclisse
27. written on the wind
28. mermaids
29. knocked up
30. all that heaven allows
31. devil and daniel johnston
32. little women (the christian bale one)
33. young guns
34. the searchers
35. batman
36. the color of pomegranates
37. vertigo
38. the wedding party
39. the last temptation of christ
40. spartacus
41. aliens but not alien, not alien3 and not alien resurrection and not aliens vs. predator (that was a huge disappointment...how could a movie with aliens and predator be that bad?)
42. strangers on a train
43. when harry met sally
44. better off dead
45. amores perros
46. the life aquatic
47. princess bride
48. rocky
49. love actually
50. the hours
51. toy story, toy story 2
52. annie hall
53. 16 candles
54. o brother where art thou?
55. reservoir dogs
56. the jerk
57. thomas crowne affair
58. the reckless moment
59. don’t look now
60. breathless
61. grease
62. home movies
63. midnight cowboy
64. the good, the bad and the ugly
65. bull durham
66. la confidential...11 years later, i’m still bitter titanic won over that movie...seriously, you knew what was going to happen
67. a tree grows in brooklyn
68. you can count on me
69. the goonies
70. klute
71. finding nemo
72. all about eve
73. city of lost children
74. in the realms of the unreal
75. harold & maude
76. straw dogs
77. sleeping beauty (disney)
78. the usual suspects
79. basquiat
80. touch of evil
81. reality bites
82. mash
83. anne of green gables
84. wayne’s world
84. the lady of shanghai
85. heathers
86. fire walk with me
87. aladdin
88. point blank
89. the music man
90. swing time
91. women in love
92. little miss sunshine
93. dangerous beauty
94. sophie’s choice
95. rosemary’s baby
96. almost famous
97. marathon man
98. goodfellas
99. beauty and the beast
100. the thin man
101. splendor in the grass
102. waiting for guffman
103. pulp fiction
104. high fidelity
105. breakfast at tiffany’s
106. guess who’s coming to dinner (old version)
107. a little princess
108. empire records
109. sex and lucia
110. cq
111. the best years of our lives
112. they live by night
113. second hand lions
114. lilies of the field
115. oklahoma
116. bunny lake is missing
117. duck, you sucker
118. pee-wee’s big adventure
119. stealing home
120. untamed heart
121. mccabe and mrs. miller
122. je chanterai pour toi
123. five easy pieces
124. amelie
125. charade
126. love film
127. girl interrupted
128. the incredibles
129. star wars: the empire strikes back
130. rushmore
131. pride and prejudice (bbc version)
132. greetings
133. dark victory
134. the mirror (tarkovsky)
135. shop girl
136. harry and tonto
137. cinderella
138. airplane
139. manhattan
140. his girl friday
141. some kind of wonderful
142. the dirty dozen
143. lost in translation
144. alice in wonderland (disney)
145. hi, mom! (aka blue mahattan)
146. the big chill
147. thelma and louise
148. once upon a time in the west
149. badlands
150. monty python and the holy grail
151. singin’ in the rain
152. st. elmo’s fire
153. raising arizona
154. flashdance
155. au revoir les enfants
156. lord of the rings trilogy
157. romance (catherine breillat)
158. the philadelphia story
159. superbad
160. out of africa
161. last of the mohicans
162. bring it on
163. my mother’s castle
164. the holiday
165. rambo
166. ed wood
167. alice
168. snow white and the seven dwarfs
169. dirty harry
170. once
171. cinema paradiso
172. the little mermaid
173. truly, madly, deeply
174. saving private ryan
175. laura
176. ferris bueller’s day off (which got old after seeing it at every high-school sanctioned event)
177. any sherlock holmes with basil rathbone
178. napoleon dynamite
179. sleepless in seattle
180. the wild bunch
181. persona
182. heaven can wait
183. beach blanket bingo
184. holes
185. night of the hunter
186. school of rock
187. the shop around the corner
188. rififi
189. love and basketball
190. spinal tap
191. good will hunting
192. bringing up baby
193. rope
194. stealing beauty
195. dazed and confused
196. back to the future
197. songcatcher
198. pretty in pink
199. say anything
200. harold & kumar
201. blade runner
202. the royal tennenbaums
203. life is beautiful
204. heaven’s gate
205. roman holiday
206. labyrinth
207. dirty dancing

list by: amanda, ashley, becky, deirdre, emily, jan, jennie, karrie, lauren, maggie, marcia, megan, mom, pete, and rebecca
photo by becky

things that keep getting better

1. old things
2. my squirrel infestation (finally!)
3. my boyfriend and how wonderful he is
4. passion
5. securities and insecurities
6. robots
7. slasher flicks
8. ciao bella's gelato flavors!
9. love (i'm talking about the philia kind, i haven't figured out eros yet)
10. plants
11. my new love with the boy who knows the latin names of trees
12. the photographs of Alec Soth
13. this list
14. rachel
15. my "pigeon pose" in yoga
16. the look of the stars from country roads
17. vacations and not being at work, the longer you are gone
18. brussel sprouts
19. riding bikes
20 my domestic skills
21. my twenties
22. my salt and pepper shaker collection (and my container collection)
23. the springtime weather
24. my camera
25. writing a song
26. my sewing and knitting skills
27. library dvd collections
28. maggie (seriously)
29. anticipating trips and other things as they get closer and closer
30. cuddling
31. my cat's ability to know when she needs to blow her nose
32. mom and dad
33. my understanding of natural physics
34. project runway
35. long distance friendships
36. portland
37. my cousins' baby, Marissa
38. my winter blues
39. the growing scent of orange blossoms each morning when i go outside to my car
40. music (especially rediscovering old music)
41. my students
42. growing up43. wine, whiskey and cheese44. my laugh lines
45. summertime
46. soy products47. making out
48. the combination of granola bars (plain) and chocolate (dark) or granola bars (cashew) and yogurt (maple)
49. my relationship with my kids
50. sleeping
51. my wardrobe
52. dad's temper
53. hugs (unless they break ribs)
54. my view of the world via photography
55. the environment - NOT!
56. these new jeans
57. flirting
58. the wire (at least so far)
59. my apartment
60. my relationship! (i still get giddy)
61. the feel of sunshine
62. leah
63. learning skills
64. the vegetable selection at the co-op
65. my little sister
66. our communication skills
67. adventures
68. my ever-expanding extended family
69. cracked walls and vintage wallpaper
70. my cooking abilities
71. motivation
72. real handwriting, physical penmanship
73. my ability to hide my dislike of new foods that i'm trying (really, it's not so obvious that i'm disgusted now!)
74. friendships
75. vodka
76. camaraderie during snowstorms
77. fun dates
78. marriage
79. his whittling skills
80. my life
81. my taste in music
82. the chiropractor visits (fewer and farther between)
83. free time
84. these projects
85. the concise-ness of my daily calendar
86. vegan cupcakes
87. wheat thins

list by: allie, becky, chad, emily, jamie, jennie, jess, maggie, megan, mom, sammie, and susan
photo by jennie

ways to beat insomnia

1. drink lots of tea
2. read non-fiction
3. facebook-stalk
4. take calms forte (a homeopathic combination remedy)
5. picture a blank sheet of white paper
6. smoke a massive amount of pot
7. (think of) a lover's snuggle
8. read a boring book (people wish me good night when i say i'm going to read)
9. drink warm milk
10. masturbate
11. read Jane Austen books
12. progressively tighten all of the muscles in your body and hold them tight for 10 seconds, then let them all go all at once. this always elicits a yawn for me, and if I do it a few times I always fall asleep
13. try and recite the ABCs over and over and over, to stop thinking about all of the things that might be keeping me awake
14. watch old episodes of 90210
15. write lists
16. take two gulps of nyquil
17. use breathing exercises from yoga
18. eat, eat, eat, and eat. eat way too much
19. take whatever pills are available (excluding uppers)
20. execute post-electoral analysis
21. make it as cold as possible and get under the covers
22. cuddle
23. cry over your lost lenore
24. take ambien, tylenol pm, simply sleep
25. worry (this isn't effective)
26. type a blog or write in a journal
27. read young adult classics (Witch of Blackbird Pond, etc.)
28. go on a five star haitian rum
29. drink, although sometimes it has the reverse effect
30. think of colors in rainbow order from red to lavender, picturing things that are that color if I can't imagine the color by itself
31. window shop via the internet (going to websites and picking out all the clothes you would buy if it were not 12:30am, you were out shopping, and you had more than a few pennies in your wallet)
32. stream the O.C. online until your brain shuts off
33. watch banal television programming
34. try and keep eyes open… the ole reverse psychology
35. rub your feet together
36. have sex
37. three words: "have a baby"
38. work your ass off at the gym every day
39. think about your future wedding
40. take a train ride or a plane ride - two favorite sleeping places
41. count sheep, cows…anything
42. read collection development policies
43. have a one sided conversation
44. eat a giant plate of pasta
45. give in and just watch tv
46. think about who is going on your fantasy baseball team
47. open a window, walk around, sip of something - a reset of sorts
48. watch a tv-series marathon
49. do crossword puzzles
50. watch Jim Jarmusch movies
51. touch your goody box
52. take a shower
53. read a non-boring book, preferably a childhood favorite
54. drink yogi bedtime tea
55. maker's mark
56. lay out the furniture in a to-be-bought house
57. drink a hot toddy
58. do homework
59. write lists of things to do the next day
60. count backwards from twenty
61. sleep, what the hell for? stay awake long enough and it'll come
62. roll your eyes in circles, counting how many times you can make the circle
63. watch a movie
64. watch something boring on tv
65. lie as still as possible and repeat "go to sleep" as a mantra
66. go outside on the balcony and smell the air- take deep breaths
67. listen to your favorite slow songs (yes, this sometimes includes monster eighties ballads)

list by: amanda, ashley, becky, ben, chris, cranky librarian, dierdre, hannah, jess, jon, karrie, katie, maggie, mom, sammie, and rebecca
photo by ashley

things you are proud of

1. my credit score
2. fritter has the softest fur coat of any cat ever, just like a rabbit
3. learning lessons
4. becoming vegetarian and not looking back
5. being a good mom
6. marrying mike
7. growing up into a better, more fun person
8. my kids’ creativity
9. anyone who can knit more than a scarf
10. when my high school vice principal-mr. z sent me a letter my freshman year of college saying how proud he was of me…(we spent a lot of time together)
11. my assertiveness
12. my mom got her master’s degree at 56!
13. my three and a half friends
14. learning to love beans
15. i won the school spelling bee in 5th grade, over all the 6th graders
16. keeping in touch
17. jumping off a chairlift at sugarloaf
18. learning to let go
19. my family
20. all of my disgustingly talented friends
21. my neat handwriting
22. the seagull imitation i do at summer barbecues
23. my family’s commitment to making the world a better place
24. surviving love
25. my vegan chocolate cupcakes are internationally famous
26. being a mom
27. my creativity
28. my husband overcoming paralysis
29. graduating from uconn
30. i can make something delicious out of near-empty refrigerators and pantries
31. making a living as non-wedding photographer
32. surfing in maui
33. being proactive and having it pay off
34. remembering my twin brothers birthday :)
35. being an avid cook
36. i have moments of great patience
37. my book collection
38. those few things i do well
39. almost every one of my above-the-fold cover publications
40. never asking my parents for money after college (not that they would’ve given it to me anyway)
41. my ability to connect with people
42. i’m a damn good editor
43. my husband
44. the day i quit my job at northeast test consultants (crooks) without a new one, poverty!
45. my photography learning trajectory
46. second chances
47. my kids’ ability to connect with people
48. the cappuccino foam i so masterfully craft for unappreciative customers
49. being alive
50. learning to be myself and comfortable in my own skin
51. my sisters, brother and father
52. chasing down thieves in a car while riding my bike and then lecturing them
53. helping friends and strangers – poor, sick, cranky, etc
54. the day (two weeks before i quit ntc) when i told my boss i wouldn’t falsify a client’s report (crooks and liars)
55. following through on resolutions
56. my sister, all the time, even when she fails
57. having quit my corporate job
58. how amazingly far parker has come in a short 7 months
59. being a pisces
60. my family, for being so talented and caring, even if they are all nuts
61. an a+ on my 6th grade science project on anorexia & bulimia
62. my studio
63. that i can tap my head and rub my belly simultaneously
64. catching the first striped bass of the year, out of all my friends-nantucket, summer 1996
65. the length of time i can stand on one foot
66. the day i reported a sick, perverted man of sexual harassment
67. my new york times publications

list by: ben, becky, hanna, jennie, karrie, maggie, marcia, megan and mom
photo by jennie

things to love about valentine's day

1. hallmark love slogans
2. girly glitter on everything
3. smiling the entire day just because your facial muscles will not do anything else.
4. the anonymous portland hearts
5. thinking of fun things to make my husband from my daughter
6. “will you be my valentine?”
7. my dad always sends me flowers
8. an excuse to go out to dinner on a week night
9. heart shaped cookies with frosting and sprinkles
10. turning it into valentine’s week
11. love is in the air!
12. leaving secret chocolates for your fellow cube farmers
13. if you’re single you get to bitch about how stupid the holiday is and if you’re with someone (finally) you get to realize how stupid the holiday is in relation to the rest of the time you spend with your love
14. goosebumps
15. people dressed in black (hysterical)
16. candy, especially those cinnamon hearts
17. unexpected, really, really generous gifts from family members
18. being in love
19. champagne/wine with cheese/chocolate decadence
20. blankets
21. not wearing red on the day just to be ornery
22. that there’s a day devoted to love, even if it’s commercialized
23. handmade valentines especially when they’re from little kids
24. sugar sugar sugar
25. all the chocolate you can stand
26. the beauty in simplicity and lack of grandeuor... good earth restaurant, froyo, and funny face
27. ribbons
28. (i’m not a bitter person at all, but) it’s kind of fun to be bitter about valentine’s day
29. surprises and thoughtfulness
30. gettin’ some carnal knowledge later that night
31. giving chocolates to waitresses, checkout clerks, etc...the people who least expect it
32. constant spooning
33. presents!
34. the hope that maybe, just once, this year jon will do something romantic. that hope doesn’t usually last long
35. the carnations we used to buy each other in high school
36. hugs and kisses
37. the rush i would get from writing “love becky” instead of “from becky” on the cards that i put into jason and kirk’s box in grade school
38. nougat
39. kids exchanging valentines (i hope they still do… please don’t ever tell me they don’t)
40. unconventional gifts
41. candy and flowers
42. love, love, love
43. pink! purple! red!
44. planning what to wear out on a v-day date
45. being totally sappy about how much you love them to your friends who really hate valentine’s day
46. making delicious heart-shaped chocolatey things
47. you have an excuse to get really dolled up and girly and pink, even when you’re just making a trip to whole foods and not going out until way later...and you’re not even going anywhere fancy
48. handmade cards from my niece and nephew
49. the 20 or so dollars my grandmother sticks in with our cards
50. cupid’s butt
51. slave labor diamond trades
52. it only comes once a year
53. the bamboo plant my husband gave me, when he was my boyfriend, for the our 1st valentine’s day
54. being excited about love when it hasn’t been this exciting in years
55. the fact that it’s not just about romantic love, but ALL the love in your life
56. permission to draw hearts on everything
57. half price chocolate the next day
58. red tulips
59. it’s a day that involves chocolate and cupcakes and sweet things in the middle of february... the dreariest month ever
60. blushing smiles
61. having a sweet, romantic, homemade meal with your main squeeze including candles and brunello and some freaking amazing dessert that you share
62. thinking back on dating people who "didn't believe in valentine's day" and realizing what jerks they were
63. cookie decorating (food coloring, cookie cutters, sprinkles why oh why is my icing always too runny?)
64. dropping off a card at a favorite aunt’s house whose daughter is away at college and cannot be with her on v-day, and getting a great reaction
65. that 73% of men buy flowers
66. sweet tart brand candy hearts
67. telling people i love them and why
68. those little valentine’s you used to get in 3rd grade
69. being “those people” that can’t stop kissing and hugging in the middle of a major street
70. making fun valentines cards for people you love and sending them without a note so they’re not quite sure it was you
71. heart shaped boxes wrapped in cellophane filled with chocolate

list by: ashley, becky, cranky librarian, hannah, joe, jon, karrie, katie, lauren, maggie, marcia and rebecca
photo by miss bliss

things you'll never tell your parents

1. i eat ice cream for dinner more often that i will ever ever tell you
2. there is a dove tattoo on my right lower hip
3. i wish i had tried more in school so i couldve actually done something with my life
4. i went to the mall high once and it was awesome
5. i hated those girls that you wanted me to be friends with- they were mean people
6. i had an affair with hallucinogens
7. i used to binge eat the cookie dough in the outside refrigerator while i watched cartoons after school
8. how i really met my boyfriend (online dating)
9. how far in debt i am
10. i am a really good liar
11. your girlfriend doesn't have very good taste and i returned nearly all of my christmas presents this year
12. my first kiss was drunken
13. when we used to say we were bowling we were usually drinking in the bushes downtown
14. i hit someone else's parked car in the parking lot when i drove your station wagon to school during finals and just pretended that someone else hit me
15. anything related to sex
16. tj was the same person as the james
17. i stole stuff in high school
18. i heard them having sex one time
19. i really dont like anyone outside of my immediate family
20. i am a better driver than you
21. that time you called and asked if i wanted to have brunch and i said i was in the car, running to the store to buy milk - yeah, i was actually driving home from a boy's house at 10 in the morning
22. my friends and i were the ones who drank away the wall of liquor in the basement
how righteously stoned i was that day they made me go test drive a new used car with them (after i hit the guard rail)
23. i got arrested
24. i went to health class drunk almost every week
25. i didn't really go on birth control because the doctor said it would help my skin
26. that boy up the street was growing marijuana in his closet and was not a good influence even though he was pretty
27. the bizarre sexual fetish my ex has (though it would be so satisfying to tell)
28. i have performed sex acts that you think are repulsive
29. i've kissed a boy
30. i was a smoker for about 8 years
31. I want to get married and have babies right now (with my boyfriend...even though I am not technically divorced from my (ex)-husband yet. eek.)
32. i think i walked in on you having sex when i was like 8
33. when my mom knocked on my bedroom door at 3:30 in the morning when i was 18 years old and my boyfriend was in there with me.... i told her not to worry, we were just kissing. riiiiiight mom.
34. it wasn't water that i spilled on that desk chair
35. anything related to masturbation
36. i only pretended not to understand the mulva episode of seinfeld because i was embarrassed to be watching something like that with my dad
37. the age when i lost virginity
38. i look through her mail to understand her finances better
39. i have driven slightly drunk
40. i can forge your signature like nobody's business
41. i have never seen that tommy lee jones movie that you think I saw 5 times
42. i lost the ring you made in high school jewelry class but i didn't want to tell you
43. certain interracial relationships I've had- it's not worth the fighting, he's old and I want to enjoy him
44. my first huge crush was on fred post even though i told you it wasn't
45. i actually think you are really great parents even though you were so strict
46. i fault my dad for leaving two marriages
47. i drove into a snowbank the first week I had my car
48. i think you need counseling because you can be really unstable and mean
49. i was really mean to that boy in college because he deserved it
50. my neck was not sore just because i slept funny, but because i slept funny on a boy's arm
51. that cigarette burn in my car wasnt someone leaning in. it was tyler but I didnt want you to know because I liked him
52. in high school I accidentally burned down a building
53. i never sent a thank you note after i bought my car
54. the only reason I liked DMB was because I was stoned and pretending I was in the rainforest
55. when i was 19 i rammed into a guardrail on the highway with my car. it kept me from being able to open either of the doors on the driver's side of my car and caused multiple other hilarious issues. i told my parents it was because a tractor trailer came REALLY close to swerving into my lane on the highway and hitting me. but the REAL truth is that i was trying to stabilize a can of cheeseballs in between my seat and the passenger seat and i was just totally not paying attention.
56. when you asked if r. and i were platonic friends and i said yes, i was lying
57. i think i will find a great sense of relief when my mother dies
58. I skipped most of my senior year
59. I had two abortions
60. sometimes i pretend to be at work when i'm really at home pretending to be sick and i don't want you to be mad at me for taking a sick day

list by: ashley, amanda, becky, hannah, maggie, maura, rebecca, sammie and stef
photo by stefanoodle frances-face