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!