Index: A Young Life In Lists

Summer reading (of which I must read fifteen)

1. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
2. Of Love and Other Demons by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
3. Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges
4. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
5. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
6. Cider House Rules by John Irving
7. The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill
8. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
9. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang
10. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
11. The Tiger by John Valliant
12. The Golden Spruce by John Vaillant
13. Beach Music by Pat Conroy
14. The Water is Wide by Pat Conroy
15. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
16. Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson
17. The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
18. Running in the Family by Michael Ondaatje
19. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
20. Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
21. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
22. The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
23. A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle
24. Songs of the Doomed by Hunter S. Thompson
25. Blindness by Jose Saramago
26. 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
27. The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami
28. Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
29. I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
30. The Long Way Round by Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman
31. The Dolphin’s Tooth by Bruce Kirkby

Girl Crushes

1. Shakira
2. Rosario Dawson
3. Penelope Cruz
4. Nicki Minaj
5. Catherine Zeta-Jones
6. Tanya Tagaq
7. Christina Hendricks
8. Jane Goldman
9. M.I.A.
10. Exo-Chika
11. Cindy Sampson
12. Lupe Velez
13. Morena Baccarin
14. Dita Von Teese
15. Grace Kelly
16. Queen Rania of Jordan
17. Claudia Cardinale
18. Salma Hayek

Physical attributes on men that I love

1. Slender, artistic hands (Long fingers, wide palm)
2. Big, dark eyes
3. Long, dark eyelashes
4. Muscular arms
5. Full, pouty lips
6. Freckled shoulders
7. Few-day stubble
8. Cute scars
9. Tousled hair
10. Crow’s feet at the edge of the eyes
11. Bright white teeth
    
12. Lean, athletic build
13. That pelvic muscle thing
    
14. Dark skin
15. High cheekbones
16. Strong jawline
17. Pronounced hipbones

Favourite Poets

1. Federico Garcia Lorca
2. Rumi
3. Patrick Lane
4. Dionne Brand
5. Karen Solie
6. Michael Ondaatje
7. Steven Price
8. Seamus Heaney
9. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
10. Shel Silverstein
11. Pablo Neruda
12. Adonis
13. T.S. Eliot

Childhood Television

• Zoom
• Art Attack!
• Sailor Moon
• Carmen Sandiego
• My Dad the Rock Star
• X-Men
• The Amazing Spiderman
• Pokemon
• Digimon
• Johnny Bravo
• Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese Cat
• Scooby-Doo
• Rocket Robin Hood
• Looney Tunes
• The Angry Beavers
• The Joy of Painting
• Tales from the Cryptkeeper
• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
• Bill Nye the Science Guy
• Kratt’s Creatures
• Zaboomafu
• Pingu
• X-Men
• Sonic Underground
• Beast Wars
• CatDog
• I Am Weasel
• Cybersix
• The Pink Panther

Ten types of ‘Good Hurt’

1. When you smile so much at something that your cheeks hurt
2. When you’ve exercised a ton and your muscles burn
3. When you eat so much at Thanksgiving that your stomach hurts
4. Post-coitus hurt
5. When you do an awesome hi-five and your hand hurts
6. When you laugh so hard that your entire torso hurts
7. Tickle hurt
8. The burn of your fingers after you ‘send a difficult rock climb
9. The prickly hurt of stepping into a hot bath with cold feet
10. Puppy and kitten bite hurt 

Board games I love

•  The Game of Life
• Trivial Pursuit
• Candyland
• Scrabble
• Scattergories
• Apples to Apples
• Twister
• Operation
• Guess Who?
• Balderdash
  

Religious Celebrations I Have Attended

• Passover Seder (Jewish)
• Midnight Mass (Catholic)
• Christmas Mass (Anglican)
• Christmas Novena (Catholic)
• Baptism (Anglican)

Bro Puns

• Anne Broleyn
• Bros and cons
• Unibro
• Brohammad Ali
• Broletariat
• Napoleon Bronaparte (and Brosephine)
• Broman Polanski
• Broblorone chocolate
• Brorschach
• Broception
• Russell Browe
• Brolstoy
• Tidus Anbronicus
• Brolita
• Vladimir Nabrokov
• Brobama
• Brophelia
• Brocephalon
• Bronocchio
• Eyebros
• David and Broliath
• Brostoyevsky
• Brospitality
• The Big Lebroski
• We are the Brog. You will be Brossimilated
• Bro Biden
• Montenegbro
• Brostiality
• Brosmosis
• Brocreation
• Ingrid Brogman
• Humphrey Brogart
• Brosferatu
• Broquet
• Browan Atkinson
• Brosama bin Laden
• Broby Dick
• Brocycle
• Bronaconda
• Gerard Brotler
• Bro-J Simpson
• Brothello
• King Brothgar
• Brobocop
• I, Brobot
• Rambro
• Brobel Peace Prize
• Rocky Balbroa
• Last tangbro in Paris
• Broget Jones’s Diary
• Mask of Brorro
• Count of Monte Christbro
• Brotein Shake
• 3 Brosketeers
• Broseph Stalin
• Brolympics
• Brotannica
• Brotanic (with Jack and Brose)
• Sherlock Bromes
• Brograsm
• Bronado
• Brocelot
• Broad Warrior
• Brokemon
• Princess Brononoke
• Brotoro
• Han Brolo
• Brosary
• Broman Catholics (and the Brope)
• Brocelona
• North Brorea
• All roads lead to Brome
• Et tu, Brote?
• Bromeo and Juliet
• My Little Brony
• Brozzard
• Brolius and Cressida
• Broboarding
• Bronaby
• Jack Sparrbro
• Brocuspids
• Brobarossa
• DiCapribro
• The Brofest Club
• Bro white and the 7 dwarves
• Brocahontas
• Brostoise
• Double-bro-seven
• Edgar Allen Bro
• Brohio
• Brotozoic Era
• Broschetta
• Bro Rida
• Brosemite Sam
• A brose by any other name
• Brosketball
• Brose poetry
• Broah’s Ark
• Brostrich
• Broly Poly Ollie
• Milo and Brotis
• Broder Collie
• Broverload
• Broverpass
• Broromir
• Brodo Baggins
• Brognarok
• Brodepus Rex
• Broseidon
• Brorida
• Bromethius
• Brolivia
• Broggoth
• Brottawa
• Bromega
• Quid Bro Quo
• Christiano Bronaldo
• Broudicca
• Brobonic Plague
• Browling
• Brotswana
• Broshi
• Bronnet
• Broan of Arc
• Brohemian
• Bullbrozer
• Sheriff of Brottingham
• Brolling in the Deep
• Pro Brono
• Brodango
• Bro Yo Ma
• Brolivia
• Superbrova
• Broffy the Vampire Slayer
• They see me brollin’
• Bro d’etat
• Broronation Street
• Broetry
• Punky Broster
• Broboon
• Brohemoth
• Brohandas Gandhi
• Bro no!
• Shadow of the Brolossus
• To Kill a Mockingbro
• Algebro
• Colossus of Brodes
• The Bronely Island
• J.R.R. Brolkien
• Professor Brogonagall
• Brobylon
• Brozil
• Brofasa
• Wallace and Bromit
• Bronedict Arnold
• Broldemort
• Truman Cabrote
• Sodom and Bromorrah
• J.K. Browling
• Broletrix Lestrange
• Broveracting
• Helena Bronham Carter
• Tim Broton
• Hulk Brogan
• Brorion
• Albrota
• Broller Derby
• Seth Brogan
• Cliffs of Brover
• King James Broble
• Aurora Brorealis
• Brolar Bear
• Chef Broyardee
• Brordon Ramsay
• Broda
• Broyota
• Broreal Forest
• Broroque
• Brococo
• Brora the Explorer
• David Browie
• David Broreanaz
• Broger King
• Broregon
• Bropollo 13
• Brostbusters
• Brodinger’s Cat
• Battlestar Brolactica
• Brobi Wan Kenobi
• Brokyo
• Broatia
• Dr. Brones
• Bronedict Cumberbatch
• Anthrobromorphic
• Elizabeth Barret Broning
• Emily Bronte
• Pierce BROsnan
• Broller Coaster
• Broba Fett
• Quentin Tarantinbro
• Brotagonist
• Brosencrantz and Guildenstern
• Brotislava
• Brotham City
• Brogheera
• Browgli
• Brodyard Kipling
• Karen Brolie
• Bropocalypse Now
• Al Pacinbro
• Vigbro Mortensen
• Marlon Brandbro
• Anthrobrology
• Sin and Brosine
• Ebrola
• Nelly Furtadbro
• Bronah and the Whale
• Robert DeNirbro
• Jabberbrocky
• Bromer Simpson
• The Brody Bunch
• Brosie and the Pussycats
• Brotoshop
• Brorance and the Machine
• Antonibro Banderas
• Dramatis Brosonae
• Brostralia
• Brorance of Arabia
• Wishbrone
• Brobert Pattinson
• Broclops
• Tommy Wisebro
• Ferris Broller’s Day Off
• King brobra
• Magnetbro
• Elvis Brosely
• Brolverine
• Brofessor X
• Celebrity Broker
• 12-step Brogram
• Broteljuice
• BroTa
• The Broly Grail
• The life of Broin
• Bro2D2
• C3PBro
• Star Wars: A New Brope
• Broa constrictor
• Broflake
• Broliseum
• Thoroughbrod
• Knights of the Brold Republic
• Flight of the Bronchords
• Constantibrople
• Brocomotive
• Marylin Monbroe

Countries I can name off the top of my head

Ten Things I never want to forget about my paternal Grandmother

1. How she would put up every drawing my brother and I did in the kitchen.
2. How she would watch Winnie the Pooh with us over and over.
3. How she always gave us coconut macaroons and miniature pickles even though my parents said we couldn’t have anymore.
4. How she’d call us to the window each time the guinea hens came walking through the park.
5. Her laugh.
6. Her incredible skill with knitting and crocheting.
7. Her awesome ham dinners.
8. Her soft, pale hands.
9. How she’d play monopoly and cars with us.
10. How she’d always wave goodbye to us from the window when we were getting in the car at the end of the night.

The James Bond movies I have seen thus far

1. Dr. No
2. From Russia with Love
3. Goldfinger
4. Thunderball
5. The World is Not Enough
6. Die Another Day
7. Tomorrow Never Dies
8. A View to a Kill
9. Diamonds Are Forever
10. Casino Royale
11. Quantum of Solace

Cameras currently in my posession

• Lomo Fisheye 1
• Lomo Holga 135 
• Canon Rebel XSi
• Ricoh 500 Rangefinder (broken)
• Toy panorama camera
• Voightländer Vito Automatic I
• Yashica FX-D

This month’s fascinations

1. Witchcraft and its history
2. Propaganda
3. Candles
4. The Angel of Death
5. Totalitarianism and resistance
6. Graffiti

10 reasons why I hate my new job

1. You get no breaks. Somehow the restaurant industry bypasses the 30-minute-per-4-hours rule.
2. Low-ass wages. 
3. Barely any time to eat/not allowed to eat until it’s not busy. Have had jellybeans for dinner twice now. 
4. Not allowed to sit down. As in, there are no places for us to sit down. 
5. The back area where we are allowed to stand and wolf down a snack is pretty much right next to the dishwashing area, which is a disgusting cesspit of waterlogged food residue.
6. The manager is rather unapproachable.
7. Carrying plates all the time makes your arms ache like no other. And sometimes seize up.
8. Double shifts. Where you work both morning AND evening shifts with like a 2 hour break in between. I haven’t had to do one yet, but it’s only a matter of time.
9. We’re not allowed to schedule Saturdays off as they are the busiest night—you must be available every Saturday unless you talk to the manager.
10. I’ll probably be working both days on weekends for a while.