Day 26, Books I'd Like To Read This Year:

-Bossypants by Tina Fey

-This Is A Book by Demetri Martin 

-Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog Book by Joss Whedon

-The View From The Top by Hillary Frank

-This Girl Is Different by Jennifer Hope Wichman

-Fray by Joss Whedon

-Mr. Funny Pants by Michael Showalter

-Damage by Anya Parrish

-Wither by Lauren DeStefano

-Why Moms Are Weird by Pamela Ribon

-Kiss & Tell by Mari Naomi

-Just Kids by Patti Smith

-Geek Girl by Cindy C Bennett

 -Everfound by Neal Shusterman

-My Not-So-Still Life by Liz Gallagher

-Bumped by Megan McCafferty

-Girl Wonder by Alexa Martin

-Market Day by James Sturm

-BodyWorld by Dash Shaw

-Special Exits by Joyce Farmer

-We3 by Grant Morrison

-Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris

-Bite Club by Rachel Caine

-Overbite by Meg Cabot

-My New York Diary by Julie Doucet

-Dead On The Delta by Stacey Jay

-A Visit From The Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

-Spaniel Rage by Vanessa Davis

-Kill Your Boyfriend by Grant Morrison

-Role Models by John Waters

-The Film That Changed My Life: 30 Directors On Their Epiphanies In The Dark by Robert K. Elder

-Destroy all Movies!!! The Complete Guide To Punks On Film by Zack Carlson

-A Sickness In The Family by Denise Mina

-How To Understand Israel In 60 Days Or Less by Sarah Glidden

-Learning To Love You More by Miranda July

-Rats Saw God by Rob Thomas

-Ten Miles Past Normal by Frances O'Roark Dowell

-XVI by Julia Karr

-Girl by Blake Nelson

-Like Mandarin by Kirsten Hubbard

I could go on for days.

Day 25, Things I'd Rather Be Doing (Plus Some Other Junk) :

-Travelling (I miss getting to go on vacation, it feels like I will never get to take one again)

-Soaking in a bubble bath

-Getting a massage

-Catching up on books

-Watching TV/Movies

-Baking some muffins

-Hang out with friends

  

...and some lists I haven't had time to post:

Day 24, I Make Lists For:

-Everything

(That's a cop out right?)

Ok, ok

-Groceries

-CD's I want to buy/download

-CD tracks for mixes

-Things I need to get done

-Bills

-General planning

Day 22, Today I Saw:

-Kyle rolling around in bed

-The Bunster

-Traffic

-The newspaper

-Qik-N-Ez

-Cloudy skies

-An email from my best friend

-Myself

Day 21, Things To Do This Spring:

-Ride bikes with Kyle

-Plant a tiny garden on our balcony

-Wear skirts/dresses

-Watch True Blood

-Drive with the windows down

-Read outside

-Walk to the park with friends

-Take a mini-road trip

-Spring cleanin'

-Find a place to swim

-Learn my grandma's favorite recipes

-Camping trip

Day 15, Road Trip Must Haves:

-Rocky Horrow Picture Show soundtrack (my friend Rachel & I would listen to this album on road trips and dance the whole way to our destination)

-Fruit snacks (pom & blueberry)

-Trail mix

-Sammiches

-Mix CD's (especially Gangsta Rap Volumes 1-4)

-Magazines (Bust & EW)

-Cash/credit cards for emergencies

-Toothbrush/toothpaste/floss

-Bag full of clothes that I won't wear

-Shoes (all kinds)

-Journal/notebook

-Pillows/Blankets

-Moutnain Dew/water/juice

-Camera

-GPS/map/directions

-Emergency kit

-RCR hoodie

-Coat

-Sunglasses

-Chapstick

-Car charges

-Excedrin/medicine in general

So, I think that just about catches me up on the lists I was missing, minus a few that I haven't had time to attempt.

xx

Julia Wertz

Is my soul twin.

I thought this would be appropriate for today's prompt which as you can see below was Guilty Pleasures.

If you want to check out more of her stuff (and you totally should) go to her website here or her blog here. I seriously love all three of her books (Fart Party Volume 1, Fart Party Volume 2 & Drinking at the Movies), four if you count the I Saw You... anthology. I can't wait for whatever book comes next.

Day 23, Guilty Pleasures:

(These things really don't make me feel guilty)

-Enjoying 90's boy bands

-Making really bad mix CD's for Amber/Listening to really bad mix CD's that Amber has made for me

-Ridiculously long bubble baths

-Watching cheesy Lifetime movies (Seriously, just sit down in front of a Lifetime Original Movie and TRY to change the channel)

-Eating raw cookie dough straight out of the tube

-Eating spray cheese straight out of the can (I know, I'm disgusting!)

-Silly singalongs (Dr. Horrible, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Grease, Grease 2, Hairspray, Once More with Feeling and so on)

-Reading silly girl magazines

-Reading more YA books than "grown up" books

-Collecting socks

-Spending way too much time on Etsy or Amazon

-Buffalo chicken ponyshoes

-Obsessing about SNL

-Listening to Bright Eyes to fall asleep

-Eating entire veggie trays

-Finding the perfect gift
-Re-watching all my favorite shows (Buffy, 30 Rock, HIMYM, Big Bang Theory, Angel, The O.C., SNL, Daria, True Blood, Dexter and so on)
-Loving Mary Kate & Ashley (always & forever)

 

Day 20, Celebrity Crushes:

So, I know I've been a bit behind on 30 Days of Lists, but here is a list I can get down with:

 -Frank Turner

-Matt Skiba

-Billy Idol

-David Bowie

-Zachary Levi

-David Tennant

-Nathan Fillion

-Jimmy Fallon

-Michael Emerson

-Michael C. Hall

-Adam Brody

-Christopher Meloni

-Daniel Radcliffe

-Hayden Christensen

-Jason Segel

-James Marsters

-Joss Whedon

-Seth Meyers

-Jorma Taccone

-Dustin Lance Black

-Daniel Brühl

-Michael Cera

-Woody Allen

-Alexander Skarsgård

-Neil Patrick Harris

-Robert Downey Jr.

-James Spader

-Conan O'Brien

-Paul Rudd

-Ryan Gosling

-Natalie Portman

-Juliette Lewis

-Tina Fey

Diablo Cody

-Kristen Bell

-Kat Dennings

Those are the majority of my dude & lady crushes!


Yours?


xx

Day 16, Places To See In Springfield:

Most people seem to forget that Springfield is actually the capital of Illinois, not Chicago.

Personally I find this place to be quite boring, but if you were a visitor-here is what I would show you:

-The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum

-The Dana-Thomas House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1902

-The Lincoln Home National Historic Site

-Oak Ridge Cemetery

-Old State Capitol State Historic Site

-Lincoln Memorial Garden & Nature Center

-Washington Park (I used to live a hop skip and a jump away from this park and now I live near it again. Very excited to start feeding the ducks again!)

-There are also some really cool old bookstores downtown, amazing places to eat, and nice places to sit and people watch.

-I don't think I've ever let a friend visit Springfield without trying a horseshoe at Dublin Pub or swinging by Krekels for a delicious cheeseburger & milk shake.

So I guess that's about it, unless you enjoy consuming copious amount of alchol...in which case you can pretty much walk in any direction downtown and find a bar.

Day 15, On My Shopping List:

Forgive me, but I am skipping a day. I can't decide what I want to "fill in the blank" for the 14th day.

So, instead you get what's on my shopping list.

-Hex nuts (smaller than the ones I bought this weekend)

-Welcome mat

-Coat rack

-Scrapbookin' supplies

-Clasps

-Frames for all the new art work we have sitting around

-Mountain Dew

-Blueberries

-Garlic/Garlic Bread

-Cajun seasoning

-Morning Star Buffalo Wings

-Next issue of Bust (I really just need to subscribe to this as it's my all time favorite magazine)

-Thank you cards

-Sewing machine

-Deli Flats

-Baby carrots

-More juice!

-Milk

-New headphones
-Black lace up boots

Day 13, DIY's I Want To Try

DIY's I want to try:

-T-shirt scarves (like this)

-The braided hex nut bracelet

-Coat rack

-Super duper cute Toadstools

-Sweater clips

-Fabric wreathes

I am always looking for new things to try, so if you have any suggestions, feel free to drop them in the comments.

Also, I realize I am once again a day behind, but I had some best friend catch up yesterday, which is far more important. I will be back sometime later for Day 14.

xx

Day 11, Date Night Ideas & Day 12, Weekly Rituals

So, Day 11's prompt didn't do a whole lot for me, which is why this post is a few days behind.

As for date night ideas the only things I can honestly think of that we enjoy is spending time with our friends, cooking together, watching movies, playing board games (which we haven't done in ages), and taking little road trips (which we also haven't done in ages).

As for Day 12, well I have a lot of weekly rituals:

Saturday & Sunday:

-Catch up with TV shows I've missed

-Do all the house work (laundry, clean the bathrooms, carpet, kitchen, bedroom, etc.)

-Lately we've used Sunday's to unpack stray boxes & what not

Monday-Friday:

-Every morning before work I get a 32 oz Mountain Dew to start my morning out right

-Pack lunch (I love packing lunches, saves so much money!)

-Monday night we watch How I Met Your Mother, Chuck, & Castle

-Spend a significant amount of time reading 

-Pay bills

-Write out to-do list's for the week

-Spend time with Bun every morning while I get ready for work

-Best Friend Wednesdays (which have been on hold for two weeks & I am ready to get back to it!)

-Thursday we like to watch The Big Bang Theory, The Office, Parks & Rec, Community & 30 Rock

Ok, there are like a billion more things that I do on a weekly basis, but I feel as if I bored you to death, so off I go to take a shower, fold some laundry and make some breakfast/lunch.

Enjoy the last bit of your weekends!

xx

Day 10, Wishlist:

If I tell you everything that's on my wishlist, we could be here all day, so I'll try to narrow it down.

-Down & Derby: The Insider's Guide to Roller Derby by Alex Cohen

-Rollergirl: Totally True Tales from the Track by Melissa Joulwan

-The Liar Society by Lisa & Laura Roecker

-Morning Glories, Volume 1 by Nick Spencer & Joe Eisma

-iZombie, Volume 1: Dead to the World by Chris Roberson & Michael Allred

-Just Kids by Patti Smith

-Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food by Jeff Potter

-Mr. Bacon vs. Monsieur Tofu Action Figures

-An ass ton of rubber duckies

-Invisible/Floating Bookshelves

-The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan

-Axe Cop, Volume 1 by Malachai & Ethan Nicolle

-Enid (Ghost World) Doll

-Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People by Amy Sedaris

-Sleep Is For The Week- Frank Turner

-The Player

- A trip to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter

-A trip back to Austria

-The next volume of The Walking Dead

-Vampire rabbit slippers

-Dead Reckoning (Sookie Stackhouse, Book 11) by Charlaine Harris

-Bite Club (Morganville Vampires, Book 10) by Rachel Caine

-Overbite by Meg Cabot

-Everything on my Etsy Favorites (Because seriously we could be here all day if I listed that all out)

-A roller derby team in my hometown

-A ring on my finger

-Another bunny for Bunry

-Heels I can walk in

-To be Liz Lemon when I grow up

-A trip to NYC to attend SNL (my # 1 dream)

Ok, so...that's the condensed version!

Enjoy

P.S. What's on your wishlist?

xx



Day 9, Favorite Website/Blogs:

Hmm, this is a bit tricky since I follow over 200 blogs and use a lot of different websites, but I think I managed to compile a few for you!

-fartparty.org (Julia Wertz is my all time favorite, I relate to her comics in ways that I can't even describe)

-Pop Candy (I've been following this blog for so many years, it's still one of my favorites for pop culture/nerd news)

-NBC.com

-Amazon.com (I have a sick obsession)

-Etsy.com (DUH)

-Bloglovin.com
-IMBD.com

-Google.com

-A Beautiful Mess (Once again, DUH)

-Campfire Chic

-Busy Bee Lauren

-Crack the Sky

-Delightfully Tacky

-Eat Drink Chic

-I go by Katie

-Keiko Lynn

-Kyle Roma

-Little Chief Honeybee

-MaieDae

-Mr & Mrs Globe Trot

-Oh, Mishka

-Pandora

-Pie N' The Sky

-Ruggles Stitch

-Skunkboy Creatures

-Violet Bella

-SRSLYLIZ.COM

-The Art Of Staying Up All Night
-The Dainty Squid

-The Drifter and The Gypsy

-the flowerchild dwelling

-The Hairpin
-The Mary Sue
-The New Adventures of Betty Turbo

-The Styling Dutchman

and last but not least,

my best friends blog

-Bacon & Unicorns

There are about a million more, but I think this is enough for now!

Day 8, What's In My Bag:

I know this would be much more interesting with pictures but I still have yet to locate my camera and I bet you don't even care that much!

So here it goes

Front Pocket:

-C.O. Bigelow Rose Salve (so incredibly addicted to this stuff)

-Pack of Camel Lights & lighter (no lectures please, I am in the process of quitting and it's going better than expected)

-Art gallery flyer

-Prescription (that I have yet to take to the pharmacy, whoops!)

-Bills

-Comic

-$3

-Business cards

Inside pocket:

-Favorite Lucky Brand wallet (it has so much room for all my cards, checks, receipts, etc.)

-Super cute 2011-2012 planner, pink pen to go with

-Envelopes

-Grocery lists

-Post-it's

-Small mirror

-Small orange wallet for passport, other random important things

-Ice Breakers Ice Cubes in peppermint

-Bottle of Vitamin B12

-Birth Control

-Small Joker notepad

-Anti-Bac hand spray that smells like Pez

-Oral-B Glide Pro-Heath Floss in Fresh Mint

-Mints

-Keys (with plenty of silly key chains & my work ID)

-Tampons

-Concealer

-Extra pens

-Nasonex

-Shea Butter lip balm

-Large notebook

-Books (I always have at least one, if not two books with me. Today's book is Big Boned by Meg Cabot, because I was in a girly mood, and honestly who doesn't love Meg Cabot?!)

So that's it. My bag is huge and grey and studded. It's full of awesome. I really think I need to clear it out though. Hmmm. Maybe sometime later this week.

What about you? What do you keep in your bag?

xx

Day 7, Blog Goals:

Look, I'm not going to lie, I rarely set goals for myself regarding my online life, but I tried to come up with a few and here they are.

-Come up with a weekly feature that shows a little more about who I am & what I am interested in (suggestions? anyone? no? ok.)

-Movie/Book Reviews (I would love to do this as I am something of a movie snob & read just about any book I can get my hands on)

-DIY projects (we are setting up our studio now & soon I will dig through the boxes under our bed to find my camera!)

-Artist features (I'll probably start with people I know in real life and then branch out to my favorite Etsy folk)

-Blogger meet up! (Someday! But seriously, it would be cool to round up some Midwest folk and get our fun on, right?)

So, that's that! What about you guys? Do you have any goals for your blog? I love finding new things to read, so please feel free to link your blogs/projects/Etsy shop in the comments below.



Day 6, Least Favorite Words:

Not a lot of words bother me, but here are the ones that do

-Twat

-Paper cut

-Needle

-Panties

-Depressed

-I see (I suppose this is a phrase, but I hate when people use it, it generally indicates that someone is pissed off, or for me it does...)

There you have it. I don't have any words that really, really bother me. Just these. Unless I can think of something else. I'll be back with Day 7 later today!

Happy Monday

xx

Day 5, Weekend Goals:

I know this is a day late, but here is part of my list for Day 5

-Clean out the old apartment, turn in key (Done)

-Catch up on my shows (Chuck, HIMYM, Castle, The Big Bang Theory, 30 Rock, Community, & SNL (in the process of doing this now. Kyle and I are sitting at Panera eating some soup and stealin' some interwebs)

-Get all of our laundry done (This is my Sunday chore, I like getting it all done in one day)

-Make muffins (made delicious blueberry muffins Friday night)

-Find some pants that fit my hips (someday)

-Visit friends

-Go to Target (done, unfortunately-I always spend so much money there!)

That's pretty much it. I've done so much this weekend that I am quite sure my legs might fall off!

Ok, time to catch up on some stuff!

xx

edit: Apparently only two of our shows were on this last week! I refuse to partake in the Miley Cyrus hosted SNL.

Day 4, Today's Playlist:

In no particular order:

Sons of Liberty-Frank Turner

New Romantic-Laura Marling

The Mariners Revenge Song-The Decemberists

Comptine d'un autre été: L'après-midi-Yann Tiersen

Engine Heart-Mirah

Cherry Bomb-The Runaways

Living Room-Tegan & Sara

Wild One-Those Darlins

Welcome to Janesville-Smoking Popes

Old School Reasons-Alkaline Trio

We Laugh At Danger (And Break All The Rules)-Against Me!

Substitute-Frank Turner

Born & Raised-Fake Problems

Brother-Murder By Death

Fett's Vette-mc chris

On To The Next One-Jay-Z

Dearly Departed-Creepshow

Attitude-Misfits

Hooker-7 Shot Screamers

Hey Suburbia-Even In Blackouts

More Adventurous-Rilo Kiley

Castanets-Alejandro Escovedo

Sex Beat-The Gun Club

Let's Not Shit Ourselves (To Love And To Be Loved)-Bright Eyes

Cecilia-Simon & Garfunkel

Cocaine Blues-Johnny Cash

Don't Try To Fool Me-Miss Li

The Authority Song-Jimmy Eat World

Paulina-The Hippos

9MM And A Three Piece Suit-Catch 22

Point/Counterpoint-Steetlight Manifesto

Nothing Came Out-The Moldy Peaches

Sicily-Youth Group

Hey Man (Now You're Really Living)-Eels

Rudie Can't Fail-The Clash

Johnny Law-William Elliot Whitmore

Hot Kiss-Juliette & The Licks

Do The Creep-The Lonely Island ft. Nicki Minaj

Day 3, I Am Looking Forward To:

-Someday visiting the Wizarding World of Harry Potter

-Harry Potter, Part 2 (though I imagine I will be traumatized for days after seeing this)

-Going to Ebertfest again

-Working on new and fun projects with my boy

-Getting through my Netflix queue

-Going back to Austria

-Going to NYC-mainly for 30 Rock, where I will attempt to stalk Lorne Michaels, Tina Fey & Jimmy Fallon

-Opening an Etsy shop with Kyle

-Getting our cable & internet installed (this weekend!)

-Taking loads of bubble baths

-Learning how to cook new things

-Taking yoga classes with my mum & sister

-Finishing scrapbooks

-The zombie apocalypse

-Starting a roller derby team

-Learning how to sew

-Tina Fey's book coming out!

-Going to Hawaii to see whats left of the Lost set

-The Walking Dead, Volume 14 coming out

-Seeing Frank Turner on tour

Day 2, Things I Am Good At:

I haven't quite finished this yet, but here is part of my list:

-Reading & walking at the same time (seriously, people at work always comment about this as if it's some great accomplishment, but it's not)

-Organizing

-Learning new things

-Fixin' junk

-Quoting many SNL sketches & digital shorts (some sketches from way before I was born)

-Trivia

-Memorizing movie titles, plots & cover art (I worked at a movie theater in my teens, then two different video stores for several years)

-Giving advice

-Giving the cold shoulder (haha, Kyle can tell you this is very true)

-Making people laugh (normally by doing something really embarrassing, like wearing my Harry Potter blanket as a cape to the grocery store)

-Collecting random junk

-Taking care of the Bunster

-Researching stuff & things

-Changing my voice

-Gettin' shit done

A Few Things About Yourself:

For the first prompt, here are a few things (in list form) that describe me:

-Cinephile

-Lover of all animals, but especially BUNNY RABBITS!

-Feminist

-Major bookworm

-Devoted girlfriend, daughter & best friend

-Pop Culture junky

-Comic book nerd

-Music lover

-Traveler

-SNL enthusiast

-Fountain of useless knowledge

-Mountain Dew addict

-Muggle

-Joss Whedon fanatic

-Tekken champ

30 Days of Lists, Day One

The first prompt (which you can find here) is 'A Few Things About Yourself'.

I'm going to start working on this now & I will be back later to post my list!

I won't be able to take photos for the first couple of days since none of our home computers are set up yet and I haven't found my camera, but when I do, I will be posting them over in this Flickr group.

Until then...xxxx