10 Things I Like (January)

This TV show

"Big Love" is fantastic in a guilty pleasure kind of way. I'm currently watching season 3, so slightly behind, but loving it.

This actor

Nicholas Hoult, you are dreamy. And to think you used to be that nerdy kid in "About A Boy." Sigh.

This website

Tumblr. I hate you but I love you.

This song

"Tik Tok" may be her big hit, but "Kiss 'N Tell" is pop refreshment at it's finest.

This CD

Vampire Weekend, you got better with your second album. Well done. Now, don't let me down when I see you in Philly.

This Band


I absolutely adore Phoenix. Their CD is great and I would LOVE to see them live. "1901" is their strongest song by far, but that doesn't mean the other songs are terrible in any way.

This Musical


"Spring Awakening" may be a little depressing and slightly confusing at times, but the music is awesome worth the price of admission and then some.

This Book

"The Gathering" by Anne Enright is a beautiful Irish novel. I read it in my Modern Irish Literature class over a year ago, but I went back to it and read it from a writer's perspective and it is crafted in such a beautiful way that I'm envious of her writing skills.

This Restaurant/Fast Food Place

I love to go to Panera, find a nice booth to write and read in, eat some healthy food, and continually steal pop from their soda machine.

Lines from This Movie

"This is a story of boy meets girl. The boy, Tom Hansen of Margate, New Jersey, grew up believing that he'd never truly be happy until the day he met the one. This belief stemmed from early exposure to sad British pop music and a total mis-reading of the movie 'The Graduate'. The girl, Summer Finn of Shinnecock, Michigan, did not share this belief. Since the disintegration of her parent's marriage she'd only love two things. The first was her long dark hair. The second was how easily she could cut it off and not feel a thing. Tom meets Summer on January 8th. He knows almost immediately she is who he has been searching for. This is a story of boy meets girl, but you should know upfront, this is not a love story."

Rachel: Better that you find this out now before you come home and find her in bed with Lars from Norway

Tom: Who's Lars from Norway?

Rachel: He's some guy she met at the gym with Brad Pitt's face and Jesus' abs

"I don't know how to tell you this, but there's a Chinese family in our bathroom."