1. Best Ever Mushroom Soup

2. Maraschino Cherry Cupcakes with Almond Buttercream Frosting

3. P.F. Chang's Mongolian Beef

4. White Chili

5. Japanese Mum's Chicken

6. Sweet Chicken Bacon Wraps

7. Butternut Squash Soup

8. Bourbon Chicken

9. Pumpkin Pie Yogurt

10. Chicken Tikka Masala

11. Naan

12. Pavlova with Strawberries

13. Chai Cupcakes with Cinnamon Buttercream

14. Vanilla Almond Cupcakes with Pink Vanilla Buttercream

15. Easy Way Lasagna

16. Meditteranean Shrimp Scampi

17. Chewy Chocolate Cookies

18. Oatmeal Carmelitas

19. Egg Drop Soup

20. Oatmeal Banana Breakfast Cookies

21. Overnight Oatmeal

22. Foil-Wrapped Salmon with Lemon, Butter, and Dill

23. Blue Ridge Mountains Chocolate Chip Cookies

24. Balsamic Skirt Steak

25. Polenta with Parmesan

26. Roasted Tomatoes with Scallions

27. Poverty Meal

28. Baklava Salmon

The Wire [5/5 seasons watched]

Firefly [1/1 season watched]

Parks and Recreation [4/4 seasons watched]

Mad Men [4/5 seasons watched]

Futurama [0/6 seasons watched]

Z and I have just moved into a beautiful new apartment together! We're giddy, even though we're living off of the floor. <3

1. Idiot Pilot - Wolves

2. Idiot Pilot - Strange We Should Meet Here

3. The Stranglers - La Folie

4. Anathema - A Natural Disaster

5. Depeche Mode - Violator

6. Cee-Lo Green - The Lady Killer

7. Band of Horses - Cease to Begin

8. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

9. Anathema - We're Here Because We're Here

10. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

11. She & Him - Volume One

12. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

13. Girl Talk - Feed the Animals

14. Lady Gaga - Born This Way

15. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black

16. The Black Angels - Phosphene Dream

17. Abney Park - The Death of Tragedy

18. Lykke Li - Youth Novels

19. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles (2008)

20. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles (2010)

21. Eels - Beautiful Freak

22. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

23. La Roux - La Roux

24. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!

25. Blue Foundation - Life of a Ghost

26. Sufjan Stevens - The BQE

27. Punch Brothers - Antifogmatic

28. Punch Brothers - Punch

29. Sigur Rós - Takk...

30. the bird and the bee - Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future

31. the bird and the bee - the bird and the bee

32. Lana Del Rey - Born to Die

33. Anathema - Falling Deeper

34. Gotye - Making Mirrors

35. Of Monsters and Men - My Head Is An Animal

3/26/12 - Employment GET!

I've removed goals #4 (Take the National Counselor Exam) and #5 (Complete at least half of the hours needed for my professional clinical counselor license) from the list, as I do not plan to practice counseling for the foreseeable future.

11/17/11 - Currently working on two songs in Sibelius.

11/14/2011 - My best friend had her baby the other day! Between admiring baby Petra's beauty and plotting all the many ways in which I can spoil her, I got to change her diaper. Not difficult. Now, I'm set for when she comes to visit!

10/25/11 - Watched The Accidental Tourist. "I'm beginning to think that maybe it's not just how much you love someone. Maybe what matters is who you are when you're with them."

10/15/11 - Got my first professional massage at CC Spa.

9/11 - Z taught me about the Birthday Problem. Cool concept!

9/12/11 - Z surprised me with a picnic at Shillito Park, where we cuddled on a blanket and ate our favorite Chinese takeout. When it came time for dessert, he made me close my eyes; it was a surprise, he said. When I opened them, he had an engagement ring in his hand and an enormous grin on his face. He asked, I said "yes," I laughed, he laughed, we hugged, we high-fived, and we ate ice cream and drank champagne. It was awesome. Best picnic ever.

9/20/11 - If everything falls into place this week, I'll have a job. I've done all I can do; now, I'll have to wait and see. This is, of course, the hardest part.

9/12/11 - Z and I are engaged! No wedding plans have been made yet: we're too busy floating around on a cloud of happy.

8/10/11 - Last week, I piled into a van with my mom, grandma, and aunt to road trip across Illinois and Missouri. We visited places that Grandma had known in her youth, and visited long-lost relatives.

Also, Mom and I encountered snakes. That = adventure.

7/13/11 - Baked vegan chai cupcakes and topped them with cinnamon buttercream. The recipe is from Sugarbomb Bakery, and it is fantastic: I had no clue that they were vegan until after I had already baked them! Z said that these are his new favorite cupcakes. :)

7/8/11 - Watched The Godfather and The Godfather Part II. The first was probably the best movie I've ever seen.

6/22/11 - There is a giant bag of Swedish Fish in the candy bowl, taunting me, but I will prevail.

6/22/11 - Made the big chop one week ago today, and I LOVE it!

6/12/11 - I've got the bones of my letter written. To whom do I address it? "You?" "We?" I don't know.

6/12/11 - To begin this goal, I'd like to purge all items that I am tired of owning. For inspiration, I'm going to devote one of my Lists of 101 (goal #46) to this topic.

Objectives:
-Weed out clothes I dislike/no longer wear.
-Go through my old papers. Place important documents in distinct folders, give away original drawings, scan/save, or throw them away.

6/12/11 - Ozzie is three today! To celebrate, I baked some peanut butter biscuits for him. He loves them. :)

6/11/11 - My skin blew up. Sad face. I'm trying to keep my regimen consistent, so let's hope that everything gets back in working order soon.

6/11/11 - The job hunt is going well; there are several promising leads in and out of my field. I'm open to the possibilities!

6/11/11 - So far, so good!

6/11/11 - Em-C has informed me that she would like to have her bachelorette bash on a boat in the Bahamas (say that five times fast, y'all) next year. It'll be Em, me, the other bridesmaids, and our significant others. Very cool!

6/11/11 - I've been told by two different people this week that I ought to write a book. Dad suggested that I write a collection of essays. Given my painfully short attention span, that might be just the format for me!

6/8/11 - Watched American Beauty with Z. Stunning film in so many ways.

6/2/11 - Groupon is currently offering a 1/2 off coupon for a spa just outside of Louisville. Jill, Brandi, and I each bought one. Spa day, soon!

6/2/11 - Starting this goal today! This goal will be considered complete as of 7/2/11.

6/2/11 - I've had Lady Gaga's Born This Way on repeat since its release. Favorite tracks: "Marry the Night," "Born This Way," "Government Hooker," "Judas," "Scheiße," and "Electric Chapel."

6/2/11 - Z and I watched Casino this past weekend, and The God Who Wasn't There yesterday. Both were great!

5/22/11 - Dad and I watched Sling Blade tonight. It rocked.

1. Sling Blade
2. The Godfather, Part 1
3. The Godfather, Part 2
4. The Accidental Tourist
5. Halloween

5/15/11 - 101 Excuses I Make For Myself

1. 101 Excuses I Make For Myself

5/16/11 - Facebook Hivemind says unanimously: "Go for it!"