List - quality cartoons

• Wallace and Gromit
• Jimmy Neutron
• Marvin the Martian
• Happy Feet
  
• Madeline
• For the Birds
  

List/Pret a Manger/Visuals - SoW's tum speaks up! (fave food edition)

It's about time this lil' piggy let you in on 1 of her 2 loves in life!

1. seafood (ultimate fave - Chilean sea bass, lobster, scallops; also of note: mussels in white wine sauce, fried calamari)
2. walnut paste/dessert
3. bacon, BLT's
4. eggplant
5. zucchini
6. sesame hummus
7. pavlova
8. garlic!
9. puff pastries
10. palmiers
11. walnuts and almonds
12. moochi-ice
13. black olives
14. fried fish skin
15. Korean stews
16. spinach
17. lobster bisque
18. fettuccini alfredo
19. fried pork chops
20. T-bone steak, medium rare, w/ sides: garlic mashed potatos w/ bits of green onion in it, sauteed mushrooms
21. mushrooms (esp. enokitake, oyster, shiitake, porcini, King Oyster)
22. bittersweet chocolate, truffles
23. fresh corn and black bean salsa
24. burritos (particularly steak, fish)
25. PB & J - with natural pb (no sugar added) and swiss made berry-based jam (blueberries, raspberries)
26. Shanghainese dumplings (all fillings, steamed or pan-fried)
    
27. Szechuan cuisine
28. Japanese cuisine (top of the list: a childhood-comfort-meal of unagi donburi; also of note: raman, sashimi)
29. mamabear's crispy garlic'n'honey chicken wings
30. broiled or grilled lamp chops
31. grandpabear's fried rice, snake soup/stew, crispy chicken
32. dairy products (esp. cream, butter, aged cheeses...hm....compliments black olives so well ^_^)
33. avocado (esp. w/ a little shrimp salad in place of the pit; w/ a little creamy tangy salad dressing like Brianna's Dijon Honey Mustard; in curry chicken sandwiches; in curry veggie wraps.; and of course guacamole which is ABSOLULTLY NECESSARY in my burritos)
34. green onion pastry at Peking Garden, HK
    
35. papabear's duck l'orange, mushroom cream soup
    
36. roasted duck in lai-fan soup
37. indian curry - lamb w/ naan!!!!
38. thai curry - esp. red curry with seafood or chicken
39. fresh scones w/ creme fraiche or jam or butter
40. extra virgin olive oil
41. clam chowder from beantown
42. steamed or fried tofu
43. this conch shell w/ curry conch meat + veggie filling:
44. asparagus
45. beef stroganoff
46. cherries
47. pecan pie
48. apple crumble
49. lemon poppy seed cheesecake
50. toasted almond meringue
51. trifle (without the jello)
52. broccoli
53. crumpets w/ butter and/or blueberry or blackberry jam
    
54. green tea ice cream
55. black sesame ice cream
56. roma tomatos (esp. w/ buffalo mozzarella, fresh basil, and olive oil)
57. omelette w/ cheddar cheese, mushrooms, bell peppers, corn
58. pork souvlaki w/ cool tangy fresh made tzatziki
59. big juicy beefy fresh cheeseburger w/ sauteed mushrooms and onions and ketchup, mayo, tomatos and lettuce, accompanied by fresh fries tossed with some seasoning, and some sort of vanilla-based milkshake (esp. satisfying dinner at the end of a hard week)
    
60. coconut
61. savory pancakes (eg. with ham, mushrooms, aged cheddar, corn, and parsley plus various spices mixed in with the batter)
62. the cookie part of an Oreo
63. Kettle Brand potato chips - honey dijon flavour
    
64. cheesies (a fave only when I'm hormonal...*grrrr*)

my diet secret: wearing too-hot-for-you-to-handle-jeans one size too small

Resources/List - wanna know what I really envy?

In case you haven't picked it up by now numbnut,

I. Utterly. Love/Adore. Photographed. Images.

The following photologs/blogs differ in tone from one another. I enjoy them all for their various focus - be it subject, colour, lighting, perspective, concept, humour, etc. And for once, this list is in some form of preference order.

Without further ado, I humbly present my visual salivation:

1. daily dose of imagery
2. c o l o u r b l i n d
   
3. Twentyfives - By Mike Bradshaw
   
4. Dyroxy: Luke Winter
   
5. Goatee Style: The Photo Log
   
6. Visual Poetics
7. Ten Years of My Life

List/Visuals - i wanna be taggin that

• Owen Wilson
• John Krasinski
• Benjamin Andre
• Keanu Reeves
• Jake Gyllenhaal?
• LL Cool J
• Luke Wilson
• Ben and Matt
  
• Duffle-Coat-Stavros
• Ludacris
• Uma Thurman
  
• Don Cheadle?
  
• Harold and Kumar?
  
• Paul Bettany....but only when he looks like this:

or this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this and this.



If not, then the Nikon D200 will suffice.

List - of SoW

1. a shameless glutton
   
2. not exotic (go look at a rainforest)
3. has a preternatural sense of curiousity - most often drawn in out of intrique
4. self-autonomy is a dear and precious status quo
5. dreads sensory deprivation = abyss of depression, sallow cheeks, eyes w/ no soul nor glint, no hope, grey face
6. loather of things left unsaid
7. a ball of saviness thrown into a human form
8. have a terrible memory for people who have contributed very little significant meaning to my life
   
9. fave photo is MFM1148
   
10. not a function nor a utility
11. does not resemble a "diminutive rose petal" nor a "delicate flower" and certainly not one of these:

List/Pret a Manger/Visuals- fave bev's

1. Yakult

2. Breve lattes

3. Tanqueray & tonic

4. Mexican hot chocolate

5. Warmed Vitasoy



6. Ice wine
7. HK-style milk tea
8. fresh soy milk
9. steamed milk
10. Ribena
11. milkshakes (except strawberry flavour)

List - fave places

1. airports
2. Lego Store
3. flannel-lined beds w/ oodles of pillows and comforters
4. quiet & cozy cabins
5. enveloped by Pacific Northwest forests
6. at dusk and into the night, seated on an Adirondack chair, wrapped in blankets, looking out on a quiet and calm lake, w/ a cig sans mosquitos
7. watching the sea and the waves
   
8. by myself in the middle of a big, bustling metropolis
   
9. in my lover's arms

List - Existence of the following astounds me

1. a Taco Del Mar in ALASKA (and BC and AB) but NOT TORONTO?!?!
2. the Donald Trump scent
   
3. the Hummer scent
4. dumpy leather shorts for women
   
5. cowgirl apparel Tara Reid would wear
   
6. the Ashlee Simpson show
7. Star Jones' corporate wedding website
8. Kimora Lee Simmons
9. chastity belts...for 2005!!!!! *wink wink*
10. Bai Ling ~ 2 words: (a) bloody embarrassment
    

List - So cool you'll cream in your pants

1. Me = Mrs. Keanu Reeves
2. Me zooming by in a Smart Car
3. Me behind the wheels of a burgundy or olive green 70's Jaguar
4. Me + Andre = together + on the cover of Nylon
   

List - things that warm my heart

1. savvy+snarky combo
2. Sephora
3. "enthralled"
   
4. Ali G
5. Jerry Orbach
6. Princess Superstar
7. Congressman Jim McDermott (cracked me up in the midst of watching M. Moore attempting to look serious as he listened to the mother blabbing about supporting the war efforts)
8. Kevin Spacey in Swimming with Sharks
9. Conan O'Brien

10. The narcissism of my friends
11. Watching Jeremey Irons on screen
12. Voices of some men
13. Bart Simpson
14. Gromit and his furrowing brows
15. John Sellers
16. will.i.am
17. dining with friends who enjoy food as much as I do
18. Second to the cuteness of SW+g/f, these penguins
19. Harold and Kumar
21. Anonymous Lawyer
22. my favourite underthings
23. exclusivity
24. correspondence with loved ones
25. C!ty'super / Log-On
26. diners
27. Puntabulous
28. Mission Impossible - the TV series
29. nonchalant sly replies to encounters of unjustifiable stupidity

List - what I despise

1. Contrivance + pretensions
   
2. People who recite their resumes in lieu of making conversation
3. Rudeness + tactlessness
4. Faulty sense of power
5. Those who suck my energy and leave nothing in return.
6. Soul and/or creativity suckers
   
7. Parsimonious and/or disingenuous behaviour too far gone
   
8. Misogynistic operative assumptions (Feathers)
   
9. Dirty old men
   
10. Those who cramp my style (not necessarily visually)
11. Winter mornings in the northern hemisphere and changing into cold clothing.
12. superiority/inferiority complex
13. whinks
14. flaunting
15. inflated and unjustifed self-entitlement