200!

Today is my 200th post! Can you believe it? It's kind of crazy. In honor of reaching 200, here is a list of 200 things I love...

Books

1. A Widow for One Year by John Irving
2. My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki
3. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffeneger
4. The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer-Bradley
5. "Incarnations of Immortality" Series by Piers Anthony
6. "Homecoming" Series by Orson Scott Card
7. The BFG by Roald Dahl
8. The Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling
9. Midwives by Chris Bohjalian
10. Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris
11. Animals in Translation by Temple Grandin
12. The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Polan
13. The Emperor of Scent by Chandler Burr
14. "Anita Blake" series by Laurell K. Hamilton
15. Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer
16. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R. Tolkien
17. Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
18. The "Lincoln Rhyme" novels by Jeffrey Deaver
19. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norman Juster
20. Everything Bad is Good for You by Steven Johnson
21. A Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier
22. The Hot Zone by Richard Preston
23. Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
24. Sphere by Michael Crichton
25. A Series of Unfortunate Events series by Lemony Snickett
    

Children's Books

1. The Cinder Eyed Cats by Eric Rohmann
   
2. Anything by Bill Peet
3. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett and Ron Barrett
   
4. Alexander and the Magic Mouse by Martha Sanders and Philippe Fix
5. Andrew Henry's Meadow by Doris Burn
   
6. The Sheep Books by Nancy Shaw
7. Chowder by Peter Brown
   
8. That New Animal by Emily Jenkins and Pierre Pratt
9. The Rainbow Goblins by Ul De Rico
   
10. Strega Nona by Tomi De Paola
    
11. Kiss Good Night by Amy Hest and Anita Jeram
12. Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
    
13. I Love You Like Crazy Cakes by Rose A. Lewis and Jane Dyer
14. The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
15. Ricki Ticki Tembo by Arlene Mosel and Blair Lent
16. Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner
17. A Story for Bear by Dennis Haseley and Jim LaMarche
18. The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson
19. Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
20. My Teacher Sleeps in School by Leatie Weiss

Movies (so good, but not to watch too many times)

1. Hotel Rwanda
2. Brokeback Mountain
3. The Last King of Scotland
4. American History X
5. 300

Movies (to watch over and over)

1. Bride & Prejudice
2. The Day After Tomorrow
3. Once
4. Jurassic Park
5. Nightmare Before Christmas
6. Singing in the Rain
7. Prancer
8. Jesus Christ Superstar
9. The Lord of the Rings Triology
10. Sliding Doors
11. 300
12. That Thing You Do
13. Sixteen Candles
14. The Breakfast Club
15. The X-Files: Fight the Future
16. Bring It On
17. 13 Going on 30
18. Freaky Friday (original version)
19. Underworld
20. The Matrix Trilogy
21. Hello Dolly
22. Drumline
23. The Last Unicorn
24. The Harry Potter movies
25. Save the Last Dance
    

TV Shows

1. The X-Files
2. Quantum Leap
3. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
4. Sportsnight
5. Lost
6. Alias
7. Grey's Anatomy
8. Arrested Development
9. Firefly
10. Battlestar Galactica
11. Psych
12. Supernatural
13. Pushing Daisies
14. House
15. Gilmore Girls
16. Kenny vs Spenny (Canada)
17. Heroes
18. The West Wing
19. Angel
20. CSI (Original)
    

Albums

1. Graceland by Paul Simon
2. Every Second Counts by Plain White T's
3. Tapestry by Carole King
4. Love by The Beatles (compilation c.2006)
5. Fumbling Towards Ecstasy by Sarah McLachlan
6. Purple Rain by Prince (soundtrack)
7. American Beauty by The Grateful Dead
8. Songs About Jane by Maroon Five
9. Stunt by the Barenaked Ladies
10. Love. Angel. Music. Baby. by Gwen Stefani
11. Breakaway by Kelly Clarkson
12. Fly by the Dixie Chicks
13. Edge of Silence by Solas
14. Once by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova (soundtrack)
15. Once More With Feeling from Buffy the Vampire Slayer (soundtrack)
16. More of the Monkees by the Monkees
17. Automatic for the People by REM
18. American Idiot by Green Day
19. OK Go by OK Go
20. The Instigator by Rhett Miller

Individual Songs

1. In China or a Woman's Heart by Kate Wolf
2. Nightswimming by REM
3. Elsewhere by Sarah McLachlan
4. Where You Lead by Carole King
5. Oh Happy Day (traditional)
   
6. I Will Lift My Eyes by Bebo Norman
7. Walking in Memphis by Marc Cohn
   
8. Underneath Your Clothes by Shakira
9. I'm a Believer by The Monkees
10. Mercy by Duffy
    

Food

1. Cheesecake
2. Pizza
3. Pears
4. Strawberry Shortcake
5. Garlic Bread
6. Tacos
7. Lasagna
8. Cheese Fondue
9. Salt Bagels
10. Mozarella Cheese Sticks

Places

1. My Grandmom's beach house in Ocean City, NJ
2. Lake Ozette on the Olympic Peninsula, WA
   
3. Versailles, France
4. San Diego, CA
5. Wells, England
6. Rome, Italy
7. Yellowstone National Forest
8. Phoenix, AZ
9. My Mother-in-law & her husband's house in Grapeview, WA
10. Philadelphia, PA
11. Flemington, NJ
12. New York, NY
13. Seattle, WA
14. Wimbledon - London, England
15. Waipaio Valley, Hawaii
16. Fargo, ND
17. Vancouver, British Columbia - Canada
18. My best friend's house in Mountlake Terrace, WA
19. My future home out in the county in Bellingham, WA
    
20. Bellingham, WA

Alcoholic Beverages

1. Amaretto Sour
2. Chocolate Martini
3. Mudslide
4. Lemon Drop
5. Malibu & Coke
6. Key Lime Martini
7. Mojito
8. Margarita (I like 'em blended)
9. Strawberry Daquiri
10. White Russian

Celebrities (let's be honest. Droolworthy male celebrities).

1. James McAvoy
2. Pierce Brosnan
3. Jamie Bamber
4. Orlando Bloom
5. Nathan Fillion
6. Jason Bateman
7. Oded Fehr
8. Alan Rickman
9. Taye Diggs
10. David Boreanaz
    

Performances by Actors/Actresses

1. James McAvoy in Atonement
2. Don Cheadle in Hotel Rwanda
3. Cate Blanchett in The Aviator
   
4. Leonardo DiCaprio in Finding Gilbert Grape
5. Alan Rickman in the Harry Potter movies
6. John Hannah in Sliding Doors
7. Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Carribean
8. Joaquin Phoenix in Walk the Line
9. Edward Norton in American History X
10. Viggo Mortenson in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
    

Best 5 Concerts I've seen

1. Barenaked Ladies New Year's Eve (2001?)
   
2. Prince
3. Duran Duran
4. OK Go
5. Gwen Stefani
   

Restaurants

1. Marrones in Ardmore, PA (Italian - Pizza)
2. The Bagelry in Bellingham, WA
3. Duane's House of Pizza in Fargo, ND
4. The Melting Pot (chain - various locations)
5. D'Annas Italian in Bellingham, WA
6. The Rock in Lynwood, WA (yes it's a chain. I like this particular location)
7. The Shaker Cafe in Flemington, NJ
8. Cicchitti's Pizza in Bellingham, WA
9. Philly Fevre in Seattle, WA
10. Mi Mexico in Bellingham, WA
    

This is my last list. For 300 we'll figure something else out. Or else my brain might explode. Happy 200 to me :-)