MSG, true love, books, libraries, sitting in movie theatres for 45 minutes before the show starts, rain, clouds, 'reverse osmosis' water, fonts, biology, literature, the dewey decimal system, HTML, plants, history, systems, pine, nice pencils, flatbed trucks, mythology, music, pianos, Ben Folds Five, Birkenstock sandals, faeries, abaci, playgrounds, tunnels, airplane food, pyjamas, high school reunions, driving, cars, motorhomes, houseboats, E. L. Konigsburg, condominiums, Jeopardy!, courdoroy pants against smooth skin, photographs, treehouses, snow, snowforts, trees, fireplaces, rings, sunken living rooms, turtles, Shredder's helmet, fish, macaroni and cheese, firemen's poles, trapdoors, hidden rooms and staircases, baths and bathtubs, hydrocarbons, binomial nomenclature, curly hair, eyeglasses, e-mail, groves, exams, hands, rocks, Kurt Vonnegut, writing, poetry, yearbooks, chicken, quaggi, purity of character and emotion, gables, greenhouses, porches, balconies, window-seats, hardwood floors, radiators, bare feet, questions, philosophy, notebooks, mud, basketball, foosball, shot glasses, Jamaican-style ginger beer, letters and envelopes, cough drops, Cary Elwes, habitrail hamster mazes, midriffs, oil pastels, pedestals, wool, army boots, plain white shirts, brown eyes, llamas, lemurs, Eeyore, direction, CONGO, guestbooks, love letters, valentines, mandates, mandrakes, ginko, ginseng, handheld electronic trivia games, lawn furniture (no, really), soup, Tori Amos, french fries, cheese, garlic, candles, fire, lanterns, the smell of The Body Shop, air conditioning, airplanes, tarmac aprons, exit hatches, fish tanks, revolving doors, revolving beds, violent chemical reactions and explosions, caesar salad, lawn gnomes, The Full Monty, weather, sand, quilts, stigmata, postage stamps, diagrams, origami, foreign languages, public transportation, riding in the last car on the subway, toothpaste, thunder, sign language, storms, reference books, particularily thesauri, markers, IKEA (semi-disposable Scandanavian furniture), that guy from This Hour Has 22 Minutes- RICK MERCER (I think), happy boots, Max (my lawyer), Safeway bulk section, LEGO, Mr. Noodles, fondu, poutine, egg rolls, kool-aid, rock from the 50s and 60s, lip balm, vanilla, the magic healing powers of Oregano, mistletoe, Trivial Pursuit, Microsoft DOS, baggy flannel pants, butterfly nets, secretaries-general, Anne Tyler, docks and decks, patios and porches, hammocks, pizza, diaires and diarists, Agent 46, a decided lack of indifference, image maps, the word "tasty", lasagna, stamping markers, sparkles in lip balm, stoichiometry, first-person, disposable razors, sponges, Second Cup hot chocolate, coffeehouses, berets, parmesan cheese, mixed cassette tapes, les planches a roulettes, rechargeable batteries, the Washington Capitals, bumper stickers, rice, stemware, vanilla-flavoured jelly beans, black cherry cola, zines, my sunglasses, exams, stamping markers, TWISTER (a stockin' foot game), gummy bears, handwriting, ICQ, mouthwash, crayons that are soap, baskets, leather couches, hot tubs, cappucino machines, boots, french fries, tricycles, things that lock, diaries, guestbooks, vaccuums, open windows in the wintertime, and things that are sweet without being embarrassing. Population histograms, halibut, migrating organs, feta cheese, puddle-babies. Oh, and emotional baggage. Movie previews, online journals, altavista, my hairstylist, graphing calculators, Jodie Foster, dristan, my baggy blue jeans, those Valentines Day message hearts, K'nex, Shania Twain, the Backstreet Boys (especially Kevin), Pepsi and Coke in glass bottles, Joseph Fiennes, Albert Einstein, Sophocles, horoscopes, crossword puzzles, Chinese food, self-help love books (How to Make Men Fall In Love With You), old computers (the older the better), distress signals, Joe DiMaggio, Slow Horse Crossing, John Irving, electric pencil sharpeners, popsicles, Wag The Dog, public transportation, that bus driver on the 4 who always says hi, yellow candy, green Kool-Aid, stickers, the Wild Colonials, black bras, Charged magazine, Shakespeare, double CDs, Hamlet, Macbeth, Kenya, products with Arabic writing, peanut butter, Toy Story 2 candy dispensers from Macdonald's, Polaroid cameras, sleeping, Bendos, pricing guns, tall ship stamps, small packet labels, xpresspost, okposthere, dinosaurs, insects, frogs, robots, pirates, Staples (the store), Eddie Bauer (the store), the Paramount theatre, John Cusack, the colour orange, Pez, Apricot Exfoliating Facial Scrub, liquid lipstick, Tictacs, old dutch jalapeno cheddar chips, cd singles, The Sims, bad teenage poetry, popsensation.nu, tampons, the Mountain Equipment Co-op, labels and label-makers, and me. Spanish, boys, being able to eat with chopsticks, Canada, improv, kisses, cadbury mini eggs, elvis, my sunday school class, VIP (the TV show), Charlie's Angels (the movie), my backpack, showers, ALASKA OR BUST, "Dude!", butterscotch sauce on vanilla ice cream, chocolate-covered espresso beans, Mr. Potato Head, Bubble-Ware, LoveSeat-Style Stadium Seating, Toy Story II, Pable Neruda, magentic poetry, finger puppets, mavi jeans, Curious George, my puffy astronaut vest, fresh batteries, cream soda, satsuma, Old Navy, Natalie Merchant, monkeys, PIF (the post-industrial flamingo), lima margaritas, Lite-Brite, 7-Up, the buzz, Barnes and Noble, islands, caves, submarines, movies about submarines, Finding Forrester (the movie), friends, chocolate milk, iBooks, fun!, Where The Wild Things Are (the book), Douglas Coupland, phone cards, credit cards, lobsters, BUST magazine (also Atlantic Monthly and The New Yorker), harmonicas, PT Cruisers, robots, waterguns, aviator sunglasses, the ocean