sarah's top ten

movies i want to own:
(some not out yet)

1) Up!
2) The Count of Monte Cristo
3) City of Ember
4) The "Underworld" trilogy
5)I Love You Man
6)Julie & Julia
7)The Beach
8)Say Anything
9)Confessions of a Shopaholic
10) Chocolat


favorite movies:
(other than those above)

1)Ever After
2)Finding Neverland
3)Legends of the Fall
4)The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
5)Lord of the Rings (including the whole trilogy)
6)Cider House Rules
7)Love Actually
8)Across the Universe
9)The Golden Compass
10)Catch and Release


favorite tv shows:
(this is why TV on DVD can be dangerous)

1)Friends
2)Sex and the City
3)Psych
4)Arrested Development
5)What Not to Wear
6)Ruby
7)Its Always Sunny in Philidelphia
8)Clean House
9)How its Made
10)What I Like About You


favorite actors/actresses:
(not including anyone on "Friends")

1)Zoe Deschanel
2)Brad Pitt
3)Leonardo Dicaprio
4)Morgan Freeman
5)Jim Carey
6)Johnny Depp
7)Nicole Kidman
8)Jennifer Garner
9)Gwyneth Paltrow
10)the 2 Kates- Hudson & Winslet


favorite childhood tv shows/movies:

1)Beauty and the Beast
2)Cinderella
3)The Wizard of Oz
4)Full House
5)Boy Meets World
6)Fresh Prince
7)Rigoletto
8)Reading Rainbow
9)Sesame Street
10)The Buttercream Gang


favorite books:
(also while growing up)

1)The Velveteen Rabbit
2)Bridge to Terebithia
3)The Giving Tree
4)The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
5)The Last Silk Dress
6)Sweet Valley Twins & Sweet Valley High
7)The Babysitter's Club books
8)Land of Hope
9)Berestein Bear books
10)Arthur books


favorite bands/musicians:
(note 9 and 10 couldn't be more different genres ;)

1)Imogen Heap
2)Regina Spektor
3)Guster
4)Death Cab for Cutie
5)Alanis Morrisette
6)Coldplay
7)Adele
8)Jack Johnson
9)Seether
10)Enya


favorite places to shop:

1)Old Navy
2)Oldnavy.com
3)Target
4)Gap
5)DSW
6)Pier One
7)World Market
8)Maurices
9)Barnes & Noble/Borders
10)Hy-Vee ;)


favorite restaurants in Des Moines/best place to get... :
(note...#10 is no longer available...so added 1 more)

1)Spaghetti works/...cheap pasta
2)Qudoba/...burritos & lime tortilla chips
3)Noodle Zoo/...salad to die for
4)Cheesecake Factory/....a delicious variety of entrees/desserts
5)Jimmy Johns/...subs via delivery
6)Northern Lights/...orgasmic breadsticks
7)Jason's Deli/...cheap organic lunch
8)Champs/...hamburgers
9)Tasty tacos/...unorthodox tacos with fry bread tortillas
10)Cheddars/...onion rings
11)IHOP/almost anything, especially omletes and pancakes (also has some sentimental value)


favorite smells:

1)freshly cut grass
2)chlorine
3)lilacs
4)laundry fresh out of the dryer
5)Jesse's cologne
6)new plastic
7)old books
8)campfires
9)chocolate cake
10)the chapstick i used to wear in college


and these are just a few of my favorite things...in general and random order:

*the color-coordinated polka dots on the back of granola bar wrappers
*lightning bugs
*my purple blanket
*playing tennis
*when my magazine arrives every month
*pens & stationery
*bubble gum
*animals
*riding in airplanes (usually the destination helps a bit too)
*sitting on my floor and daydreaming
*eating cashews and cottage cheese
*turning my stereo up really loud and dancing in my room
*looking at pictures/being nostalgic
*being barefoot
*infomercials
*cutips
*being in a foreign country
*dresses
*playing super nintendo
*brown paper packages tied up with strings...

...and these are just a few of my favorite things.