9.20.09

So, my BFF Sally has posted her 99 favorites to celebrate her upcoming 100th post. I thought I'd list my 99 favorites in the categories she provided.

1. Favorite scary movie: None. I HATE scary movies. HATE them.
   
2. Favorite action movie: The Bourne movies. Pretty much love them.
   
3. Favorite kids' movie: Robin Hood!
   
4. Favorite foreign movie: Amelie (yes, I am cliched)
   
5. Favorite grown-up movie: Um...Hotel Rwanda?
   
6. Favorite comedy: Talladega Nights or Dodge Ball or Super Bad (oh man, my parents must be cringing) or Christopher Guest mockumentaries
   
7. Favorite romantic comedy: Not a comedy, but I love The Notebook
   
8. Favorite movie in general: CAMP!
9. Favorite movie series: Um...the quirky, unaffiliated documentary film?
   
10. Favorite animated movie: Still Robin Hood
    
11. Favorite literary genre: Creative non-fiction
    
12. Favorite children's book: Go to the Doctor, Harry.
    
13. Favorite adolescent book: Catherine Called Birdy
    
14. Favorite grown-up book: Their Eyes Were Watching God
    
15. Book that I bought just so I could have the title on my bookshelf: Can't say that I've ever done this.
    
16. Favorite movie adaptation of a book: I'm really bad about seeing movies. Definitely NOT A Walk to Remember. They butchered that story in the film.
    
17. Favorite author: Oh man...I don't know. Zora Neale Hurston? CS Lewis?
    
18. Book that I'm reading now: Just finished How to Cook a Wolf by MFK Fisher.
    
19. Book that I'd most like to read next: My list is so long. The Devil in the White City has been on my list for a while.
    
20. Book that I wish I had written: I wish I could come across as funny in my writing like David Sedaris. I am flat on paper.
    
21. Favorite grammatical error to catch: I like to translate errors into Latin to fully explain why people are wrong. Don't that count?
22. Favorite marker: Stabilo fine point - gray.
    
23. TV show that I wish I had written: 30 Rock. Or do I just secretly wish I could be a comedy writer AND have a life?
    
24. Favorite tween TV show: The Hills?
    
25. Favorite family TV show: Family Matters or Boy Meets World.
    
26. Favorite scripted TV show: The Office. Or 30 Rock.
    
27. Favorite competitive reality TV show: I would say Project Runway, but I literally haven't seen it in years. Reality TV is hard to watch online.
    
28. Favorite documentary reality TV show: No clue.
    
29. Favorite male TV character: Andy Bernard. Puffy hearts for Andy.
    
30. Favorite female TV character: Kelly Kapoor.
    
31. Most feared TV character: Sylar. I saw this guy on a subway platform who looked JUST LIKE Sylar and I freaked out. A lot.
    
32. Biggest fear in general: Being paralyzed.
    
33. Food I would never eat: Veal.
    
34. Favorite breakfast food: Pumpkin pancakes, soysage (that's for you, Laura), breakfast casseroles, breakfast burritos, bagels and lox. Breakfast is my jam. (Get it? Breakfast? Jam? Haha)
    
35. Favorite meat: Salmon or mussels or scallops.
36. Newest favorite snack: I can't stop eating pumpkin seeds. No, really, can't stop.
    
37. Favorite salty snack: Pretzels! So I don't buy them. Ever.
    
38. Favorite restaurant: Brew and View or Laughing Seed (both in Asheville), though I do love some places here too.
    
39. Best dining experience ever: The hotel we stayed at in Lydia, Greece. Entire meal cooked for the four of us - no one else in the restaurant. Best salad of my life.
    
40. Favorite comfort food: I love homemade pizza. Or pesto. Or sweet potato soup.
    
41. Favorite frozen entree: Kashi Blueberry waffles. I eat them as a meal. They count.
    
42. Dairy product that I miss most: (Sal has recently cut out all dairy. I don't miss any dairy. I'm skipping this question).
    
43. Faux-dairy product that I enjoy most: Chocolate soy milk. TOO delicious.
    
44. Favorite fruit: Blueberries or strawberries.
    
45. Favorite vegetable: Okra. Tomatoes.
    
46. Favorite candy: Really great dark chocolate or Peanut Butter M&Ms.
    
47. Favorite ice cream flavor: Pinkberry! Really a yogurt, but what can you do.
    
48. Favorite cookie: Pumpkin chocolate chip or traditional chocolate chip.
    
49. Favorite errand: Grocery shopping! Especially at a great market with a flexible list.
    
50. Favorite household chore: Cleaning the bathroom. I'm so weird. Definitely NOT folding the laundry.
    
51. Least favorite household chore: Folding the laundry or, even worse, PUTTING IT AWAY.
    
52. Favorite room in the house, decor-wise: Kitchen. It's pinkish.
    
53. Favorite room in the house I grew up in: My bedroom. It was the bonus room and it was awesome.
    
54. Favorite childhood toy: Loved my See 'n Say
    
55. Favorite holiday: I really like Easter. And Christmas.
    
56. Favorite Halloween costume: The SNL skit year. I feel like I can't put the actual name of the skit on my blog. The skit has Justin Timberlake and Andy Samberg making gift-giving suggestions. (Again, my parents are cringing). OR Curious George.
    
57. What I'd be for Halloween this year if I had an occasion: Eh. Halloween's not my thing.
    
58. Favorite theme party that I had in college: Country Club house warming. Yes, there was an enforced dress code and salmon appetizers.
    
59. Favorite season: FALL! Hands down. Pumpkins and leaves and apples and cider and briskness without heavy coats. Fantastic!
    
60. Favorite month: October.
61. Favorite day of the week: Sundays.
62. Favorite time of the day: Morning. I love getting ready and commuting with Nathan. And I love smoothies and having all kinds of energy.
    
63. Favorite elementary school teacher: Mrs. Britt (third grade)
    
64. Favorite junior high school teacher: Eh. I sort of hated middle school.
    
65. Favorite high school teacher: Mr. Wajima (Statistics and tennis coach)
    
66. Favorite undegraduate college professor: Merritt Moseley and Dan Pierce.
    
67. Favorite graduate college professor: Again, this is Sal-specific.
    
68. Favorite college class: British history. African-American History since 1865.
    
69. Subject that I'm not good at that I like most: Biology. I'm fascinated by Biology and TERRIBLE at labs. Writing down details is not my thing.
    
70. Favorite musician ever: Oh man...James Taylor? I don't know!
    
71. Favorite musical group ever: The Supremes
72. Favorite duet: Islands in the Stream
    
73. Favorite song ever: Don't Leave Me This Way
    
74. Favorite song to sing: Son of a Preacher Man
    
75. Song that I put on too many CD mixes: The Way I Are
    
76. Song that infallibly makes me happy: Hey, Good Looking
    
77. Song that infallibly makes me sad: Long December
    
78. Song that I sang constantly as a child: Baby Beluga.
    
79. Favorite choreographer: I don't think I have one.
    
80. Favorite showtune: On the Right Track - Pippin
    
81. Favorite texture: Down blankets.
    
82. Least favorite texture: Cat litter.
    
83. Favorite smell: Nathan's morning smell - sort of gross and smelly mixed with leftover deoderant from the day before OR the smell of matches being put out. Mmm.
    
84. Least favorite smell: Urine. Unforts, I smell it ALL THE TIME. Thanks, NYC.
    
85. Favorite item of clothing: Vineyard Vines lazy pants.
    
86. Next item of clothing that I'd like to buy: High-end black ballet flats. I'm taking suggestions on your favorite brands.
    
87. Most anticipated upcoming purchase: A television! Yes, we are joining the ranks of the regular people.
    
88. City in the United States that I'd most like to visit: Seattle.
89. City outside of the United States that I'd most like to visit: Paris or Athens.
    
90. Country that I'd most like to visit: Spain. France again. Somewhere tropical - Fiji, perhaps?
    
91. Favorite super hero: Eh.
92. Favorite super villain: Eh.
93. Super power that I'd most like to have: Being fast and bendy.
    
94. Super power that I would least like to have: Flying.
    
95. Favorite color: Green.
96. Favorite color to wear: Navy.
    
97. Favorite physical attribute that I have: Eye color (they are brown with gold flecks)
    
98. Favorite physical ability that I have: Ability to sleep almost anywhere.
    
99. Physical ability that I wish I had: Holding my breath for long periods of time.