...from Julie...

I really liked this listing idea...
things listed in no particular order

Twelve Good Books:
1.The Journey is the Destination by Dan Eldon
2.House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
3.Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
4.Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood
5.Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
6.A Cook's Tour by Anthony Bourdain
7.The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
8.The Year I Didn't Go To School by Giselle Potter
9.Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table by Ruth Reichl
10.The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
11.Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Alexander Brown
12.Half Asleep In Frog Pajamas by Tom Robbins

Eleven Good Bands/Artists:
1.Tool
2.Bjork
3.Pixies
4.Neurosis
5.Pink Floyd
6.Dead Prez
7.Mos Def
8.Garbanzo Brothers Music
9.Queen
10.Submission Hold
11.The Mountain Goats

Here is my list of eleven visual artists...though I think by artists they meant musically, but who cares!:
1.Remedios Varo
2.Yoshitomo Nara
3.Kara Walker
4.Vincent Van Gough
5.Frida Kahlo
6.Joseph Cornell
7.Fred Tomaselli
8.Alex Grey
9.Corrie Beth Hogg
10.Ann Hamilton
11.Kiki Smith

Ten Things You Want to Do In Your Life:
1.visit Iceland
2.have children
3.have an art show outside of the Kansas City area
4.visit every State that I have not yet been to
5.swim with whales and/or dolphins
6.learn to speak Spanish and/or French at least semi-fluently
7.have a party in which all my family/extended family is present
8.scuba dive
9.solve some sort of mystery
10.fully read "Gravity's Rainbow" and "Zen and the Brain" (they are both quite heavy, and awaiting me on our shelves)

Nine Things You Really Like:
1. snuggling in blankets on a cold day and reading
2.talking with/pretty much everything dealing with Jeremy
3.cooking/having a really tasty dinner with friends
4.walking around familiar and unfamiliar cities
5.being an Aunt!
6.sunshine on my flesh
7.my family
8.funny things that kids say
9.thinking about/working on art projects

Eight Things That Piss You Off:
1.people who don't pay attention to their surroundings
2.customers who are rude to me from the get go and for absolutely no reason
3.how utterly cruel people all over the world can be to each other
4.hitting (of children, wives, husbands, or other animals!)
5.crazy drivers...sometimes I'm included in that!
6.words intentionally spelled wrong (i.e. rite, nite, u save)
7.willful ignorance
8.stepping in dog poo

Seven Things You Do Daily:
1.drink coffee
2.hug/kiss/say I love you to Jeremy a bunch
3.make lists
4.eat
5.think about my Dad and Grandparents
6.wash my face
7.laugh

Six Memories:
1.all my firsts with Jeremy (meeting, date, kiss...you know)
2.emerging out of a three-hour hike through sub-tropical rainforest in the Blue Mountains outside of Sydney
3.driving through a blizzard in south-western Kansas, and looking out the window to see a HUGE tumbleweed rollin' on by
4.the shame I felt the first time I was caught lying by a friend (it was 2nd grade)
5.the night my Dad passed away
6.lying on the ground in Iowa, the night-sky splayed out before us, watching hundreds of shooting stars

Five Things You Thought About Today:
1.my health (I'm getting over a cold.)
2.gifts left to get for various folks
3.sewing circle tonight
4.what to do (it's my day off!)
5.frogs

Four Things You Like About Yourself:
1.sense of humor
2.my fine booty
3.creativity
4.approachability

Three Things You Don't Like About Yourself:
1.my apathy/indecision/lack of discipline about doing certain things
2.sometimes I say things before thinking about how they might hurt somebody
3.I can be a little too firey sometimes

Two People That You Confide In Most:
1.Jeremy
2.Piper

One Thing You Want But Don't Have:
1.the truth about all of the mysteries of the world