my favs

organized alphabetically (most of the time).

music

artists

• avicii
• bbno$
• billy joel
• charli xcx
• clairo
• daft punk
• djo
• elton john
• gracie abrams
• jack johnson
• kygo
• paul simon
• sabrina carpenter
• they might be giants
• u2

songs

• am i wrong - nico & vinz
• apple - charli xcx
• basic being basic - djo
• busted - candace, vanessa
• california love (original version) - 2pac, roger, dr. dre
• claire del lune - eugene ormandy & philadelphia orchestra
• cleopatra - the lumineers
• diamonds on the soles of her shoes - paul simon
• digital love - daft punk
• eh, eh (nothing else i can say) - lady gaga
• final ascent - hans zimmer
• fireball - pitbull, john ryan
• high infidelity - taylor swift
• hot n cold - katy perry
• i still haven't found what i'm looking for - u2
• knee deep - zac brown band, jimmy buffet
• love me to heaven - jonas brothers
• marjorie - taylor swift
• nice for what - drake
• notorious thugs (2014 remaster) - the notorious b.i.g.
• operator (that's not the way it feels) - jim croce
• psycho - maisie peters
• risk - gracie abrams
• should have known better - sufjan stevens
• sofia - clairo
• some nights - fun.
• true - spandau ballet
• veridis quo - daft punk
• vienna - billy joel
• wacced out murals - kendrick lamar
• you snuck your way right into my heart - love handel

movies

organized by year.

• back to the future (1985)
• good will hunting (1997)
• rush hour (1998)
• ocean's eleven (2001)
• legally blonde (2001)
• the importance of being earnest (2002)
• mean girls (2004)
• iron man (2008)
• penguins of madagascar (2014)
• no time to die (2021)
• the holdovers (2023)

books

authors

• andy weir:
  1. the martian
  2. project hail mary
  3. artemis
• cixin liu:
  1. the three-body problem
  2. the dark forest
  3. death's end
• marie lu:
  1. legend
  2. prodigy
  3. champion
• james dashner
  1. the maze runner
  2. the scorch trials
  3. the death cure
• john green:
  1. the fault in our stars
  2. turtles all the way down
  3. looking for alaska
• stephen king:
  1. the long walk
  2. the running man
  3. the institute
  4. never flinch
• randall munroe:
  1. what if?
  2. thing explainer

other books

• tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow - gabrielle zevin
• the great gatsby - j.d. salinger
• ready player one - ernest cline
• how to win friends and influence people - dale carnegie
• failure is not an option - gene kranz
• the apollo murders - chris hadfield

games

board games

• chess
• catan
• azul
• pandemic
• ticket to ride
• ticket to ride: europe
• avalon
• root
• splendor
• villagers
• wingspan

video games

• minecraft
• tetris (jstris or tetr.io)
• a dark room

quotes

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. —Robert A. Heinlein

Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it ... he who doesn't ... pays it. —Einstein

Comparison is the thief of joy. —Theodore Roosevelt

I'm just playing the best hand I can with the cards I've been dealt. —Unknown