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Favorites II

I like a wide variety of things, but when I try to list them I can only think of a few. Having said that, here's a partial list of stuff I really like.

A Few of My Favorite Things

Food
* "Natural" peanut butter, made from only peanuts and salt.
* Eggplant Parmigiana from the Olive Garden

Drinks
Water, coffee, sweet iced tea

Brands
Triscuit snack crackers, Oreo cookies, Pace salsa, Mrs. Dash seasonings, Twinings Earl Gray Decaf Tea, Aquafresh toothpaste, Degree Girl deodorant, Scott Extra Soft TP

Hobbies
Website design, reading, hiking, watching DVDs and movies, singing, sudoku

General Preferences
I prefer hardwood floors to carpet.
I prefer that the toilet paper roll off the top of the roll.
I like to cook most vegetables by lightly steaming them.

Favorite Music Videos**

1985 (by Bowling for Soup)
Fortress Around Your Heart (by Sting)
Girls Lie Too (by Terri Clark)
Goodbye Says It All (by Blackhawk)
Guilty (by the Warren Brothers)
I Drive Myself Crazy (by NSync)
In A Week Or Two (by Diamond Rio)
Make It Better (Forget About Me) (by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
No News (by Lonestar)
Online (by Brad Paisley)
Walking on Broken Glass (by Annie Lennox)
The Whisky Ain't Workin (by Marty Stuart and Travis Tritt)
White & Nerdy (by Weird Al Yankovic)
Wild Boys (by Duran Duran)

**I would link to these videos at YouTube, but things there are highly likely to be moved/removed. A quick Internet search should result in a current link.

Songs I Really Like

1985 (by Bowling for Soup)
All Cried Out (by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam)
All These Years (by Sawyer Brown)
Angel (by Aerosmith)
Anna Begins (by the Counting Crows
Baby Girl (by Sugarland)
Back to Good (by Matchbox 20)
Bless the Broken Road (by Rascal Flatts)
Breakdown (by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
Bring on the Rain (by Joe Dee Messina)
Centerfield (by John Fogerty)
Desert Rose (by Sting)
Everybody Dance Now (by C+C Music Factory)
Every Breath You Take (by The Police)
Every Rose Has Its Thorn (by Poison)
Everything Your Heart Desires (by Hall & Oates)
Father Figure (by George Michael)
Foolish Beat (by Debbie Gibson)
Foolish Heart (by Steve Perry)
Fortress Around Your Heart (by Sting)
Free To Be Me (by Francesca Battistelli)
Goodbye to You (by Michelle Branch)
Holding Out For A Hero (by Bonnie Tyler)
I Can Dream About You (by Dan Hartman)
If She Would've Been Faithful (by Chicago)
If You Leave (by OMD)
Less Like Scars (by Sara Groves)
Little Goodbyes (by SheDaisy)
Lookin' for a New Love (by Jody Watley)
Love at First Sight (by Styx)
Missing Person (by Michael W. Smith)
Missing You (by John Waite)
One (by U2)
Out of Touch (by Hall & Oates)
Please Read the Letter (by Alison Krauss and Robert Plant)
Shadow Dancing (by Andy Gibb)
So Close (by Hall & Oates)
Spending My Time (by Roxette)
Stayin' Alive (by the Bee Gees)
Stay (by Lisa Loeb)
Stop Draggin' My Heart Around (by Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty)
Strange Way (by Firefall)
Suddenly (by Billy Ocean)
Superman (by Five for Fighting)
The Last Worthless Evening (by Don Henley)
The Waiting (by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
There Is No Arizona (by Jamie O'Neal)
Tough Times Don't Last (by Bad English)
Union of the Snake (by Duran Duran)
Walking on Broken Glass (by Annie Lennox)
What Was I Thinking? (by Dierks Bentley)
Who Knew? (by Pink)
Who Says You Can't Go Home? (by Bon Jovi and Jennifer Nettles)
With or Without You (by U2)
You've Got It All Over Him (by the Jets)

Disclaimer: Yes, these are songs I "really like", but the list is *far* from complete. I like literally hundreds of songs, and trying to classify which are "favorites" is very, very tough - as is trying to remember all of the songs I've heard and like - especially of those by my favorite artists.

Books I Really Like

Are You There God, It's Me Margaret? (by Judy Blume)
Pride and Prejudice (by Jane Austen)
Tigerheart (by Peter David)

Disclaimer: Again, I Really Like these books, but the list is far from complete. There are many books that I like, and trying to classify which are "favorites" isn't easy. (Neither is trying to remember all the books I've read!)

Favorite Albums

All Right Here (by Sara Groves)
August and Everything After (by the Counting Crows)
Bad English (by Bad English)
Make It Big (by Wham)
Out of the Blue (by Debbie Gibson)
Raising Sand (by Alison Kraus and Robert Plant)
Traveling Wilburys Volume I (by the Traveling Wilburys)

Disclaimer: Yet again, this list is far from complete, but these are the ones that came to mind in this round of listing.

I Love When That Happens

I like that usually when someone speeds past me while driving - like I'm the one holding them back :rollseyes: - I usually find myself stopped right beside them at the next traffic light.

I like to sit on the porch and drink coffee while it's raining.

I like when I am able to get my Christmas shopping done early.

I also like to sing and dance around while I'm driving. If you live in my area and see someone doing that, it's probably me. I'm not having some weird seizure; if I'm really moving, it's probably because the song "I Will Survive" is on.

After class one day, I had stopped at the vending machines to see if they had any trail mix. (They didn't.) The guy at the Coke machine said, "Do you want a Coke? The machine gave me two." Sure! I thought, "What are the odds?"

I went to a shoe sale the other day. I decided to not get the flimsy, cloth, on-sale shoe; after much debate, I opted instead for the $3 more non-sale, sturdier shoe. As it turns out, the shoe I picked was on sale too! I *love* when that happens!