Pet peeves

Brook:

5. Incompetence

4. Strangers/acquaintances who volunteer extremely personal information

3. Ignorance

2. Unnecessary rudeness

1. Apostrophe misuse

Chris:

5. Knuckle crackers

4. Open mouth breathers

3. People who aren't prepared when they approach the ATM

2. Morning people

1. Impertinence

Most underrated albums I own

Brook:

5. Elvis Costello - When I Was Cruel

4. Anything by Chris Whitley

3. Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five

2. Guster - Goldfly

1. Weezer - Pinkerton

Chris:

5. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand

4. Air - Moon Safari

3. Elliot Smith - From a Basement on the Hill

2. Clinic - Walking With Thee

1. The Cure - Staring at the Sea: The Singles

Favorite Poets

Brook:

5. Jeffrey Ross

4. Dr. Seuss

3. Shel Silverstein

2. Brian Andreas

1. William Shakespeare

Yeah, I know absolutely nothing about poetry.

Chris:

5. Sappho

4. Ovid

3. Lord Byron

2. Pablo Neruda

1. E. E. Cummings

Well, crap.

Sorry, but today's list has been postponed until Friday. Work stuff. It sucks to be a grownup.

Things I wish I hadn't said

Brook:

5. "Sign me up for the extended warranty."

4. "Sure. One more beer."

3. "Why don't you put your money where your mouth is?"

2. "Screw Million Dollar Baby -- Let's go see Elektra."

1. "Supersize it."

Chris:

5. "You're much more attractive when you're not talking."

4. "Sure, I'd like to have dinner with your family."

3. "If you need help moving, let me know."

2. "Yes, I'll help you move."

1. "I love you."

Things I'd like to do (but haven't)

Brook:

5. Kick President Bush in the nuts

4. Go rock climbing

3. Learn how to skateboard

2. Publish a novel (prose or graphic novel)

1. Solve my mother-effing Rubik's Cube

Chris:

5. Go on safari

4. Have sex on every continent

3. Learn a musical instrument

2. Create art

1. Find faith

Things I fear

Brook:

5. Germs

4. Clowns

3. Insects/spiders

2. Failure

1. Heights

Chris:

5. Spiders

4. Routine

3. Becoming insignificant

2. Paralysis

1. Ignorance

Places I'd like to travel (but haven't)

Brook:

5. Spain

4. Italy

3. Austrailia

2. Japan

1. The United Kingdom

Chris:

5. South Africa

4. Italy

3. Thailand

2. Hungary (Budapest)

1. Vietnam

Words I'm probably using incorrectly

Brook:

5. invective

4. coda

3. ambivalent

2. congenital

1. parse

Chris:

5. irony

4. belies

3. orientate

2. eponymous

1. circumlocution

Favorite UK slang words/expressions

Brook:

5. gobshite

4. feck

3. bugger

2. bollocks

1. wonky

Chris:

5. bugger

4. mate

3. Bob's your uncle

2. cheers

1. bloody

Favorite words

Brook:

5. jurisprudence

4. discombobulated

3. exsanguination

2. somnambulist

1. zymurgy

Chris:

5. equidistant

4. accoutrement

3. apathy

2. copasetic

1. onomatopoeia

Favorite debut albums

Brook:

5. Living Colour - Vivid

4. Live - Mental Jewelry

3. Counting Crows - August and Everything After

2. Dave Matthews Band - Remember Two Things

1. Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five

Chris:

5. Thievery Corporation - Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi

4. Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five

3. American Analog Set - The Fun of Watching Fireworks

2. R.E.M. - Murmur

1. U2 - Boy

Favorite excuses for missing work

Brook:

5. alarm clock did not go off (so I slept for 18 hours)

4. allergies

3. sinus infection

2. unspecified stomach bug

1. food poisoning

Chris:

5. dog was sick

4. flat tire

3. funeral (for my grandmother, who is still alive)

2. my house was being sold and torn down

1. having sex with my girlfriend