My List Is Better Than Your List

Favorite websites

2006-10-09T10:48:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. Flickr

4. MySpace

3. Internet Movie Database

2. Wikipedia

1. Assorted webcomics, sketchblogs and artist forums

Chris:

5. Wikipedia

4. Netflix

3. Gmail / Yahoo Mail

2. Inside Carolina (not porn, I swear)

1. BBC News

Things I say at work that make me sound dirty

2006-09-25T13:07:00.000-07:00

Brook:

Chris sent me this list nearly two weeks ago, but I couldn't think of anything. I thought his list, however, was too good not to post.

Chris:

5. nice and firm (re: soil compaction)

4. moist (re: soil saturation)

3. provide protection (re: tree preservation)

2. lay pipe (re: infrastructure)

1. consumate (re: contracts)

Things I'm aware of today

2006-09-11T14:52:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. how concerned I am about the world in which my children are growing up

4. how much more desensitized I am to violence and tragedy than I was five years ago

3. how little I trust our government to be honest with us and act in our best interest

2. how different my views of the nation and the world are from when I was younger

1. how the status quo in the United States has changed forever

Chris:

5. How much the world has changed in 5 years

4. The fighter jets flying near the airport

3. How my perspective can change so quickly

2. How much I care for my family and friends

1. Exactly where I was, what I was doing and who I was with 5 years ago

Things I would like to own but don't need

2006-09-08T14:14:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. a larger TV

4. a piano/electronic keyboard

3. more comic books

2. a digital camcorder

1. a monkey

Chris:

5. a digital camera

4. Kimball Museum & Modern Art Museum memberships

3. a TiVo

2. a house

1. the complete works of Haruki Murakami

People who annoy me

2006-09-06T10:23:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. Diane Sawyer

4. Donald Trump

3. Mo'Nique

2. Dr. Phil

1. George W. Bush

Chris:

5. Katie Couric

4. Jerry Bruckheimer

3. Bobby Flay

2. Paris Hilton

1. Dubya

Top-five TV character crushes

2006-09-01T14:16:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo, Grey's Anatomy)

4. Winifred "Fred" Burkle (Amy Acker, Angel)

3. Veronica Mars (Kristen Bell, Veronica Mars)

2. Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham, Gilmore Girls)

1. Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar, Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Chris:

5. Claire Huxtable (Phylicia Rashad, The Cosby Show)

4. Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson (Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer)

3. Inara Serra (Morena Baccarin, Firefly)

2. Veronica Mars (Kristen Bell, Veronica Mars)

1. Lisa Miller (Maura Tierney, NewsRadio)

Top-five Beatles and why

2006-08-30T08:35:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. Ringo: He was in Caveman. Unforgivable.

4. George: The band's spiritual compass.

3. Paul: Would've been #2, but he lost cool points for "Say Say Say".

2. Ted Kord: He died a hero.

1. John: A long-time personal favorite of mine.

Chris:

5. Clarence: the saxophonist who was accused of trying steal all the glory

4. George: in the biggest band in the world and couldn’t enjoy it

3. Ringo: got a free pass for fame and did enjoy it

2. John: um, one word, Yoko

1. Paul: goofy yet loveable bastard

Songs that depress me, but that I love listening to

2006-08-28T04:50:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. "Laudanum" - Letters to Cleo

4. "Fake Plastic Trees" - Radiohead

3. "Fair" - Remy Zero

2. "Back Where I Was" - The Hereafter

1. "One For My Baby" - Frank Sinatra

Chris:

5. "On the Street Where You Live" - My Fair Lady

4. "Save Me" - Aimee Mann

3. "Long Was the Year" - Broadcast

2. "Daniel" - Elton John

1. "Wild Horses" - The Sundays

Things I consume to keep me awake throughout the day

2006-08-18T05:01:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. Coke Zero

4. Bawls energy drink

3. Flavor-Blasted Goldfish

2. water

1. Starbucks

Chris:

5. water

4. Cheese Nips

3. granola bars

2. Pop Tarts

1. Coke Zero

Top-five movie character crushes

2006-08-09T04:53:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. Jovie (Zooey Deschanel, Elf)

4. Abigail Whistler (Jessica Biel, Blade: Trinity)

3. Claire Colburn (Kirsten Dunst, Elizabethtown)

2. Penny Lane (Kate Hudson, Almost Famous)

1. Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's)

Chris:

5. Katharine Clifton (Kristen Scott Thomas, The English Patient)

4. Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson, Lost in Translation)

3. Mei (Ziyi Zhang, House of Flying Daggers)

2. Debbi Newberry (Minnie Driver, Grosse Pointe Blank)

1. Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's)

Things I know I should do, but don't

2006-08-02T15:32:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. Take the car for a tuneup

4. Water the lawn

3. Meditate

2. Save for the future

1. Exercise

Chris:

5. Save more for retirement

4. Learn to cook

3. Use sunscreen

2. Volunteer

1. Spend time with friends

Favorite comfort foods

2006-07-28T18:34:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. garlic bread

4. Ben & Jerry's ice cream

3. homemade chicken and dumplings

2. broccoli, cheese and rice casserole

1. chocolate chip cookies

Chris:

5. beignets

4. portabella mushrooms

3. jambalaya

2. chocolate buttermilk donuts

1. anything Chinese

Movies I watch over and over

2006-07-24T07:57:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. Miller's Crossing

4. Serenity

3. The Long Kiss Goodnight

2. Die Hard

1. Super Troopers

Chris:

5. So I Married an Axe Murderer

4. Ocean's Eleven

3. The Blues Brothers

2. Rushmore

1. The Hunt for Red October

Least favorite things about summer

2006-07-19T19:43:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. Baseball

4. Municipal water restrictions

3. Crappy network TV

2. High electric bills

1. Umm... It's really hot.

Chris:

5. Mosquitoes

4. Perspiration

3. Bright early mornings

2. The temperature of my car's interior

1. Relentless heat

Things I don't like about where I live

2006-07-17T10:28:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. Local radio blows.

4. The populace, by and large, is rediculously conservative.

3. It's oppressively hot here 10 months a year.

2. The traffic sucks.

1. The traffic is so bad, I'm listing it twice.

Chris:

5. Only two seasons -- summer and mild winter

4. Too conservative

3. The nouveau riche

2. The incessant heat

1. Traffic

Favorite things about where I live

2006-07-14T19:01:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. Tons of great restaurants.

4. Near (within 200 miles) much of my family

3. It's just big enough.

2. It's not in the Middle East

1. All my stuff is here

Chris:

5. Variety of entertainment choices

4. Great museums

3. Convenience

2. International Airport

1. Cost of Living

Favorite cookies

2006-07-05T08:12:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. Oreos

4. fortune cookies

3. oatmeal rasin

2. oatmeal chocolate chip

1. chocolate chip

Chris:

5. lemon

4. vanilla sandwich cookies

3. oatmeal

2. peanut butter

1. chocolate chip

Favorite semi-recent artists

2006-06-23T06:52:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. Jim Lee

4. Cal Slayton

3. Craig Thompson

2. Michael Lark

1. Will Eisner

Chris:

5. Joan Miro

4. Lucian Freud

3. Mark Rothko

2. Francis Bacon

1. Marc Chagall

Favorite smells

2006-06-19T14:05:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. Cotton Candy

4. Cookies baking

3. Calvin Klein's Escape for Women

2. A burning fireplace

1. Bread baking

Chris:

5. Incense

4. Fresh bread

3. Barbecue

2. Cinnamon

1. The air before it rains

Favorite Shakespeare plays

2006-06-16T10:29:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. Macbeth

4. The Taming of the Shrew

3. The Merchant of Venice

2. Romeo and Juliet

1. Hamlet

Chris:

5. King Richard III

4. Henry V

3. The Merchant of Venice

2. Much Ado About Nothing

1. I Henry IV

Favorite cover songs

2006-06-14T08:58:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. "Changes" by Seu Jorge (David Bowie)

4. "Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia (Ednaswap)

3. "Leaving on a Jet Plane" by Chantal Kreviazuk (John Denver)

2. "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" by David Gray (Soft Cell)

1. "Little Wing" by Stevie Ray Vaughan (Jimi Hendrix)

Chris:

5. "All Along the Watchtower" by Jimi Hendrix (Bob Dylan)

4. "The Passenger" by Siouxsie and the Banshees (Iggy Pop)

3. "Take Me to the River" by Talking Heads (Al Green)

2. "Feelin' Alright" by Joe Cocker (Traffic)

1. "Proud Mary" by Ike and Tina Turner (Creedence Clearwater Revival)

Favorite sitcoms of all time

2006-06-12T09:38:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. NewsRadio

4. Wings

3. Frasier

2. Seinfeld

1. Friends

Chris:

5. Sports Night

4. Wings

3. The Cosby Show

2. NewsRadio

1. Northern Exposure

Favorite TV chefs

2006-06-09T14:17:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. Emeril Lagasse

4. Bobby Flay

3. Martin Yan

2. Rachel Ray

1. Alex Albrecht & Heather Stewart

Chris:

5. Iron Chef Morimoto

4. That English chick who does all the sensual camera work (can't think of her name)

3. Iron Chef Sakai

2. Anthony Bourdain

1. Gordon Ramsay (the BBC years, not the Fox crap)

Favorite board games

2006-06-07T09:34:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. Pictionary

4. Scrabble

3. Cranium

2. Scene It

1. Trivial Pursuit

Chris:

5. Monopoly

4. Clue

3. Risk

2. Scrabble

1. Trivial Pursuit

Favorite books I had to read in high school

2006-06-05T07:53:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

4. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

3. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

2. Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

1. The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

Chris:

5. A Separate Peace by John Knowles

4. Beowulf

3. My Antonia by Willa Cather

2. The Stranger by Albert Camus

1. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Favorite band names (not favorite bands)

2006-06-02T06:30:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. Weezer

4. Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives

3. Government Cheese

2. Jesus Chrysler Supercar

1. Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Chris:

5. Sleezus Fist and the Latter Day Taints

4. Twang Twang Shock A Boom

3. Thievery Corporation

2. The Velvet Underground

1. American Analog Set

Least-favorite smells

2006-05-31T05:26:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. Baby powder-scented air freshener

4. Sour milk

3. B.O.

2. Dirty diapers

1. Vomit

Chris:

5. Lavender (reminds me of a girl)

4. Mildew

3. My own vomit

2. Fresh dog poo

1. Any cologne or perfume in excess

Favorite nonfiction books

2006-05-26T07:37:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey

4. Chess for Dummies by James Eade

3. A Decent Cup of Tea by Malachi McCormick

2. Driven to Distraction by Dr. Edward M. Hallowell

1. Peace Is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh

Chris:

5. A Coach's Life by Dean E. Smith

4. Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond

3. Parliament of Whores by P. J. O'Rourke

2. The Art of Travel by Alain de Botton

1. Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America by John M. Barry

Things I do to reduce stress

2006-05-24T14:57:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. Eat ice cream

4. Take a nap

3. Watch TV (An episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer on DVD always perks me right up.)

2. Read comic books

1. Play with my kids

Chris:

5. Order Chinese take-out

4. Nyquil

3. Walk the dog

2. Mindless TV

1. Run

Things I have to constantly remind myself

2006-05-22T14:49:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. Veronica Mars airs on Tuesdays now. Not Wednesdays

4. Small children don't understand sarcasm.

3. The garbage men pick up at our house on Tuesdays and Fridays. Therefore, if it is a day other than Tuesday or Friday, they are not coming.

2. Going to bed at a reasonable hour makes it much easier to get up in the mornings.

1. Bills are due every month.

Chris:

5. Call my parents.

4. Don't buy things I don't need.

3. Don't pay full price for books.

2. Be patient.

1. This is your life; accept it.

Places I don't want to visit again

2006-05-19T04:19:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. Memphis, Tennessee

4. Little Rock, Arkansas

3. Houma, Louisiana

2. Midland, Texas

1. Odessa, Texas

Chris:

5. Midland, Texas

4. Kentucky

3. Rockville, Maryland

2. West Virginia

1. New Orleans, Louisiana

Lesson's I've learned

2006-05-17T04:53:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. A goal without a plan is just a wish.

4. Your credit rating is important.

3. Worrying is a waste of time.

2. Pinching pennies is fine when shopping for dishwashing detergent or paper towels, but not for toilet paper or oven mitts.

1. Happiness is a choice, as is kindness. Both are choices worth making every day.

Chris:

5. There will always be detractors.

4. Be kind as often as possible.

3. Be willing to compromise.

2. Practice humility.

1. Don't fear challenges.

Favorite songs to sing along to

2006-05-15T07:42:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. "Army" by Ben Folds Five

4. "Here Comes Your Man" by The Pixies

3. "Space Oddity" by David Bowie

2. "Sabotage" by the Beastie Boys

1. "One Week" by the Barenaked Ladies

Chris:

5. "Back on the Chain Gang" by The Pretenders

4. "Do You Want To?" by Franz Ferdinand

3. "Michelle" by the Beatles

2. "The Passenger" by Iggy Pop

1. "Tiny Dancer" by Elton John

Favorite stand-up comics

2006-05-12T05:05:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. Brian Regan

4. Sarah Silverman

3. Dave Chappelle

2. Steven Wright

1. Bill Hicks

Chris:

5. Emo Phillips

4. Sarah Silverman

3. Sam Kinison

2. Eddie Murphy

1. Mitch Hedberg

Things my coworkers don't know about me

2006-05-08T14:49:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. I'm an ice cream snob. (I only buy Ben & Jerry's.)

4. I played the french horn in junior high school.

3. I still dream of someday becoming a professional cartoonist.

2. My all-time favorite food is garlic bread.

1. I have ADHD.

Chris:

5. I have an affinity for classic Neil Diamond tunes.

4. I'm not as conservative as they are.

3. I hate spiders.

2. I still consider the Peace Corps a viable (though unlikely) option.

1. I contribute to a haiku website.

CDs (artists) in my car right now

2006-05-05T19:59:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. Belle & Sebastian

4. The Flaming Lips

3. Wilco

2. Kelly Clarkson

1. Weezer

Chris:

5. Belle & Sebastian

4. R.E.M.

3. Ambulance LTD

2. The Pixies

1. The Talking Heads

Best live concerts I've attended

2006-05-03T05:11:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. R.E.M.

4. Barenaked Ladies

3. Ben Folds

2. Dave Matthews Band

1. U2

Chris:

5. Edie Brickell

4. Stevie Wonder

3. Harry Connick Jr.

2. Air

1. The Pixies

Office pet peeves

2006-05-01T16:05:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. Clients

4. People who think coworker = best buddy

3. Office gossip

2. Incompetence

1. Whiners

Chris:

5. People who check voicemail over speaker phone with no regard to volume

4. Ungrateful recipients whom you helped

3. Older employees who begrduge policy changes (ADAPT!!!)

2. Over-eager new hires

1. People who don't know what you do but feel compelled to tell you how to do it

Favorite Simpsons characters

2006-04-21T15:19:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. Moe

4. Lenny

3. Flanders

2. Ralph Wiggum

1. Homer

Chris:

5. Comic Book Guy

4. Smithers

3. Mayor Quimby

2. Ms. Krabappel

1. Homer

Favorite fiction books

2006-04-19T09:25:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. Illusions - Richard Bach

4. The Godfather - Mario Puzo

3. Catch-22 - Joseph Heller

2. Farenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury

1. Fletch Won - Gregory McDonald

Chris:

5. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams

4. A Doll's House - Henrik Ibsen

3. Giovanni's Room - James Baldwin

2. A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole

1. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami

Favorite beers

2006-04-17T14:04:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. Rogue Dead Guy Ale

4. Bass

3. Harp

2. Heineken

1. Rogue Shakespeare Stout

Chris:

5. Kirin Ichiban

4. Tuborg Red Label

3. Shiner Bock

2. Sapporo

1. Bass

Favorite Seinfeld episodes

2006-04-12T05:11:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. "The Rye" #7-11

4. "The Soup Nazi" #7-6

3. "The Cadillac" #7-14

2. "The Contest" #4-11

1. "The Gymnast" #6-6

Chris:

5. "The Junior Mint" (Mulva) #4-21

4. "The Parking Garage" #3-6

3. "The Soup Nazi" #7-6

2. "The Serenity Now" #9-3

1. "The Gymnast" #6-6

Favorite Coen Brothers movies

2006-04-07T05:00:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. Barton Fink

4. The Hudsucker Proxy

3. Fargo

2. Miller's Crossing

1. Raising Arizona

Chris:

5. O Brother, Where Art Thou?

4. The Big Lebowski

3. Miller's Crossing

2. The Hudsucker Proxy

1. Raising Arizona

Favorite Rolling Stones songs

2006-04-05T05:02:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. "Under My Thumb"

4. "Paint It Black"

3. "Sympathy for the Devil"

2. "You Can't Always Get What You Want"

1. "Beast of Burden"

Chris:

5. "Beast of Burden"

4. "Ruby Tuesday"

3. "Wild Horses"

2. "She's a Rainbow"

1. "Sympathy for the Devil"

Favorite college classes

2006-04-03T18:41:00.000-07:00

Brook:

5. Chemistry

4. Elements of Film Art

3. Film History

2. Computer Applications for Journalists

1. Introduction to Screenwriting

Chris:

5. Evolutionary Anthropology

4. Literature and Film

3. Literature in the Antiquities

2. 20th Century Literature

1. Art History

Pet peeves

2006-03-29T04:28:00.000-08:00

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

2006-03-27T20:10:00.000-08:00

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

2006-03-24T17:57:00.000-08:00

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.

2006-03-22T21:46:00.000-08:00

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

2006-03-20T20:34:00.000-08:00

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)

2006-03-17T12:26:00.000-08:00

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

2006-03-15T05:49:00.000-08:00

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)

2006-03-13T17:27:00.000-08:00

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

2006-03-10T04:15:00.000-08:00

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

2006-03-08T05:25:00.000-08:00

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

2006-03-06T20:38:00.000-08:00

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

2006-03-03T10:07:00.000-08:00

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

2006-03-01T03:51:00.000-08:00

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

Favorite gay actors

2006-02-27T07:48:00.000-08:00

Brook:

5. John Cameron Mitchell

4. Scott Thompson

3. Michael Jeter

2. Tom Cruise

1. Sir Ian McKellen

Chris:

5. Tom Cruise

4. Nathan Lane

3. Rupert Everett

2. Sir Ian McKellen

1. Alan Cumming

Favorite bands named "The ___" (one word)

2006-02-23T08:23:00.000-08:00

Brook:

5. The Cure

4. The Who

3. The Clash

2. The Pixies

1. The Beatles

Chris:

5. The Animals

4. The Smiths

3. The Police

2. The Cure

1. The Beatles

Favorite distractions from work

2006-02-21T08:51:00.000-08:00

Brook:

5. general Internet browsing (news, blogs, etc.)

4. planning my next order from Discount Comic Book Service

3. udpating/maintaining blogs

2. personal e-mail

1. sudoku

Chris:

5. Googling my name

4. practicing answers to questions I'll be asked when I'm famous

3. searching for new job openings

2. writing movie review haikus

1. continually re-prioritizing my Netflix queue

Favorite current network TV shows

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Brook:

5. 24

4. Smallville

3. Lost

2. Grey's Anatomy

1. Veronica Mars

Chris:

5. Scrubs

4. Veronica Mars

3. Lost

2. My Name Is Earl

1. Arrested Development