My Listography

You can’t go wrong with making lists.

Whether it’s for grocery shopping or organizing research papers, I always enjoy jotting down short mental memos onto scrap-paper. In fact, even when I’m feeling too lazy to write, the problem can be solved with lists. Thus, here’s my own listography:

5 Foods I Could Eat Forever On a Deserted Island

1.Cheesecake
2.Japanese curry
3.Spicy salmon onigiri
4.Zongzi
5.Chicken Parmesan sandwich

5 Actress-Girlfriends I Would Bring Home to Mom

1.Blake Lively
2.Ellen Pompeo
3.Rashida Jones
4.Camilla Belle
5.Zooey Deschanel

5 Things I’d rather do Than a Philosophy Paper

1.My laundry
2.Stare aimlessly at a wall
3.A history paper
4.A friend’s laundry
5.List fifty more things I’d rather do than a philosophy paper

5 Books I Can Read Over and Over Again

1.“Alas, Babylon” by Pat Frank
2.“Rant” by Chuck Palahniuk
3.“The Lost Symbol” by Dan Brown
4.“Holes” by Louis Sachar
5.“One Fat Summer” by Robert Lipsyte

5 Things That Bring Tears to My Eyes

1.The movie “Letters from Iwo Jima”
2.Peeling onions
3.Tears of a loved one
4.Saying goodbye to friends I’ll likely never see again
5.Memories of my grandpa

5 Things That Bring Smiles to My Face

1.The movie “Hercules”
2.Friends singing wildly to 90s’ music
3.The kids I work with at a mentoring program
4.Genuinely happy people
5.My dad’s jokes

So, out of curiosity, how would your lists turn out? What makes you laugh and cry?