Wish List: I Am A Material Girl
It has always been my plan to eventually dispense with all my meaningless material possessions and devote myself to a life of austerity and meditation — after all, this earthly plane is merely transitory, while the truths of the spirit are eternal.
Updated March 16, 2009
I buy from:
· Amazon
· Barnes & Noble
· Busted Tees
· Glarkware
· ThinkGeek
But, since part of the plan involves getting rid of all my stuff, it would be nice to have some stuff to get rid of; otherwise, it wouldn't be a true sacrifice, right? Thus, each object I (or my family and friends) choose to purchase from this list adds meaning to my ultimate sacrifice, and thereby brings me one step closer to spiritual perfection. Such is the Way… of the online shopaholic.
Items in bold are particularly desired.
Books
12 categories
Science Fiction & Fantasy
- The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
- The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
Classics
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Science
- In the Palaces of Memory: How We Build the Worlds Inside Our Heads by George Johnson
Morbidity
- After the Storm: True Stories of Disaster and Recovery at Sea by John Rousmaniere
- Caliban's Shore: The Wreck of the Grosvenor and the Strange Fate of Her Survivors by Stephen Taylor
- Curse of the Narrows by Laura M. MacDonald
- Eyewitness to Disaster by Dan Perkes
- How Did They Die? by Norman Donaldson
- Over the Edge: Death in the Grand Canyon by Thomas M. Myers and Michael P. Ghiglieri
- Sleeping Beauty 2
Ships & Aircraft
- Airshipwreck! by Len Deighton and Arnold Schwartzman
- Fourteen Minutes: The Last Voyage of the Empress of Ireland by James Croall
- Ghost Ship: The Mysterious True Story of the Mary Celeste and Her Missing Crew by Brian Hicks
- Ship Ablaze: The Tragedy of the Steamboat General Slocum by Edward O’Donnell
- Titanic at Two A.M. by Paul Quinn
- Titanic Legacy: Disaster as Media Event and Myth by Paul Heyer
- To the Bottom of the Sea: True Accounts of Major Ship Disasters by John Protasio
Exploration
- The Heart of the Antarctic by Sir Ernest Shackleton
- I May Be Some Time: Ice and the English Imagination by Francis Spufford
- The Lost Men: The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton’s Ross Sea Party by Kelly Tyler-Lewis
- Scott, Shackleton and Amundsen: Ambition and Tragedy in the Antarctic by David Thomson
- South by Sir Ernest Shackleton
Parapsychology & The Occult
- The Beast Within: A History of the Werewolf by Adam Douglas
Tudor History & Fiction
- After Elizabeth: The Rise of James of Scotland and the Struggle for the Throne of England by Leanda de Lisle
- The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn by Alison Weir
- My Lord of Canterbury by Godfrey Turton
- The Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope
Sherlock Holmes
- The Canary Trainer by Nicholas Meyer
- A Slight Trick of the Mind by Mitch Cullin
- The West End Horror by Nicholas Meyer
Poetry
- complete poems of W. H. Auden
- complete poems of John Crowe Ransom
- complete poems of Pablo Neruda (in Spanish and English)
Children’s Books
- Time at the Top by Edmund Ormondroyd
Movies
4 categories
The Staples
- The Exorcist (1973)
- Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin) (1987)
Really Good Flicks
- Alibi (2003)
- Bizet’s Carmen (1984)
- The Last Great Wilderness (2002)
- Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)
- The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
Guilty Pleasures
- Backflash (2001)
- The Big Brass Ring (1999)
- Break Up (1998)
- Without a Clue (1988)
Television Series & Miniseries
- The Hanging Gale (1995)
Music
2 categories
Albums
- Ad Nauseam by The Tiger Lillies
- Bad Blood + Blasphemy by The Tiger Lillies
- Children of Dune (Original Television Soundtrack) by Brian Tyler
- Death and the Bible by The Tiger Lillies
- Death Defying Acts (Original Motion Picture Score) by Cezary Skubiszewiski
- Diabolical Streak by Jill Tracy
- Freakshow by The Tiger Lillies
- The Gorey End by The Tiger Lillies and the Kronos Quartet
- Love & War by The Tiger Lillies
- The Quiet American (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Craig Armstrong
- Road to Perdition (Music from the Motion Picture) by Thomas Newman
- The Show to End All Shows by Circus Contraption
- Songs of the Civil War by various artists
- There is a Ship by Three Pints Gone
Songs
- Broken by Lifehouse
- I Don’t Like Mondays by Boomtown Rats
- Mind Heist by Zack Hemsey
- Summoning of the Music by Dead Can Dance
Art & Posters
3 categories
Movie Posters
Clothing & Accessories
1 category
T-Shirts
- I ♥ Irony
- Khaaaaaan!
- Burrn’d
- You Have Died of Dysentery
- Obnoxious Political Opinion
- Robert E. Lee: Most Likely to Secede, Class of 1825
- Blimpin’ Ain’t Easy
- Obscure Band You've Never Heard Of
- Helvetica
- I Am Away From My Computer Right Now
- Always Take Backup
- 304 Not Modified
- Smeg.
- FTW!
- Do Not Want!
- You Read My T-Shirt. That's Enough Social Interaction For One Day.
- SQL Query: Get A Clue
- Keep Out of Direct Sunlight
- Expendable Red Shirt
- Power Symbol
- <GEEK>
- /* No Comment */
- <BODY>
- while(!(succeed=try()));
- Limitations
Jewelry
If Only…
1 category
These will never happen — but hey, I can dream, right?
- the ability to spit with deadly accuracy (like I could as a kid, before I got my front teeth fixed)
- to be standing nearby, dressed as a Christmas tree, when a drunken Keifer Sutherland gets the urge to tackle something
- to be namechecked in a “Weird Al” Yankovic song
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