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What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more.
Seneca

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Wish List

Miscellany

Updated July 5, 2008

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. 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.

Ratings Key

• MUST HAVE MUST HAVE MUST HAVE
• Why do I not have this yet?
• If I see it, I’ll grab it, but it’s not urgent
• Just filling out one of my collections
• I like it, but I’ll probably never buy it
• I’m really just daydreaming here

Books

9 categories

General / Miscellaneous

Fiction

Titles that didn’t fit anywhere else.

• Every Man for Himself by Beryl Bainbridge
• The Man from Beyond by Gabriel Brownstein
• My Lord of Canterbury by Godfrey Turton
• A Slight Trick of the Mind by Mitch Cullin

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fiction

I’m pretty selective in this genre.

• The His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass)
• Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Classics

Fiction

Every well-stocked personal library should have a copy of these.

• Emma by Jane Austen
• The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
• The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford
• Heidi by Johanna Spyri
• A Lady of Quality by Frances Hodgson Burnett
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
• Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
• My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin
• Orlando: A Biography by Virginia Woolf
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Biographies (and Such)

Non-Fiction

Mostly Houdiniana at this time.

• Houdini, Tarzan, and the Perfect Man: The White Male Body and the Challenge of Modernity in America by John F. Kasson
• The Life and Many Deaths of Harry Houdini by Ruth Brandon

Science (and *Science!*)

Non-Fiction

• In the Palaces of Memory: How We Build the Worlds Inside Our Heads by George Johnson

Morbidity

Non-Fiction

Crime scene photos, disaster stories, and other grim topics.

• 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

Non-Fiction

Mostly disasters, because I am a sick sick person.

• 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
• To the Bottom of the Sea: True Accounts of Major Ship Disasters by John Protasio

Poetry

Fiction

I dislike anthologies, and would rather have a poet’s complete works, if possible.

• complete poems of W. H. Auden
• complete poems of Emily Dickinson
• complete poems of John Crowe Ransom
• complete poems of Pablo Neruda (in Spanish and English)

Children’s Books

Fiction

I had most of these books as a kid, but lost most of them over the years.

• Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
• Time at the Top by Edmund Ormondroyd
• The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
• What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge
• What Katy Did At School by Susan Coolidge

Movies

4 categories

The Staples

Every good media library must have these titles.

• 12 Angry Men (1957)
• Deliverance (1972)
• Dr. Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Atomic Bomb (1964)
• The Exorcist (1973)
• Gaslight (1944)
• The Remains of the Day (1993)
• Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin) (1987)

Really Good Flicks

Films I would watch over and over.

• Alibi (2003)
• Backflash (2001)
• Bizet’s Carmen (1984)
• Breaker Morant (1980)
• Chicago Joe and the Showgirl (1990)
• A Dog’s Breakfast (2007)
• The Last Great Wilderness (2002)
• Notorious (1946)
• Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
• The Prestige (2006)
• The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
• Richard III (1995)
• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)
• The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
• The Snow Walker (2003)
• A Tale of Two Sisters (2004)

Guilty Pleasures

I might hide them behind the better movies, but I still want them.

• The Big Brass Ring (1999)
• Break Up (1998)
• Conspiracy Theory (1997)
• Phone Booth (2003)
• The Reduced Shakespeare Company (2000)
• Mrs. Soffel (1984)
• Without a Clue (1988)
• Young Guns II (1990)

Television Series & Miniseries

Not waiting for these to come around again on PBS…

• All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
• Bleak House (2005)
• The Charmer (1987)
• Conspiracy (2001)
• The Hanging Gale (1995)
• Malice Aforethought (2005)
• Never Come Back (1990)
• Tipping the Velvet (2002)

Music

1 category

Albums

Physical or digital, it’s all good.

• Elizabeth I: The Virgin Queen by Martin Phipps and the Mediaeval Baebes
• Gods and Monsters (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) by Carter Burwell
• The Quiet American (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Craig Armstrong
• Road to Perdition (Music from the Motion Picture) by Thomas Newman
• Songs of the Civil War by various artists
• There Is A Ship by Three Pints Gone (2006)

Art & Posters

3 categories

Movie Posters

The closest thing to advertising I will ever allow on my walls.

• Dark City Movie Poster

Paintings & Artwork

Mostly spooky, because I like to scare people.

• Power And Glory by Ray Caesar

Posters

I’ll make room for these somehow…

• The Gashlycrumb Tinies Poster

Clothing & Accessories

8 categories

T-Shirts

Funny and geeky.

• Goren Knows Everything
• Hyperbole
• Ask Me About My Crippling Shyness
• Good Grammar Costs Nothing!
• I ♥ Irony
• Khaaaaaan!
• Never Forget
• In Soviet Russia Shirt Wears You
• You Have Died of Dysentery
• More Cowbell
• Greece
• Robert E. Lee: Most Likely to Secede, Class of 1825
• Your Retarded
• Blimpin’ Ain’t Easy
• Shift Happens
• I’m In Ur [blank] [blank]ing Ur [blank]
• Meh.
• Expendable Red Shirt
• LMAO
• I Never Finish Anyth
• I’m Blogging This.
• Power Symbol
• Geek Love Poem
• <GEEK>
• STFU University
• /* No Comment */
• I See Dead Pixels
• <BODY>
• What Kind of Hero Are You?
• I read your e-mail.
• It must be user error.
• while(!(succeed=try()));
• Wot’s All This Then?!

Corset Tops

They go with anything.

• Cincher Top

Skirts

My favorite style of bottomwear.

• Atlantis Cotton Skirt
• Bark Cotton Skirt
• Buckled Skirt
• Forest Fire Skirt
• Kathy’s Skirt

Dresses

One-piece for convenience.

• Avignon Dress
• Faerie Fire Cotton Dress

Gloves & Armwarmers

What? My hands get cold.

• Fingerless Gloves
• Lace Elbow Gloves
• Lace Up Fingerless Gloves

Jewelry

More for me to lose…

• Shooting Stars Ear Cuff
• Skeleton Necklace Pendant
• Moon Stone Ring

Hair

Not that it’ll stay in my poofy mane for long.

• Starry Night Hair Pick

Accessories

Gadgets and gizmos.

• Les Fleur Lace Hosiery
• Black Lace Up Thigh High Stockings
• Antidote Watch
• Skeleton Watch

Miscellaneous

3 categories

Figurines

Dollies for grownups.

• Movie Maniacs 3: Ash Figurine

Stickers, Buttons & Postcards

To wear and/or display.

• Harry Houdini Postcard

Toys

Too old for toys? Never!

• Horse Head Pillow

If Only…

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

My Other Wish Lists

• Amazon: Books
• Amazon: Movies
• Amazon: Music