They always say it's better to give than to receive...so get giving!
(Asterisks indicate things I'd really like this holiday / birthday / graduation season.)


THE BEST GIFT YOU CAN GIVE:
*** The Associated Humane Societies of New Jersey Share-a-Pet Program ***
Donors Choose
The Young Storytellers Foundation
The Farley Foundation
First Book
The American Anti-Vivisection Society


WISH LISTS:
* American Eagle *


APARTMENT STUFF:
*** find a way to get me a larger version of this. print it, get an artist to do a watercolor, whatever. ***
*** this or an equivalent version of Kandinsky's 'Several Circles' ***
*** the Urban Outfitters bleach-dye quilt in melon ***
*** the Urban Outfitters spin art pillow ***
* the Urban Outfitters ombre pillow in peach *
* the Urban Outfitters beaded treasures pillow *
* the PB Kids McKenna floral stripe pillowcase
* a print of Glossodoris atromarginata from Michigan Science Art
a print of Aeolidiella sanguinea from Michigan Science Art
a print of Aetobatus narinari from Michigan Science Art
a print of Aegithalos caudatus from Michigan Science Art


JEWELRY:
the Birdspoke Thin Ice necklace
another Amy Tavern very thin gold ring


CLOTHING:
the Lennie Briscoe t-shirt in baby blue, black, or heather gray


SHOES & BAGS:
the Urban Knit adire clutch
the French Sole Schooner in gold


Albums:
Carole King - Tapestry Carly Simon - Boys in the Trees Santigold - Santogold
Mr Hudson - Straight No Chaser
Mindy Smith - One Moment More Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Nickel Creek - Why Should the Fire Die? Little Big Town - The Road to Here
Jeff Buckley - Grace Q-Tip - The Renaissance
A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
Eurythmics - Savage Eurythmics - Revenge Pixie Lott - Turn It Up
VV Brown - Travelling Like the Light Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak
Mr Hudson & The Library - A Tale of Two Cities
Hanson - The Walk


BOOKS:
Real Punks Wear Black by Frank Kogan

VIDEOS & DVDs:
* Lover Girl
* Eve's Bayou
Freeway
Johnny's Girl
Wit
Lost in Translation
Shopgirl
Over the Edge
The Beniker Gang
*batteries not included
The Parent Trap
Clarissa Explains It All - Season One


ASSORTED TREATS:
* a Dalek UNO set *
C.O. Bigelow Lemon Lotion
a gym membership
a Ford Thunderbird


Thank you.