Candles (even if our parents won't let us burn them in our rooms); acting; Ani DiFranco; rainy days and splashing though puddles; cream of brocolli soup @ Pizzeria Uno; incense; indigo girls; e-mail; Will!; Doc Martens (even if they're just too darn expensive); REM; big cities; singing; Johnny Lee Miller (from Trainspotting and Hackers); our friends; tea (especially mint, peach, and mango); HAIR; Sarah McLachlan; making waffles @ 3 in the morning; patchouli; nail polish; Chinese take-out; Harvard Square; Thai food; Ewan McGregor; pens in different colors; Maya Angelou; our theater camp in the summer and theater group in the winter; writing short stories and poetry; blank notebooks ready to be filled; Dar Williams; Indian food (mmmmm... chicken tika masalla... yum!); Jordan; silver jewelry; our friend Gabe, Will, and Mark's band; staying up late and talking in Lily's kitchen; that really, really nice lady who works at Yak Art (our favorite jewelry store); Betsy's moonstone ring; "Empire Records"; Australian comedies (Priscilla, Strictly Ballroom, Love and Other Catastrophes); making mixes; Marion Zimmer Bradley books; the Mark Morris dance troupe; K's Choice; tiramisu; Brig (we'd never forget you sweetie!); the bass (especially Besty's sexy, black one!); falling down and twisting our ankles so we don't have to go to field hockey practice (yes!); Matthew Lillard (from Scream and Hackers); movies that are so bad they're good (Hackers, Drop Dead Fred, So I Married an Axe Murderer...); Will (again); Gabe's artistic way of setting up the attic when they play (ooooo, red lights!); laughing so hard it makes you pee; making fun of younger siblings; go-go boots; our camp councelor Neil (he e-mailed us!); video cameras (zoom in, zoom out, zoom in, zoom out...); making mixes for famous people who probably won't listen to them; "The Adventures of Super Lily and Betsy-Girl!"; jammin' w/ Will (we like Will, ok); Jordan's obsession w/ Ray; singing "Take Me or Leave Me" for Talent Day at camp (and going just a wee bit flat... ok, really flat); waiting on Betsy after she hurts her ankle and doesn't have to go to field hockey; Kate and Paula; Luke and Luc; "The Best Burper" Award that Betsy got at camp last year; Lily's room cuz it feels like a tree house; microwave popcorn (fat free!); Neil tap dancing and putting on a puppet show in the box office; Paula directing "The Little Dragon that Lost its Fire" (bad play, good director); good books; Laughing Wild (one of the funniest plays!); each other!
The snotty, ignorant people at Lily's school; bees and other insects (except for butterflies, spiders, and ladybugs); Betsy's asthma attacks; having summer reading when there are so many other good books you want to read; school and adolescence in general; smog and cigarette smoke; cliques; when you're in love w/ an asshole; Lily's "Big Problem" (if you want to know about Lily's big problem, e-mail us!); hard bass lines; "I know how to embarass Lily... let's talk about Neil!"; when our kewl friends start doing drugs; when Jordan's on-line and we can't call him; Betsy's field hockey practice; hussies and hoochies; people who have the same shirt as you; tests and exams; that we actaully LIKE Hanson and the Spice Girls (shhhh! Don't tell!); homework.