Em’s Favourite Things

Behold! Below are some of my favourite things!

Drinks: Strawberry lemonade, Arizona Iced Tea (the raspberry one), passion fruit juice, guava juice, fresh soursop juice, water.

Foods: Chicken fettuccini alfredo, spaghetti with marinara, fish ‘n chips, fried rice, almost every fruit in existence, waffles with strawberries and whipped cream, a good ole turkey sandwich (with all the fixin’s), steamed veggies, and pumpkin pie. (Not together.)

Colours: Orange, green, pink.

Causes: Animal welfare/wildlife conservation, environmentalism/climate/sustainability, mental health awareness, body acceptance, and underprivileged/displaced humans.

Animals: Marine iguanas, frogs, bats, elephants, lemurs, manatees, sharks, rays, koalas, red pandas, quetzals, dik-diks, sloths, otters, and gorillas. But I freakin’ love them all.

Superheroes: Atom Eve, Superman, Invincible, Spider-Man, Scarlet Witch.

Fictional Characters: Peter Pan, Huck Finn, Duckie (Pretty in Pink), Elvira, Gurgi (The Black Cauldron).

Fiction Books: The Alice Network, The Hike, Where the Crawdads Sing, The Catcher in the Rye, The Devil All the Time, Peter Pan, Huckleberry Finn, The Bell Jar, Sharp Objects, 1001 Arabian Nights, If We Were Villains, In Cold Blood, Other Voices/Other Rooms, Opium and Absinthe.

Authors: Gillian Flynn, Riley Sager, Truman Capote, Michael Crichton, Sylvia Plath, and Kate Quinn.

Comic Books: Runaways, Invincible, Rat Queens, Nailbiter, Y: The Last Man, The Sixth Gun.

Groups: Duran Duran, Panic! at the Disco, All Time Low, Foster the People, The Maine, CCR, Weathers, Fall Out Boy, ABBA, Winnetka Bowling League, The Kooks, Tiny Meat Gang, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Knocks, Jonas Brothers, King Stingray, Little Mix, The Struts, 5 Seconds of Summer, Boston, Waterparks, The Vamps, Hollywood Undead.

Singers: Jake Bugg, Michael Jackson, Charlie Puth, Yungblud, Alec Benjamin, Dolly Parton, Lil Nas X, Lizzo, Faouzia, Alfie Templeman, Dua Lipa, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Phil Collins, Scott Helman, Lauv, Nikki Yanofsky, Kelly Clarkson, Ava Max, Bruno Mars, Troye Sivan, Kim Petras, Post Malone, Scotty Sire, Childish Gambino, Yoke Lore.

Movies: The Lost Boys, Stand by Me, Indiana Jones (specifically Raiders), Jurassic Park, The Goonies, The Martian, Tombstone, Kingsman, The Exorcist, Primal Fear, Scream, Trolls, This is the End, Psycho, Trick ‘r Treat, Bye Bye Birdie… anything John Hughes, Disney, or with Audrey Hepburn!

TV Shows: Big Mouth, Bob’s Burgers, Succession, Barry, Modern Family, Hey Arnold!, Nathan For You, Bojack Horseman, Family Guy, Solar Opposites, Jonny Quest, Broad City, The Simpsons, Alias Smith and Jones, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Star Trek: TNG, Mr. Robot, Godless, The Real O’Neals, The Great North, Master of None, The Wild Thornberrys, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Freaks and Geeks, Psych, Queer Eye.

Broadway Shows: Dear Evan Hansen, Newsies, The Book of Mormon, Oh, Hello, Aladdin, The Lion King.

Actors: River Phoenix, Bill Hader, Corey Haim, Harrison Ford, Nick Robinson, Rami Malek, Warren Beatty, Taron Egerton, Will Forte.

Actresses: Audrey Hepburn, Reese Witherspoon, Brie Larson, Lupita Nyong’o, Emma Stone, Linda Cardellini, Viola Davis, Alison Brie.

Comedians: Nick Kroll, John Mulaney, Andy Samberg, Hasan Minhaj, Ali Wong, Amy Poehler, Pete Davidson, Aziz Ansari, Trevor Wallace, Jamie Wolff, Atsuko Okatsuka, Tina Fey.