The Joy of Listing

I just love making lists and ranking stuff.

Category: Lists (unranked)

  • Movies that scared the shit out of me when I was a child

    • The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
    • Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
    • Edward Scissorhands (1990)
    • Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
    • The Last Unicorn (1982)

  • Fictional characters I strongly identify with for some reason

    • Enid Coleslaw (Ghost World)
    • Alison (The Breakfast Club)
    • Sylvie (Me and You and Everyone we know)
    • Lily (Eagle vs Shark)
    • Rob (High Fidelity)
    • Spinel (Steven Universe – The Movie)
    • Quiz kid Donnie Smith (Magnolia)
    • May (May)
    • Jane (Jane wants a Boyfriend)

  • List of my obsessions/special interests

    • Real housewives franchise (age 22-now, not as active anymore though)
    • Drag Race franchise (age 18-25ish)
    • Vine Compilations (teen years-now)
    • Films (in general) (from the womb till the tomb lol)
    • Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind (especially) (age 12-now)
    • True crime (interest since childhood, obsession level interest since my late teens)
    • Elliott Smith (age 12-now)
    • Binding of Isaac (age 18-now)
    • Stardew Valley (age 19/20-now)
    • The Simpsons (golden age mostly) (interest since childood, obsession level interest age 14-now)
    • Making mix cds/playlists (age 12-now)
    • Becoming friends with all cats and dogs I encounter(always and forever)
    • Making lists (childhood-now)

    Fun Fact: I made this list in late 2023, a couple of weeks before I realised I was autistic and just called it “list of my obsessions”. because I didn’t know anything about autism and that there’s actually word for that that doesn’t sound quite as unhinged as “obsessions”. lol

  • List of cute names for cats

    • “Elwood” and “Harvey” – characters from the movie Harvey (1950)
    • “Noodle” – fictional member of the virtual band Gorillaz
    • “Mochi” – dessert
    • “Twinkie” – dessert
    • “Corky St. Claire” – the protagonist in Waiting for Guffman (1996)
    • “Cat-Kirk” – Kirk’s cat in Gilmore Girls
    • “Flunky” – like the game Flunkyball, which I don’t know anything about except that the name sounds cute.
    • “Luffy” – protagonist in One Piece
    • “Tony Pizza” – like the girl from that one reddit post

  • My favorite insults from the Real Housewives franchise

    • “Prostitution whore” – Teresa Guidice, RHONJ
    • “Slut pig” – Kim Richards, RHOBH
    • “Beast” – Kim Richards, RHOBH
    • “Sloppy Chihuahua” – Gina Kirschenheiter, RHOC
    • “Jesus juggs” – Tamra Judge, RHOC
    • “Garbage” (said in a thick New Jersey accent) – Caroline Manzo, RHONJ