ILX POLLS THE COSMOS: THE BEST OF ALL THINGS, EVER - the nominations thread

I am going to poll all things.
It can exist tangibly or in concept. If it is a noun, it counts.
Nominations will be open for 10 days and will close on Monday, November 22.
You may list 20 things.

orgasms
fettucine alfredo
Bjork's "Homogenic"
bicycles
the internet
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
ballpoint pens
horchata
The Busby Berkeley Box
house music
kittens
puppies
gin
existentialism
the aesthetic of camp
Susan Sarandon
literature
the chocolate nuggets at the bottom of a Drumstick ice cream cone
typography
hinges

the beatles

DUMPLINGS!

synthesizers

Orson Welles

lavender

dicks

darjeeling tea

quartz crystals

headphones

quarks

quasars

queers

quirks

soap

Maxwell's equations, collectively
Euler's formula http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/d/c/4/dc4d000103c1293c5cde00fac04850d6.png
Cheerios
birdsong

my wiener

SHIT NO I meant Euler's identity, http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/9/e/9/9e9a547076c6820b95e439dd1a5d6a32.png

which is a specific result of euler's formula

xpost

xp I already said dicks, specifics are redundant

he is talking about a hot dog

and how!

no no, specifics are not redundant. "blowjobs" and "orgasms" are two separate entities.

that moment right at the end of 'intruder' when eddie van halen plays the first chord of '(oh) pretty woman'

disco

Stevie D

jupiter

chicken soup

Organized lists, people! Surely you cam think of 19 more things besides Jupiter

wtf make the poll & stfu jupiter rules

oxygen
lasers
tiramisu
sewage systems
the sun
boobs
fire
information
inclined planes
chairs

boobs

^^^^^^^^^ #1

that's 10 things, I'm gonna need to think of some other stuff

xp

I am going to poll all things.

<3

that was me lovin' the way you started that, but to come to think of it, one of my 20 nom nom noms is

<3

this would work better as a tournament rather than a poll

debating the merits of chairs vs disco would be fun

dopamine
dogs

I am suing y'all for constantly abusing this poll format I invented.

stone cold steve austin's entrance music
samurai movies
cornetto
cherry tomatoes
arsene wenger
sleater-kinney
wu-tang
girls in airy summer dresses
saunas
getting stoned with friends and repeating old simpsons jokes for hours
kissing

sandwiches

when you drop a fart in reception and people walk by and ask if the pest control people are coming because they think there is a dead mouse out here.

orange cats
cherry tomatoes
lightsabers
draft beers after physical exertion
paul newman
women
waking up in the middle of the night and realizing that tomorrow's your day off
massive attack, 'angel'
nutter butters
the moment when you're wondering if you're about to kiss someone for the first time and then realizing that yeah, you are

draft beers after physical exertion

hell yes!

cheap ones.

the feeling you get at certain "peak" moments in a song

goosebumps

otters

werner herzog
cheese
pleasure
agriculture
the universe
funny hats
dinosaurs
philip k dick
jokes
walking around naked in your house

there, that's 20

this poll

black holes
quantum tunneling
gamma ray bursts
dreams
the piezoelectric effect
analog synthesizers
klonopin
science fiction
obese cats
schrödinger's cat
sleeveless denim jackets
new wave
doom metal
power metal
the kids in the hall
crystal skulls
conspiracy theories
electronic digital computers
the bassoon
australopithecines

and there's my 20, all off the top of my head. No regrets, no turning back.

obese cats <3

sausages
lsd
stringed instruments of all sorts
coffee
eggs
phonograph records
creedence clearwater revival
weed/grass/marijuana/pot
jamaican music
family
cheeseburgers
the sea
japanese cuisine
star trek
dark, leafy greens
bourbon
bluejeans
snow
twin peaks
love

Neil Young
horror films
aurora borealis
popcorn
tall buildings

these are very nice so far.

Whiney would like to nominate:

rap music
air conditioning

3 more days til noms end!! I am surprised that no one has voted for pizza yet! Or "OK Computer"

pizza
foreplay
plumpy'nut
vaccination
magnets
common people (not the song)
david lynch
wikipedia
msg
star control ii
lasagna
indoor plumbing
alpha centauri (the star, not the game)
halloween
windmills
prince
monkeys
helium
gandhi
leftover pizza

The Knife
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
Orbital
Severed Heads
Prince
The Cure
Wu-Tang Clan

laughing
piano
chocolate
space exploration
comets
nebulas
hot chocolate with marshmallows (separate to chocolate)
1973 Dodge Charger
snowflakes
swimming
beer
espresso
thunderstorms
pumpkin pie
Christmas
"Elf"
monty python
australia
alice's adventures in wonderland

these are all really good, thank you all!

The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress
The Diamond Age
Neuromancer
Going After Cacciato
Beloved
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Native Son

K guys, only a little longer to get last minute nominations!!

de La soul is dead
abbey road
Astral weeks
Wham! "Freedom"
Mel e mel: white lines
Iron Maiden
Ronnie James Dio
Sinead's Lion & the Cobra

i'm sure some of these have already been nominated, but:

wasabi peas
bikes
the portability of professional life afforded by contemporary technology
scary movies
be bim bap
the month of October
bourbon
sriracha
the smell of a freshly mowed lawn in the summertime
subways

let's just keep nominating things for a while. deadlines are boring imo.

Se7en
Jacob's Ladder
Brazil
X
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
The Matrix

mcdonalds coke

ooh, cosign the Matrix.

Can I nom the whole trilogy? Or will that get me SB'd...

Does anyone have any last minute nominations before I close this and move on to PHASE II: VOTING?

this poll is actually gonna happen?! that in itself is an awesome thing that deserves nomination.

iceberg lettuce
America
bendy straws

zebras
koala bears
husky dogs
lolita by nabakov
scarves
foghorns
lighthouses
driving past houses where they have gone mental with christmas decorations
riding a bike downhill
muffins

the royal rumble match

big hoos

I wonder if I should do this as a tourney and not a poll, and if so, how?

I think it would work better as a tourney, but I don't know how to set those up.

1 vs 2
3 vs 4
5 vs 6
7 vs 8

1, 3, 5, 7
1, 3, 5, 8
1, 3, 6, 7
1, 3, 6, 8
1, 4, 5, 7
1, 4, 5, 8
1, 4, 6, 7
1, 4, 6, 8
2, 3, 5, 7
2, 3, 5, 8
2, 3, 6, 7
2, 3, 6, 8
2, 4, 5, 7
2, 4, 5, 8
2, 4, 6, 7
2, 4, 6, 8

Yes, and I also don't want to flood ILE w/ threads. PS there are like 200 nominations or something!

now just cntl f and replace 8 options w/ numbers 1 through 8

is it too late to nominate Nate Dogg?

http://passionweiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/nate_dogg__500.jpg

hold up (the poll) ... heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

noms are still open til whenever I feel like closing them, probably when ppl lose interest/this falls off SNA or w/e

koalas are not bears

Stevie I can't wait for this poll. It's going to be awesome. <3

rain
forests
olive oil
vinegar
the mp3 format
Tony Martin
Shaun Micallef
baby elephants
Hanoi
the English language
Nelson Mandela
digital cameras

it would be cool if this nominations thread just went on forever (though a poll of these would be RAD too)

violets
lunar eclipse
solar eclipse
nebulas
tap shoes
puddles
spaghetti bolognese
olives
dinosaur kale

I would like to nominate:
The Story of Harold by Terry Andrews
people with anosmia
jewelry
Jimmy Olsen, Superman's pal
abortions for some, miniature American flags for others
this dance sequence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llNcOIZ5PQQ
mist coming out of an orange peel when you peel it
jokes and jokes and jokes and comedy
sleep
turtles
decadence
birth control
sunglasses
cool stuff
neat stuff
fun stuff

arpeggios

good tippers

that dance sequence is EXCELLENT

it should probably win

We should probably stop the nominations now tbqh

okay

NOMINATIONS HAVE STOPPED

you can keep talking about things that you like but you won't be allowed to vote for them unless someone has already mentioned them

except "pizza" bcz I'm going to make sure that's on the list.

all that jazz (film)
meditation
exercise
girls
friends
being awesome
avocados
the ocean
sarcasm
movies
warmth

these ones count^

okay

what abt all that jazz (not the film)?

well i didnt want to nominate all that jazz (jazz) cause some if frankly i dont like that much

earthquakes
being all alone in the woods for a long time
water
soft cat belly
kraftwerk
actually losing track of your ego
james baldwin
invisible mountain on top of the mountain
india
being ok with getting older
baby recognizes you and smiles
drunk at the movie theater
best sex of the year
<3
regular free haircuts from significant other
not being mad when everyone else is mad
faint wind chime noise when you're falling asleep

swimming laps
unwrapping a present
getting dressed up
smoking
fresh fruit
skipping work to see an afternoon movie
new socks
receiving a package that you hadnt expected
fantasy novels
sleeping outside

zings
restaurants
aesthetics
art
newness
travel
cosmic vibes
serendipity
auspiciousness

the sun
mountains
harmony
lols
fire

lamp would you like to specify "smoking" re: any one substance in particular, or do you mean simply the act of smoking anything, really?

insects
killing things
fresh flowers
a clean apt
a tailored dress shirt
being able to see nothing but water surronding you
the northern lights
quoting old simpsons episodes
watching old movies w/ your grandma
unexpected victories

well i really like smoking just generally - primally satisfying always - but i only really smoke weed now if u want to narrow the field

well I mean it is up to you, friend. you're the nominator.

the mind
awareness
inventions

nachos
highway driving at dawn
rain when it's sunny out

oh ok just smoking generally

starting to feel well after being sick but still getting to stay home from work/school
calculus
songs of love and hate
the short stories of alice munro
polished wingtips
going to sleep when you're physically exhausted
clean sheets
calvin & hobbes
21 y.o.s
very cold water

brown paper packages tied up w/string

change

beer after hard work
beer
hard work

(flux, not a bag of coins xp)

doorbells

beer after hard work
beer
hard work

perfect

sleighbells

schnitzel with noodles

appreciation
discernment
glory
huge victorian houses

that is soooo much more than 20 iirc

im just listing things i like feel free to only include the ones that u like too

your name in print
your name in lights
your name spoken by the person you love

the cosmos is too big for 20

vastness
totality
sick yachts

profundity
dessert
blueberry pancakes

wow, I'd be p satisfied re: life if I, at one point, witnessed my name in lights

I mean hell even just "Stevie D" would do. If anyone wants to make my name in lights and show me it.

riffing on bad movies with friends
raymond chandler similes
katharine hepburn

hail
culture
tacos

^^ pdx food truck iirc

can we just make this a thread of "your name in lights"

http://i934.photobucket.com/albums/ad184/sdolnack/02e2ee95.jpg

Your wish is my command, Stevie: your name in lights

http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/pp201/sharonjoy666/dac0fc6d.jpg

http://i934.photobucket.com/albums/ad184/sdolnack/278838bc.jpg

xp omg i can't even

B-)

This one is cool too

http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/pp201/sharonjoy666/0c32c2fe.jpg

The Fall (MES et al)
42nd Street Forever DVDs
Charles Schulz's Peanuts
Robert Bresson
Val Lewton
Tati's Playtime
Sally Cruikshank
Nara Leão
critical theory
running
sound recording technology
horror-themed novelty songs
Diet Coke
PB&J on toast
varied elevation
open stack university libraries

Haribo gummi bears
The Things They Carried
having both of a woman's nipples in your mouth at once

watching a meteor shower
"dreaming" by blondie
the feeling you have when you first discover that your project (cooking dinner, fixing a car, wiring a circuit, unclogging a drain, recovering dead hard drive, etc.) ACTUALLY WORKS!
skipping a rock across water for more than two bounces
robert mitchum
thunderstorms
driving across state lines
the moment the band you're in finally gels together into an actual band
john belushi's samurai character on snl
coyote's howl
david gilmour's guitar tone
pumpkins
aston martin db5
that time you and your date ended up at a diner at 5am after a crazy night
highway 1 up the california coast
claudia cardinale

John Belushi samurai with Frank Zappa on SNL Season 2

I have not looked at this thread.

first kiss
Mick Karn basslines
Elizabeth Fraser's voice
being drunk
spiders weaving webs
city skylines at night
being stoned
the Simpsons

I know noms are over but something that is pretty great is: your cheek muscles hurting from an overextended period of smiles & laffs.

okay nominations are forreal over 4 REAL, going to figure out how I want to weigh this poll.

baked beans

fried dough w/cinnamon & powdered sugar
texas bbq

very cold water

been thinking about how much i love the iciness of the tap water this time of year.

sexual tension

being stoned
drawing
monochromes and hard-edged abstraction
quiet airports
busy train stations
underground rail systems
feminist art theory
sushi
picking up guys
autumn
milk
notebooks
dancing by myself
agnes martin
gentrified old gay neighbourhoods
puppies
artist monographs
house music
alternate tunings
my camera

can i replace "my camera" w/ "being one w/ the universe"?

Somebody please take all these nominations and put them in a pretty spreadsheet.

And then we can vote.

DUMPLINGS!

(just checking...)

is it too late to nominate Nate Dogg?
http://passionweiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/nate_dogg__500.jpg
― gr8080, Tuesday, January 4, 2011 7:09 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark

^^^runaway winner right here

cultural objects of my youth edition:

illmatic
scientific progress goes 'boink'
final fantasy vi
gargoyles
the video for sonic youth's 100%
the dragon reborn
the double life of véronique
'well she wakes up every morning to the sound of sarah records'
becker v sampras @ the 96 masters
lunar silver star story

boring, but needs to be done just in case

Friedrich Nietzsche
Sigmund Freud
James Brown
Mick Jagger
Justified and Ancient
Thong Song
Too Close
Pony (song)
pony (not the song)

pony (not for eating)

K - I stopped adding things to my spreadsheet after this post:

okay nominations are forreal over 4 REAL, going to figure out how I want to weigh this poll.
― Jean Hill as Gospel bus hijacker (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, January 6, 2011 8:21 PM (3 months ago)

Here's the nominations, folks - 410 of them:

"dreaming" by blondie
"Elf"
<3
1973 Dodge Charger
21 y.o.s
42nd Street Forever DVDs
a clean apt
a tailored dress shirt
abbey road
actually losing track of your ego
aesthetics
agriculture
air conditioning
alice's adventures in wonderland
all that jazz (film)
alpha centauri (the star, not the game)
America
analog synthesizers
appreciation
arpeggios
arsene wenger
art
aston martin db5
Astral weeks
aurora borealis
auspiciousness
australia
australopithecines
avocados
awareness
baby elephants
baby recognizes you and smiles
ballpoint pens
be bim bap
beer
beer after hard work
being able to see nothing but water surronding you
being all alone in the woods for a long time
being awesome
being drunk
being ok with getting older
being stoned
Beloved
bendy straws
best sex of the year
bicycles
big hoos
bikes
birdsong
birth control
Bjork's "Homogenic"
black holes
blueberry pancakes
bluejeans
boobs
bourbon
Brazil
brown paper packages tied up w/string
calculus
calvin & hobbes
chairs
change (as in flux, not coinage)
Charles Schulz's Peanuts
Cheerios
cheese
cheeseburgers
cherry tomatoes
chicken soup
chocolate
Christmas
city skylines at night
claudia cardinale
clean sheets
coffee
comets
common people (not the song)
conspiracy theories
cool stuff
cornetto
cosmic vibes
coyote's howl
creedence clearwater revival
critical theory
crystal skulls
culture
darjeeling tea
dark, leafy greens
david gilmour's guitar tone
david lynch
de La soul is dead
decadence
dessert
dicks
Diet Coke
digital cameras
dinosaur kale
dinosaurs
discernment
disco
dogs
doom metal
doorbells
dopamine
draft beers after physical exertion
dreams
driving across state lines
driving past houses where they have gone mental with christmas decorations
drunk at the movie theater
DUMPLINGS!!
earthquakes
eggs
electronic digital computers
Elizabeth Fraser's voice
espresso
Euler's identity
exercise
existentialism
faint wind chime noise when you're falling asleep
family
fantasy novels
fettucine alfredo
fire
first kiss
foghorns
foreplay
forests
fresh flowers
fresh fruit
friends
fun stuff
funny hats
gamma ray bursts
gandhi
getting dressed up
getting stoned with friends and repeating old simpsons jokes for hours
gin
girls
girls in airy summer dresses
glory
Going After Cacciato
going to sleep when you're physically exhausted
good tippers
goosebumps
hail
halloween
Hanoi
hard work
Haribo gummi bears
harmony
having both of a woman's nipples in your mouth at once
headphones
helium
highway 1 up the california coast
highway driving at dawn
hinges
horchata
horror films
horror-themed novelty songs
hot chocolate with marshmallows (separate to chocolate)
house music
huge victorian houses
husky dogs
iceberg lettuce
inclined planes
india
indoor plumbing
information
insects
inventions
invisible mountain on top of the mountain
Iron Maiden
Jacob's Ladder
jamaican music
james baldwin
japanese cuisine
John Belushi samurai with Frank Zappa on SNL Season 2
jokes
jokes and jokes and jokes and comedy
jupiter
katharine hepburn
killing things
kissing
kittens
klonopin
koala bears
kraftwerk
lasagna
lasers
laughing
lavender
leftover pizza
lighthouses
lightsabers
literature
lolita by nabakov
lols
love
lsd
lunar eclipse
magnets
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
massive attack, 'angel'
Maxwell's equations, collectively
mcdonalds coke
meditation
Mel e mel: white lines
Mick Karn basslines
mist coming out of an orange peel when you peel it
monkeys
monty python
mountains
movies
msg
muffins
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
my wiener
nachos
Nara Leão
Nate Dogg
Native Son
neat stuff
nebulas
Neil Young
Nelson Mandela
Neuromancer
new socks
new wave
newness
not being mad when everyone else is mad
nutter butters
obese cats
olive oil
olives
open stack university libraries
orange cats
Orbital
orgasms
Orson Welles
otters
oxygen
paul newman
PB&J on toast
philip k dick
phonograph records
piano
pizza
pleasure
plumpy'nut
polished wingtips
popcorn
power metal
prince
Prince
profundity
puddles
pumpkin pie
pumpkins
puppies
quantum tunneling
quarks
quartz crystals
quasars
queers
quirks
quoting old simpsons episodes
rain
rain when it's sunny out
rap music
raymond chandler similes
receiving a package that you hadnt expected
regular free haircuts from significant other
restaurants
riding a bike downhill
riffing on bad movies with friends
Robert Bresson
robert mitchum
Ronnie James Dio
running
Sally Cruikshank
samurai movies
sandwiches
sarcasm
saunas
sausages
scarves
scary movies
schnitzel with noodles
schrödinger's cat
science fiction
Se7en
serendipity
Severed Heads
sewage systems
Shaun Micallef
sick yachts
Sinead's Lion & the Cobra
skipping a rock across water for more than two bounces
skipping work to see an afternoon movie
sleater-kinney
sleep
sleeping outside
sleeveless denim jackets
sleighbells
smoking (in general)
snow
snowflakes
soap
soft cat belly
solar eclipse
songs of love and hate
sound recording technology
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
space exploration
spaghetti bolognese
spiders weaving webs
sriracha
star control ii
star trek
starting to feel well after being sick but still getting to stay home from work/school
Stevie D
stone cold steve austin's entrance music
stringed instruments of all sorts
subways
sunglasses
Susan Sarandon
swimming
swimming laps
synthesizers
tacos
tall buildings
tap shoes
Tati's Playtime
that moment right at the end of 'intruder' when Van Halen plays the first chord of "(Oh) Pretty Woman"
that time you and your date ended up at a diner at 5am after a crazy night
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
the aesthetic of camp
the bassoon
the beatles
The Busby Berkeley Box
the chocolate nuggets at the bottom of a Drumstick ice cream cone
The Cure
The dance sequence in the video for Sweet Charity
The Diamond Age
the English language
The Fall (MES et al)
the feeling you get at certain "peak" moments in a song
the feeling you have when you first discover that your project (home repair, whatever) ACTUALLY WORKS!
the internet
the kids in the hall
The Knife
The Matrix
the mind
the moment the band you're in finally gels together into an actual band
the moment when you're wondering if you're about to kiss someone for the first time and then realizing that yeah, you are
the month of October
The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress
the mp3 format
the northern lights
the ocean
the piezoelectric effect
the portability of professional life afforded by contemporary technology
the royal rumble match
the sea
the short stories of alice munro
the Simpsons
the smell of a freshly mowed lawn in the summertime
the sun
The Things They Carried
the universe
this poll
thunderstorms
tiramisu
Tony Martin
totality
travel
turtles
twin peaks
typography
unexpected victories
unwrapping a present
vaccination
Val Lewton
varied elevation
vastness
very cold water
vinegar
violets
waking up in the middle of the night and realizing that tomorrow's your day off
walking around naked in your house
warmth
wasabi peas
watching a meteor shower
watching old movies w/ your grandma
water
weed/grass/marijuana/pot
werner herzog
Wham! "Freedom"
when you drop a fart in reception and people walk by and ask if the pest control people are coming because they think there is a dead mouse out here.
wikipedia
windmills
women
wu-tang
Wu-Tang Clan
X
your cheek muscles hurting from an overextended period of smiles & laffs
your name in lights
your name in print
your name spoken by the person you love
zebras
zings

Pavement (the band)
Pineapple
Bananas
Your mum

Bill Evans' solo on "Flamenco Sketches" - those first nine notes are one of mankind's most epic searches for cosmic truth.

your name in lights

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