diff --git a/nih.asd b/nih.asd
index b54b2af..006b81e 100755
--- a/nih.asd
+++ b/nih.asd
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 (defsystem "nih"
-	   :version "0.1"
+	   :version "0.3"
 	   :author "Jaidyn Ann <jadedctrl@teknik.io>"
-           :license "CC 0"
-	   :depends-on ("cl-strings" "cl-ppcre")
+           :license "LGPLv3"
+	   :depends-on ("cl-strings" "asdf-encodings" "cl-ppcre")
 	   :components ((:module "src"
 			   :components
 			   ((:file "package")
 			    (:file "misc")
+			    (:file "file")
 			    (:file "list")
+			    (:file "date")
 			    (:file "string/string")
 			    (:file "string/word")
 			    (:file "string/line")
diff --git a/src/package.lisp b/src/package.lisp
index c9df757..01555d8 100644
--- a/src/package.lisp
+++ b/src/package.lisp
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@
     :getf-string
     :getf-strings
 
+    :getf-car
+    :getf-cars
+    :getf-cadr
+    :getf-cadrs
+
     :get-colon-values
     :remove-colon-values
     :replace-colon-value
diff --git a/src/string/string.lisp b/src/string/string.lisp
index 44e3e2d..42f95c6 100644
--- a/src/string/string.lisp
+++ b/src/string/string.lisp
@@ -272,6 +272,60 @@ Example:
     stack))
 
 
+;; LIST_OF_SUBLISTS STRING --> LIST_OF_SUBLISTS_WITH_STRING_AS_CAR
+(defun getf-cars (list value &key (stack '()) (test 'eq))
+  "Get items from list by an identifying string in `car`.
+  I.E., if the string is 'apple', any sublists like this:
+  ('apple' 1 2 3)
+  will be returned."
+
+  ;; just recurse through the list, adding each new matching
+  ;; item to the `stack`
+
+  (if (and (< 0 (length list)) (listp list))
+    (if (ignore-errors
+	  ;; the item might not be a list; for our purposes, let's ignore that.
+	  (funcall test
+	    (car (car list))    ;; '( ( here ) )
+	    value))
+      (getf-cars (cdr list) value
+		 :test test
+		 :stack (concatenate 'list stack (list (car list))))
+      (getf-cars (cdr list) value
+		 :stack stack
+		 :test test))
+    stack))
+
+(defun getf-car (list value &key (test 'eq))
+  (car (getf-cars list value :test test)))
+
+;; LIST_OF_SUBLISTS STRING --> LIST_OF_SUBLISTS_WITH_STRING_AS_CAR
+(defun getf-cadrs (list value &key (stack '()) (test 'eq))
+  "Get items from list by an identifying string in `car`.
+  I.E., if the string is 'apple', any sublists like this:
+  ('apple' 1 2 3)
+  will be returned."
+
+  ;; just recurse through the list, adding each new matching
+  ;; item to the `stack`
+
+  (if (and (< 0 (length list)) (listp list))
+    (if (ignore-errors
+	  ;; the item might not be a list; for our purposes, let's ignore that.
+	  (funcall test
+	    (cadr (car list))    ;; '( ( here ) )
+	    value))
+      (getf-cadrs (cdr list) value
+		 :test test
+		 :stack (concatenate 'list stack (list (car list))))
+      (getf-cadrs (cdr list) value
+		 :stack stack
+		 :test test))
+    stack))
+
+(defun getf-cadr (list value &key (test 'eq))
+  (car (getf-cadrs list value :test test)))
+
 ;; ----------------------------------------