• Short-term goals
    • Write down new year's resolutions
    • Complete Upwork/Fiver/Fever profiles.
    • Earn fifty dollars on a website like Upworks or Fiver
    • Make an appointment with a diabetes specialist
    • Go on a date
    • Finish Mica's translation
    • Take a short vacation in Tigre.
  • Lifestyle changes
    • Work out more consistently
    • Write something every day (update gratitude journal daily)
    • Read or listen to something in Spanish or Portuguese every day
    • Finish a few novels in Spanish
    • Enlarge my social circle. Spend more time with friends
jan 8 2023 ∞
sep 23 2023 +
  • Pink Pussycat
  • Vodka Tonic
  • Cherry Vanilla Dirty Coke
  • Grenadine Fizz
  • Screwdriver
  • Gin and Tonic
  • Surf Rider
  • Gin Daisy
  • Eclipse
  • Crimson cocktail
  • Kentucky Blizzard
  • Firefly
  • Fireman's Sour
  • Manuka Maple Sour
  • Van Vleet (with cachaça)
  • Boston Cooler (with cachaça)
  • Royal-Tea
  • Blue Lagoon
mar 11 2022 ∞
may 14 2022 +
  • Slint "Spiderland"
  • The Clash "London Calling"
  • Savages "Silence Yourself"
  • X "Los Angeles"
  • Joy Division "Closer"
  • Mudhoney "Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles"
  • Massive Attack "Blue Lines"
  • Codeine "Frigid Stars"
  • Television "Marquee Moon"
  • Matteah Baim "The Death of the Sun"
  • Crystal Castles "Crystal Castles (II)"
  • Raime "Quarter Turns Over a Living Line"
  • La Roux "La Roux"
  • Violent Femmes "Violent Femmes"
  • Ellen Allien "Thrills"
  • Tortoise "A Lazarus Taxon"
  • Wire "Chairs Missing"
jul 30 2021 ∞
jul 30 2021 +
  • "The Tiger's Wife" by Téa Obrecht
  • "Love in the Ruins" by Walker Percy
  • "The Dean's December" by Saul Bellow
  • "Goodbye, Columbus" by Phillip Roth
  • "The Ballad of the Sad Café" by Carson McCullers
  • "Rebecca" by Daphne Maurier
  • Geoffrey Eugenidies "The Virgin Suicides" (to be sold)
  • André Malraux "Anti-Memoirs"
  • James Baldwin "Another Country"
  • Nadine Gordimer "Burgher's Daugther"
  • Norman Mailer "The Naked and the Dead"
  • L.P. Hartley "The Go-Between"
  • Adam Johnson "The Orphan Master's Son"
  • Julian Barnes "The Sense of an Ending"
  • Graham Greene "Travels with my Aunt"
  • Julian Barnes "A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters"
  • Salman Rushdie " The Enchantress of Florence"
oct 16 2017 ∞
sep 22 2023 +
  • make corn-fritter pancakes
  • take Dad to the Gato Negro
  • Finish Juan Pablo's thing
  • Sign up for and finish an assignment for the Córdoba guys.
  • Get headphones fixed.
  • Get new shoes.
  • Read a few Spanish-language short stories.
  • Send out a résumé per day.
  • See if I can get in touch with Juan Pablo's record nerd friend.
  • Do some homework for Jesús
  • Rewrite Baddoo ad.
  • Get American passport renewed
  • Get disability certification from the American government.
  • Clean extraneous paper out of my room
  • Reread corrections/advice from Rosanne Zaros
  • Do a translation off of proz.com or simil...
jul 29 2017 ∞
oct 15 2018 +
  • Read more of my paper books as I get ready to move house.
  • Use up the food in the pantry as I get ready to move house.
  • Read more poetry
  • Write every day
  • Go to the gym more often.
  • Eat fewer sweet things for emotional reasons.
  • Teach more English, in either a private or an institutional setting.
  • Get back to having a sex life.
  • Keep in better contact with my family in the United States.
  • Expand my social network in Buenos Aires.
  • Learn to use computer DJ software.
  • Read a couple of novels in Spanish.
  • Regulate my fucking sleep cycle better.
  • Take a short vacation by myself.
jan 1 2016 ∞
sep 23 2023 +
  • Get Brazilian passport renewed.
  • Go to bank and get "token" and internet purchases authorized.
  • Learn a bunch of recipes that can be ready in an hour or so, rather than just depending on my slow-cooker.
  • Get disability certification from the Argentine government.
jul 20 2013 ∞
apr 13 2020 +
  • Spiritualized
  • Sonic Youth
  • Damon and Naomi
  • Mission of Burma
  • The Clientele
  • Café Tacuba
  • Phillip Glass
  • Dinosaur Jr.
  • Slint
  • Iron and Wine
  • Maná (they sucked, okay?)
  • Cowboy Junkies
  • His Name Is Alive (weirdo funk/soul version)
  • The Juan McLean
  • The Rapture
  • Manu Chao
  • Low
  • Blonde Redhead
  • Crystal Castles
  • Beach House
jul 13 2012 ∞
jun 8 2014 +
  • Letters to Wendy's by Joe Wenderoth
  • St Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell
  • Memories of the Space Age by J.G. Ballard
  • Latin: The Story of a World Language by Jurgen Leondardt
  • The Night of the Gun by David Carr
  • Evening's Empire: A History of Night in Early Modern Europe by Craig Koslofsky
  • From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life by Jacques Barzun
  • The Faraway Nearby by Rebecca Solnit
  • Do Not Sell at Any Price by Amanda Petrusich
  • Embracing Defeat by John W. Dower
  • Fiskadero by Denis Johnson
  • You Don't Know Me but You Don't Like Me: Phish, Insane Clown Posse, and My Misadventures with Two of Music's Most Maligned Tribes
jan 28 2012 ∞
mar 19 2022 +
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jan 8 2023 ∞
jan 8 2023 +
  • Citrus Colognes
    • Happy! for Men (citrus aromatic)
    • 4711 (citrus aromatic)
    • Dior Homme Cologne (citrus aromatic)
    • CK One (citrus aromatic)
    • CK One Collector's Edition (citrus aromatic)
  • Woody Colognes
    • Intense He Wood (woody aromatic)
    • Tous 1920: The Origin (woody spicy)
    • Terre d'Hermes (woody spicy)
    • Terre d'Hermes Intense Vetiver (woody aromatic)
    • L'Homme Versace (woody chypre)
    • Antonio Puig Quorum (woody aromatic)
  • Leather
    • Dolce & Gabbana The One Intense
  • Aromatic
mar 18 2022 ∞
jun 20 2022 +
  • Paco Rabane pour Homme
  • Terre by Hermés
  • Acqua di Gio Profondo
  • Happy! for Men
  • Calvin Klein One Collector's Edition
  • Terre d'Hermés Eau Intense Vetivér
  • Lempicka Homme
  • Azzaro pour Homme
  • L'Eau d'Issey pour Homme Intense
  • Maurer und Wirtz Tabac Original
  • 1920: The Original by Tous
  • Geoffrey Beene Grey Flannel EDT
  • Habit Rouge Guerlain
  • Aramis
  • Halston Z-14
  • Jaipur Homme Boucheron
  • Opium Pour Homme YSL
  • Azzaro Pour Homme L'Eau
  • Caron de Paris Yuzu for Men
oct 27 2021 ∞
jan 21 2024 +
  • Do a professional translation from Portuguese to English.
  • Give myself injections on a regular basis.
  • Spend time with women of easy leisure.
  • Not automatically wash my hands every time I got home.
  • Take a bus by myself.
apr 8 2018 ∞
apr 8 2018 +
  • Paco Rabanne Pour Homme
  • Davidoff Cool Water
  • Molyneux Quartz Addiction
  • L'Eau Kenzo Pour Homme (this is the stuff)
  • YSL Opium and Black Opium
  • Be by Calvin Klein
  • Eternity Air by Calvin Klein
  • Bogart Pour Homme by Jaques Bogart
  • Eau de Givenchy EDT 2018 (unisex)
  • L'Homme Lacoste
  • Nautica Voyage
  • DSquared Wood
  • DSquared Green Wood
  • Versace L'Homme
  • Bambú by Alfredo Dominguez
  • Dior Fahrenheit Cologne EDC
  • Kenzo L'Eau Hyper Wave
  • Quatre Absolu de Nuit Boucheron
  • Yves Saint Laurent L'Homme
  • Yves Saint Laurent L'Homme Nuit
nov 7 2016 ∞
jan 21 2024 +
  • Beat my OCD.
  • Decide that people are worth it and risk friendship again.
  • Become comfortable with sex and with my body.
  • Get some emotional distance between myself and my mother.
  • Stop focusing on the past. Focus on the future instead.
  • Forgive my former best friend and move on with my life.
  • Become proactive, scrappy, and self-reliant.
  • Spend less time on worthless internet chatboards.
  • Discover my purpose, and enter a profession that makes me feel useful and valuable.
  • Create without being afraid or judgmental. Become a writer.
  • Stop being my own worst enemy. Stop judgi...
jul 20 2013 ∞
sep 25 2018 +
  • No Age "Weirdo Rippers"
  • Various Artists "Tokyo Flashback"
  • Various Artists "Love and Circuits"
  • Various Artists "SubBerlin: the Story of Tresor"
  • Various Artists "Concord Picante 25th Anniversary Collection"
  • Bat for Lashes "The Haunted Man"
  • Bat for Lashes "The Bride"
  • Helado Negro "Canto Lechuza"
  • Loops Haunt "Exits"
  • Craig Leon "Anthology of Interplanetary Folk Music Vol 1: Nommos/Visiting"
  • Floating Points "Elaenia"
  • Beach House "Thank Your Lucky Stars"
  • Beach House "7"
  • XXYYXX s/t
  • Juliana Barwick "Will"
  • The Field "The Follower"
  • Niki and the Dove "Everyone's Heart is Broken Now"
mar 8 2012 ∞
jul 1 2018 +
  • Maine
  • Massachusetts
  • Vermont
  • New Hampshire
  • Virginia
  • California
  • Pennsylvania
  • New York
aug 1 2008 ∞
aug 1 2008 +
  • FRKWYS series
  • Unseen Worlds
  • Music from Memory
jan 21 2024 ∞
jan 21 2024 +
  • gin gimlet
  • pink pussycat
  • greyhound
  • Mamie Taylor
mar 18 2022 ∞
jan 8 2023 +
  • stop apologizing or seeking reinforcement
  • stop focusing on the past and focus on the future instead
  • stop comparing my progress in life to that of others
  • forgive myself for my past mistakes
  • forgive mom for whatever bad decisions she made
  • feel some sense of self-worth
sep 25 2018 ∞
sep 25 2018 +
  • 800 Cherries - B.B.V.U. - (Give Me Give Me)
  • The Aluminum Group - A Blur In Your Vision
  • Anjali - Strawberry Mousse
  • April March - Zero Zero
  • Architecture In Helsinki - Like A Call (Jeremy Dower's Buy Me Now I'm Cheap Mix)
  • Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Among Dreams
  • Au Revoir Simone - Through The Backyards
  • Bertrand Burgalat - Ile de Béton
  • Björk - Hyperballad
  • Black Moth Super Rainbow - Sun Lips
  • The Blow - Parentheses
  • Boy in Static - Tear Down
  • Broadcast - You Can Fall
  • The Cardigans - Travelling With Charley
  • Celebration - Tame the Savage
  • Chica and the Folder - I'll Come Running
  • Cibo Matto - Birthday Cake
dec 18 2016 ∞
dec 25 2016 +
  • Get my own apartment
  • Find a better job that might involve a career with a future.
  • Find some friends, get a social life, or just find some people I like being with.
  • Get a cat or two for companionship (possible names "Ampersand" and "Agata, a gata").
  • Improve my diet, which means cutting down on the amount of sugar I eat.
  • Figure out new and better ways to manage my pain.
  • Abandon the bad habit of apologizing for everything I do.
  • See if I can get off my SSRI, which will hopefully lead to a sexier, more carefree existence.
  • Stop pouring out my feelings to Mom late at night. It ain't healthy.
  • Finish online microeconomics course from MIT
jul 20 2013 ∞
may 21 2017 +
  • Mouth of the Architect
  • Rosetta
  • Amenra
  • Cult of Luna
  • Unpersons
  • Baroness
  • Neurosis
jun 23 2012 ∞
mar 15 2013 +
  • Orlando by Virginia Woolf
  • The God Boy by Ian Cross
  • The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem
  • In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje
  • A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy O'Toole
  • Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
  • Netherland Joseph O'Niel
  • Them by Francine DuPlessix Gray
  • The Woman Who Walked into Doors by Roddy Doyle
  • Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
  • Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett
  • White Out: the Secret Life of Heroin by Michael Coyne
  • The Sea by John Banville
  • Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively
  • Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls
jan 28 2012 ∞
jul 24 2021 +