allison — medieval french origin, meaning 'of noble character'

• she/her
• infj
• sun in libra, moon in aries
• slytherclaw
• horned serpent
• neutral good

07.23

• when fruits ripen, they give off ethylene gas
• if you display Buddhist objects, you shouldn't display Buddha heads (without bodies) because this is reminiscent of the practices used by colonialists when they took trophies & is culturally offensive
• the same neurotoxins fire whether you're reading a book or talking to a friend

• bake desserts
• build a blanket fort
• clean my room
• cook a new recipe for myself
• create music mixes
• create zines
• dance in my room
• do a crossword
• do light cardio
• eat outdoors and people-watch
• go for a drive
• go for a walk
• google explore a city
• keep a pocket journal
• learn vintage hair looks and makeup looks
• light candles
• listen to a podcast
• make a collage
• make lists
• make a list of things to do in European c...

fashion inspiration:

• Percy Bysshe Shelley coming home hungover and disheveled after a particularly wild night at Lord Byron’s
• primordial goddess of the underworld, power-hungry and bloodstained
• fairy tale princess awakening blushy-cheeked from eternal slumber
• French cafe worker of 1960s Paris fixing cat-eyes in department store windows
• Victorian widow mourning her second husband that she may or may not have secretly murdered

EUROPE

• austria » graz
• austria » salzburg
• austria » wachau
• austria » vienna
• belgium » brussels
• czech republic » prague
• czech republic » cesky krumlov
• czech republic » kutna hora
• denmark » copenhagen
• england » manchester
• england » oxford
• england » stratford-upon-avon
• france » bures-sur-yvette
• france » les ulis
• france » paris
• germany » berlin
• germany » hamburg
• germany » munich
• hungary » budapest
• hungary » eger

a

• adelaide
• aisling
• alastor
• amelia
• anais
• anezka
• anya
• aoife
• arabella
• august
• aurora
• ava
• avery

b

• beatrice
• benjamin

c

• calder

tv shows

• flesh and bone
• skam
• the tudors
• outlander
• nothing much to do
• the good place
• bob's burgers

books

• a tale of two cities , charles dickens
• charlotte holmes , brittany cavallaro
• pride and prejudice , jane austen
• dare me , megan abbott
• deathless , catherynne valente
• if we were villains , m.l. rio
• les miserables , victor hugo
• six of crows , leigh bardugo
• the chronicles of narnia , c.s. lewis
• the secret history , donna tartt
• the raven cycle , maggie steifvater

• comforting places
• television to watch
• movies to watch
• historical eras
• historical people
• sounds
• romantic things
• comforting moments
• writing inspirations
• magical things
• quotes
• wishlist
• things I'm good at
• things I'm grateful for
• good decisions
• quotes
• 5 things daily
• 30 songs
• goals (short and long-term)
• possible adult jobs
• food and recipes

• ♡ | t.s. eliot, the love song of j. alfred prufock
• ♡ | robert frost, stopping by woods on a snowy evening
• ♡ | margaret atwood, the saints
• ♡ | richard siken, litany in which certain things are crossed out
• ♡ | alfred tennyson, the lady of shalott
• ♡ | anne sexton, her kind
• ♡ | sappho, sweet mother
• ♡ | frank o'hara, having a coke with you
• ♡ | catullus, catullus 5
• ♡ | william blake, the tyger
• ♡ | emily dickinson, because i could not stop for Death
• ♡ | the road not taken, robert frost
• ♡ | mary elizabeth frye, do not stand at my grave and weep
• ♡ | william ernest henley, invictus

READING CHALLENGES

• ♡ 2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge
• ♡ Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge
• ♡ 52 Books 52 Weeks
• ♡ Book Riot Read Harder Challenge
• ♡ 2018 Modern Mrs Darcy Challenge
• ♡ 2018 Read and Go Challenge
• ♡ BBC Big Read 200
• ♡ PBS Great American Read

• airports
• ancient ruins
• art museums
• astronomy
• autumn - leaves, colors, crispness
• baths and bath bombs
• books of all sorts
• breakfast, especially pancakes
• Byronic heroes
• cameos
• candles
• cemeteries
• christmas holiday
• citrus scents
• coffee shops off the beaten path
• crisp mornings
• disney
• dogs
• exploring
• fairies
• history museums

• adorn (v): make beautiful
• aghast (adj): filled with horror
• alcove (n): a recess, typically in the wall of a room or of a garden
• amaranthine (adj): undying, immortal; eternally beautiful
• amphigory (n): complete nonsense; poetry that looks or sounds good but actually has no meaning.
• anagnorisis (n): a moment in a plot or story wherein the main character either recognizes or identifies his/her true nature
• anathema (n): a person or thing that is damned
• aorta (n): the main artery of the body
• apocryphal (adj): of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true
• arabesque (n): an ornamental design consisting of intertwined flowing lines
• aubade (n): a love song which is sung at dawn
• aureate (n): the fanciful and flowery words of poets.

food

• toast uptown
• thai market
• hungarian pastry shop
• candle cafe west
• by CHLOE
• whloe foods bryant park
• little beet table
• spice thai
• the butcher's daughter
• double zero
• ✔ momofuku milk bar

museums

• ✔ the cloisters
• ✔ natural history museum
• ✔ the frick
• morgan library
• whitney museum
• brooklyn museum
• the tenement museum

• become fluent in a second language
• visit every continent
• live abroad
• travel often
• volunteer
• go stargazing
• have my own flat
• ride a horse
• get my master's
• write and publish a book
• be a 'Tumbleweed' at Shakespeare and Co. Paris
• learn to ride a bike
• visit every place on my to-visit list
• move to another country
• visit the 20 most beautiful bookshops in the world

• eat a serving fruit + a serving veg every day
• eat a balanced breakfast every day
  • some ideas: egg sandwich, fruit smoothie, bagel and hummus
• only one dessert a day. stick to this!
• work out 3-4x weekly; 1 hr strength, 1 hr cardio
  • some ideas: m/w/f afternoons, saturday mornings
• commit to fitbear classes
• get 10h sleep 5 nights/week
  • bedtime is 11:30 PM
  • aim to wake up around 9:30
• start papers at least 1 month in advance
• schedule time for meditation in the morning
• get off campus weekly

# A B

• ✔ 1984 by George Orwell
• ✔ Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
• ✔ Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
• The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
• An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
• Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
• Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
• ✔ The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
• The Archidamian War by Donald Kagan
• The Art of Fiction by Henry James
• The Art of War by Sun Tzu
• As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
• Atonement by Ian McEwan
• Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy
• The Awakening by Kate Chopin
• Babe by Dick King-Smith
• Backlash: The Undeclared War Against Amer...

JULY

• 01 finished the dream thieves
• 02 can now press 80 pounds on leg machine
• 03 got new books from the library
• 04 yummy dinner
• 05 mom complimented my calf definition
• 06 really nice shower
• 07 played with kieran's new puppy
• 08 VMFA napoleon exhibit
• 09 dress rehearsal of the winter's tale
• 10 vintage jewelry box
• 11 bacon potato pizza
• 12 had a nice chat with joanna
• 13 went to the library
• 14 my nice warm bed
• 15 exercised & felt healthy
• 16 nice warm bath
• 17 cooked a yummy meal
• 18 hung out with doggy & took a bath
• 19 started working on my novel again
• 20 new books from the library

• smelling fresh pastries at a bakery
• bookshops
• cafes
• kitchens
• curling up with a book at the library
• staring at historical artifacts in a museum
• tasting fresh fruit at the outdoor market
• perusing a vintage shop
• under an overgrown peach tree in the flower field
• wading in the ocean at night
• sitting on a footbridge on a cloudy day
• on a beautiful walk in the park in autumn
• in the garden
• on top of the canyon at sunrise
• in a cosy sitting room drinking tea and eating scones
• in a theater, watching a wonderful Shakes...

• attend a film's midnight premiere
• maintain a healthy weight
• become pescetarian
• buy roses for my mom on mothers' day
• dye my hair
• publish a chapbook
• drink tea
• donate my books
• try the omnivore's hundred
• fill a journal
• finish the 50 questions that will free your mind
• get a great internship
• get a new piercing
• give ten "just because" presents
• give up soda for one month
• go on a road trip with friends
• go to a drive-in theater
• keep a blog
• learn a language (to moderate fluency)
• learn to cook 10 dishes well

autumn:

• watch the rain
• see the trees changing color
• curl up with a good book
• walking in the park
• apple picking
• crimson sunsets
• nighttime drives
• warm apple cider
• harvest moons
• late night hayrides
• halloween - decorations, candy, costumes
• country roads
• howling winds
• seasonal films
• pumpkin cookies, pies, etc
• scented candles

winter:

• hot cocoa
• long baths

• actor » oscar isaac
• actress » alicia vikander
• animal » tiger
• artist » botticelli
• band » florence + the machine
• beatle » george harrison
• bird » mourning dove
• cardinal sin » pride
• classical piece » miserere , w.a. mozart
• coffee » cappuccino
• color » oxblood
• comedian » john mulaney
• day » thursday
• dog breed » corgi or golden retriever
• drink » water; iced green tea
• flower » white roses
• food » cheesecake
• fruit » mango
• genre » historical romance
• gemstone » opal
• graphic novel » watchmen , alan moore