• joey vannuchi said he liked my peanut butter no-bakes
• secret laboratory map on neopets
• can make really delicious bagel sandwiches

• give me my yellow blanket
• make me a bowl of raisin bran and/or pancakes with applesauce
• watch centurion with me
• take me for a drive
• find me a dog to snuggle
• read to me / let me read to you
  • especially andrew henry's meadow
• put on tom petty

• the artist
• spellbound
• howl's moving castle
• jane eyre (2011)
• only lovers left alive
  • it counts because the whole movie is like a dream

• choosing a favourite track from valtari
• a bad david levithan book

• overdue library books
• tangled hair
• crooked teeth

• be here to love me
• brick
• finding neverland
• in bruges
• midnight in paris
• scream 4
• stoker
• swing kids
• they shoot horses, don't they?
• two for the road

• matthew beard
• michael fassbender
• ryan gosling
• garrett hedlund
• logan lerman
• gregory peck
• eddie redmayne
• jason schwartzman
• stanley tucci

• usps

• not using blinkers
• leaving less than seven crackers/chips/etc in the bag
• mti book covers

@loversdiction is a continuation of The Lovers Dictionary by David Levithan-- these are my favourites

• abide, v.: It’s not a question of whether our insecurities, our desires can live together. It’s a question of whether they can make a home.
• absurd, adj.: You pass out on the couch, a near-infant in an adult’s body, snoring. And what do I do? I love you.
• anodyne, adj.: At times your love seems crystalline at its core; there’s no softness in it, but there’s the comfort of indestructibility.
• apparel, n.: There are times I don’t mind doing the laundry, because folding your clothes reminds me of the shape of you.
• aside, n.: I like the way you set the never set the alarm for a nice, rounded number. I am always waking up at 7:04 or 7:19...

• sit by/near the window whenever possible
  • (to better pretend to photosynthesize)
• key to staying up all night when needed: stay super hydrated, not even kidding

• mike wazowski
• bartok
• kronk

• brand new-- the devil and god are raging inside me
• copeland-- in motion
• dear and the headlights-- small steps, heavy hooves
• from indian lakes-- able bodies
• head and the heart-- let's be still
• limbeck-- let me come home
• mountain goats-- tallahassee
• ryan adams-- heartbreaker
• say hi-- oohs and aahs
• tom petty-- wildflowers
• vaccines-- what did you expect from the vaccines

• shady dell
• double diamond deer ranch in pa
• el ateneo grand splendid bookstore (buenos aires, argentina)
• book loft (columbus, ohio)
• georgia aquarium (atlanta, georgia)
  • done!!
• morning glory hot spring (yellowstone)
• okinawa aquarium (japan)
• salvation mountain (calipatria, california)
  • (done, but always, always wanting to be back)
• sydney opera house (australia)
• mapparium (boston, ma)
• vernazza, italy

• the river-- manchester orchestra
• wrong body-- as cities burn
• gates-- as cities burn
• moving mountains-- thrice
• ledges-- noah gundersen

• a david levithan book
• a tom petty song
• a chagall painting
• a wes anderson film

• as cities burn/hawkboy
• barcelona
• brand new
• copeland
• from indian lakes
• margot and the nuclear so and so's
• noah gundersen/the courage
• ryan adams
• tom petty

• "she had a kind heart, though that is not of much use when it comes to the matter of self-preservation."
• "courage and endurance are useless if they are never tested."
• "will-power is useless without a sense of direction."
• "they won't understand it, but that is all to the good. understanding makes the mind lazy."
• "'i don't know that men are better judges than women,' said florence, 'but they spend much less time regretting their decisions.'"
• "'i mustn't let myself worry,' she said. 'while there's life, there's hope.' 'what a terrifying thought that is,' muttered mr brundish." (the book shop-- penelope fitzgerald)
• "everything hinges on grace. i can't free myself from self-damnation. i must be set free. only the fierce mercy of Jesus Ch..._(the wisdom of tenderness-- brennan manni..._

• the brothers bloom
• centurion
• dead poets society
• drive
• harold and maude
• howl's moving castle
• jane eyre (2011)
• only lovers left alive
• restless
• roman holiday
• scarlet pimpernel
• the warriors
• whip it

• eagles of death metal
• black rebel motorcycle club
• kings of leon (circa : youth & young manhood)

• cold pizza for breakfast, pancakes for dinner

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• begin each item with an asterisk

current

• make that notebook finally, actually
  • please

general

• ride bicycle more consistently
• write more consistently
  • write more letters, write in your journal, write embarrassing poetry
• make something i'm proud of at least once a week
• spend less time in front of a screen
• be kind to myself and others
• clean the house, keep your plants alive

long-term

• figure it the fuck out

• now & laters (esp. watermelon)
• peach rings
• soda cans
• happy cola
• root beer dum dums

• displays for tea, nail polish
• magnetic poetry finally put to use
• good baking supplies

• restless
• hold fast
• take care
• too eager
• guardian
• pathetic

• "sometimes when you talk it sounds like a book." (l)
• "you don't know how good you are." (j)
• "you could be ke$ha." (a)
• "i can picture you being really good at, like... badminton." (g)

(keep these close)

• the picture of dorian gray-- oscar wilde
• walden-- henry david thoreau
• the realm of possibility-- david levithan
• the lover's dictionary-- david levithan
• into the wild-- jon krakauer
• the great gatsby-- f. scott fitzgerald
• the hunger games series-- suzanne collins
• the outsiders-- s.e. hinton
• the perks of being a wallflower-- stephen chbosky
• the phantom tollbooth-- norton juster
• andrew henry's meadow-- doris burn

• mythology
• cooking
• dance
• languages, too many languages
• autos
• carpentry

• brand new, 090711, showbox sodo, seattle, wa
• copeland, 032210, el corazon, seattle, wa
• bright eyes, 053111, the knitting factory, spokane, wa
• barcelona, 021511, eastern washington, cheney, wa
• noah gundersen, 091711, whitworth university, spokane, wa
• noah gundersen, 072310, the empyrean, spokane, wa
• levi the poet, 082911, calypso's, coeur d'alene, id
• hawkboy, 061011, the a club, spokane, wa
• noah gundersen, 041312, whitworth university, spokane, wa
• as cities burn, 051912, trees, dallas, tx
• mewithoutyou, 081012, the social, orlando, fl

• carve my initials/name in every state (2/50)
• ride my bicycle across the u.s.
• get a piece of writing published
• meet amy (080912!!!)
• try yoga? (college course fall 2013! love!)

• i want to find you, tear out all your tenderness
• i could never see how someone as soft and sweet as you could ever be with me
• any excuse to stay awake with you
• sorrow found me when i was young, sorrow waited, sorrow won.
• tell me i look stunning and cadaverous
• the letters that you left behind no longer shall i read, your blood's between the pages, and i can't stand to see you bleed
• do you want to see it? the place where i was free?

• rolled-up sleeves
  • especially normal t-shirt sleeves, if you have nice arms
• baseball tees
• crinkly eyes
• FRECKLES
  • especially a subtle dusting across the nose
• crooked talking
• good taste (duh)
• manual labor...
• tough but gentle hands
• must stop, am becoming sappy