• bialetti espresso
• stalking sun song cat eye ray bans on ebay
• cauliflower
• herbal tea
• making stuff

• french pressed dean's beans 'ring of fire'
• infinite jest
• white oleander
• book suggestions
• walking to work
  • cooking at work
• finally updating software!
• lentil salad
• citrus
• reading for obscene amounts of time without stopping
• 'here comes the night time' - arcade fire

• new apt living
• geared up bike commuting!
• apple/pear/peach season
• fall brassicas
• making connections
• thinking about next growing season (?!??!?)
• thinking about italy/greece/eastern europe travel

• the weather (controls me!)
• maitland mountain farm pickles + brine
• my new carhartt rain gear for work
• coffee (addiction)
• raw bok choy
• grapefruit
• home-made veggie burgers

• eating fruit
• homemade nut milks
• cashew "chz"
• sprouting sprouts 24/7
• the feeling of spring on the way
• efoods
• running, spinning and lifting weights

• red wine
• reading 24/7 (having time to read)
• dumplings
• science fiction
• running
• Rufus
• sprouts

• being upside-down
  • a.k.a doing headstands in the backyard
  • doing headstands everywhere
• our chickens Henrietta and Gertrude
• being outside
• saving seeds
• big dinners
  • a heavy dish complemented with a light salad
• independent work
• the end of college being so near
• air, radiohead, boards of canada
• starting the day with water and lemon

• soups, soups, soups
  • nourishing food in general
• chai mate
• cashews
• working in the garden (always)
• birch tincture
• kohlrabi
• hot peppers all the time in everything
• free RBK everyday
• relieving myself of responsibilities for the sake of my health
• herbalism
• rings
• voting
  • Stein/Honkala '12

• sangria
• mead with fresh berries
• salads with different textured greens
• steely dan
• living in Western MA
• riding my bike to where I need to go
• laying in my backyard
• practicing rudimentary gymnastics in my backyard
• my garden, (my) farm , julie's garden, gjoe's garden
• candles and incense
• LISTENING TO RECORDS!!

• being 21 so soon
  • relishing these last days of being a "kid"
• miso soup
• chopped (the show)
• cookin'
• bakin'
• making sauces and dips
• buckwheat noodles
• mate elixers with schizandraberry tonic, echinacea tincture, lemon, and honey
• riding my bike EVERYWHERE
• dandelions (WINE!)

• my (dyed) blonde streak (lol)
• work friends
• thinking about living in a much different place next year
• listening to mer's spotify
• cuba!!!!!!!!!
• sea legs - the shins
• winter solstice celebrations
• flower/seed anatomy + develpment

• being healthy
• food smarts.... my major!!!
• exciting classes
• real education
• alternative medicine
• making gifts for people
  • including food
• celebrating ~ 1 year with my favorite guy
  • thinking about how crazy it is that so much can change in a year!
• TEA
  • mate
  • real chamomile tea
• my sustainable ag group project
• Good Times Bad Times - Led Zeppelin
• mead

• apartment living
• cooking my own food
  • making MY OWN choices about the food I eat
  • control
• PLANTS
• awesome classes
• cooler weather
• doing exactly what I want
• EARTHFOODS
• iced coffee + honey

(this is late because of a lack of access to a computer. I will try my best to recreate my obsessions during the month)

• many hands
• farming
• diva cup
• egg sandwiches with pesto and gouda on rye
• bring home freshly harvested veggies and cooking
• living communally (mostly liked this)
• farm work in general
• interesting/motivated/alternative people
• swimmin' holes everyday
• knowing and killing weeds
• familiar faces at the farmer's market
• the heat wave
• farm animals
• french press coffee
• sleeping soundly
• being crafty

• plants
• green earth!!!
• cooking/baking
• going home!
• bike riding
• sitting in the sun
• "grown ocean" by fleet foxes
• the DIVA CUP
• garlic

• Intro Botany + lab
• Intro Soils + lab
• Plant Propagation + lab
• Sustainable Agriculture + lab (field trips!)
• Greenhouse Management + lab

SOOOO EXCITED!!

• this tavi you are a genius
• oranges
• cooking!!!!!!!!!!!!
• hoping to work on the farm this summer..!
• BEET BROWNIES
• making granola

• read more
• become a runner again
• ride my bike a lot once the weather permits
• drink more water
• spend less time on the internet
• get all As

• First Year Russian II (4 credz)
• Biology 283
  
  (3 credz)
• Biology 287
  
  (3 credz)
• Plant & Soil 180
  
  (4 credz)
  • WITH KAMI ANDY & ALEX!!!!!

• ✔ glam scarf (mustard-y yellow)
  • white, or beautiful floral
  • not some dumb trendy one
• ✔ Litas
• ✔ another coat? toby's rabbit fur
• ✔ rough winter boots
• warm socks
• tights
  • 3 pack from AA?
• ✔ sweaters from home
• cable knit cream colored oversize sweater

• ✔ coffee
• ✔ film
• ✔ get film developed
• ✔ Sal's/Goodwill spree ...
• ✔ new coffee thermos (tumbler?)
• ✔ cross body lil purse
• ✔ Aveeno face lotion
• mulitvitamin

• water
• embarking upon (a) new routine(s)
• my car
  • driving
• flowers/bouquets/beautiful vase arrangements
• "Magic Man" - Heart
• WODS OLDIES 103.3
  • going to miss this so much in Amherst :(
• Napa cabbage salad
• my dorm room!
• RUSSIAN CLASS
• riding my bike every morning
• apple cider
• tea-time
• my Frye boots
• jeans!
• shoes
• spin class with Kami

• avocados
• tomatoes
• pineapple
• blueberries
• fresh mozz
• black beans
• basil
• beets

• keep up with vitamin regimen
• eat lots of fruit and vegetables
• RAW tuesdays and thursdays
• drink a ton a water
  • don't buy any bottled water, though
• live off of my and g-pa joe's gardens ASAP
• don't eat too much ice cream
• don't eat too much pizza
• make my own iced coffee daily!
• learn how to make:
  • pie
  • enchiladas verdes
  • etc.

• Sam Dolph
• kitties (and the word "kitty")
  • my new kitties
• platforms (shoes)
• donuts
• my denim vest
• Dexter (still; again)
• nightgowns
• Beach House
  • driving anywhere while listening to Beach House loudly
• beans
• avocados
• the beach

• ✔ sunscreen of some sort
• ✔ Brother dvd
• more clear nail polish
  • ✔ also, burgundy, teal, dark blue
• tank tops
• skirts/shorts
• ✔ Vitamin C

• vintage patterned DVF wrap dresses
• vintage quilted Chanel bags
• Ray Bans
  • ✔ wayfarer (blue)
  • ✔ cat eye (black)
  • arista (gold)
  • gatsby (black)
  • clubmaster (black + gold)
• VW cabrio(s) (forest, burgundy, midnight blue, mangrove green, or white; 1989-1992 model)
  • VWs in general (brainwashed by mother?)
• nightgowns (vintage/ vintage inspired)
• hats
• high heels of all sorts
  • nice shoes in general
• Frye boots

• Blue Benn Diner, Bennington, VT (cinnamon cake)
• Agawam Diner, Rowley, MA (honeydip)

• the proximity of spring
• Big Love
• Stereo Total
• of Montreal
• painted nails
• trying to calm down
• Bossa Nova
• pandora
• "Agua de Beber" - Astrud Gilberto
• The Turtles
• CHLOE, still
• clip boards

• people eating food (entire lunches) during a small, interactive class
• not having a cat
• excessive rain

• Darjeeling Limited
• Bottle Rocket
• Breathless
• ✔ Reality Bites (got the VHS)
• Heathers (on dvd)
• ✔ The Virgin Suicides
• Kill Bill

• cheese
• wanting to own an old diner someday
• Jazz
• having books
• tea
• NEW ROOMMATE
• "Laura" - Girls
• raw beans
• pretzels

• take vitamins
  • get some @ whole foods?
• eat more beans
• stretch before exercising
• run longer and increasingly longer distances
• eat less impulsively at night
• just don't drink soda
• floss

• gardening
  • create an elaborate, secret garden style garden
  • "live off the land" for a long period of time
• photography
  • (re)learn how to use a manual camera
  • have my own dark room one day
• running
  • complete a marathon before age 25
• book collecting
  • in my blood?
• thrifting
  • also in my blood?
  • (todd's farm, salvation army, etc. forever!)

• craisins
• black beans
• carbonation
• "Moi Je Joue"
• "Lysergic Bliss"
• ebay
• ER
• silky hair
• getting glasses
• not having migraines
• passion pit

• schizophrenia
• breast cancer
• alzheimer's
• parkinson's
• osteoporosis
• brain tumor
• amnesia/ anterograde amnesia

• Dagny
• Nico
• Nino

• "summertime clothes"
• "bluish"
• "guys eyes"
• "no more runnin"
• "brothersport"
• "winters love"
• "water curses"
• "for reverend green"
• "kids on holiday"
• "what would I want? sky"

At some point while in college...

• elementary russian 110
• elementary russian 120
• photography 230
• ✔ modern russian culture
• ✔ calc 132
• calc 233?

nothing is that good. but a girl's gotta eat so...

• vegan nuggets
• falafel
• tomatoes
• hot peppers
• whole wheat grilled cheese sammies
• other veggies
• pesto ravioli
• pesto barley
• mashed potatoes
• gardenburgers
• black bean burgers
• sparkling water-- thanks hannah!
• soft serve
  • banana
  • strawberry
  • chocolate

ACCESSORIES

• peruvian tote bag $.99
• hot pink jewelry box $1.99
• blue sewing case $2.99
• manicure tools case $1.99
• black cap $.99
• green Vera scarf $.99
• bloomingdale's knee-highs $.99
• bill blass knee-highs $.99
• green bowl $1.49

CAMERAS

• Polaroid 660 and case $1.99
• Kodak 35 and case $1.99

BOOKS +

• Veg cook book $2.50
• Snack and Party cook book $2.50
• Pure Dance 1998 CD $.25

CLOTHING

I am easily annoyed, I guess.

• the collective "we"
• there/their/they're
• apostrophes- people just love slappin' those things everywhere

+++

• it involves dealing with people
  • mad people
  • needy people
  • conniving people
  • possibly communists
    • I don't want to deal with any of those people
• I am not good at pretending to be nice
  • or to be in any other state than I actually am

This happens to me really easily, but really, I love these songs.

• "The Boxer" -Simon & Garfunkel
• "A Poem on the Underground Wall" -Simon & Garfunkel
• "Fireworks" -Animal Collective
• "No More Runnin'" -Animal Collective
• "Gates of Eden" -Bob Dylan
• "Desolation Row" -Bob Dylan
• "Hallelujah"- Jeff Buckley
• "Does He Love You?" -Rilo Kiley
• "This Will Be Our Year" -The Zombies
• "In The Aeroplane Over The Sea" -Neutral Milk Hotel

• running
  • around the common
  • around forest river park
• smoothies
• our new, free espresso machine
• flickers of spring
• songza (great app!)

• roasted roots
  • esp. turnips!
• blueberry/banana/almond milk smoothies
• ch-ch-ch-changes
• spinach
• cozy times
• cutthroat kitchen (lOl)
• my super-insulated carhartt overalls
• sunday dinner with friends

• coffee (sick addiction)
• (cold) white wine (drier varieties)
• fruit and veggie smoothies (luv ya magic bullet)
  • with my own almond milk
  • with strawberries I froze
  • with fresh mint from the garden
  • with tea as the liquid
  • nutri-bullet!!
• working
• coconut oil
• wildflowers
• my mom's oscar vegetable grater
• the ocean
• headstanding daily
• cukes!
• bees
• future ideas

• "mature," "adult" me, a.k.a not being a "student"
• tractors with cup holders
• being strong
• sun exposure
• blond baby hairs
• bike riding for transportation
• hadley grass (asparagus)
• astrud gilberto

• clarity that comes from limiting intake of toxins/chemicals/substances
• hoarding books
• running
• doing things right
• growing food
• making nut milks
• headstands
• the early bulbs
• MUD

• extensive herb garden
• hops (@ GJoe's)
• grapes (@ GJoe's)
• lots of greens
• lots of flowers

• horseradish
• mustards
  • wasabi?
• every brassica
  • breed new varieties
• herbs, herbs, herbs
• garlic
• lemongrass
• FRUIT TREES
  • apple
  • peach
  • plum
  • cherry
  • meyer lemon
  • apricot
• HOPS
• beautiful, beautiful flowers

• coming up with business ideas
• working outside all the time
• eating salad every night
• our plentiful garden
• making things
• using tools
• riding my bike EVERYWHERE
• being bronze
• getting free stuff
  • huge box of PG tips tea from julie
  • huge bookshelf from grey matter books
• grey matter books/trubador books
• living on a street where every other house has a farm stand in the front yard (we are working on ours!)
• my first batch of homemade kombucha! - schizandra berry ginger, lemon and lime!

• bike riding through hadley
• leaving brandywine
• beer
• apple wine
• affordable greens @ the farmers' market
• raw food

• my classes, classmates, and professors
• earthfoods
• katalyst kombucha (shizandraberry, ginger devotion, green)
• yerba mate (for ever and always)
• kaylee's root vegetable bake (w/delicious vegan creamy sauce)
• YOGA (w/mel)
• being vegan
• empowerment!!!!

• healthy eating and thinking
• kava kava
• fancy mustards
• drinks with ginger
• excess funds (thx, umass!)
• new (old) furniture (thx, gjoe!)

• EAT DELICIOUS FOODS!!!
• see all my favorite people
• go to boston
• friendsgiving
• RENEW PASSPORT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• go to sal's and saver's

• at the ocean on a sunny summer day
• on a farm on a partly cloudy 70 degrees day
• taking a warm bath on a mid-fall day
• in a garden anytime
• in a conservatory anytime
• in my kitchen in danvers
• on my dad's roof deck in boston
• salvation army
• john gerber's classes

• not watching tv
• not using my computer
• reading
• yard sales
• waking up early
• painting projects

• Love in the Time of Cholera by GGM
• Island by Aldous Huxley
• Of Love and Other Demons by GGM

• <1 month 'til may day b-day
• spinach wraps w/extra honey mustard @ franklin
• diva cup
• my new major!!!
• bike riding days (daze)
• twin star herbals
• pumpkin seeds
• flax seed
• makin' out like a bandit @ the dc
• lemons
• windowsill plants!
• the word "babyplant"
• this adorable blog

• PLSOILIN 265 - Sustainable Agriculture
• PLSOILIN 280 - Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants
• PLSOILIN 290A - Introduction to Modern Biotechnology
• PLSOILIN 315 - Greenhouse Management
• PLSOILIN 342 - Pesticides, Public Policy & the Environment
• FOOD-SCI 270 - Biology of Food in Human Health
• BIOCHEM 523 - General Biochemistry I
• BIOCHEM 524 - General Biochemistry II
• biochem independent study labs
• BIOLOGY 497C - Plant Cell Biology
• BIOLOGY 510 - Plant Physiology
• CHEM 262 - Organic Chemistry II
• CHEM 269 - Organic Chem Lab
• ENVIRSCI 197E - Plants & Society
• ENVIRSCI 214 - Principles of Environmental Biology
• ENVIRSCI 315 - Principles of Environmenta...

• makin' and drinkin' espresso
• new blackberry
• mexican food (always)
• borscht (борщ)
• thinking about next fall
• cooking - new recipes!
• pastel pink nail polish
• thigh-highs
• ridin' down 47
• running
• oranges

• people who make me very happy and unstressed
  • .................!!!!!!!!!!!
• planning dates
• having a positive outlook
• pomegranates
• Heartbeats - The Knife
• tanqueray
• Faces - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• hot cocoa masterpieces
• new order

• MY JEFFREY CAMPBELL LITAS
• Beach House's first album
  • the songs "Apple Orchard" and "Master of None"
• Rao's coffee
  • RAO's RAO's RAO's
  • being a reg.
• new
  
  friends
• chattin' people up
• Annie Hall
• rethinking everything about my life
• those small windows of time where I can just snuggle with a cup of coffee on my bed

• lita by jeffrey campbell
  • PURCHASED LOL
• my furs
• gold and white
• excessive amounts of coffee & tea
• говорить по-русски
• making new friends; being friendly
• the morning benders
  • Chris Chu's angelic face and demeanor
  • the songs "Excuses" and "Virgins"
    • especially live versions of both
• 80s music
• crushes
• CL MC yooooooooo
• crystal castles
• san pellegrino x missoni bottles

• hiking
  • ✔ Mount Sugarloaf
  • Mount Holyoke
  • Mount Tom
• ✔ get pumpkins
• ✔ apple picking (in VT)
  • hot cider
  • ✔ cider donuts
• fall film photoshoots (lol)
• ✔ wear skirt/knee sock outfits
• go to Amherst Farmer's Market on Saturday
• go to Northampton Farmer's Market

• Arcade Fire's Funeral - 10th grade crushes
• Beach House's Teen Dream - early summer 2010 with my bffs
• The Strokes' Is This It? - transition from awkward middle school self into what I define myself as now
• David Bowie's The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust - sometimes feeling like an alien around people
• David Bowie's Young Americans - that horrible/necessary feeling that I might be settling for less than I deserve
• Of Montreal's Satanic Panic in the Attic - feeling blissfully in love
• The Smith's Louder Than Bombs - rainy day comfort and feeling like I'm venting about people I don't like while singing along
• The Velvet Underground's The Velvet Underground & Nico - working in Martha's with my only true high school friends and wincing when "European Son" came on
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Fever to Tell - pure 10th -11th grade girl power
• The Zombies' Odessey & Oracle - driving to the beach at night; being genuinely happy
• Belle & Sebastian's The Life Pursuit - remembering how I met people and reminiscing over and over in my mind

• CLOTHES
  • over-the-top obsessed
  • cutting myself off
• mad men
• 'merican pride
• flowers
• wearing a watch (thanks, gramps!)
• San Pellegrino, after a three year break
• Penelope Cruz
• nightgowns, still
• NETFLIX
• skins
• Jeffrey Campbell shoes:
  • Snick
  • Charlie

• garden
• quilt
• photo albums
• picture taking

• Ella Fitzgerald
• more Billie Holiday
  • more jazzy women
• Babyshambles/ The Libertines that I don't have
• Nick Drake
• ✔ Beach House - Devotion
• ✔ Yeasayer
• Joan Baez
• ✔ She & Him
• ✔ New Arcade Fire
• Buddy Holly
• Michael Jackson
• ✔ Crystal Castles
• ✔ Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti

• curtains for closets
• ✔ rugs!
• record player
• ✔ new sheets/ bedding?
• wall coverings/posters/decorations
• ✔ cacti
• bathrobe
• ✔ lil' espresso maker

• hopefully work!
• go to beach
• go to San Fran/Cali at the end of may w/ sisters
• New England Donut Tour with Andrew
• road trip(s)
• have the most beautiful and delicious and bounteous garden EVER
• make a quilt
• learn how to frame things
• make donuts with Sammy

FLOWERS ETC.

• ✔ zinnias
• asters ~
• morning glories
  • ✔ 2009 leftovers
  • Scarlet O'Hara
• ✔ cosmos ~
• ✔ marigolds
• ✔ sweet pea
• ✔ nasturtium
• ✔ sunflowers
  • ✔ music box dwarves
  • ✔ classic
• cotton

VEGGIES ETC.

• ✔ tomatillos
• ✔ spinach
• ✔ lettuce

• ✔ these jbrand/duarte jeans
• external hard drive
• record player
  • records (duh):
    • bowie
    • bob dylan
    • beatles
    • csny
    • rolling stones
    • the zombies
    • love
    • sergio mendes & brasil 66
    • jazz
    • newer albums
• a kitten
• warm weather
• 1991 Etienne Aigner VW Cabrio in Mangrove Green Metallic
• Vintage Chanel 2.55 quilted bag

• "Young Americans" - David Bowie
  • actually- the entire Young Americans album!
• "Changes" - David Bowie
• "Playground Love" - Air
• "Why Don't You Write Me" - S&G

• ✔ bunk beds
• comfy corner
• ✔ lights
  • ✔ hanging circle lamp
  • ✔ x-mas lights (kami)
• mattress thing for guests
• more wall decorations for empty spaces
• ladder for top bunk

Resembles the schedule of a Technological Institute student in Soviet Russia.... I'm excited.

• Chem 122 (+lab)
• Math 132H
• Physics 151 (+lab)
• Modern Russian Culture 251

• St. Petersburg, Russia
• Moscow, Russia
• Paris, France
• Dublin, Ireland
• San Francisco, Cali.
• Montreal, Canada
• Odessa, Ukraine
• Prague, Czech Republic

• transplant surgeon
• neurosurgeon
• dramatization actress for Discovery Health

• hygiene
• healthy diet
• tidiness
• consideration
• overall health
• good physical appearance (I'm a huge jerk)
• concern for appearance
• tea drinking

• I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant (+ mostly anything on Discovery Health)
• Gossip Girl
• It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
• Lifetime movies of any genre (well, they are their own genre, I guess)
• Toddlers and Tiaras
• True Life (always)

• a beautiful garden with flowers and fruits and veggies to feed my family in the summer and fall
• a hot tub built in to a stone patio/deck with a waterfall contraption
• a third floor (one of my old obsessions)
• a porch and deck
• window flower boxes
• hard wood floors
• beautiful stainless appliances
• a record player in the living room with built in shelves containing thousands of records
• a reading room with shelves covering all 4 walls
  • books, books, books
• french doors
• a wall of windows overlooking the garden
• 2 cats- 1 black and 1 white
• a telescope

FOOD

• sammies (esp. of the grilled variety)
• cheese
  • sharp provolone
  • fresh mozz
  • cheddar
  • feta
• Velveeta (the family specialty)
• bread and butter
• bagels (with hummus, butter, cream cheese and/or cucumbers)
• steamed veggies
  • broccoli
  • green beans
  • spinach
• good zaa (L'Italy, Gio's, Joe's, etc.)
• all of my ma's food, esp. ...
  • tater tot casserole (of late)

• roller palace
• Krissy Russo's house
• dhs
• air during xc
• ma's car when it gives me a headache
• grandpa joe's scent
• celery/carrot air

• finish career path(s)
  • criminal
  • athlete
  • law enforcement
• earn enough points to buy the "attractiveness" thing
  • or one of the other really expensive ones
• build a really cool, nice, house
• make a genius
• make sleazy Anise finally settle down

• not hearing people complain
  • about AP classes
    • as if they (AP classes) are actually important in life
    • as if they (people) had no choice in whether to take them or not
  • about not wanting to be in school
  • about weather
  • about college
  • about standardized testing
• not seeing people I don't like

• morning glories
• sunflowers
• zinnias
• asters
• cosmos
• marigolds
• helichrysums
• california poppies
• green beans (bush)
• lettuce
• cucumbers
• jalepeno peppers
• cherry tomatoes

can't wait to see my little ones grow up!! (and then eat some of them...)

• dreaming of our tropical vaca!!
• bananas
• water
• peanut sauce
• reading 24/7

• baby truck
• Infinite Jest
• cabbage
• dumpling soup
• fresh cranberries

• headstands (everyday)
• detoxing on raw fruits and veggies
• high-raw eating in general
• melons
• tomatoes
• sleeping
• new apt
• bike riding to and from everywhere

• Surfacing - Margaret Atwood
• Bluebeard's Egg - Margaret Atwood
• Slapstick - Kurt Vonnegut
• When the Tripods Came - John Christopher
• The Year of the Flood - Margaret Atwood
• Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides

• being SO CLOSE to being done!
• kombucha (jasmine)
• open-faced sandwiches
• sprouts
• running
• being outside
  • sun-bathing on the roof
  • bike riding

• The Manual of Detection - Jedediah Berry
• Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut
• Galapagos - Kurt Vonnegut
• Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep - Philip K. Dick
• The Parable of the Sower - Octavia E. Butler
• The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
• The White Mountains: The Tripods 1 - John Christopher
• While Mortals Sleep - Kurt Vonnegut
• Welcome to the Monkey House - Kurt Vonnegut
• The Man in the High Castle - Philip K. Dick

• herbal liqueurs
• noodle bowls/bahn mi (for free!)
• future plans
• being almost DONE with this crazy educational system
• our brookfield winter share
  • watching a farm improve since last year- such better yields!
  • personal connection with our farmers
  • being a CSA member (instead of the farmer!)
• daikon
• my new, insanely warm jacket

• eat fewer condiments
  • relish simple taste and flavor of whole foods
• drink less coffee
• don't make excuses
• be more honest with people
  • when I don't like what they are doing/saying
  • when I really appreciate them
• make blog for capstone hoop house project
• take more (film) pictures
• exercise more
• don't "bite off more than I can chew"
• chew more when eating

• free peaches
• granola with berries and almond coconut milk
• working outside
• eating fresh fruits and veggies at work
  • yummy grapes and raspberries @ vineyard
  • strawberries and tomatoes at the farm
• liftin' weights in the garage (benchpress, baby)

• Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
• Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs - Chuck Klosterman
• The Reader - Bernhard Schlink
• Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
• Into the Wild - John Krakauer
• The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury
• The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera
• Radical Homemakers - Shannon Hayes
  • so good---- read this!!!
• Cat's Eye - Margaret Atwood

• tempeh from hosta hill farm
• bread made from naturally fermented starters
• kombucha kombucha kombucha everyday (and making my own!)
• miso
• xxxxtra hoppy beer
• thinking about the summer
• yoga
• bike riding
• OLIVES

• eat mostly whole plant foods
  • eliminate processed foods from diet
• cut down on snacking
• eat more kale
• see the good qualities in people
• be more positive

• making bread
• making granola
• making all kinds of food
• oatmeal (steel-cut)
• warm coffee (pumpkin!)
• tea, tea, tea!
• working!
• fall clothing
• sweaters
• soups
• tempeh
• following tavi as she pursues bigger and...

• pickles
  • cukes
  • okra
  • hot peppers
  • zuchinni
  • dilly beans
  • onions
  • beets
  • carrots
  • cabbage (kimchi)
• other preserves
  • tomatoes
• root veggie mix chips
  • potato, beet, carrot, turnip, parsnip, rutabaga
• salves with herbs and flowers
  • calendula

• decorating the new apt!
• beans and rice
• extreme heat
• local eggs and spinach
• sriracha

• finish the secret project (basically done)
• make quilt for living room of new apartment
  • ask my roommates for clothing of theirs that is a cool pattern and that they don't want?
  • big- so we can all use on couch
  • danielle has sewing machine...
• vest out of toby's fur
• make a purse/bag of some sort
• make skirt?
• look for fabric/supplies @ yard sales etc., the basement.
• other arts & crafts
  • decoupage table
  • stamp
  • painting

• tropical emergen-c
• eggs (!!!!!????)
• lavender
• plants
• listening to my ipod on shuffle
• http://www.eatmorekale.com/
• riding my bike!!!
• making things
• thayer's witch hazel with lavender (GREAT product!)

• Ivy (May 1)
• Dad (May 10)
• Alex (May 2)
• Kami (May 8)
• Ana Galvez (May 2)

• ✔ buy more stuff from AA
  • tights/socks?
  • underwear?
• buy maple syrup (real)
• ✔ buy espresso!
  • use starbucks gift card?
• get new multivitamin
• ✔ deactivate netflix acct.
  • ✔ return the dreamers

• ✔ boogie nights
• vicky christina barcelona (over and over and over)
• clueless
• wes anderson's

on netflix instant:

• Pierrot le fou

• David Bowie
• Cher from Clueless
• Grace Kelly
• Edie Sedgwick
• Kate Moss
• 70s/90s supermodels
• Chloe Sevingy
• the women of Mad Men
• my friends
• striking strangers
• the lady farmers of the pioneer valley

• "I commend you for looking so put-together every day this early." - t. in russian
• "I love your shoes! Where did you get them? I really appreciate your style." - tan boy in worcester
• "Do you have a nice ass?... I mean, since your name is Astrid, shouldn't that mean you have a nice ass? Stand up, girl!" - girl who looked like Tavi @ bennington
• "Woah, that girl has crazy shoes! Why can't I stop staring at her ass?"-- said about me to someone I know who told me this... lol @ wearing 5 inch heels on campus and causing a huge ruckus.
• "You look like you should be married to a rockstar." - r.

L0L people surprise me sometimes

• dresses
• blueberry juice
• grapefruit
• scary songs
• raw beets
• the books
• the Grace Coddington styled editorial in September US Vogue featuring my fave model Lara Stone as a retro goddess
• body hair (lol sam, @ me adding this on 9/13--- this list just didn't make sense without that)

• style rookie
  • tavi is so cool
• jak & jil
• sea of shoes
• chicmuse
• the sartorialist

• Gummo
• Julien Donkey-Boy
  • I'm kind of scared to see the above two movies, but I also really want to see them
• The Last Days of Disco
• Boys Don't Cry
• ✔ American Psycho
• Party Monster
• Broken Flowers
• ✔ Memento
• Boogie Nights
• ✔ Pulp Fiction
• Harry Potter 6
• The Good Son
• ✔ A Single Man
• A Serious Man
• ✔ Cat People (1982)
• ✔ Kill Bill 1 & 2
• White Oleander

• Cher from Clueless
  • ✔ green/black plaid calvin klein blazer
  • ✔ black mini skirt
  • cropped-ish tee/ short sleeve sweater (white)
  • navy blue knee-highs
  • ✔ fashionable loafers or pumps
  • long, straight hair
  • lil' purse
  • larger cell phone
  • attitude, and lots of it

• roller skating
• walking everywhere
• vitamins
• gardening
• wasabi
• accessories
• miu miu shoes
  • satin cat mary janes
• fashion blogs
• lara stone
• the smiths
• maple donuts

• Dance In The Dark - Lady Gaga
• sun
• sitting on the hill with 900+ other people
• kiwi
• walking
• tangible photographs

• Elementary Russian 1 (Amherst)
• Biochemistry 285
• Organic Chem 261
• Multivariable Calculus (Math 233)
• Physics 152

• The Royal Tenenbaums - Richie's suicide attempt- "Needle in the Hay" - Elliot Smith
• Kill Bill Vol. 2 - Uma walking down to meet Bill after putting lil' girl to sleep- "About Her" (Zombies semi-cover) - Malcolm Mclaren
• Dazed & Confused - That part when they are walking into the Billiards place- "Hurricane" - Bob Dylan
• Inglorious Basterds - When Shoshanna is putting on makeup, getting ready to burn down the theater on Nazi Night- "Cat People (Putting Out The Fire)" - David Bowie

• twizzlers
• Dostoyevsky
• being young
• running up the hill
• sunny days
• rt. 9 diner
• coffee & toast
• songs that make me cry
• DAVID BOWIE
• early bird dinners
• my calc professor's digressions
• pretzels & mustard
• pita pit
• etienne aigner
• chloe sevigny
• "Carry On" - CSN&Y

Thanks, Cathy!!!

• speak in my made up language, gashle
• meow to cats in my effort to communicate with them
• drink excessive amounts of black coffee
• crazy dance
• eat all of the cheese off of a slice of 'za and then continue to eat it normally (I only do this occasionally)
• use excessive amounts of hot sauce on various foods
• shout and holler when I see an old or new volkswagen cabrio, and proceed to go look in the windows and sometimes take pictures on my phone

• 80s-90s rock
  • get other My Bloody Valentine CDs
  • Blur
  • BJM
  • The Smiths
• Jazz
  • Herb Alpert CDs from ma
  • others
• 60s French pop
• International music
• Local(ish) current bands

• start learning russian and french
• stop eating eggs altogether
• run regularly
• look put-together and stylish always
• be more independent
• construct a beautiful and bounteous garden
• create something original (book?)
• get a real job in my desired field
• drink equal amounts of coffee and tea everyday
• travel
• learn more about biochemistry
• learn more about the world

• "Postcards From Italy"
• black french roast coffee
• sharp (cheddar) cheese
• bread and butter
• ER (still)
• Polar Diet Orange Dry
• thinking about getting/staying in shape
• tea w/ honey
• corn
• oranges
• Mountain Valley Spring Water (bottles)
• Billie Holiday
• Mad Men
• generosity

• pay off the mortgage on our house
• fix the green car
  • and buy a white/forest/navy '90 cabrio as its sibling
• buy a vintage chanel bag
• help fund worthy scientific research/ do my own
• buy my mom a new fridge
• have a shopping spree at the used book superstore
• go crazy on ebay
• buy this carbonator

• atlas van lines (all over the place)
• atlas masonry (jars)
• atlas properties (north chelmsford)
• atlas watersystems (middleton on 114)
• atlas apartments (where they live in project runway)

GIRLS

• Mielle
• Anise
• Dagny
• Mischa
• Ella
• Gemma
• Evelyn
• Nico
• Madeline (little french orphan pronunciation)
• Brigitte
• Lux

BOYS

• Sebastian
• Nico
• Nino
• Edgar
• Mischa
• Alexei

• dummy/dummies
• kitten
• saccharin
• baby
• laboratory
• coalesce
• microcosm
• resonance
• exaltation
• excavate
• caricature

• I work in a lab
• I get to wash glassware
• People there are all very smart
• I am a minority among my co-workers
  • 90% of the people are asian
    • English is my first language
  • I am a freshman undergrad
• I get to put my gardening skills to work on a much smaller scale
  • I get to transplant very small, cute plants grown on petri dishes!
• I get to put my lab skills to work
• The LGRC has a great view of the hill and mountains
• I don't have to deal with customers
• I get to work independently (after they tell me what to do, that is)
• I am actually getting paid to do this!

• ISB (Integrated Sciences Building)
• Conte Polymer Research Center
• Studio Arts Building
• Butterfield

I wish this list was a lot longer.

• The Strokes (x2)
• Of Montreal (x2)
• Ben Kweller
• Arcade Fire (x2)
• Modest Mouse
• Animal Collective
• Dan Deacon
• Devendra Banhart
• Passion Pit
• Girls
• Sleigh Bells
• The Morning Benders
• Phish
• Fleet Foxes

• boston cream pie
• chicken salad with chik'n strips from tj's
• pickles with cukes from my garden
• anise cookies
  • pizelles if possible (not possible)
• ice cream
• bread
• foccacia zaa (like ma did in the old days!)

• espresso over ice
• human anatomy
  • internal & external
• Volkswagens, this especially
  • other German cars
• slender people wearing leotards
• the font futura condensed
• cats' noses and the area around them when they sniff something
• sleek gadgets
• old maps
• Red Square in St. Petersberg, Russia
• pretty faces
• wide ribbed corduroy pants

• anise (pictured behind)
• bergamot -->
• peppermint
• almond

they smell and taste heavenly!