• do some art
• develop yoga practice/ get in better shape
• learn more French
• "fix" my tattoo- tree

• genuine
• open-minded
• kind
• adventurous
• growth-oriented
• passionate
• intelligent
• appreciation of artistic things: foreign movies, good music, cultural events, etc.
• well-connected
• financially stable
• fun
• spontaneous
• well-dressed
• sexually expressive
• emotionally available
• communicative
• relaxed
• balanced
• positive

• get letters of recommendation from poetry professors
• apply to Sarah Lawrence, UCI, St. Mary's, Naropa, etc. (GOAL: UCI/michigan/syracuse)
• get into an awesome school
• build up creative repetoire

• to create a loving home
• to be creatively fulfilled
• to be well-connected in the community
• to marry my sexiest best friend
• to have children, name ideas: Anais, Eloá, Estlin, Colleen and Elliot, Soren, Marjorie, Sequoia (love child), Delores
• Gender neutral names: August, Frances
• Emmonberg possible last name
• to travel abroad
• to get a PhD
• to teach at a university

• Bright Eyes (May 5, 2007, Arlington Theater, SB)
• Los Campesinos, Harlow's Sacramento 2009
• Vivian Girls, Luigi's, Sacramento 2009
• The Thermals with San Kazakgascar, Beatnik Studios, Sacramento 2009
• Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Harlow's, Sacramento 2009
• Hallelujah the Hills, Luigi's, Sacramento 2009
• Titus Andronicus, Luigi's, Sacramento 2010
• Yo La Tengo and Camera Obscura, The Fillmore, SF 2010
• Pavement, Bob Hope Theatre, Stockton CA 2010
• The Fresh & Onlys and Woods, Sol Collective, Sacramento CA 2011
• Man Man, Harlow's, Sacramento CA 2012
• Wilco, Mondavi Center, Davis CA February 2012

• to get all A's Spring semester 011
• to get both A's in summer school 011
• to get all A's in Fall semester 2011
• transfer in Spring 2012
• transfer to UC Davis in Fall 2012
• to obtain three solid letters of recommendation for grad school
• to participate in Psychological research
• to graduate
• to paint a picture someone else would want
• to make a successful and meaningful career that allows me to be autonomous and creative
• to do a creative writing workshop
• to get into a good grad school with financial aid (hopefully Irvine) in poetry program:

(not) WITH FULL AID!

• Get engaged to Dylan
• Move somewhere lovely (Inwood, Jersey City)
• Apply for online Master's in Psychology
• Plan wedding for 2019
• Get a car
• Complete Egg Head
• Send Egg Head to potential publishers
• Start children's book: Ithaca's Kittens

• eat more vegetables
• go organic

• yoga
• sleeping in
• reading poetry
• reading fiction
• sunbathing
• going to the movies
• being in love
• swimming
• writing in my journal
• writing poetry
• painting
• drawing
• dancing
• singing
• learning new things
• cooking dinner
• taking bubble baths
• painting my nails
• going for walks
• eating good food

• Transfer to UC Davis in Fall 2012
• Complete an A.B. in Psychology by June 2014.
• Join Psi Chi
• Join Psychology Club
• Find one or more professor-mentors
• do a second honors contract

• finish my MFA
• learn to speak French fluently
• practice an instrument regularly
• travel outside of the continental US

• Learn to love better: starting with me, family, and friends, and eventually a partner who is the right person for me (logically and intuitively)

However, this is ongoing

Dylan Emmons

• drink more water
• take better care of appearance
• build confidence
• find a way to be relaxed in the midst of chaos (am finding)
• be nice to myself
• smile more
• learn to love life
• slow down
• worry less
• do MUCH more yoga
• meditate again
• let creativity free
• stop dwelling on the past
• create a bright future!
• to inspire others to succeed/want to succeed in school
• travel... if even to the east coast...

• Psychology
• Practical philosophy
• Writing: Poetry and
• (non)Fiction
• Sociology
• Philosophy
• Cinema
• Attachment Theory
• Urban Education