• boston, ma
• chicago, il
• minneapolis, mn
• baltimore, md
• denver, co
• portland, or
• berlin, germany
• toronto, canada
• ottawa, canada
• winnipeg, canada
• manchester, england
• birmingham, england

• paradigm
• cathartic
• anchovies
• practical
• dither
• no

• illogic
• smacking
• cell phones at dinner
• walking behind slow people when i'm in a rush
• pretension
• condescension

• going out to eat, anytime
• going to Starbucks
• magazines and puzzle books
• museum visits
• new books
• ordering in food
• Peet's Coffee
• taxi rides
• clothes shopping
• shoe shopping
• ice cream

• take the LSATs just to see how I'd do
• learn French, Italian, Russian or all three
• own a professional bakery
• travel around the world as a WWOOF organic farming volunteer
• visit India during Holi
• visit all the places on my places to visit list
• write a book

• Cinque Terre, Italy
• Santorini, Greece
• Curitiba, Brazil
• Chicago, Illinois
• San Fracisco, California
• Dublin, Ireland
• Tokyo, Japan
• Ulan Bator, Mongolia
• Moscow, Russia
• Vancouver, Canada
• Melbourne, Australia
• Montreal, Canada

• Boys
  • Deven
  • Isaiah
  • Elliot
  • Tobias
  • Joseph
• Girls
  • Grace
  • Isabelle
  • Joann
  • Natalie
  • Eleanora
  • Emma

• 0 bones I've broken
• 2 times I've voted
• 2 siblings
• 2 languages I speak
• 3 instruments I play(ed)
• 3 computers I've owned
• 3 chipped teeth
• 4 weddings I've attended
• 5 my shoe size
• 6 homes with my family
• 6 schools I've attended
• 8 jobs I've had
• 10 countries I've visited (not counting airports)
• 17 states I've visited
• 17 letters in my full name
• 20 current entries in my blog
• 23 years old
• 23 my important number
• 36 house number
• 48 sum of the digits in my phone number

• plethora
• whom
• ultimately
• exotic
• swift
• Apollonian
• Dionysian
• pragmatic
• sobriquet

• in my sister's room in Virginia, with Theresa, after hitting my head on the wall and leaving a dent
• in Berlin, alone, upset about being so alone for the first time
• in a tent on a beach in Germany, with Annika and Manja
• at the Hyatt in Jersey City, with my mom, after eating sushi and eating dessert over the water
• Doug's house, after his graduation party, with Joe, on couch cushions on the floor
• in my Providence apartment, alone, on an air mattress and cold

• Faneuil Hall Christmas Tree
• First Church of Christ, Boston, MA
• Athan's, Boston, MA
• Metropolis Cafe, Boston, MA
• ✔ Aquitaine, Boston, MA
• Union Bar and Grille, Boston, MA
• The Rooftop Garden
• Trident Cafe
• Windsor Button
• Warren Anatomical Museum
• Brattle Theater
• ✔ Mary Baker Eddy Library
• ✔ RISD Museum, Providence, RI
• ✔ Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boston, MA
• ✔ Pagliuca's, Boston, MA
• ✔ Spectrum, Providence, RI

• go on shopping sprees
• read in the park
• karaoke (at all)
• exercise
• go to the beach
• work with students one-on-one
• eat out
• tell good jokes
• go sightseeing
• sit in coffee shops

• balancing pressure and temperature sensations on both sides of my body
• squeezing my eyes closed
• wrinkling my nose to get my glasses to stay up
• scheduling my days down to the minute
• planning leisure time
• counting steps
• making math problems out of the time on digital clocks

• El Cafetal (burritos) - Allston, MA
• Busy Bee Restaurant (breakfast) - Boston, MA
• Cafe Wolfbauer (breakfast) - Vienna
• Dussmann (books) - Berlin
• Eiscafe Berghem (ice cream) - Berlin
• Farmstead (cheese) - Providence, RI
• Gaslight (breakfast) - Boston, MA
• I's Cafe (bubble tea) - New Brunswick, NJ
• Il Casolare (pizza) - Berlin
• Kado (licorice) - Berlin
• La Sorpresa (Columbian food) - Central Falls, RI
• Silvio Dal Col (ice cream) - Berlin
• Thailand (Thai food) - Clark, NJ

• Beck's
• Heineken
• Berliner Kindl Weisse
• Hoegaarden
• Guinness
• Harpoon UFO
• Harpoon Raspberry UFO
• Harpoon IPA
• Harpoon Munich Dark
• Harpoon Brown Ale
• Harpoon Ale
• Harpoon Summer Beer
• Heineken
• Waidhauser
• Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier
• St. Pauli Girl
• Corona
• Corona Light
• Narragansett
• Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse
• Warsteiner Premium Verum

• we must be the change we wish to see in the world
• judge not, lest ye be judged
• an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind
• spread love everywhere you go
• at the center of your being, you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want
• love is gratitude for being
• all along it was a musical thing, and you were supposed to sing and dance while the music was being played
• we only receive what we demand, and if we want hell then hell's what we'll have

• mauserlik
• mau
• mau mau
• ju ju bean
• goo goo bean
• beanie
• goo
• goober
• moo
• moo moo lu lu
• mooma
• mooskers
• moosk moosk
• mush mush
• snuggly
• snuggler
• lulu
• lulu bean

• sticky notes
• writing utensils
• a cup of coffee
• lip balm
• a blanket
• chocolate
• crossword puzzles

• Indian
• Italian
• German
• Thai
• Japanese
• Chinese
• American
• Korean
• Turkish
• Greek
• Sri Lankan
• Brazilian
• Colombian
• Mexican
• Jamaican
• Pakistani
• Georgian
• Puerto Rican
• Afghani
• Vietnamese
• Burmese

Really, there are things that make me cry almost every day. But these are some of the funnier, more memorable or more devastating moments.

• the bug in the basement after watching Reign Over Me
• Deven running away
• Joe scaring me while I was brushing my teeth
• watching An Affair to Remember for the first time, and the second time, and the third time, ...
• an e-mail from a professor saying I was in danger of failing
• getting my first B+ in college
• the first exam I failed in college
• breaking my glass mug
• flying into Berlin the second time in my life
• leaving Berlin the second time in my life
• my first few nights that I felt really alone in my life

• Babysitters Club Barbie set
• stuffed otter, Star
• another stuffed otter
• stuffed seal, Whiskers
• penny loafers with a little heel
• blue comforter
• Erector set
• Chemistry set
• Make your own Telephone kit

• Sight loves...
  • my cat, Maus
  • polka dots
  • cityscapes
  • crossword puzzles
  • kissing
  • butterflies
• Smell loves...
  • Dial soap
  • expensive perfume
  • expensive cologne
  • Indian food
  • coffee
  • books
• Taste loves...
  • Indian food
  • cream
  • violet