write 5 things. people's names, places, emotions, a film title, song title, band, anything that sums up your day. do it each day on your listography for a year.

best days marked with ♡

may.

• 1st: daily mix 4 playlist • lemon poundcake for my first lunch spent not hiding in the teacher's lounge • sweaty & my bodysuit strap kept slipping off my shoulder • writing my morning pages on the front porch • the voice: s14e22 & the rest of my coconut caramel haagen-dazs ♡
• 2nd: waking up at 4am and watching charmed: s03e03 while I made my paper doll sample • sticky cotton balls on the last day with the 2nd & 5th graders • vegan strawberry milkshake & the northbound jackson park bus • 5 minutes of heavy rain while I waited for the division bus • chips, guacamole, & stumbling through my av exchange performance
• 3rd: finally buying a one-way ticket to new orleans • returning to where I left off on the sellout • black bean & corn pupusas, earth balance puffs, a pint of peach maple pecan vegan ice cream, & save the last dance (2001) • bring it on (2000) & siren: s01e07 • a froot loop cereal bar edible
• 4th: the voice youtube rabbit hole leading to trent harmon american idol performances • vegan french toast & even stevens: s01e01 • dusting, wiping, & sweeping up dog hair to ms. mojo countdowns playing in the background • red wine & popcorn feat. a low down dirty shame (1994) & monsters, inc. (2001) ♡
• 5th: cinnamon rolls, britney spears' greatest hits album, & as told by ginger season 3 episodes for breakfast • walking through humboldt park to the closed-for-the-season boathouse cafe • eating popeyes biscuits & picking yellow-staining pieces of nature out of the back of his shirt at my southshore hideaway • thai lunch at chant & the unhappy, anti-miscegenationist old white lady I named doris • walking down north & milwaukee ave with his arm around me ♡
• 6th: staying in bed, daydreaming until 2pm • smothered potatoes, toast, & grilled chik'n scallopini while listening to the week of playing from mama's room • catch-up phonecall with the boy while I brushed the dead hair out of sunday's coat • melanie martinez live performances & set the fire to the third bar, snow patrol ft. martha wainwright • rad vhs, huji cam, & jukebox (2008) - cat power
• 7th: say you won't let go, james arthur • slow-draining energy & my cousin called those redbone girls millie vanillies x bay area slang top 100 with the freshmen of catalyst maria • a queue of rascal flatts songs on the orange line • running around wicker park in overalls & a sports bra looking for strawberry milkshakes • an anxiety-inducing cohort meeting on marketing followed by whiskey at gold star with nate & toaster
• 8th: the last full day of classes at hoyne feat. popcorn stuck in my teeth • "me on twitter vs. me in real life" • button poetry videos on the westbound division bus • the voice: s14e24 • submitting to pink door 60 seconds before the deadline & hating myself
• 9th: new american best friend by olivia gatwood, breakdown & bringin on the heartbreak, mariah carey • staying 2 hours after the last class to finish the black joy mock mural • matcha joe-joe's & smoke break, chance the rapper feat. future • talking the pros & cons of threesomes with nat over maduros & yellow rice, then spending too much money at the thrift store • the beginning of my newfound obsession with buying vhs tapes online, falling asleep to song for you, donny hathaway and waking up in the middle of the night to friday night, khruangbin ♡
• 10th: strawberry pancakes, vegan italian sausage, & nine months (1995) • painting my nails to fools rush in (1997) • con todo el mundo (2018) - khruangbin • precious elementary renditions of pop songs & hamilton skits at longfellow's got talent • red wine, vegan half baked ben & jerry's, & finishing season one of bojack horseman while I added vhs tapes to my ebay wishlist ♡
• 11th: good morning america with mama feat. nutella toast with sliced strawberries • sweaty hands, anders christenson • max sansing, avery r. young, & I for michele clark's arts festival • hericane, lany & mixed popcorn & a literary device mock slam for cics longwood's culminating event • finishing the rest of my froot loop edible & falling asleep watching strange porn
• 12th: the first bloodless day • sister my sister (1994) • peach cobbler à la mode & trying to convince mama to sell her cashew cheese • capone, the sad puppy • "I love you always and never want to have stuff between us."
• 13th: king spa & waxing studio groupons for mama & kelley • peach cobbler oatmeal • bojack horseman: s03e04 • horchata margarita for me, moscow mule for him • it's not me, it's you: a paradise lost reimagining ♡
• 14th: don't you (2016) - wet • leaving catalyst maria in my muggy turtleneck • wandering the vitamin shoppe looking for chasteberry & red raspberry leaf • little mourning (2015) - milk & bone on the rained out northbound kedzie/homan bus • rosé & the voice: s14e26
• 15th: softens & lately, wet • folding laundry, vacuuming, & setting up the vcr in my room • eva's ted talk wordplay feature • vegan chili cheese fries in dim lighting • trying and failing to watch i know what you did last summer (1997) ♡
• 16th: sunday kept leaping up on the bed • talking down dex while i opened my new vhs tapes • griddle cakes with candied rhubarb & listening to him talk about the party (2016) - andy shauf • walking in barefoot circles & reading aloud haircut poems by nina li coomes • kitchen talk with aj feat. nachos & bojack horseman: s03e09 ♡
• 17th: tumblr & daily mix 6 • cutting my spotify following down to 52 • bojack horseman: s03e11 • too many shots & margarita pitchers • buying a bunch of snacks and then blacking out on britteney's couch without eating any of them ♡
• 18th: a hangover & pikachu party (1999) • imama & priyanka's adorable boystown apartment & strawberry milkshake poptarts • cloudy day lunch at native foods feat. the sellout: chapter twelve • a bunch of poets who don't know how to rollerskate • this dude who followed us into pl-zen & finessed dex out of a lyft ♡
• 19th: chasing amy (1997) • raw almonds & again, let me explain, hieu minh nguyen x I invite my parents to a dinner party, chen chen • a phonecall with taerynn while I ran my errands • sukari went to prom in a wakanda-themed suit • half baked (1998) & scrolling through royal wedding tweets
• 20th: turn me on, norah jones • a thin line between love and hate (1996) • retwisting and talking to aj about birth charts • mopping the basement until 5am feat. a cat in the hat & peter pan (2003)
• 21st: the case of the missing coconut oil • the thief and the cobbler (1993) & 30 mins of thinking my vcr was broken • humidity feat. merry go 'round, spensha baker • pad thai & nostalgic mixtape poems
• 22nd: waiting until the last minute to start filling out my exit interview google form • mayan mocha & my sweaty boy • listening to him talk about his friendships over spicy rice, vegan wings, & a watery bubble tea • a pro-choice play in palmisano park •
• 23rd: weighing my iud options with dr. maria • 50% off vhs haul from 2 different unique thrift store locations • washing my hair to the somewhere over the rainbow & skidaddle spotify playlists • the last 30 mins of toy story 3 & 20/20: lights, camera, summer! • clay pulled up at 11 to deliver kisses out of the side of his van & bad news (but most importantly, kisses) ♡
• 24th: 13 reasons why: season 2 • "hey listen, I just realized I don't know what in the world I've been thinking." • using the two mirrors to try to make an even part in the back of my head •
• 25th: the last 3 episodes of siren & bojack horseman: s04e09 • the middle, wet • shades of blue at maya's prom send-off • my too-talkative express pool driver had 10 conversations with herself • vanilla bourbon sours & walking down state street in the drizzle ♡
• 26th: sleeping in his bed until 10, feels, snoh aalegra, & his indigo shirt • 2 vegan slices & a sweaty walk to armitage • waiting for the grand bus across the street from a giant lemon display • sitting in fold-out chairs, drinking nasty beers & listening to clay's boys talk white trash tv • taking mental note of the shades of blond in his hair as he drifted asleep ♡
• 27th: eating cheerios while dancing in the mirror to poppin, rico nasty followed by a 20 minute headspace meditation • vegan sloppy joes, greasy potatoes, & kharmelo showing us silly videos of yelping goats & rubber geese • cupping icy lake water to pour over our legs • fluorescent raspberry vinaigrette • bojack horseman: s04e10 & making memories of us, keith urban ♡
• 28th: waking up from a dream in which I took sunday to wordplay with a thin sheet thrown over me • mopping & wiping gummy dust from the ceiling fan during the 30 minute power outtage • you keep me waiting, snoh aalegra feat. vic mensa • champagne & slices of watermelon at halee's circle • fixing my slipped bike chain all by myself then going home to drink swamp juice & watch throwback cardi b instagram videos ♡
• 29th: selena (1997) and reading the wikipedia of her death • a long bike ride to and from uptown to write a group piece with britteney & raych • coconut oil tampon • falling asleep to the last year's model episode of lizzie mcguire
• 30th: there were actually cookies in the danish butter cookie tin • a pursuit of power naps • sitting on a bench in the desert room, playing with an orange pebble • apartment showings, an oreo milkshake, & deliver us from eva (2003) • aj's friends came through for a sleepover ♡
• 31st: spongebob squarepants: season 3 • rustbelt 2017 videos on button poetry • finally reaching a breakthrough with the blk girl reparations poem after sitting on the porch with my laptop for what felt like forever • a golden fillet for me, country "steak" for molly, & vanilla chai milkshakes • clay taking care of me while my body was bloated & cramping