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 ✿
april.
- 1st: yesterday's clothes • sharing a fitting room in american apparel with molly • supermoon ice cream • kelley's wifi • titanic (1997) ✿
- 2nd: a list of things I can't remember • cropped hoodie + battered doc martens • "what do you have to offer a trans/gender non-conforming collective?" • ache • olive oil
- 3rd: picking a fight • gooey butter cake ice cream • the walking dead: s07e17 • I walk into every room and yell where the mexicans at, josé olivarez • summer outfit planning
- 4th: navy trench coat + pleated pants • eternal youth exhibit at the museum of contemporary art • portraits against a purple wall • lunch at a quieter mr. brown's lounge • resist.reimagine.rebuild teach-in ✿
- 5th: facetime call with dominique in my bath towel • finishing how to get away with murder: season 3 • stacks of sweaters on hangers • grey nike sports bra + boxer briefs + paint splattered sweatpants • strawberry water in a juice box
- 6th: pink & purple lipstick • unseen rain, rumi • rajun cajun • fruity pebble edible • chewing gum: season one & pineapple pizza ✿
- 7th: iced green tea strawberry creme with soy milk and half/half & a flaxseed bar • thrift store stuffed toys for sunday • green chicago state sweater + rust colored riding pants • the pursuit of elotes • finding $170 on a prepaid citibank card
- 8th: on a school bus with white kids & natalie cuevas • magnificent coloring world 2 • papa's cache sabroso • forever 21 sunglasses • writing across from my friend in a greek diner ✿
- 9th: a scrubbing mop • mulan (1998) • wet dog • flamin hot munchies • grown folks in a bounce house
- 10th: sweaty in the rain • there are more beautiful things than beyoncé, morgan parker • wayne strange vs. hospital food • "may the best hoe win." • acid tabs & lemon juice ✿
- 11th: the comforter bubble bar + twilight bath bomb • leonard cohen pandora station • half of a mini donut edible • if I were your woman (cover), vanessa ferguson • the fern room with malcolm • chik'n & mango waffles ✿
- 12th: rest in peace, charlie murphy. • come back, little seal girl. • national grilled cheese day • the poetry gods podcast: s01e8 & 14 • embarrassing myself in front of patricia smith
- 13th: mermaid hoodie + baggy blue jeans + little twin stars platforms • lick, cardi b. • argo tea with myfriendvel • dried, unsweetened mango stuck in my teeth • red wine in pink party cups ✿
- 14th: "hands off" tank top • bare mint mentha lip gloss • the flight attendant uber driver who "keeps it real" • being the judge who gave out 4's • a cuban notebook ✿
- 15th: a conversation on the easter bunny and santa claus with my favorite aesthetician • wet nailpolish frustration • the little white dress • three different types of edibles • waiting to be wanted in whole foods ✿
- 16th: "honey" hat + mustard dress + white jellies • roasted brussel sprouts and potatoes • walking to western from the 35th/archer orange line stop • episodes of american dad on an air mattress • "but if there's not enough of what you need where you are..."
- 17th: a spinach & feta croissant • 57th street books • running in the dandelion field with sunday • paul tran sat in on the cohort meeting • choosing between vanilla blueberry crumble talenti or oat of this swirled ben & jerry's ✿
- 18th: first day at cameron elementary school • the poetry gods podcast: s02e02 • route 301 roosevelt road on the pace bus • white cheddar cheetos • white teeth by zadie smith
- 19th: black sofia bralette • an hour late to my last day at simeon • stan's vanilla cake donut milkshake • perfect lighting in the rain studio kitchen • a bowl of elote edibles
- 20th: last night I heard workshop • afternoon porn • black catsuit + little twin stars platforms • opia • spaghetti & chewing gum ✿
- 21st: sweet heat kombucha • watching the final episodes of 13 reasons why on my phone during the train ride home • the hot salad bar at peach & green • headspace 10 minute meditation • joni mitchell pandora station
- 22nd: cinnamon apple oatmeal, golden milk, & veggie maple sausage • riding back and forth from the house to wicker park • a case of you (cover), troy ramey • reading in the dandelion field while sunday eats grass • fifteen and pregnant (1998) ✿
- 23rd: girlboss: s01e01 • the whole apple • two thick braids and a backwards cap • little caesar's italian cheese bread • daisy, troy ramey ✿
- 24th: pink skater dress shoot at the garfield park conservatory • peach & blackberry pie • found my vegan white cheddar puffs at starbucks • white teeth, chapter five • soft & brown & sleepless ✿
- 25th: long, long time (cover), • post cameron nap • brennley brown • noon pages and meditation in the dandelion field • brooks & julian middle school slam • squaaad in burger king
- 26th: daria: is it fall yet? • white + denim + red lips • you were always on my mind, michael buble • a psychic sat next to me in starbucks • late night in the yca library
- 27th: daria: is it college yet? • all good news at the doctor's office • the smell of dead mice at yca • comforting the sarah goode students' college worries • two red bulls
- 28th: scandal: s06e12 • all white with red lips • coconut oatmeal • "who's next up on the microphone? where they at?! where they at?! where they at?!" • my first book club meeting ✿
- 29th: ciudad sin sueño, federico garcía lorca • "my introverted blk girl ghosts come to me to remind me why my poems exist." • reading old myspace blog posts • sober, pink • episodes of nick & jessica on youtube ✿
- 30th: "imagine the mind is a deep pond..." • cinderella (1950) • depop photoshoot • core meeting phone call • ruth lily deadline