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 ✿

december.

• 1st: meeting with big maria v. and lydia at atomix cafe • naptime feat. sullen girl, fiona apple • licking the salt from the margarita rim off my fingertip • throwback r&b on my cassette tape spotify playlist • late night room cleaning feat. megan thee stallion & princess nokia
• 2nd: donut date followed by inner monologue poems • vegan vegetable curry and salted caramel brownies • hello? may I speak to barbara? barbara, this is shirley." • 2 hours and 45 mins • rediscovering the cholo slow jams from my perris days ✿
• 3rd: enough (2002) • saline and bloody q-tips • my stupid crush on jay • "my tig ol' bitties and my bat felly" & vegan chocolate milkshakes • itchy shrunken sweater and falling asleep waiting
• 4th: american express voiceover audition • the scent of fresh paint and mop solution • white air maxes • notes on grant writing • lucky (cover), addison agen
• 5th: don't wanna try, frankie j. • dry responses to the nina x when she loved me workshop • photobooth selfies & my "the ones that got away" playlist • chili pasta, cornbread, & davon fleming • indecent proposal (1993)
• 6th: day one of my "songs i wore the fuck out in twentyseventeen" playlist • vegan glazed donut & a soy hot chocolate • multicolor tissue paper xmas trees • finally, more than 2 people at cics longwood's poetry club • my awkward hosting talents at we all we got
• 7th: recitations of those winter sundays by robert hayden • fighting with butler's copy machines • "make a list of as many chicago slang terms you can think of." • long ass LTAB tryouts • sleepless in seattle (1993) & his chest ✿
• 8th: crybaby sunday • "do you hate men?" • two vegan mama burgers on wheat with melted chao cheese • twilight bath • she's gotta have it on netflix ✿
• 9th: a peanut butter and honey sandwich & cup of coconut egg nog at 4am as the snow came down • grown ass kid (outro), ha ha davis • cornbread, cabbage, and lizzie mcguire: s02e12 • angela jackson at the creating frontlines event • reading new poems to malcolm while we eat vegan white cheddar puffs ✿
• 10th: couch conversations • creating a “‘tis the season to get rejected” submissions folder • ransacking my room for my missing juliard wrap top • shaving my legs with coconut oil • "dress to finesse."
• 11th: waking up in trxmp tower & eating swedish fish • what lies beneath (2000) • hangover fries & onion rings • sweater dress & white air maxes in the snow • river (cover), noah mac ✿
• 12th: dinosaurs in the hood workshop • screen recording the daddy lessons music video on my phone • group piece brainstorming • sore frostbitten fingers while looking for halee’s house • watching titanic (1997) with halee at the skokie amc and crying for the first time ✿
• 13th: waking up at 5:30 • paper christmas ornament decoration & wiggly eyes on misshapen cottonball snowmen • dry cake wishes & tapwater dreams x baby blue • onesie shopping at target • fishing the soggy strawberries and peach slices out of my sangria ✿
• 14th: addison agen songs while doing my makeup in the sawyer bathroom • the guard in juvenile jail x grown ass kid x daddy lessons • a black cop's power trip in the white castle on 103rd & michigan • lively group piece brainstorming feat. jamila woods • moana (2016), fried okra, & cuddling ✿
• 15th: fashion nova dresses and airbnb shopping • fingerprinting with the tac • 90s house: s01e08 • malcolm sending me videos from the 98º christmas concert • aj's toothbrush saga
• 16th: the search for vegan breakfast pastries • barneys grocery • community agreements • cosmic bowl • inconvenient emotions
• 17th: oatmeal raisin scone, from chicago, with love playlist & morning pages • "de-center, not fuck." • a poem about pharoh's lost kingdom • journeyman distillery • winning at black card revoked ✿
• 18th: to all the men who've told me this dick is mine, britteney blackrose kapri • chicago sky after the rain • world of chances, demi lovato • girl meets texas: parts 1, 2, & 3 • tennessee rain, addison agen ✿
• 19th: an avocado.strawberry.peach.honey smoothie & toasted pop tarts with pluot rose jam • girl meets world: s03e06 • taking cicero to sarah goode • palace, sam smith & praying, kesha • the voice finale ✿
• 20th: the meaning of life (2017), kelly clarkson • sleepy dizziness • vegan crab cake sandwich and oven roasted sweet potatoes dipped in bbq sauce • the national honor society took over the library • pulp fiction (1994)
• 21st: cxsby sweater, honey hat, air maxes & red lipstick • two ubers and the green line • nina x toy story x ode to pay phones workshop • breaking down 3 group pieces with purpose identity method • talking children's books with aj in the kitchen ✿
• 22nd: bartier cardi, cardi b (ft. 21 savage) • fried french toast sticks and a strawberry peach pineapple green smoothie • reading my cave canem cover letter to aj • twizzlers & it's a wonderful life (1946) at music box theatre • rose lavender pillow spray ✿
• 23rd: beginning the judy jetson piece • the prince of egypt (1998) • mama & aj making candy apples and chocolate dipped pretzels • the toy story trilogy • boo! a madea halloween (2016) ✿
• 24th: the wiz (1978) • almond bark dipped strawberries • finishing the judy jetson piece during flipped (2010) • ubering with ida rose payne • "black men don't cheat." ✿
• 25th: the preacher's wife (1996) • the long kiss goodnight (1996) • chocolate coins • sketching spinelli during daddy day care (2003) & the santa clause (1994) • still high off weed wine & overanalyzing harriet the spy (1996) ✿
• 26th: • arriving at a closed printlab in the cold • intro- make it hot, megan thee stallion • chenille lint on my chao cheese • sunday crying over bruno
• 27th: bocadins in my brewbles package • spongebob season 2 dvd and sketching frustration over the second spinelli's hand • jumanji (1995) • $6 rum ciders • noise complaints from a cranky couple in the room next door ✿
• 28th: waking up in hotel knickerbocker with a teen titans go! marathon on the tv • a first date with martino • caramel cake in a cup and uncomfortable ice skates • gmail verification • zombie butts from uranus by andy griffiths ✿
• 29th: quizup • 101 reasons to ship rilaya followed by sabrina carpenter music videos • mama lost her wallet for 30 mins • didn't eat until 5 • harriet the spy, on vhs this time
• 30th: jumanji: welcome to the jungle (2017) • faux leather gloves • taerynn's annoying cousin lindsey • hammering a poster board to the back of the door • an uber ride from home to beverly ✿
• 31st: argan oil nair & how to be single (2016) • brown rice pancakes, pineapple chunks, & jan telling me about her time at dyett high school • f.d.n, dreezy • madhouse on madison cocktails • christmas mint chocolates and lots of kissing ✿