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: carefree dancing to toni braxton pandora • spent almost 6 hours in filter cafe • laughing water through my nose • dictionary of obscure sorrows definitions & arabic poems for jamila's workshop • pink door deadline ✿
• 2nd: a large container of sliced fruit • "try not to sing along" game • carrying 2 bags and 16lbs of dog food in heels • black women acceptance speeches at the oscars • luminarts deadline
• 3rd: "you look like 1996." • joseph's breakthrough with a poem about his parents • vegan cookie dough peanut butter milkshake • powell's reunion with malcolm • a pink sky on the westside ✿
• 4th: red line to howard • women who run with the wolves, clarissa pinkola estés • "isn't that the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard?!" - gwendolyn brooks to nikki finney • almond latte & honey bread • black women as giants reading & book signing ✿
• 5th: incendiary art, patricia smith • the tale of bluebeard • flowy dresses • gooey cinnabon • a pink vibrator that smells like raspberry gummies ✿
• 6th: switched to t-mobile • the skidaddle playlist • solo at papas caches • village thrift prom dresses • sore feet
• 7th: a waitress at nellie's named carmen • "anyway, so there's this sky..." • meme battle with sydni • little caesar's italian cheese bread, not as good as last week • the art of yearning, rj eldridge ✿
• 8th: can't blame a girl for trying, sabrina carpenter • desert colors • lentil dal, vegetable juice, & the soup of the day • a long hug • cinnabon, not as good as last week ✿
• 9th: jealous (live), aliyah moulden • "each of you disappointed me today." • macarthur's with malcolm • light grey cropped hoodie • a too-big natural strawberry milkshake
• 10th: a more orderly 5th grade class • "you look like bubblegum." • road trip grocery shopping • heavy rain • pink door acceptance letter
• 11th: the greyhound bus station diner • the nastiest slice of pizza, somewhere in pennsylvania • falling asleep with women who run with the wolves in my hand • headbanging to build god, then we'll talk • tequila sunrises & grilled cheese sandwiches
• 12th: hangover • my thighs in martino's lap • henry's soul cafe • set it off (1996) • dominique imani cassandra james ✿
• 13th: the prince of egypt (1998) • no matter the wreckage, sarah kay • sticky fingers cafe • an afternoon nap with niq • boy meets world gifs on tumblr ✿
• 14th: let's do this right, lyfe jennings • riding the d.c. bus at sunrise • at this moment (cover), tsoul • helping sukari break down gramma's door • 2012 (2009) ✿
• 15th: death of a bachelor, panic! at the disco • small annoyances • jealous, labrinth • cohort culminating performance brainstorm session • early shakira music videos
• 16th: teaching mama how to make my sandwich • little ryan wrote me a goodbye note • waves at the south shore cultural center • purple lipstick on his cheek • finding oscar (2016) ✿
• 17th: last day at cameron • celebratory forever yogurt with dominique & emon • returning to my writing spot by the water • I was wrong (cover) - jesse larson • insecurity ✿
• 18th: new phone with unlimited data • apple music • white cheddar cheez-its • dandelion • dancing on my own, callum scott • sitting in the shade with sunday
• 19th: nobody knows it but me, babyface • my hair hanging over my face • blueberry pineapple ginger smoothie • bob's burgers on hotel room cable • blood
• 20th: hello it's me, the isley brothers • speed 1 on 1's • carnival ride stomachache • "is it pronounced 'harry carry or harry ca-ray?'" • an argument that ended in cuddling ✿
• 21st: the healing component, mick jenkins • haruko/love poems, june jordan • belting that's what I like with him on the car ride back • talking to kelley while I wash my hair • grey's anatomy: season 4 ✿
• 22nd: a nap in the middle of annie (1982) • tea tree water • ed edd 'n eddy: s01e01 • snotty tissue • the lion king (1994)
• 23rd: an armful of cold & flu remedies • the sea at dauphin, derek walcott • I was the jukebox, sandra beasley • rain & fever shivers • the voice season 12 finale on sling tv
• 24th: "7 years with yo ass." • a power outage in nellie's • volumes book cafe • lincoln park zoo • wine & tequila ✿
• 25th: charlie parker spotify playlists on the south chicago bus • an embarrassing cough • killing floor, krista franklin • black girls (can) fly • hummingbird cake ✿
• 26th: skin, stella binion • all good things (come to an end), nelly furtado • banana bread • white teeth, chapter 10 • quiet living room ✿
• 27th: imitation of life, gregory porter • precious, esperanza spalding • a kitten named mars • pilsen community books • steal like an artist by austin kleon ✿
• 28th: oculus (2013) • napping in the middle of unbreakable kimmy schmidt: season 2 • crybaby (alternate version), janis joplin • first • walking home barefoot
• 29th: mustard top + button skirt + red lipstick • the breathing room • my mother was a freedom fighter book release party • talking new orleans & phoenix with nicole at the ashland & cermak bus stop • discovering wet on spotify ✿
• 30th: yolk with aja monet • chamomile tea • succulents • deadwater, wet • relief ✿
• 31st: staying in bed until 1 in the afternoon • gary owen stand up on youtube • poetics of relation, édouard glissant • selena (1997) • lost earring