• outside – mariah carey

• stargirl, jerry spinelli.
• the hanged man, francesca lia block.
• the diary of frida kahlo: an intimate self-portrait, carlos fuentes.
• how much we must have looked like stars to stars, alysia harris.
• teaching my mother how to give birth, warsan shire.
• fearful beloved, khadijah queen.
• floating, brilliant, gone, franny choi.
• please, jericho brown.
• this is how you lose her, junot diaz.
• blackgirl mansion, angel nafis.
• salt, nayyirah waheed.
• soft magic, upile chisala.
• tiny beautiful things: advice on love and life from dear sugar, cheryl strayed.
• incendiary art, patricia smith.
• the january children, safia elhillo.
• there are more beautiful things than beyoncé, morgan parker.

• 8 Mile (2002)
• 13 Going on 30 (2004)
• A Cinderella Story (2004)
• Be Cool About Fire Safety (1996)
• Bebe's Kids (1992)
• Blue Crush (2002)
• Crooklyn (1994)
• Dick (1999)
• Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
• Don't Say a Word (2002)
• Final Destination 2 (2003)
• Girl (1998)
• House on Haunted Hill (1999)
• It's Grinch Night (1977)
• Joe Versus The Volcano (1999)
• Juice (1992)
• Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. (1992)
• Longshot (2001)
• Mahogany (1975)
• Meteor Man (1993)

• the entrance of the munchkins (the wiz, 1978)
• the army of animated dolls in kkk comeuppance (tales from the hood, 1995)
• the attack of the gwendy dolls (small soldiers, 1998)
• the echoing raccoon ghost laughter after mother bear says "that's enough ghost stories for one night." (little bear, s03e01)
• the opening theme (are you afraid of the dark, 1990)
• the opening trailers of the mummy vhs (the mummy, 1999)
• the glamour scene of sarah's snake nightmare (the craft, 1996)
• the opening theme (goosebumps, 1995)
• the giant slinky ghouls released by the subway peddler (the wiz, 1978)
• the aliens (mars attacks, 1996)
• tatum's encounter with ghostface in the garage (scream, 1996)
• the face in the snow at the end of the movie (what lies beneath, 2000)
• miss lewton & billy's deaths (final destination, 2000)

• "...you're my love. You're my love.” - Dell, Comet (2014)
• "Carrie... it is serious." - Mr. Big, Sex and the City • Season 2
• “Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how big... thank you. Thank you for my life." - Joe, Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)
• "Girls are much too clever to fall out of their prams." "Peter, it is perfectly lovely the way you talk about girls." - Peter & Wendy, Peter Pan (2003)
• "I knew you'd do this! I am humiliated!" - Carrie, Sex and the City (2008)
• "I know... you're wondering... what is a place like me doing... in a girl like this?" - Evelyn, The Mummy (1999)
• "I saved your life. You owe the person that saved you, don't you think?" - Kimberly, Comet (2014)
• "I saw this face, this vision, when you stepped into the road. It was the moment of my life." "This is the moment of your life." "You were perfect." "I still am." - Dan & Alice, Closer (2004)
• "I want always to be a boy and have fun." "You say so, but I think it is your biggest pretend." - Peter & Wendy, Peter Pan (2003)

current perfume favorites:

• strawberry milk
  • ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎
• strawberry matcha
  • ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎
• princess buttermint
  • ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎
• bread loaf
  • ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎
• sweet corn
  • ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎
• strawberry jelly cake
  • ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎
• autumn girly

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 ✿

february.

• 1st: leftover cutwater & snickerdoodle talenti ft. party monster (2003) • back porch sunbathing on facetime • running my north ave route without headphones • butterfly (1997) – mariah carey • compiling mp3s for dear diary & keisha mix cds

Things I always make time for:

• salted caramel cold brew every morning.
• wake and bakes.
• post-work joints.
• youtube videos.
• twitter.
• working monday through thursday from 10:30am - 6:30pm.
• working every other saturday from 12 - 4pm.
• daily meetings and check-ins.
• texting and talking on the phone with oliveoil for 3 hours.
• saying yes to any gig that is offered to me.
• akila's erratic phonecalls.
• washing and retwisting my hair every 2-3 months.

Things I always want more time for:

• 8 hours of sleep.

fun fact: I used to read baby name books for fun when I was little.

gender neutral.

• assata.
• august.
• charlie.
• cypress.
• emerald.
• harlem.
• indigo.
• jupiter.
• kahlo.
• lavender.
• leo.
• onye.
• orion.
• pluto.
• rei.
• roar.
• sage.
• salix.