- notes from underground fyodor dostoevsky (3.5/5)
- the circle dave eggers (4/5)
- their eyes were watching god zora neale hurston (4/5)
- little fires everywhere celeste ng (5/5)
- the fire next time james baldwin (5/5)
- as meat loves salt maria mccann (4/5)
- born a crime: stories from a south african childhood trevor noah (5/5)
- assembly natasha brown (4.5/5)
- the fire this time: a new generation speaks about race edited by jesmyn ward (4/5)
- we gon' be alright: notes on race and resegregation jeff chang (5/5)
- suite française irene nemirovsky (5/5)
- independent people halldor laxness (3/5)
- olive, again elizabeth strout (5/5)
- a woman is no man etaf rum (3/5)
- afterparties anthony veasna so (3/5)
in progress:
- the death and life of great american citi... jane jacobs
jan 1 2023 ∞ may 31 2023 +
- hall & oates
- alphonse mucha lady
- roy lichtenstien painting
- sushi
- mimi from drew carey show
- sriracha bottle
oct 22 2011 ∞ dec 25 2020 +
- sweet tea
- hot black tea, with a little milk
- hot black tea, with cardamom & saffron
- hot water, plain
- skim milk
- gin & tonic
- shirley temple
- eggnog (non-alcoholic, although w/ alcohol okay too)
- silk soy nog (trumps above because it doesn't have cholesterol or sat fat and tastes just as good)
- hot spiced apple cider
- amaretto sour
- dark & stormy
- simply orange oj
- simply lemonade
- cream soda
- barq's root beer
- vruit orange veggie blend juice
- steak & shake banana milkshake (not sure ...
dec 6 2009 ∞ oct 22 2022 +
- new tennis racket?
- new laptop? windows surface 3
- long skirt for trave
- better blender?
- patterned jogger dressy pants, linen shorts
jul 21 2009 ∞ dec 9 2022 +
- a light in the attic
- alexander and the terrible horrible no-good very bad day
- amelia bedelia
- are you there god, its me margaret
- best friends
- boxcar children
- bread & jam for frances
- charlotte's web
- chocolate moose for dinner
- cloudy with a chance of meatballs
- courderoy the bear
- eloise
- encyclopedia brown
- frank & earnest
- from the mixed-up files of mrs. basil e. frankweiler
- harriet the spy
- harry potter
- holly & ivy
- iggie's house
jul 24 2009 ∞ mar 19 2021 +
- 1,2,3
- aimee mann
- all-4-one
- andrew bird
- architecture in helsinki
- beirut
- ben folds (6x)
- ben lee
- big freedia
- black keys, the (4x)
- blink 182 (2x)
- boatzz
- bob dylan (2x)
- brandi carlile (2x)
- brett dennen
- cat power
- chvrches
- clap your hands say yeah
- cold specks
- coldplay
- corinne bailey rae
apr 16 2009 ∞ jul 7 2022 +
- a very long engagement (jean-pierre jeunet)
- amelie (jean-pierre jeunet)
- american beauty (sam mendes)
- annie hall (woody allen)
- bottle rocket (wes anderson)
- bowling for columbine (michael moore)
- but i'm a cheerleader (jamie babbit)
- crazy, stupid, love (glenn ficarra/john requa)
- darjeeling limited, the (wes anderson)
- despicable me (pierre coffin/chris renaud)
- drop dead gorgeous (michael patrick jann)
- easy a (will gluck)
- edward scissorhands (tim burton)
- elf (jon favreau)
- eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, the (michel gondry)
- everything is illuminated (liev schreiber...
apr 16 2009 ∞ jul 3 2020 +
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- go tell it on the mountain james baldwin (4.5/5)
- becoming michelle obama (4/5)
- night boat to tangier kevin barry (5/5)
- trainspotting irvine welsh (4/5)
- vile bodies evelyn waugh (4/5)
- on earth we're briefly gorgeous ocean vuong (5/5)
- the parker inheritance varian johnson (5/5)
- you'll never believe what happened to lacey: crazy stories about racism amber ruffin and lacey lamar (5/5)
- educated tara westover (4.5/5)
- faces in the water janet frame (5/5)
- the underground railroad colson whitehead (5/5)
- kim rudyard kipling (3.5/5)
- charlotte's web e.b. white (re-read) (5/5)
- no god but god: the origins, evolution and future of islam reza aslan (3.5/5)
- bad feminist roxane gay (3/5)
- harriet the spy louise fitzhugh (re-read) (4/5)
- the westing game ellen raskin (re-read) (4/5)
- tipping the velvet sarah waters (4/5)
- middlesex jeffrey eugenides (re-read) (5/5)
jan 1 2022 ∞ jan 1 2023 +
- albania
- austria
- belgium
- bosnia and herzegovina
- cambodia
- canada
- china
- costa rica
- croatia
- cuba
- czech republic (czechia)
- dominica
- egypt
- france
- germany
- great britain
- greece
- hong kong
- hungary
- iceland
- ireland
jan 13 2016 ∞ may 21 2023 +
to read:
- are you there god its me margaret
- e.m. forster - howard's end, passage to india
- parade's end - ford madox ford
- philip roth
- alice walker - possessing the secret of joy
- bronte sisters - shirley, agnes grey, villette
- kiss of the spider woman, heartbreak tango - manuel puig
- milan kundera - ignorance, the joke, etc.
- evelyn waugh - decline & fall, others
- italo calvino - complete cosmicomics
- jane austen - mansfield park
- kurt vonnegut - while mortals sleep, a man without a country, bluebeard, look at the birdie
- labyrinths, ficciones - jorge luis borges...
nov 7 2009 ∞ apr 14 2023 +
- Mesa Verde, Colorado, United States of America
- Pompeii, Italy
- Tikal, Guatemala
- Petra, Jordan
- Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
- Taj Mahal, India
- Easter Island
- The Great Wall, China
- Aurora Borealis
- Serengeti, Tanzania/Kenya
- Iguazu Falls, Brazil
- Macchu Picchu, Peru
- The Louvre, Paris, France
- Zen Garden of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
- Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy
- Fallingwater, Pennyslvania, United States of America
- Yangtze River, China
- Antarctica
- Mount Kilamanjaro, Tanzania
nov 28 2009 ∞ dec 15 2022 +
- aaron tveit
- adam brody
- adrian brody
- anders holm
- ben taylor
- benedict cumberbatch
- bobby cannavale
- bret mckenzie
- charlie hunnam
- christopher meloni
- chris messina
- clive owen
- colin meloy
- dean winters
- eddie ciberian
- frank ocean
- gene kelly
- heath ledger
- jake johnson
- james dean
- jeff buckley
jul 25 2009 ∞ dec 21 2022 +
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- russell crowe - pittsburgh @ round corner cantina
- chloe sevigney - pittsburgh @ art event
- roy hibbert - pittsburgh @ shadyside street concert
- gil mantera & grand buffet - pittsburgh @ brillobox
- ben schwartz - los angeles @ hookah bar
- wayne coyne (flaming lips) - columbus short north
- lily aldridge - columbus @ vs hq
- alec baldwin - nyc @ laguardia
- kevin jonas - nyc street
- emily vancamp - nyc @ restaurant
- steve martin - santa monica street corner
mar 7 2022 ∞ dec 9 2022 +
- practice spanish every day
- set boundaries at work - use empowerment triangle instead of drama triange
- floss every day
- volunteer
- be a better listener (stop interrupting)
- be more generous with my money
- next travels - morocco (may 2023) , madagascar, japan, peru/south america
- HIIT 3x a week
- STOP PICKING!
- read 30+ books
- do more art, sketching
- small trips for future
- miami (visit rudy)
- utah national parks (arches, zion, brice, antelope)
- columbus/indianapolis, in
- chicago/detroit (museums, etc)
- ashtabula (visit patrick)
- DC area (shenandoah np)
nov 3 2011 ∞ jan 1 2023 +
- fish tacos
- vietnamese summer rolls
- summer salad (arugula, toms, corn, avo, basil)
- mango chix/tofu salad
- thai green mango salad
- tuna salad/tuna melts
- kale cesear
- pear blue & walnut salad
- bb corn salsa
- reubens / reuben bowls
- hawaiian or veggie pesto pizza
- tj froz indian veggie burgers, hummus & naan
- lox bagels
- caprese salad
- quiche/frittata
- shakshuka
- okonomiyaki
- baked potatoes w veggies & cheese sauce
- fried green tomato blt
sep 29 2020 ∞ feb 5 2023 +
- freshly grated ginger
- eucalyptus
- fresh chopped herbs
- garlic
- the steam that comes out of the laundry vent
- skin that's been out in the sun
- onions cooking
- fruity pebbles
- cookies/brownies baking
- the smell of an ice cream parlor/ice cream cones
- chlorine/swimming pool smell
- summertime smell - fresh and warm and blowing in my windows
- spring smell/after rain - wet dirt and plants
- the smell of my backyard as a kid - the breeze blowing off the lake
- kitty breath. don't ask me why.
- my own armpits. again, probably weird.
jun 23 2010 ∞ dec 9 2022 +
- a bat (the flappy screechy kind)
- a chinaman? (kinda racist, mom & dad)
- a witch
- a clown
- a hula dancer
- a bunny rabbit
- a native american princess
- an orange crayon
- a 50's poodle-skirt girl
- a jockey (horse not disc)
- a hippie
- a cat
- a butterfly
- margot tenenbaum
- jem (of the holograms)
- a flapper
- enid from ghost world
- ussr cosmonaut propaganda girl
- a luchador
- a sailor
- kermit the frog
mar 4 2010 ∞ nov 30 2022 +
NORTH AMERICA
- austin, tx
- fort worth, dallas, tx
- marfa tx
- alaska
- badlands/mt rushmore, sd
- baltimore, md
- banff/jasper np
- boston ma
- bryce canyon, arches & zion national park, paria mt, fifth water, ut and the wave/lower antelope canyon, az
- charleston sc
- chicago il
- denver, co
- glacier national park, mt
- st. louis mo
- key west
- las vegas nv
- los angeles ca/santa barbara
- louisville, ky/mammoth caves ntl park
apr 16 2009 ∞ dec 9 2022 +
- kings of convenience
- band of horses
- arcade fire, the
- frank ocean
- robyn
- jessie ware
- years and years
- drake
oct 29 2009 ∞ apr 9 2022 +
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