• 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

• hall & oates
• alphonse mucha lady
• roy lichtenstien painting
• sushi
• mimi from drew carey show
• sriracha bottle

• 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 ...

• new tennis racket?
• new laptop? windows surface 3
• long skirt for trave
• better blender?
• patterned jogger dressy pants, linen shorts

• 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

• 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

• 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...

• 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)

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...

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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)

• 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

• 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.

• 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

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

• kings of convenience
• band of horses
• arcade fire, the
• frank ocean
• robyn
• jessie ware
• years and years
• drake