(in order of personal preference)

• In the Mood for Love, Wong Kar-Wai
• Cronos, Guiellermo del Toro
• The Darjeeling Limited, Wes Anderson
• The Royal Tenenbaums, Wes Anderson
• Au revoir les enfants, Louis Malle
• Hiroshima mon amour, Alain Resnais
• The Great Dictator, Charles Chaplin
• Yi Yi, Edward Yang
• My Own Private Idaho, Gus Van Sant

• lusitania / andrew bird / progress: 10%
• blue skies / noah and the whale / progress: 30%
• three white horses / andrew bird / progress: 10%
• sea of love / cat power's version / progress: 15%
• only ones who know / arctic monkeys / progress: 30%

• Jasmine : Milano cookies, art supplies, a CD
• Lily : a copy of Cloud Atlas
• Bella : purple pens
• Connor : a hug (is this possible?)

Need to kick myself in the butt for lagging behind on this.

• Cut out the used page.
• Type up a full list of addresses of everyone from Ascension 202. Attach to inside cover or one of the first few pages.
• {maybe} Make a woven map cover sheet? x
• Make a pocket/stick an envelope on one of the pages and stuff with "Draw Your Own Jake Adam York" T-shirts (black with white paint – need to make a rubber stamp)

• smile
• eyes
• skin
• hairstyle
• shoulders (sometimes)
• cheekbones
• curly hair (optional)

Tips compiled from Louis Vuitton's lovely website.

• Lay out everything needed for the trip to ensure that nothing gets forgotten.
• Place the heavy objects (e.g. cosmetics/toiletries bags) at the bottom near the wheels.
  • Note: Toiletries must not surpass 100 mls.
  • Tip: Place chargers/adapters in an extra toiletry kit to save time and ensure that everything gets packed.
• The space between rails can be optimized by rolling up jeans, knits, T-shirts.
  • Roll jeans from bottom to top.
  • For knits and T-shirts, fold in the sleeves and roll bottom to top.
• Jackets can be interlaced with a skirt/pair of pants to save space. Unfold the col...

Ten percent of my budget will be allocated towards donating to causes I want to support. I cannot always volunteer my time to all the activities and organizations that I would love to be involved with, but I can donate and spread the word, at the very least!

(This is a list in the making.)

• Girls Make Games

• small green plants on top of dresser
  • english ivy, succulents from the backyard
  • diy clay pots
  • ✔ glass jars and bowls
• new duvet cover (neutral, earthy color/pattern)
• pennant banner — hang on closet door

I've always been fascinated by historical couples.

• Queen Victoria & Prince Albert
• Justinian I & Theodora
• Zelda & F. Scott Fitzgerald
• John & Abigail Adams
• Dalí & Gala

• see The Strokes in concert sometime during 2002
• tell "middle school me" to read more books
• see Edith Piaf perform during post-war Paris
• visit Charlie when he was a puppy

ms. j's recommends

• (Bulgakov, Mikhail) The Master and Margarita
• 1. (Walser, Robert) Jakob von Gunten
• 2. (Kafka, Franz) Metamorphosis
• 3. (Ajvaz, Michal) The Other City
• ✔ (Calvino, Italo) Invisible Cities
• (Wallace, David Foster)
• (Matthew, Harry) My Life in the CIA
• (McCarthy, Cormac)

classics

• (Tolstoy, Leo) Anna Karenina
• (Melville, Herman) Moby Dick
• (Dostoyevsky, Fyodor) The Brothers Karamazov
• (Fitzgerald, F. Scott) This Side of Paradise
• ✔ (Fitzgerald, F. Scott) The Great Gatsby
• (Ellison, Ralph) Invisible Man
• ✔ (Austen, Jane) Pride and Prejudice
• (Hugo, Victor) Les Misérables
• (Nabokov, Vladimir) Lolita

novels

• ✔ (sept 3 2014) see the musical Wicked
• see another Cirque du Soleil performance
• slow dance with a boy that I care about
• ride (or even drive!) a motorcycle
• ✔ (feb 19 2012) have at least 1 piercing on each of my ears
• visit the wizarding world of harry potter
• watch fireworks with a loved one in July at the Navy Pier in Chicago
• ✔ (spring break 2014) go on a pleasure trip with some friends in college
• attend the midnight premiere for an exciting movie
• name one of my belongings 'Peppermint Butler'
• learn the art of deduction
• ✔ (jan 6 2012) see Sarah Kay and/or Phil Kaye perform live
• watch MIKA perform live!
• reread Invisible Cities while in Venice

• Van Gogh Bicycle Path in the Netherlands •
• Shakespeare & Co. in Paris

Since I'll be commuting to school in the fall, I'll likely be packing my own lunch for the most part to save money and time. Listing some simple recipes that I can make in bulk, keep refrigerated and pack up quickly on the way out the door.

• curry rice salad »
• hummus and pita/tortilla
• breakfast burrito (or any kind of wrap)
• pb & basil on lightly toasted bread
• italian sub roll-up »
• other ideas »
• note to self: Tupperware will be your bff

Preppin' for the commuter life.

• gps
• sleeping bag
• gym bag: spare change of clothes, socks, towel, athletic shoes
• undergraduate bulletin
• spare pencils and pens

Local independent businesses to support.

• coffee shops
  • Barefoot Coffee Roasters
  • Bellano Coffee
• book stores
  • Recycle Book Store (personal favorite)
  • Green Apple Books
  • City Lights
• consignment/thrift
  • Black and Brown
  • Crossroads Trading Co (Blossom Hill location)
  • Unicorn Thrift
  • It's a Girl Thing
  • Moon Zooom
• photography
  • Foto Express

Not a serious wishlist, just a place to bookmark items that would be amusing to own.

• Mrs. Featherbottom mug
• World's Best Analrapist mug

(in no particular order)

• Submarine (original songs) Alex Turner
• Volume One and Volume Two She & Him
• Is This It The Strokes
• Little Joy Little Joy
• 151a Kishi Bashi
• Barton Hollow The Civil Wars
• The Head and the Heart The Head and the Heart
• Break It Yourself and Hands of Glory Andrew Bird

• "Try to be swayed less by their appearance, and more by their other qualities."
• Stop thinking so hard about it. It's not going to change the issue.
• Do something in the spur of the moment. Remember that exhilarating thrill you felt?
• "Arguing with a fool proves there are two."
• Remember to move on.
• Complacency is death.
• "Never go on trips with anyone you do not love." - Ernest Hemingway
• It is up to me to be more appealing, more outstanding, not for them to make it easier.
• “Once you realize that will power is just a matter of learning how to control your attention and thoughts, you can really begin to increase it.” - Walter Mischel o
• "How does one write on the subject of lov...o