• ! clean my room
• ! do homework and catch up on reading
• straighten out my agendas
• exercise
• practice piano
• read a real book (not a fan fiction)
• send class lists to MJ
• clean up listography

"It’s my pre-packed disaster evacuation bag. It's recommended by the Department of Homeland Security. And Sarah Connor."

• basic disaster supplies kit
  • Water, one gallon of water per person per day for at least three days, for drinking and sanitation
  • Food, at least a three-day supply of non-perishable food
  • Battery-powered or hand crank radio and a NOAA Weather Radio with tone alert and extra batteries for both
  • Flashlight and extra batteries
  • First aid kit
  • Whistle to signal for help
  • Dust mask to help filter contaminated air and plastic sheeting and duct tape to shelter-in-place
  • Moist towelettes, garbage bags and plastic ties for personal sanitation

• been in a move
• or asked out on a date
• or shot in the chest
• disposed of a body
• donated blood
• fainted
• gone clubbing
• gotten a speeding ticket
• or a tattoo
• or fired from a job
• had intercourse
• ran away from home
• recieved a love letter
• slept beneath the stars
• woken up drunk
• worn handcuffs
• written a novel

• drink to clear your head
• drink to help you forget
• drink to quell the ache
• drink to spite your fate
• drink to celebrate friendship
• drink to morn and grieve
• drink to fade away
• drink to feel alive
• drink to die inside
• but don't ever kid yourself into thinking it's alright

• asks for permission to do things
• even when he never intends to follow through
• stares at me from across the room
• gives me space but clings to me when I'm in his arms
• never stands for anyone putting me down
• talks about our make-believe life in present tense
• always has his own opinion
• but listens to mine regardless
• loves that I don't understand girly things and yet still want to clean my room in heels and pearls
• genuinely believes that he loves me
• tells me when he's made a mistake
• and doesn't force me to forgive him
• is gonna be the one who saves me

• Oct 14 | why do I always forget how horrid it is to be around people for too long? i'm like The Doctor. stay around me, and bad things are wont to happen. stay alone too long, and the universe will tremble in my wake. #truestorybro.
• Sep 20 | the only thing better than seeing a movie early, like a secret, is having friends to share it with. why do I constantly forget how much I need to be with somebody, anybody? bad things happen when I'm left on my own.
• Sep 03 | why can't I shut the fuck up when I'm tired? you can hear more irreparably embarrassing shit in an hour when I'm tired than when you get six lushes locked in one room together all fucking night.
• Apr 05 | Google's "Project Glass" gives me renewed hope in .hack and caprica styled gaming.
• Mar 12 | being a bitch to your friends when they fuck you over won't make you feel...

• drinking
• binging
• running away:
  • sleeping
  • telling stories
  • lying through my teeth
  • reading
  • watching movies
• pretending something until it's true

by heart:

• ☑ jabberwocky, lewis carrol
• ☑ the mouses tale, lewis carrol
• ☑ death be not proud, john donne
• ☐ acquainted with the night, robert frost
• ☑ fire and ice, robert frost
• ☑ antigonish, william hughes mearns
• ☑ résumé, dorothy parker
• ☑ mad girl's love song, sylvia plath
• ☑ annabelle lee, edgar allan poe
• ☑ the raven, edgar allan poe
• ☑ s.p.t. to a.p.w.b.d. j.k. rowling
• ☑ ozymandias, percy bysshe shelley
• ☑ shall i compare thee to a summer's day? shakespeare
• ☑ do not go gentle into that good night, dylan thomas
• ☑ o captain! my captain! walt whitman

to ear:

• bread and music, conrad aiken
• inferno: canto I, dante alighieri
• i know why the caged bird sings, maya angelou

• ✓ amazon prime | $39 yearly
• itunes match | $25 yearly
• last.fm | $36 yearly
• netflix | $195 yearly
• nylon | $10 yearly
• nylon digital | $10 yearly

• always accept a compliment
• and, dear alyssa, you look beautiful today
• be refined, polite and well-spoken
• cover up (because it's better if you do)
• do everything you do with passion
• do what you want, when you want, how you want
• don't complain unless you can change something
• dress like you're going to see your worst enemy
• exaggerate your emotions immensely
• keep in mind that saying, "No," feels good
• learn to finish what you start
• listen firstly, secondly, and speak only thirdly
• love everything you can
• never be bored
• never close your eyes; you might miss som...

If I should choose to scrub my tablet, I must be sure to reinstall the following:

• adobe
• ✔ avast! antivirus
• canon
• ✔ ccleaner
• ✔ divx
• ✔ itunes
• last.fm
• latin dictionary
• ✔ microsoft office
• photoshop
• ✔ skype
• write or die

the hobbit diet, to which I strictly adhere.

• breakfast - 7am
• second breakfast - 9 am
• elevenses - 11 am
• lunch - 1 pm
• afternoon tea - 3pm
• dinner - 6 pm
• supper - 9 pm

On February 28th of various years, shit happened.

• 1692 Salem Witch Hunt begins
• 1854 US's Republican Party formally organized
• 1922 the UK accepts the independence of Egypt
• 1933 Hitler passes Reichstag Fire Decree
• 1954 atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
• 1983 the final episode of M*A*S*H airs
• 1991 First Gulf War ends
• 1997 US smokers must prove they're 18 to purchase cigarettes

• act like you're five
• always interrupt their stories to tell your own
• banality, unoriginality, and triteness above all
• bash their ideas, politics, and religion
• be clingy and insulting
• borrow without any intention to return
• ensure they know your have no life of your own
• constantly complain - you're bored, your life is unfair, grammar
• dance and sing sporadically despite your stoic settings
• do everything with ferocity and passion
• do what you like when you like however you like
• don't ever apologize
• don't let them forget how much better you are than them
• don't listen to them

• sleep to travel to a world beyond measure
• sleep to assuage the aches and pains
• sleep to rest your weary eyes
• sleep to avoid responsibility
• sleep to forget worries and grief
• sleep to imagine yourself whole and safe
• sleep to find yourself lovely and full of grace
• but for the love of the stars and the moon which hang in the sky, just sleep

• the magical train ride I took with my papa
• painting Samantha C. as blue as a smurf, head to toe
• horseback riding with my mother up in north GA
• watching Stephan lick his cellphone battery for fun
• the late-afternoon that I met Cody M.
• my lunchtime adventures at the Drewtopian table
• staying up with Cody M. all night on the phone
• the week I spent with Cara L. at PCB
• the night I can't remember with my friends at SCAD

calculated

• do my homework
• do my job
• read one book a week
• watch movies
• practice piano ✰
• finish one art project every month
• read a novel in a foreign language every semester
• research internships

impulsive

• fall in love
• scream
• talk to strangers
• always dress like you're going to see your worst enemy
• be someone worth remembering

• the ability to make myself sick
• my mind
• every grandfather I've ever had
• my strawberry blonde locks
• my self-esteem (sixth grade)
• my phone for several hours (at a rave in eight grade)
• the ability to lie (ninth grade)
• my once beautiful, green eyes (thanksgiving)
• cameo pendant (at Cumberland Island)
• the most perfect heart shaped glasses (at Cumberland Island)
• my panda bathing suit (twelfth grade)
• meteorite necklace (the hot tub at Panama City Beach)
• my dinner and several hours of memory (at SCAD on 09 apr 2011)
• my tiger's eye scrying pendulum (in Paris)

• around a perfectly laid breakfast table
• a little café hidden away in the streets of Paris
• the Burrow
• in the audience of a favourite band's gig
• rowing a boat on a moonlit lake
• jumping on a plane to anywhere I desire
• resting on the branches of the tallest tree in an enchanted forest
• hunting for treasures at an antiques fair
• with the company of likeminded children who ever so love magic and mystery and adventure and who would never think less of me

• keys
• wallet
• cellular phone
• swiss army knife
• sunglasses
• camera
• pens and paper
• mints
• lip salve or balm
• hair elastics
• iPod
• reading books
• lighter

• alice in wonderland (2010)
• chronicles of narnia: prince caspian (2008)
• john carter of mars (2012)
• the parent trap (1998)
• peter pan (2003)
• pirates of the caribbean: the curse of the black pearl (2003)
• prince of persia (2010)
• tron (1982)
• zenon: girl of the 21st century (1999)

• alice (miniseries)
• anastasia
• galaxy quest
• labyrinth
• legend
• lost in austen (miniseries)
• love and other disasters
• mirrormask
• practical magic
• queen of the damned
• stardust
• the dreamers
• the never ending story II
• the princess bride
• titan a.e.
• tron

• forty minutes of stretching
• ten minutes of posture
• run twice a week
• tea for breakfast
• eat half portions
• make art and beauty
• fall sometimes
• read the written word
• don't touch your face

• watching the stars
• reading
• day dreaming
• watching movies
• taking pictures
• drinking tea
• listening
• learning without pressure
• thinking up theories
• telling stories
• going on adventures
• being someone new
• loving you

• handwritten letters
• feather quills
• first kisses
• moonshone walks
• wanderlust
• a dress that fits just right
• lukewarm tea in the morning
• finding friends you didn't know you needed
• late night swims
• being home alone on a sunlit afternoon
• sighs that lay hidden between the pages of a good book
• the stardust we're made of
• fresh strawberries
• dépaysement
• feeling refreshed as you look up at the first morning light

• email | longlost@love.com
• pottermore | dreamsand5657
• robo.to | katherine
• weheartit | amants
• wordnik | culpable

• eyelids
• leaves
• governments
• night
• people in love
• petals
• raindrops
• snowflakes
• stars
• tears
• tides

• ☐ bacardi 151
• ☑ strawberry rum
• ☑ butterscotch schnapps
• ☐ sour apple schnapps
• ☐ jose cuervo gold tequila
• ☐ whipped cream vodka
• ☑ long island ice tea

• cry to relieve anxiety
• cry to dispel your apathy
• cry at the change of seasons
• cry to honor the dead
• cry to morn your losses
• cry to celebrate endings
• cry to assuage your fear
• cry at the horrors of illness
• cry to pass the lonely nights
• cry to respect well-written words

• ✓ my hair ✰
• harry potter themed paintings (hogwarts, triwizard tournament, time turner, s.p.e.w. campaign)
• haley's portrait
• a self portrait
• tarot or playing cards
• a negative space drawing (medium)
• a letter to tinkerbell
• a string of 1000 paper cranes
• a photo gallery of places that feel like home
• a photo gallery of people hiding their smiles
• uncommon scenic perspectives
• mapped out adventures through my favorite cities

it's all very tragic, really.

• jan 14 viral bronchitis
• jan 26 walking pneumonia
• jan 28 tummy ache (from antibiotics)
• jan 29 bruised, swollen, and sore left wrist

• always assume you’ll be good at something new
• ask for help when it's needed
• bake for someone dear
• be a know-it-all; tell others what you learn
• be silly and vulnerable
• build forts with your bedsheets
• change your mind easily
• climb trees
• complement strangers
• cry if you feel the need
• dance around to dreamy music
• do kind things for others who can never reciprocate the gesture
• drink lots of tea
• explore the world all around you
• figure out how things work just because they're interesting
• fill out your own permission slips for adventures

• alien scourge and time traveling boxes
• being mistaken for a flower
• the boy in the woods
• the identical "cousins" who were demigods
• the pirate king
• one child, born twice, who saved the world
• finding a new world where lies become truth
• the boy locked in that wicked, living house
• the dead-girl, murder mystery
• the goddess who saved the drug-addict in her dreams
• time traveling boys mistaking me for the hero of this story
• blood magic and irrevocable ties and managing mischief while studying for the owls
• a modern narcissus, a girl far older than...

via alice and her adventures in wonderland

• № 01 | do everything you do with passion
• № 02 | never be bored
• № 03 | never stay in one place
• № 04 | say what you mean and mean what you say
• № 05 | don't complain unless you can change something
• № 06 | things that are not can become when you pretend
• № 07 | talk softly; people will try harder to hear
• № 08 | saying, "No," feels good
• № 09 | scream when you need to
• № 10 | do what you want, when you want, how you want
• № 11 | never let people dictate you unless you know they know better
• № 12 | exaggerate your emotions immense...

• how to accept loss and rejection
• how to be a good friend
• how to believe in something you can't see
• how to budget either time or money
• how to comfort someone
• how to find your way home
• how to handle stress
• how to let others know your feelings
• how to listen with an open heart
• how to make sacrifices
• how to make time out of nothing
• how to manage public transportation
• how to ride a bike
• how to travel
• how to treat others well
• how to use common sense
• how to win an argument