desperately needed distractions from death. for those who know me well: I promise I'm kidding myself with assigning half of these activities, and you know this just as well as I do.
  
    - balance checkbook & transpose money-transaction related matter to "Accounts" app on iPhone 
 
    - clean screen/body of MacBook Pro 
 
    - clean Sigg bottle 
 
    - continue allowing my "tolerance" to wane in regards to all substances 
 
    - "deforestation" 
 
    - discover all of final grades from fall semester and handle the consequences accordingly 
 
    - download more music to eventually/immediately dislike 
 
    - fiddle in things only freedom would allow me to fiddle with 
 
    - figure out/obtain Christmas gifts for others 
 
    - file FCM work request for Cunt Castle's various plumbing issues 
 
    - find NYU card 
 
    - fulfill the politics of my "attendance" on Long Island 
 
    - get hair cut & dyed
      
        - Thursday, January 6th at 1:00 pm 
 
      
  
    - get month long gym membership at BodyWorks/go to the gym daily 
 
    - go snowboarding and figure out if it's a temporarily likeable activity (if so, plan a trip to Vermont [Stowe?] for this break)
      
 
 
    - go to Secret Beach in the snow 
 
    - go to the Cunt Castle and import/export things and people from said loci 
 
    - hang out with friends from home that matter 
 
    - make "cards" 
 
    - make lists 
 
    - make Loren give me directive on what to read to keep my mental state intact despite the current environment I must occupy time and space in 
 
    - make more "Katie Weinstein Forever" t-shirts 
 
    - orchestrate camping trip at Hither Hills and make a reservation for this summer 
 
    - perfect things on my computer such as iPhoto, iTunes, Address Book, etc. 
 
    - plan a snowboarding expedition of sorts somewhere far to pass a good portion of time this break 
 
    - play around on various musical instruments I happen to know how to play 
 
    - play Call of Duty: Black Ops on the big screen in my basement! (this is embarrassing, yes) 
 
    - play in the snow, weather permitting 
 
    - post blogs on "Ya Bitch Lounges" (for no one to read, of course) 
 
    - purchase:
      
        - book shelf 
 
        - bras 
 
        - food and wholesale things from Costco for the Castle 
 
        - hanging lamp 
 
        - new clothing 
 
        - random artifacts that please me 
 
        - sandalwood incense 
 
        - sweatpants 
 
        - tweezers 
 
      
  
    - read things I would never have the chance to during the seasons of academia 
 
    - steal the "Autistic Child Area" sign that was just hung on a pole a block away from my house 
 
    - take certain garments to the dry cleaner to get remedied of their specific ailements 
 
    - use Cunt Castle for a communal gathering of sorts, if I even care enough 
 
    - visit Dana in New Jersey 
 
    - watch movies