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  • grocery lists
  • semicolons
  • completing everything on my to-do list
  • Southern California <3
  • smoothies
  • abandoned houses
  • knickknacks
  • coffee table books
  • Scotland
  • daydreaming about my idyllic future
  • Hampshire College
  • Samuel Beam's voice
  • vintage clothes
  • vintage photographs
  • spending the afternoon in Barnes and Noble with a pile of new glossy magazines
  • pomegranates
  • editing things (just things i didn't write myself)
  • cuddling; spooning
  • anthropology
  • irony
  • ironic photographs
  • ironic fashion
  • peppermint
  • Clif Bars
  • almost-uncomfortably-hot showers
  • Africa (i am especially drawn to certain nations and their histories, geography, cultures, people, current situations, etc)
  • being on time to class, or, even two minutes early (because it happens so rarely)
  • two-finger clicking on MacBooks
  • New York City
  • traveling
  • exploring astrology
  • being on my own
  • finally completing a big project or assignment and feeling that wave of relief that comes along with it
  • German (speaking it, hearing it, reading it)
  • mash-ups
  • espresso
  • fluffy down comforters
  • dreaming about becoming a successful photojournalist
  • big awards shows
  • pineapples
  • Ananas
  • making collages
  • the street syles of different major cities
  • the smell of the darkroom chemicals
  • arriving in a brand new place for the very first time
  • slightly tacky vintage sweaters
  • German expressionist films
  • blackberries dipped in powdered sugar
  • cheap champagne
  • cheap red wine
  • expensive red wine
  • all red wines
  • the way "champagne" is pronounced in German
  • developing prints in the darkroom
  • covering my walls in pages from magazines
  • my style icons
  • being a part of / playing in a classical orchestra
  • black tea
  • the knife's "heartbeats"
  • josé gonzález's "heartbeats"
  • secondhand bookstores
  • secondhand books
  • good grammar(!)
  • Tokyo
  • passionate kisses
  • making lists
  • Polaroids
  • international fashion magazines
  • fresh guacamole
  • documentary films
  • Baby-Sitters Club books
  • new clothes
  • ballet
  • nighttime snow showers
  • puppies
  • Thai food
  • all-day marathons of my favourite trashy tv shows
  • melodic death metal
  • discovering new inspirations
  • choppy poetry
  • run-on prose
  • sex
  • LSD
  • foreign languages
  • thrifting
  • soft skin
  • soft hair
  • firm grips
  • sarcasm
  • celebrity gossip
  • black and white film
  • haute couture
  • pomegranate flavoured beverages
  • foreign cultures
  • foreign countries
  • words that roll off your tongue
  • One Tree Hill (seasons 1, 3, 4, and 6 in particular.)
  • picnics
  • confidence that isn't arrogant
  • limeade
  • sleeping (especially when i don't have any plans or obligations the next day, and can wake up when i please)
  • black-out curtains in my bedroom
  • photographing everything
  • weed
  • blunts
  • spliffs
  • the smell of fresh rain on dry earth
  • blunt cut bangs
  • ballet (watching it, doing it)
  • freedom from obligations, responsibilities, structure and bullshit
  • liquid eyeliner
  • raspberries
  • exploring new places
  • exploring new subjects
  • vegan cafés
  • vegan desserts
  • flea markets
  • rummage sales
  • spelling words like an English person (the right way)
  • the kind of lovecrush that makes your heart flutter
  • knowing what i want
  • attaining what i want
  • speaking my mind
  • confronting the unknown
  • Nutella
  • the history of the Vietnam War
  • that tingly, breathless feeling i get under my ribs when i remember something that made me feel good ;)
  • thrift stores
  • the smell of new leather, rubber, asphalt, paint
  • dilapidated, decaying buildings
  • trying things for the first time
  • exploring my life
  • not knowing what will happen next
oct 23 2008 ∞
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