• set foot in all the oceans
  • atlantic
  • pacific
  • indian
  • arctic
• set foot on all seven continents (yes. seven.)
  • north america
  • south america
  • europe
  • asia
  • africa
  • australia
  • antarctica
• see ray lamontagne live
• see sarah lane dance with ABT
• go shopping on black friday
• get drunk-
• dance a pas de deux on stage

• atonement
• winter's bone
• american beauty
• black swan
• v for vendetta
• lincoln
• an education
• cold mountain
• blue valentine
• like crazy

Left wrist:

• black hair tie
• watch
• leather braid bracelet (the one I left in lauren's room for over two months)
• bruise from dancing (creation)

Right wrist:

• black hair tie
• triple length friendship bracelet (from leah)
• grey ribbon (from winterstory.)
• leather braid bracelet (the stiff one I've never lost yet)
• silver square-bead bracelet
• faux pearl bracelet (small pearls)
• bruise from dancing (creation)

• wenham tea house
• gula gula
• gusto's-
• marino's-
• atomic cafe-
• beverly bootstraps
• mfa
• gloucester
• manchester-by-the-book-
• ipswich wildlife reserve
• russell orchards-
• crane beach
• salem
• house of seven gables
• harvard square
• the middle east
• any hole in the wall coffee shop in boston
• garment district-
• newbury comics-
• the commons in winter-

• "Okay, you hold, you separate, and I'll squeeze." -Mom
• "Squeeze or tilt. Squeeze or tilt!" -Me
• Mom: "Doesn't it look sort of piratey?" Me: "Yeah! The rat and the cheese look a little out of place, though." Mom: "Well, I was thinking...because the rats brought the plague to Europe...on ships..."

• Atonement by Ian McEwan
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
• Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
• Bleak House by Charles Dickens
• Jazz by Toni Morrison
• All We Want Is Everything by Andrew S. Sullivan
• Poems 1965-1975 by Seamus Heaney

• Inger
• Julienne
• Juliet
• Aster
• Jane
• Alice
• Annie
• Meg
• Elaine
• Emma
• Saiorse
• Caroline
• Sable
• Susanna
• Ester
• Cale
• Georgia

• love for adventure
• economically sound, but not tied down by a need/desire for wealth
• plays an instrument or sings
• knows how to dance and/or is willing to dance with me
• wandering spirit
• taller than me
• relentlessly honest
• passionate about his work, his interests, his beliefs
• hardworking
• able to be vulnerable
• forgiving
• courageous, even when I cannot be
• knows how to love without fear

• "jolene" by ray lamontagne
• "shelter" by birdy
• "long beach" by gus black
• "i can't make you love me/nick of time" by bon iver
• "we don't eat" by james vincent mcmorrison
• "if i go, i'm goin" by gregory alan isakov
• "safe and sound" by the civil wars feat. taylor swift
• "emtpy" by ray lamontagne
• "fix you" by coldplay
• "ritornare" by ludovico einaudi
• "jar of hearts" by christina perri
• "a case of you" by james blake

• his voice is so gentle
• his voice has softest grit, like the lyrics he sings
• every song he writes is beautiful
• so much sadness in his work
• his music evokes earth, breathing, water, life, roads, longing, sorrow, deepest love
• there is no arrogance in his voice
• you can hear when he sings how he loves his work
• his mix of folk, acoustic, and indie
• his vocal range
• the vast amount of music he has created
• he isn't exceedingly popular
• every word is full full full of meaning
• jolene

• neutrogena transparent facial bar
• witch hazel
• epsom salts
• vaseline
• crest regular paste (for spot treatments) (sometimes)
• covergirl clean oil control foundation 510 light ivory
• covergirl clean oil control pressed powder 510 light ivory
• covergirl perfectpoint plus eye pencil 210 espresso
• covergirl lashexact waterproof mascara 935 black brown

apparently i like covergirl a lot

• there is a light that never goes out
• how soon is now?
• this charming man
• girlfriend in a coma
• last night i dreamt that somebody loved me
• asleep
• please, please, please let me get what i want

• veins
• blood
• bones
• shoulders
• back muscles
• spines
• feet
• skin
• hipbones
• bruises
• irises
• fingers
• wrists
• knees
• collarbones
• neck tendons
• eyelashes
• lips
• cheekbones
• thighs
• ankles

• listen to beautiful music and drown in it
• reblog things on tumblr
• make lists, like this
• write on my blog
• write stories
• write scripts for plays
• lay my head on my desk and stare into nothingness
• cry
• read poems
• write letters to faraway friends
• send funny links to my roommate
• have ridiculous conversations with my roommate
• dream of home
• edit photos
• reorganize my bulletin board/desk/bookshelves
• read thought catalog
• write in my journal

• If I were a month, I would be March
• If I were a day of the week, I would be Tuesday
• If I were a time of the day, I would be dusk
• If I were a planet, I would be Neptune
• If I were a sea animal, I would be a dolphin
• If I were a direction, I would be north
• If I were a piece of furniture, I would be a winding staircase
• If I were a sin, I would be envy
• If I were a historical figure, I would be a female variant of abraham lincoln
• If I were a liquid, I would be water
• If I were a stone, I would be aquamarine
• If I were a tree, I would be an oak
• If I were a bird, I would be a swan
• If I were a tool, I would be a knife
• If I were a flower, I would be a lily of the valley

• cadillac mountain, acadia, maine
• anywhere in the adirondack mountains
• rockport, massachusetts
• new york city
• balboa island, california
• ottawa, ontario, canada
• thousand islands
• disney world, orlando, florida
• ft. lauderdale, florida
• outer banks, north carolina
• cape may, new jersey
• london, england
• edinburgh, scotland
• iceland
• the english countryside
• paris, france
• venice, italy
• vienna, austria

oxford, england blows them all out of the water. fifty million times.

• 9 hour shifts
• listening to music for a long time
• people
• hot days of summer
• feeling lonely
• feeling inadequate
• going out into town
• not being able to write