this year

this year, i've been lucky enough: to have met some of the sweetest kindest people who have become great friends, to have met someone whom i've fallen in love with and to my greatest delight has fallen in love with me, to have been able to be stupid drunk foolish and young, to have explored a beautiful city. and i have been lucky enough to have laughed more in this past year than i've laughed in a real long time. hawaii, i will miss you--but not enough for me to truly care. and seattle, i love you.

pretty

things have been pretty bad lately.
however, today i got new shoes and a haircut.
tomorrow i will read 'The Death of Ivan Ilynch' for my upcoming philosophy of the mind class, clean up my life, and drink alone on new years eve night.

lately

that's how i feel almost always.

bad n' ruin

these are good things.

hohoho

christmas, whatta piece of shit.
this year included: 3 whole presents from the parents (socks, a mug, and a sweater that i'm returning). a dramatic family moment in which my almond biscotti dough was thrown to the ground. now i'm going to go drink heavily at some shitty ex-hippies house.

yes

Big Time has always been my favorite Tom Waits' concert series. Obviously.

animals

just rewatched Pan's Labyrinth, so delicious.
read read read, sleep sleep sleep.

neurosis,

...I have some, but talking to certain someones allows me to realize that I can't rely on habits and anxieties. Instead, I must rely on productivity--even on a minor scale, I have to keep busy.

So, as a result: I will be industriously reading, sewing, drawing, cooking, and watching good film.

(lately: read Candide, watched Synecdoche, New York, baked thumbprint jam cookies)

silhouettes

(calvin klein's pre-fall collection.)

denver, co (pt. 2)

lately: artichokes (in full & in pasta), trips into the mountains, the piece of cinematic gold: don't mess with the zohan, denver museum of nature and science (genghis khan, taxidermy).
the boyfriend's left, now it's lots of reading and movies and getting drunk while soaking in the building's jacuzzi.

denver, co

lately: food, food, food, good wine, christmas lights, the parents, the boyfriend, about schmidt, odd new home.

everyone has a favorite holiday song

this is mine!

i used to be a lot more interesting

now i have back problems and minor depression.
(this.)

fall, be kind!

FALL BE KIND: A silly little playlist I've been compiling throughout this Fall quarter influenced by the frivolity of my mood. Now it's done, and it's Winter.

1. What Would I Want? Sky- Animal Collective
2. Temecula Sunrise- Dirty Projectors
3. Behind That Locked Door- George Harrison
4. Happy Eyez- CocoRosie
5. Killed Myself When I Was Young- A.A. Bondy
6. Little Hands- Skip Spence
7. Flume- Bon Iver
8. Age Of Consent- New Order
9. Wild World- Cat Stevens
10. I Got The Blues- The Rolling Stones
11. Liternité- The Books
12. My Life Is Starting Over Again- Daniel Johnston
13. God Loves You, Michael Chang- Dent May
14. Cold Water- Tom Waits

rabbit, where's your mammy?

Things to keep an eye out for: Art of Old-Time Mountain Music, kittens, friend's romantic lives, a good bowler hat (sans the pricey-ness), my new favorite tumblr: iddohim, what the fuck everyone wants for Christmas.

a holiday list

Flannery O'Connor: The Complete Stories


Blooming Art Tea: Morning Blossom.


Pannettone!

A heart locket (1 or 2).

Trading Places on DVD.

Kimchi Blue Tiered Ruffle Dress.


Lace Trim Satin Romper.

pictures that remind me of now and things i love lately

Things I love lately: Queen Elizabeth I everything (movies, books, her poetry, speeches), new Animal Collective ep: Fall Be Kind, early Janet Jackson, different pecan pie recipes, my combat boots' endurance in horrible seattle weather, Paradise Lost, the anticipation of winter break in Denver with the ones I love love love.

obvious child(ren)

don't have to ask permission

if i want to go out fishing

and i never have to ask for the keys

lion in a coma

I've been sleeping a lot lately, pretty sick, sometimes sad, but now I'm happy: Theraflu, boyfriend's apartment, and French 30s period films.

glad fact

Three songs that after all this while I still cannot stop listening to on repeat:
Useful Chamber - Dirty Projectors
Lion in a Coma - Animal Collective
My Life is Starting Over Again - Daniel Johnston

Surprise great read of the day: The Tempest
Surprise great thing of the week: new roommate!