April and May

• listen to 5 new albums
  • Surrender by Maggie Rogers
  • Don’t Forget Me by Maggie Rogers
• read 3 books of poetry
  • Metamorphoses by Ovid
• prep desk space for the summer
• declutter ruthlessly
  • goodwill trip
• plan a theme night & dress for the occasion
• have a picnic

• Louise Glück
• Maggie Smith

news literacy

• read 224 news stories on Washington Post (double from last year)
• find a new favorite news source
• find a really good news/educational podcast
• have two news/educational podcasts in my top 5 on spotify wrapped

new music

• don’t have Taylor Swift as a top artist ;)
• listen through more discographies
  • ✔ Noah Kahan
  • Hozier
  • Lake Street Dive
  • The 1975
  • Leon Bridges
• try a new genre (jazz/blues)
• do some music history

books

• Ariadne by Jennifer Saint
• Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
• The Firm by John Grisham

movies

• American Fiction (2023)
• Dune 2 (2024)
• Challengers (2024)

television

• Sense8 seasons 1 and 2
• Invincible seasons 1 and 2

songs

• Sarah's Place by Zach Bryan and Noah Kahan
• Home by Good Neighbors
• End of Beginning by Djo
• Anywhere with You by Maggie Rogers

listened

• Lake Street Dive
• Noah Kahan
• Maggie Rogers ♥

to listen

• Leon Bridges
• Hozier
• The 1975
• Eliza McLamb
• Sammy Rae & The Friends
• Chris Stapleton
• Bleachers
• Paul Simon

clothes buying ban ends July 25

• Tuckernuck red woven purse
• RTR orange gingham tie-front top
• Levi’s bone colored dad jeans
• J Crew silver gumsole sneakers
• J Crew tomato cap-sleeve top
• J Crew pink off-the-shoulder top
• Theory black kimono top (RTR)

• black knit sweater-blazer
• white, black, colored t-shirts
• "dad" fit/loose denim shorts
• tank top or short-sleeve swing dresses
• sweatpants/joggers
• lightweight mohair cardigan
• colorful mules/flats
• red leather blazer/jacket
• lightweight coat

• the mafia in the United States
• 'The Troubles' - Northern Ireland
• the ethics of doing the right things for the wrong reasons
  • children’s privacy regulation / COPPA
• vampire stories in literature - history, as metaphor, as romance
  • Edward Cullen video essay
• Nirvana & Cobain - influence on music/pop culture
• infantilization of adult women (i.e., “girl math”) vs. “reclaiming girlhood” and embracing historically undervalued feminine interests
  • https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/digit...
  • many, many substack essays
  • Code Switch: 'Taylor Swift and the unbearable whiteness of girlhood'

Trust by Hernan Diaz

• dross - worthless
• gregariousness - social
• antinomy - a paradox
• irascible - easily angered
• fastuous - arrogant
• ardor - passion
• abstemious - self-controlled
• august - respected
• vertiginous - dizzying
• lacunae - a gap

The World According to Color

• iniquitous - unethical