• The Particular Sadness Of Lemon Cake
• Gourmet Rhapsody (Muriel Barbery)
• An Invisible Sign Of My Own (Aimee Bender)
• Willful Creatures (Aimee Bender)
• ✔ The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
• How To Read The Air (Dinaw Mengetsu)
• The Bells (Richard Harvell)
• Compass Rose (John Casey)
• By Nightfall (Michael Cunningham)
• C (Tom McCarthy)

• "We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses." ~ Abraham Lincoln
• "...yes always to be alone, for only in that alone space can we drop down to deepest peace" - Jeanette Winterson
• "never trust a man who doesn’t like champagne – its smell is entirely female" - Jeanette Winterson
• "The less is more is very good for food. Less, but the best. Less, but you what love." Jeanette Winterson
• "We need colours and smells, touch and texture. We need real life, which is usually a bit messy, and never comes ready-washed." - Jeanette Winterson
• "I’m not sure if I’m an introvert or an extrovert anymore. I think I might need equal parts solitude and socialization. But I do know that if I have to be around people nonstop for days on end, I begin...Tea Austen

• 10% of every inflow goes to things i enjoy and love
• one dress monthly
• reward myself with books
• document what i did good (cherry stickers on days i exercise)
• keep writing my goals, dreams, observations, inspirations
• not think against myself
• have an attitude of gratitude

what i love to eat and drink to keep healthy

• roasted corn
• strawberries
• cauliflower
• bananas
• liz's trail mix
• seafood pasta from mary grace
• brown rice
• berry soyjoy
• luna bars
• almonds
• yogurt (berry or plain)
• gopala bars
• seafood
• water
• soy milk (two glasses a day)
• yakult
• vitamin water

“Midnight Lover,” by Kisses “A warm summer night in SoCal.”

“Sabali,” by Amadou & Mariam “Pleasingly simple. Plus, I’m a sucker for synthesizer arpeggios and old-school drum machines!”

“In Particular,” by Blonde Redhead “I love the guitar work in their songs. There always seems to be something new the closer you look.”

“Collector,” by Here We Go Magic “Fun and mesmerizing with a nice dynamic arc.”

“Siberian Breaks,” by Mgmt “Its musical scenes are structured more like a movie than a typical pop song.”

“This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody),” by Talking Heads “An all-time favorite song. Nearly perfect.”

“I Wanna Be Your Lover,” by Prince “I love the rhythmic tension between the drums and keyboards.”

• Lars and the Real Girl
• Burn After Reading
• ✔ Meet Joe Black
• The Dirty Dozen
• An Affair to Remember
• The Usual Suspects
• Matchstick Men
• Awake
• Elizabeth Town
• Cutting Edge
• ✔ The Godfather trilogy (liked 1 best!)
• Virgin Suicides
• Julia
• ✔ Marie Antoinette
• Glengarry Glen Ross
• Scarface
• Dog Day Afternoon
• Scent of A Woman
• ✔ Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
• Taxi Driver
• ✔ An Education

because i have to have a few going at the same time:

• Hot, Flat and Crowded
• Naked Lunch
• Predictably Irrational
• Anna Karenina

• read 16 books
• ✔ lose 10 pounds
• lose 7 pounds more
• cut hair pixie short
• ✔ travel, alone.
• save XXX
• yoga 3-4 times a week
• boxing 2x a week
• take swimming lessons

• Godfather 3 (2.5/5)
• Sherlock Holmes (5/5) - 2
• The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus (3/5)
• Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs (5/5)
• The September Issue (5/5)
• Up In The Air (4/5)
• Coco Avant Chanel (4/5)
• New York, I Love You (4/5)
• Coco (5/5)
• Crazy Heart (4.5/5)
• An Education (4/5)
• How to Train Your Dragon (5/5)
• Letters to Juliet (3.5/5)
• Inception (4/5)
• One More Chance (3.5/5)
• Eat Pray Love (2.5/5)
• Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist (3/5)
• The Social Network (3.5/5)
• My Amnesia Girl (5/5)
• Meet Joe Black (4.5/5)

• sleep from 11pm to 7am (or 8 hours everyday)
• have breakfast (even if it's just some crackers and fruit and coffee!)
• chug at least 2.5 liters of water a day
• take vitamins everyday
• moisturize (body oil, sunscreen, lotion, lip balm, eye cream)
• pedi every 3 weeks
• facial monthly
• threading bimonthly
• exfoliate
• haircut every 6 weeks
• oil cleansing method quarterly
• ✔ flu vaccine annually
• ✔ cervical cancer vaccine (last shot!)
• lots of water
• no rice, if not brown (i try!)
• more greens
• no soda
• chocolate only when it's dark, with mint,...

• yoga MWTHSun
• boxing at least once a week week (and no less than 1.5 hours)
• running at least once a week (and no less than 5k)
• learn to bike properly (must master turning!)
• learn to cartwheel
• learn to do a headstand
• learn to swim better