- Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)—Arcade Fire
- From Oakland To Warsaw—Destroyer (and many many others by Dandy Dan)
- We're Here—Guillemots
- You Got It—Roy Orbison
- Serenade—Roxy Music (to answer your question, Bryan—YES.)
- Bluish—Animal Collective
- Roscoe—Midlake
- Heretics—Andrew Bird
- Wuthering Heights—Kate Bush
- I Know Where The Summer Goes—Belle and Sebastian
- The Diamond Sea—Sonic Youth (I can't explain it, either. But oh man, does it win me over.)
apr 11 2009 ∞
apr 11 2009 +
- start anti-anxiety treatment
- practice meditation
- write lots of letters
- enroll in Ethics and American Music summer courses at LLCC
- go to Washington Park as frequently as possible
- listen to and rate all unrated RYM entries
- maintain my Skype schedule with Aleksey
- ✔ buy Lollapalooza ticket
- spend more time with Nick
- listen to my records
- save money whenever possible
- finally, FINALLY learn to use a planner
- read more
- waste less time on the Internet (but of course keep up my regular communications)
apr 11 2009 ∞
apr 14 2009 +
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- iambic
- anomaly
- resplendent
- juxtapose
- incandescent
- traipse
- fluctuate
- hootenanny
- henceforth
- debacle
apr 12 2009 ∞
apr 12 2009 +
- get rid of my anxiety issues for good
- learn better coping mechanisms for stress
- graduate from Cornell with honors (at least magna cum laude, ideally) by December 2012 at the latest
- get at least a master's degree in journalism, preferably from Columbia
- become fluent in at least three foreign languages—one nearly down (French), two to go (looking at Russian and Chinese, perhaps Spanish as well)
- get a job either as a translator or a journalist at a high-profile newspaper
- keep a healthy relationship with Aleksey as long as possible, and when the time's right, marry and have kids with him
- get a nice but not-too-large house in either Boston or Chicago
- remain in close contact with my best friends (particularly the SHS folks) and visi...
apr 11 2009 ∞
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- August 2002—Illinois State Fair Grandstand, Springfield, IL—Aaron Carter and a bunch of other teen pop acts (no comment)
- June 2006—Taste Of Springfield, 6th Street, Springfield, IL—The Woggles
- August 4-6, 2006—Lollapalooza, Grant Park, Chicago, IL—Stars, Ryan Adams, My Morning Jacket, Sleater-Kinney, Wolfmother, Sonic Youth, The Flaming Lips, The New Pornographers, Manu Chao, The Hold Steady, Nickel Creek, The Shins, Wilco
- April 14, 2007—The Pageant, St. Louis, MO—My Brightest Diamond, The Decemberists
- July 18, 2007—Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, Chicago, IL—The Decemberists
- October 4, 2008—The State Theatre, Ithaca, NY—Andrew Bird (forgot who opened for him)
apr 13 2009 ∞
apr 13 2009 +
- Ric Ocasek
- Dan Bejar
- Colin Firth
- Thurston Moore (and Kim Gordon, too!)
- David Bowie
- Win Butler
- Damon Albarn (in his younger days)
- Joseph Fiennes (in Shakespeare In Love)
- Colin Meloy
- Patti Smith circa Horses
- I confess...young Elvis Costello on his better days
apr 11 2009 ∞
apr 11 2009 +
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