• letting me hold his paws, muzzle
  • the first belly rub
  • pressing his forehead against me
  • resting his chin on my thighs
  • licking my chin the first time
  • coming when i call his name!
  • using my foot as a hand for some reason
  • getting so excited about tofu (not that he's allowed...)
  • tippy taps with chicken anything
jul 26 2019 ∞
jul 26 2019 +
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  • always makes me laugh
  • always cooks for me
  • watches weird stuff with me
  • dances at weddings
  • hugs me in his sleep & while i wash dishes
  • always offers to share devices & books
  • eats as much junk food as me
  • eats equally healthy the next day
  • loves broad city
  • we smoke but aren't stoner cliches
  • we can talk in movie/show quotes
  • meow and chicken with no bones
  • updates me on his projects
  • tries really hard to learn vietnamese, even though i laugh at him when he tries
  • loves that i overanalyze movies
  • knows everything about the city we live in
  • knows shortcuts and old buildings i'd love
apr 10 2015 ∞
jan 22 2018 +
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  • odilon redon
  • henri toulouse-lautrec
  • gerhard richter
  • edward hopper
  • robert rauschenberg
  • edouard vuillard
  • edouard manet
  • (see internet artist list)
  • richard hamilton
  • hannah hoch
  • frida kahlo
  • remedios varo
  • kay sage
  • salvador dali
  • gustave dore
  • max ernst
  • rene magritte
  • takashi murakami
  • hokusai
  • wayne thiebaud
  • alphonse mucha
nov 20 2014 ∞
nov 20 2014 +
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  • tree's lounge
  • a room with a view
  • downton abbey season 2
  • nabokov's speak/memory,
  • brian friel's translations
  • john water's role models
  • ice haven, mister wonderful, death ray
  • batman's under the red hood
  • visit ica museum for statue paper
  • send voodoo signals to museum internship
mar 2 2012 ∞
jan 9 2015 +
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  • "n is for neville... ennui" mug ($12)
  • cinderella castle mug ($18)
  • mary jane flats ($14!)
  • gold pressed-leaf necklace ($14)
  • black boots w/ blue flannel print ($56)
  • bookcase books list ($$$)
  • navy sailor sweatershirt ($28)
  • black satchel ($26)
  • tailor navy trenchcoat ($10-20)
  • the scallop: studies of a shell and its influences on humankind ($4)
  • the first pop age: painting & subjectivity... ($13)
  • die antwoord: donker mag ($12)
  • easel ($30+)
  • fabric glue ($2-3)
dec 23 2011 ∞
jul 26 2019 +
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  • quinn's book by william kennedy
  • iceman cometh by eugene o'neil
  • ...long day's journey into night by o'neil
  • ...moon for the misbegotten by o'neil
  • studs lonnigan by james t farell
feb 25 2011 ∞
aug 22 2011 +
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  • twelfth night or what you will by william shakespeare
  • magic mountain by thomas mann
  • a series of unfortunate events
    • the grim grotto, the penultimate peril
    • the end
  • kafka on the shore by haruki murakami<3
nov 14 2010 ∞
jan 13 2011 +
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LET'S DO THIS! Bite it's freaking head off! Or something!!!

dec 13 2010 ∞
feb 11 2011 +
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  • slaughterhouse-five by kurt vonnegut
  • persuasion by jane austen
  • magic mountain by thomas mann
  • a series of unfortunate events
    • the grim grotto, the penultimate peril
  • beowolf (norton)
  • amphigorey too by edward gorey
  • the canterbury tales by geoffrey chaucer
  • batman & philosophy: dark knight of the soul by mark d. white
  • doctor faustus by christopher marlowe
sep 5 2010 ∞
jul 26 2019 +
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  • The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford by Ron Hansen
  • Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
  • Hamlet, again! (Woffard Edition) by William Shakespeare
  • Looking For Alaska by John Green
  • UNCUT Magazine March 2010; Joy Division!
mar 15 2010 ∞
apr 3 2010 +
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  • arrested development: season 3
  • carnivàle: season 1
  • skins: season 4
  • community
  • criminal minds: season 5
  • project runway
  • united states of tara
mar 13 2010 ∞
nov 14 2010 +
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jul 26 2019 ∞
jul 26 2019 +
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  • peaky blinders
  • boardwalk empire
  • twin peaks
  • election
  • the graduate
  • game of thrones (those last two episodes)
  • the country girl by edna o'brien
  • 33 artists in 3 acts by sarah thornton
  • the bloody chambers by angela carter
  • the stranger by albert camus
  • love in the time of cholera by gabriel garcia marquez
  • the handmaid's tale by margaret atwood
  • gone girl by gillian flynn
  • seven days in the art world by sarah thornton
  • invisible man by ralph ellison
  • the moon and sixpence by w somerset maugham
jan 15 2015 ∞
jul 26 2019 +
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books

  • to have and have not
  • girl with the dragon tattoo, girl that played with fire, girl that kicked the hornet's nest
  • beware of pity, the post office girl (by stefan zweig, inspiration for grand budapest)
  • the cenci, a tragedy, in five acts by percy bysshe shelley
  • a story lately told by anjelica huston; i don't know what you know me from by judy greer
  • east of eden by john steinbeck
  • easter rising by michael patrick macdonald
  • the rum diary (audiobook) by hunter s. thompson
  • orlando by virginia woolf
  • embers by sándor márai
  • she's come undone by wally lamb
may 28 2014 ∞
jul 26 2019 +
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  • read:
    • swamplandia!
    • all souls
    • waiting for godot
    • mr. fox
    • brave new world
    • kitchen confidential
    • a moveable feast
  • watch:
    • boardwalk empire s4
    • mad men
    • breaking bad s4
  • learn how to embroider/crosstitch
    • (learn the difference between the two)
  • heather's feather earrings
  • health center curating selection
  • ink ribbon for typewriter
jan 3 2014 ∞
jul 26 2019 +
  • grey cotton blazer
  • pair of loafers
  • front closure bra
  • spring/rain coat
  • peter pan collared shirt
  • bone bracelet
  • white candy skull bracelet
  • daisy dress
  • stripey-under-sleeve blazer
  • tapestry clutch
jul 6 2012 ∞
jun 30 2014 +
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okay, maybe not entirely "of the internet" but i found them on the internet and i try to follow their tumblrs...

may 23 2012 ∞
nov 20 2014 +
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  • get an internship
  • create portfolios on:
    • flickr
    • dropr, myfolio, or carbonmade
    • tumblr or facebook
  • illustrate seal book
    • buy good (?) paper
    • alligator + soup
  • get better at writing cover letters
  • volunteer at museums
  • write
  • continue paintings!
    • photo/book ekphrases
  • type up irish notes
  • read:
    • skagboys
    • american psycho
apr 7 2013 ∞
jun 30 2014 +
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  • screaming females/mewithoutyou & co. concert
  • apply for gallery internship
  • art paper to dr. a
  • reply to roisin
  • edit papers for dr. evans
  • reply to emma & julie
  • read speak, memory by vladimir nabokov

WATCH:

  • cowboy bebop
  • buffalo 66' <3
  • dexter season2 4-6
  • blue velvet
  • sedmikrásky (daisies)✿
  • kanashimi no belladonna
  • poison ivy
  • cheburashka
  • portlandia
  • heartbeats les amours imaginaires
  • my neighbor totoro
dec 21 2011 ∞
may 10 2012 +
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  • white oleander by janet fitch
  • alas, bablyon by pat frank
  • a canticle for leibowitz by walter miller
  • youth in revolt by cd payne
  • the spoils of poynton by henry james
  • oryx and crake by margaret atwood
  • trumpet by jackie kay
  • the night watch by sarah waters
  • try by dennis cooper
  • jude the obscure by thomas hardy
  • dancer from the dance by andrew holleran
  • fun home by alison bechdel
  • a room with a view by em forester
  • the road by cormac mccarthy
aug 23 2011 ∞
may 22 2012 +
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  • radiohead
    • kid a <3
    • ok computer
  • grizzly bear
    • horn of plenty
    • yellow house <3
    • vecktamist
  • beach house
    • 2006 self-titled
    • devotion
    • teen dream
  • daft punk
    • homework
    • tron: legacy soundtrack
    • discovery
    • human after all
  • justice: +
jan 29 2011 ∞
aug 22 2011 +
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  • daria <3
  • weeds (season 6)
    • season 7
  • united states of tara (season 2)
    • season 3
  • misfits (season 1 & 2)
  • community (season 2)
  • criminal minds (season 6)
  • project runway (season 8)
  • the venture bros. <3 (season 4 1/2)
  • boardwalk empire <3
  • party down <3
  • flight of the conchords <3
  • mary stayed out all night
  • kuroshitsuji (season 2)
  • dexter
    • (season 1, season 2, season 3)
  • psych (season 5)
sep 25 2010 ∞
may 4 2012 +
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  • heathers <3
  • uncle buck
  • the breakfast club
  • pretty in pink
  • sixteen candles
  • ferris bueller's day off
  • real genius
  • weird science
  • beetlejuice <3
  • sid & nancy
  • teen witch
  • the little mermaid
  • pee-wee's big adventure
  • burton's batman
  • back to the future
  • dead poet's society
  • friday the 13th's
  • goonies
  • troop beverly hills

and as a 90's baby, YES: annie, the brave little toaster, all dogs go to heaven, l...

jan 29 2011 ∞
may 31 2013 +
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june/july in virginia

  • 1984 by george orwell
  • the danish girl by david ebershoff
  • a series of unfortunate events
    • the miserable mill, the hostile hospital

august in australia

  • amphigorey by edward gorey
  • sense & sensibility by jane austen
  • a series of unfortunate events
    • the carnivorous carnival, the slippery slope
aug 3 2010 ∞
sep 6 2010 +
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  • "There is radar in my heart/I should have trusted from the start."
  • "I carry your bones in my heart."
  • "You are the smell before rain/You are the blood in my veins."
  • "The best parties to skip are in the summertime! All your friends are too drunk to care you're not there!!"
  • "Here is a plea/From my heart to you/Nobody knows me/As well as you do."
  • "She lives on Love Street/Lingers long on Love Street/She has a house and garden/I would like to see what happens."
  • "You can tell that I'm not a minor in Asia no more..."
  • "This is war/Every line is about who I don't write about anymore."
  • "DAY IN! DAY OUT! DAY IN DAY OUT!"
  • "Cross my heart and hope to live/All the time with a little fever."
  • "Oh love, can you love me, babe?/Love, is...
may 5 2010 ∞
jan 23 2011 +
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  • 2-3am are the Witching Hours. i may be under some kind of hex that i'm not aware of and tomorrow/later, i may be biddened to do something evil against my will...
  • its scientifically proven that coffee causes insomnia. even though i only had a cup today, the years of addiction it may have finally effected my brain.
  • i only stepped out at sunset today. the sun regulates sleeping ...nerves? (i read this half-ironically off of GOOP?)
  • light from the computer mixes up time zones or sleeping patterns according to my grandma...
  • too many episodes of criminal minds. the last one i watched was very exciting thus, filling me with crime profiling adrenaline.
  • slept till 11am this morning.
  • domino's new recipe contains caffeine.
  • combination of friends and work stress af...__no__ work and not hearing from closest friends in a while....
mar 25 2010 ∞
mar 25 2010 +
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  • plant flowers (manhandle grass w/ mom)
  • pass Topics of Mathematics & Philosophy
  • get overdue permit
  • steady part-time job
  • plan SC/Virginia trip
  • fall 2010 schedule
    • study abroad plans...
    • prepping art minor
  • a brown leather bag
  • skirts & shorts
  • ride bike
  • new headphones
  • (20 miles) walk for hunger
  • black printer ink
  • new umbrella );
  • polaroid film
  • 4-5 from 'books... before i die' list
mar 21 2010 ∞
jul 4 2011 +
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  • Worcester Art Museum
  • Harvard Art Museum
  • Edward Gorey house
  • Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
  • Fuller Craft museum
  • Emily Dickinson Museum
  • Peabody Essex Museum
  • JFK Library
  • Mount Auburn Cemetery
  • Boston Public Library
  • Wolfsonian Museum (Miami, FL)
  • Perez Miami Art Museum
  • Viscaya Museum & Garden
  • Hemingway House (Key West, FL)
  • Edgar Allen Poe Museum (Richmond, VA)
  • Virginia Museum of Fine Art (Richmond, VA)
  • Museum of Fine Art Boston, Art + Literature: From Words to Works. Sunday, June 22, 2014
nov 19 2013 ∞
jul 26 2019 +
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  • trainspotting by irvine welsh
  • middlesex by jeffery eugenides
  • the last hurrah by edwin o'connor
  • kafka on the shore by haruki murakami
  • speak, memory by vladimir nabokov
  • studs lonigan by james t. farrell
  • the diary of frida kahlo: an intimate self-portrait
  • ulysses by james joyce
  • portrait of the artist/dubliners by james joyce
  • three plays by eugene o'neil
    • long days journey into the night $1!
    • the iceman cometh
  • a room with a view by em forster
  • from toulouse-lautrec to rodin by arthur symons <3
  • the science fiction of edgar allan poe (cover by odilon redon)
  • distressing dialogues by edna st. vincent...
dec 8 2011 ∞
jul 26 2019 +
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  • forgetting to bring a sleeping bag during orientation and being given a pink one
    • making friends with ian right afterwards and still remembering each other's names 5 years later
    • realizing my town wasn't half bad - as everyone vied to make their towns sound shittier than the next
    • making friends with caitlin, proving the OL's wrong that i'm too uptight. riding the train with her on her first then later last day of college 4 years later
    • pretending to sleep on the terrifying high bunk as the girls below me talked forever about their boyfriends - they left me their facebook name/email but i was too nervous to friend them
  • going on the Manhattan, New York field trip 3 years in a row
  • smoking in the football field with kirste...
may 16 2014 ∞
nov 20 2014 +
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  • BOOKS:
    • daniel clowes "wilson"
    • flapper: a madcap story
    • i have the right to destroy myself
    • anna christie, beyond the horizon by eugene o'neill
    • howl's moving castle
    • high fidelity
    • trainspotting
    • tina fey "bossypants"
    • sarah silverman "the bedwetter"
  • virginia beach
  • 21st BIRTHDAY
  • internship interview
  • beirut concert!
  • fell for fredi & pat...
  • try not to miss ireland or become too reclusive
  • WATCH:
may 8 2012 ∞
oct 16 2012 +
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  • gesso (mod podge or interior latex?)
  • rubber cement
  • wire-cutter
  • sharpie (super twin tip)
  • pen holders, nibs, indian ink
  • metal ruler
  • charcoal sticks
  • adobe photoshop cs4
  • canvasing gesso
  • stretcher bars (12) 20x20
apr 21 2012 ∞
may 28 2014 +
  • i'm a cyborg but that's okay (korean)
  • blind (dutch)
  • amelie (french)
  • children of paradise (french)
  • the science of sleep (french)
  • joy division documentary (british)
  • trainspotting (scottish)
  • if... (british)
  • 24 hour party people (british)
  • divorcing jack (irish)
  • sympathy for lady vengence (korean)
  • sympathy for mr. vengence (korean)
  • the king & the clown (korean)
  • spirited away (japanese)
  • the host (korean)
  • please say something - short film (irish)
  • kung fu hussle (chinese)
  • shaun of the dead (british)
  • pan's labyrinth (spanish)
  • oldboy (korean)
nov 19 2011 ∞
dec 4 2011 +
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(for my little brother)

  • the virgin suicides
  • rushmore
  • it's kind of a funny story
  • submarine
  • ghost world
  • rebel without a cause
  • ferris bueller's day off
  • the breakfast club
  • sixteen candles
  • the go-getter
  • the life aquatic with steve zissou

and to rewatch:

  • rocket science
  • youth in revolt
  • scott pilgrim vs. the world
  • thumbsucker
nov 6 2011 ∞
dec 8 2012 +
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  • little brother's birthday:
    • navy dunlop bag ($44)
  • many belles down black two step dress ($50)
  • stupidly expensive coat because i'm picky & like to romanticize the cold:
    • faux fur trim jacket ($29) lopsided buttons...
  • katie floral bra ($20)
aug 1 2011 ∞
dec 23 2011 +
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  • revolutionary girl utena
  • witch hunter robin
  • xxxholic
  • cardcaptor sakura
  • noir
  • kino's journey
  • sayonara zetsubo sensei
  • death note
  • nodame cantabile
  • cowboy bebop
  • magical shopping arcade abenobashi
mar 5 2011 ∞
jan 13 2015 +
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  • wool or tweed, lined
  • hooded (fake fur optional)
  • peacoat, double-breasted
  • navy, charcoal/gray, brown, or black
  • mid-thigh to knees in length
  • sleeves slightly past wrist
  • large, accessible pockets
  • optional: crest or black buttons
  • negotiable: belted, fleece, hooded
  • non-negotiable: magic, warmth, $30-50 bucks
dec 11 2010 ∞
jan 12 2011 +
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  • a series of unfortunate events by lemony snicket
    • the bad beginning, the reptile room, the wide window, the miserable mill
  • hamlet essays (blarrrrrrrrggggh)
    • feminism
    • psychoanalycist
    • deconstruction
    • marxism
    • new historicism
mar 31 2010 ∞
may 4 2010 +
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  • a series of unfortunate events
    • the austere academy, the ersatz elevator, the vile village
  • madame bovary by gustav flaubert<3
  • peter pan in kensington garden by jm barrie
  • female chauvinist pigs: women and the rise of raunch culture by ariel levy
  • vanity fair: grace kelly
may 4 2010 ∞
dec 4 2010 +