for english 214

  • corner in wheat
  • the immigrant
  • the fall of the house of usher (watson and webber)
  • the fall of the house of usher (epstein and bunuel)
  • king kong 3/5
  • maltese falcon 3/5
  • a letter from an unknown woman 4.5/5
  • bonnie and clyde 4.5/5
  • born in flames 4/5
  • pulp fiction 4/5
  • gravity 4/5

january

  • big hero 6 4/5
  • ma vie en rose 4/5 ~

february

  • selma 4.5/5 ^
jan 18 2015 ∞
jun 24 2015 +
  • friday night lights
  • breaking bad
  • true detective
  • game of thrones
  • arrested development
  • the office
  • twin peaks?
  • the knick
  • american horror story
  • glue
  • orange is the new black
mar 9 2014 ∞
jun 15 2015 +
  • ball dahlias
  • cabbage roses
  • calla lilies
  • camelias
  • garden roses
  • hydrangeas
  • juliet roses
  • peonies
  • plena gardenia
  • pom pon dahlias
  • poppies
  • ranunculus
  • rhododendrons
may 9 2013 ∞
jun 26 2014 +

meals

  • 2008 - lou malnati's (deep dish pizza)
  • 2009 - chinatown restaurant (crab with egg and crystal shrimp)
  • 2010 - not sure.. hmm. 2 days later, i ate gullivers for the first time?
  • 2011 - royal buffet
  • 2012 - sushi buffet at house of sushi
  • 2013 - smoque and rolls and bowls
  • 2014 - clarke's

cakes

  • 2008 - lutz, yellow cake with vanilla frosting and chocolate fondant
  • 2009 - swedish bakery, red velvet with a shit load of frosting
  • 2010 - swedish bakery, german chocolate
  • 2011 - cheesecake from a chinese restaurant on michigan avenue
  • 2012 - swedish bakery, chocolate ganache
  • 2013 - swedish bakery, caramel apple crem...
oct 2 2008 ∞
jan 18 2015 +

soup noodles

  • bun kho - stewed meat with carrots
  • bun rieu - crab cakes and shrimp
  • bun bo hue - spicy red hot soup
  • banh canh - thick translucent noodles
  • pho with beef eye round, brisket, flank, tendon

noodles and fish sauce

  • bun with beef, pork chops, eggrolls

rice dishes with fish sauce

  • com tam with everything yum

meat/fish dishes

  • ca kho to - clay pot caramelized catfish
  • viet chicken curry
  • thit trung kho to - viet pork belly with eggs

side dishes

jan 26 2013 ∞
jan 28 2014 +
  • any tesla
  • lexus rx
  • mini cooper
apr 6 2012 ∞
oct 13 2013 +
  • pooh bear (young)
  • max from where the wild things are (8th grade)
  • boy sailor (9th grade)
  • my dad (10th grade)
  • nothing (11th grade)
  • tiger (12th grade)
oct 7 2011 ∞
jan 20 2014 +
dec 27 2011 ∞
jun 10 2012 +

and why/their references

  • adelaide (jadedpears)
  • scarlett (johansson)
  • neely (conor oberst's ex)
  • tilly (tilly and the wall)
  • thao (thao and the get down stay down)
  • june (june on the west coast)
  • siobhan (siobhan)
  • miles (robert frost, miles to go before i sleep)
  • nox (night in latin)
  • lux (light in latin; lux lisbon)
  • vox (voice in latin)
  • wes(t) (anderson, the truth about forever)
  • cullen (twilight?)
  • nhi (girl from seac)
  • north (tony, north west)
  • win (win butler)
feb 22 2011 ∞
may 20 2014 +

canada

  • calgary, alberta
  • toronto, ontario

united states

  • las vegas, nevada
  • los angeles, california
  • san francisco, california
jul 29 2010 ∞
dec 31 2012 +
  • 10/28/01 - steppenwolf: the house on mango street
nov 22 2009 ∞
mar 6 2010 +
  • across the universe
  • atonement
  • beauty and the beast
  • casino royale
  • girl with the dragon tattoo
  • harry potter and the sorcerer's stone
  • harry potter and the chamber of secrets
  • harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban
  • harry potter and the goblet of fire
  • harry potter and the order of the phoenix
  • harry potter and the half blood prince
  • lion king, the (from clayton)
  • sherlock holmes
  • social network
  • star trek

boxsets

  • house md: season 2
  • house md: season 3
  • the oc: season 1
nov 14 2009 ∞
dec 31 2012 +

favorites

  • egg drop soup w/ shark fin
  • beet soup
  • potatoes and pork chops
  • ground beef and tofu
  • soy sauce catfish
  • potato carrot soup
  • red meat buns (this is a purchase)
  • tomato sauce w/ rice noodles and meat
  • egg and ground beef casserole
  • honeyed chicken
  • tomato soup
  • red bean soup
  • mung bean soup
  • homemade soymilk (experiment)
  • japanese pancakes (mix)
  • vermicelli noodles with dried shrimp
oct 4 2008 ∞
oct 13 2013 +

january

  • $13 nude lace victoria's secret bra

march

  • $11 francesca's earrings
  • $5 uniqlo flannel dress
  • $16 cat casio watch
  • $10 sheer white zara top
  • $16 forever 21 romper
  • $40 office brogues
  • $10 1 state jewel neck halter

may

  • $32 made well chambray top
  • $20 uo bw crop shirt
  • $45 bcbgeneration romper
  • $15 of f21 jewelry

june

  • $65 kate spade purse
  • $13 matching separates
mar 21 2015 ∞
aug 9 2015 +
  • alexander skarsgard
  • andrew garfield
  • brandon flowers
  • diego luna
  • chris evans
  • chris pratt
  • domhnall gleeson
  • james dean
  • james marsden
  • jamie dornan
  • joseph gordon levitt
  • justin timberlake
  • logan lerman
  • michael fassbender
  • robert pattinson
  • ryan gosling
  • ryan kwanten
  • ryan reynolds
  • tyler posey
  • zac efron
  • zayn malik
aug 4 2014 ∞
feb 14 2015 +
  • 4/6/14 - lincolnwood chipotle
  • 4/6/14 - lincoln & peterson chipotle
  • 4/6/14 - chill bubble tea
    • email correspondance
  • 4/6/14 - village of lincolnwood (pool front attendant and camp counselor)
  • 4/20/14 - topshop (back of house assistant)
  • 4/20/14 - nordstrom rack (rotating sales)
  • 4/21/14 - lincoln park zoo internship
  • 4/27/14 - mariano's (4 positions)
  • 4/28/14 - 5 jobs through afterschoolmatters
    • offered job at indo-american center
  • 4/28/14 - chicago public library jobs through one summer chicago
    • interview
apr 6 2014 ∞
jul 29 2014 +
  • gerhard richter
  • cy twombly
  • claude monet
  • josef hoflehner
jan 29 2014 ∞
mar 23 2014 +

january

  • $15 vs bra lemons
  • $20 vs green running pants
  • $20 zara black and white dress

april

  • $50 steve madden sandals
  • $140 prom dress
  • $20 uniqlo shirt

may

  • $40 steve madden wooden heels
  • $20 uo surplus black jeans
  • $10 uo surplus sparkly dress
  • $5 ae black bralette
  • $28 aqua midi skirt
  • $10 uo purple top

july

  • $10 blue h&m skirt
  • $19 h&m slide sandals
jan 12 2014 ∞
sep 8 2015 +
  • chick-fil-a
  • sprinkles x 2
  • bopngrill x 3
  • panera x 3
  • tre kronor x 2
  • wolfy's
  • jury's
  • garcia's x 3
  • paciugo gelato x 2
  • gulliver's
  • m henry x 2
  • sun wah
  • taste of chicago
  • five guys x 2
  • crisp
  • noon hour grill
  • lickety split
  • burger king
  • dairy star
  • shelly's freeze
  • halo asian mix
may 25 2012 ∞
jun 17 2015 +
  • hummus and cream cheese
  • hummus and tomato paste
  • tomato cheddar and mozzarella
  • butter and blueberry bagels
  • cheese and bread
  • meat and croissant
  • honey and fries
  • barbecue sauce and everything
  • sriracha with everything (especially sweet savory stuff)
  • peanut butter and jelly with everything
  • cream cheese on bread
  • american cheese and ramen
may 7 2012 ∞
jan 26 2013 +
  • speak by laurie halse anderson
  • the perks of being a wallflower by stephen chbosky
  • the house on mango street by sandra cisneros
  • the hunger games by suzanne collins
  • middlesex by jeffrey eugenides
  • extremely loud & incredibly close by jonathan safran foer
  • memoirs of a geisha by arthur golden
  • looking for alaska by john green
  • the curious incident of the dog in the night-time by mark haddon
  • the kite runner by khaled hossenini
  • the history of love by nicole krauss
  • atonement by ian mcewan
  • lolita by vladamir nabokov
  • the time traveler’s wife by audrey niffeneger
  • choke by chuck palahniuk
  • invisible monsters by chuck palahniuk
nov 11 2009 ∞
jan 26 2013 +
  • skinnydipping
  • open a store
  • have a song written about me
  • get something published
  • go to a music festival
  • win something
  • try a roller coaster
  • sleep naked
  • learn to dance
  • receive a massage
  • be able to swim, well
  • ride a horse
  • go paintballing
  • be somewhere with visible stars
  • become a good singer
  • make a pizza
  • be atop a roof
  • move to a different city
  • see lots of live music
jun 9 2011 ∞
jan 20 2014 +
  • portland, oregon
  • san francisco, california
  • san diego, california
  • seattle, washington
  • new york city, new york
jan 5 2012 ∞
jan 5 2012 +

coppola

  • somewhere
  • marie antoinette
  • lost in translation
  • the virgin suicides

wes anderson

  • rushmore
  • the royal tenenbaums
  • fantastic mr fox

etc

  • say anything
  • almost famous
  • the fall
  • the brothers bloom
  • brick
  • into the wild
  • fight club
  • kids
  • i heart huckabees
dec 28 2010 ∞
jul 19 2014 +

shows

  • virtues of harmony
  • hearts of fencing
  • perish in the name of love
  • triumph in the skies 1 + 2
  • war and beauty
  • the charm beneath
  • marriage of inconvenience
  • moonlight resonance
  • when basterly showers fall on the sunny west
  • when a dog loves a cat
  • the gem of life

movies

  • la brassiere
nov 6 2008 ∞
oct 13 2013 +

places i have eaten donuts

  • dunkin donuts
  • krispy kreme
  • tim hortons
  • glazed and infused
  • firecakes
  • dinkel's
  • doughnut vault
  • stan's donuts
  • do-rite donuts
  • shipley's

favorite donuts

  • firecakes
    • old-fashioned <3
    • nutella chocolate long john
  • stan's donuts
    • biscoff pocket
    • toffee cake
aug 31 2014 ∞
aug 7 2015 +
  • johnny depp & kate moss
  • ryan gosling & rachel mcadams
  • adam brody & rachel bilson
  • devandra banhart & ana kras
  • guillaume canet & marion cotillard
  • alex turner & alexa chung
mar 9 2014 ∞
aug 10 2014 +

things i have read by them are crossed out

  • dave eggers
    • a heartbreaking work of staggering genius
  • david foster wallace
    • wiggle room
    • incarnations of burned children
    • this is water
  • chris ware
    • building stories
  • adrian tomine
    • 32 stories
    • sleepwalk
    • shortcomings
  • george saunders
mar 12 2013 ∞
jan 20 2014 +
  • the six episodes of quarterlife
  • the only season of freaks and geeks
  • misfits season 1-3
  • season one of portlandia (six episodes)
  • the only season of my so called life
  • several seasons of adventure time
  • skins until series 6
  • misfits until series 4
  • legend of korra

continuation

  • new girl
  • girls
  • masters of sex
  • fresh off the boat
  • true blood
  • penny dreadful
  • the knick
  • game of thrones
aug 15 2012 ∞
jan 18 2015 +

pizza

  • piece, wicker park
  • great lake, andersonville CLOSED
  • jimmy's pizza cafe, ravenswood

burgers

  • edzo's, evanston
  • wiener and still champion, evanston
  • kuma's corner, avondale
  • rally's, south
  • prairie moon, evanston

italian

  • calo, andersonville
  • taverna 750
  • bar ombra

brunch

  • m. henry

buffet featured

apr 23 2012 ∞
jul 19 2014 +
  • anna karina
  • stoya
  • amber heard
  • scarlett johansson
  • angelina jolie
  • kim kardashian
aug 23 2011 ∞
dec 31 2012 +

i love

  • mulan
  • beauty and the beast
  • 101 dalmatians
  • lilo and stitch
  • ratatouille
  • the lion king

never seen (fully)

  • pocahontas
  • the little mermaid
  • robin hood
  • spirited away
  • sleeping beauty
  • cinderella
  • the fox and the hound
  • alice in wonderland
  • the jungle book
  • hunchback of notre dame
  • lady and the tramp
  • the fox and the hound
nov 11 2009 ∞
mar 4 2010 +
  • apple imac - benjamin
  • apple ipod - franklin
  • apple ipod touch - winston
  • motorola krzr - korean bbq
  • nintendo ds - n/a
  • nokia (tiny and featureless) - korean bbq
  • nokia 5230c - samson
  • samsung galaxy s3 - david (after fassbender's character in prometheus)
  • samsung galaxy s4 - garfield
  • samsung gear - alexander
  • sandisk 512mb flash drive - optimus prime
  • sony 1gb flash drive - megatron
  • sony t900 camera - deacon
  • ti 84 - charlie
dec 27 2009 ∞
apr 14 2014 +

favorites

  • there's a boy in the girls' bathroom
  • chinese cinderella and the secret dragon society
  • where the wild things are
  • the very hungry caterpillar
  • miss nelson is missing
  • strega nona
  • the trumpet of the swan
dec 14 2008 ∞
jan 31 2011 +