Summer 2009:
Rainstorms
Chopin
Arizona Iced Tea
PostSecret
Jeff Buckley
Theories of the secret
Arcade Fire
Fantasizing about Jake Gyllenhaal
Red seedless grapes
Tarot readings
Frozen dinners
Bitch Magazine
Weeds
Whose Line Is It Anyway
Goddamn Hamilton Buses
Pinback
Documentaries on human consciousness
Theories of Confessional Culture
Mold
Nine Inch Nails
Repeated "vasovagal response" episodes
Don Dellilo
Theories of Emotion
Gorillaz
The best cat in the universe
Awkwardness
Dusty shelves
Sigur Ros
Daily Show / Colbert Report
Theories of Politicization
Zoning out too often
Loneliness
Crisp, cold green apples
Portishead
Documentaries on quantum physics
Trying to write
Mango smoothies
Feeling proud of myself
NOW Magazine website
Theories of the Archive
Masquerade
Thunder and lightning
Fantasizing about Ryan Reynolds
Feist
Not enough laughter
Massive gratefulness for good friends
True Blood
Theories of Therapeutic Culture
Refusing to clean up after other people
Astrology readings
Fantasizing about Shane from the L Word
Writing
Curve
Theories of why the hell I can't seem to write anything decent
Disappointment
Raw nerves
Tool
Theories of Affect
Trying to think
The silence of this room at 4 am
Realizing that this MA is actually meant to break you
Not feeling any better after that realization
Heart palpitations
Fleeting inspiration, and no pens
Dreams of subheadings and transition statements
Glimpses of everything fitting together
Staying up for 40 hours straight
Writing the last sentence, a sense of calm
Perspective
Plotting my escape...