song

if i am asked what i listened to while writing the majority of my work during winter 2009/2010 i will reply:

Beyonce's Halo
Lady Gaga's Poker Face
Beach House's Silver Soul
Rhianna and Jay-z's Run This Town
Jay-z and Alicia Key's Empire State of Mind
The Morning Benders Excuses

conversion

quick, before i let things get too negative, i need to write down things i really love about today:

1. Missing the '90s: Mazzy Star -- Fade Into You.

2. Blaming things on the nonsensical: Radiohead -- Black Star.

3. The entirety of the newest Beach House -- Teen Dream.

4. the two glasses of wine i had with my thai food.

5. identifying a new granola to make at home.

6. telephone call with aaron.

7. the earrings i bought in Oaxaca.

blog, i want to retire you, but i can't part. so i bring to you another list, a list of favorite things at this very moment:

getting to know wonderful, new friends

salami & cheese and pickled cippolini onions

edison lightbulbs

photography

sewing

laying in bed and drawing instead of reading/writing/statistics

listening to new music

gazing, glaring, griping

being firmly planted in my mid-twenties and living to love it

drinking wine across the courtyard

rediscovering my passion for housing policy

and feeling the more like myself than at any point in the last many years

i knew i'd fucking love you, 2010, so far i am right.

i love being right.