::listology::

25 Books in the 25th Year of Life

01.  the marriage plot - jeffrey eugenides
02.  an object of beauty - steve martin
03.  museum of the weird - amelia gray
04.  brave new world - aldous huxley
05.  hunger games - suzanne collins
06.  persepolis:  the story of a childhood - marjane satrapi
07.  persepolis:  the story of a return - marjane satrapi
08.  chicken with plums - marjane satrapi
09.  embroideries - marjane satrapi
10.  learning to love you more - harrel fletcher & miranda july
11.  it chooses you - miranda july
12.  black hole - charles burns
13.  the sigh - marjane satrapi
14.  the heart is a lonely hunter - carson mccullers
15.  catching fire - suzanne collins
16.  mockingjay - suzanne collins
17.  eating animals - jonathon safron foer
18.  a good man is hard to find - flannery o'conner
19.  when you are engulfed in flames - david sedaris
20.  a study in scarlet - sir arthur conan doyle
21.  the sign of four - sir arthur conan doyle
22.  the adventures of sherlock holmes - sir arthur conan doyle
23.  the memoirs of sherlock holmes - sir arthur conan doyle
24.  the hound of the baskervilles - sir arthur conan doyle
25.  the return of sherlock holmes - sir arthur conan doyle
26.  the collected stories of carson mccullers - carson mccullers

Currently:  lives like loaded guns:  emily dickinson and her family's feuds - lyndall gordan

::mixology::

the sub-title of this year's mix is a translated line from wagner's ring cycle. the story goes as such: siegmund and sieglinde have always felt odd, as if part of their self is missing. when they find each other, they instantly fall in love, and siegmund utters, "you are the image i have hidden in myself." turns out, though, they are TWINS. so, tragedy.

happy new year everyone.

modern romance 2011: "you are the image i have hidden in myself"
click here to listen (to most)

01. beginners soundtrack - beginners theme suite

02. jens lekman - and i remember every kiss

03. martha reeves and the vandellas - (love is like a) heatwave

04. the beach boys - you're so good to me

05. belle & sebastian - lazy line painter jane

06. cat power - good woman

07. feist - lonely lonely (live)

08. neko case - things that scare me

09. andrew bird - how you gonna keep 'em down on the farm

10. okkervil river - get big

11. modest mouse - little motel

12. the national - fake empire

13. bishop allen - flight 180

14. the long winters - commander thinks aloud (live)

15. ellie greenwich - you don't know

16. feist - secret heart (live)

17. yeah yeah yeahs - maps

18. yo la tengo - take care

19. the smiths - asleep

::haiku::

i h e a r t m e l a n c h o l y

lovely morning: cake
(carrot), book (moyra davey),
café (hot). despair.

::haiku::

s o c i a l n e t w o r k

i managed to read
five chapters before needing
to share this with you

via: cari ann wayman

via: paper tissue

::haiku::

f o r l o r n h a i k u

i know no one will
love me, because i wouldn't
let them if they tried.

::haiku::

i m i s s y o u b u t i t m a k e s m e l o v e y o u m o r e

sometimes it's ok
to meet new people. you'll see
your friend tomorrow.

::haiku::

c o m f o r t

being surrounded
with little objects can help
when you live alone

::haiku::

s u p e r c o n n e c t e d

whenever i feel
lonely, i read... twistori
gives me company

::haiku::

f u t i l e

a listless t-shirt
lies sighing in the hamper
by floral print couch

::haiku::

f l u o r e s c e n t h a l o g e n t u n g s t e n d a y l i g h t

does lighting affect
the moment someone decides
you are beautiful?