for carly

favorite smell: pine, laundry, flowers (wild, not hothouse), the perfume my suitemate wears

favorite food: clear noodle soup with calamari and mussels, coconut curried vegetables, popovers with honey and butter, peanut butter and jelly

favorite photo (currently):

amanda wearing horatio's crown (the foam skull that lives on my nightstand) and expressing her outrage that someone would toss something as beautiful as an apple pie to the side of the road.

favorite non-musical sounds: rain, pages turning, wind, pouring cereal into a bowl

favorite books (at the moment): 'the unbearable lightness of being' - milan kundera, 'ocean sea' - alessandro baricco, 'some ether' - nick flynn, 'everything is illuminated' - jonathan safran foer, 'a heartbreaking work of staggering genius' - dave eggers

favorite indulgence (currently):

sour gummi worms. i've got a sugar high like you wouldn't believe.

favorite bands/singers: the decemberists, sufjan stevens, margot & the nuclear so and so's, joanna newsom, fleet foxes

favorite art mediums: watercolor, collage, pen and ink, fingerpaint

favorite outfit (currently):

thrifted skirt, ae over the knee socks, shirt bartered away from my sister, shoes i found in my parents' basement, earrings from an antique store in pocatello.

favorite place to be (currently): in bed.