Words that Should NOT Exist

words that i hate the sound of. they make me cringe.
*condone
*mucus
*reverberate
*pianist
*flautist
*moist
*juror
*panties
*damp
*crotch
*tits
*rural
*orifice

My Favorite Words

words i like the sound of... a lot. they make my mouth happy

*sperlunking
*degradation
*reiterate
*erroding
*voluptuous
*bastard
*elongate
*serendipity
*thespian
*macademia
*tintinabulation
*tutelage
*somnambalism
*bulbous
*marshmellow
*morose
*muffin
*jovial
*convoluted
*bamboozle
*trabajabamos
*flap
*spring
*persnickety
*fasicious
*dollop
*superfluous
*masticate
*meander
*frolic
*euphonious

Thing I Want To Do In My Lifetime

not "Things I want to do before I die" cause i don't want to have to wait until i'm dying to do them. but same idea.... when preceded by #, i have completed the dream that follows

*go skydiving

*go hot air ballooning
*eat a chocolate covered scorpion
*spend the night in a haunted house
*blow something up
#visit London
*kiss in the rain
*sit and ponder in some ancient Greek ruins
*run a long the Great Wall of China
*ask a Sphinx a riddle in Egypt
*spend the night in the catwalks of a theatre
#slumber party on a stage
*visit India

*visit Prague

*visit Dubai
#see Wicked on stage
#see Les Miserables on stage
#see Phantom of the Opera on stage

*see Metamorphases by Mary Zimmerman onstage
*have art in a gallery that is not at school
*study art in Italy
#nap under the Eiffel Tower
*New Year's Eve in New York
#live on a mountain
*road trip across the country with friends
*swim with dolphins
*backpack Europe for more than a week
*go sperlunking
*go to New Zealand to find Middle Earth
#visit King's Cross Station
*sell a piece of art for an outrageous amount of money
*find love
*attend a service in a Buddhist Temple
*read all the classics
*develop a super power
*change someone's life drastically
*see David Letterman's show live
*see Craig Ferguson's show live
*punch Hilary Duff in the face
#eat cajun food
*shave my head
*learn how to blow glass

*learn how to work with encaustic

*visit San Fransisco
*go to Oman and study the culture
*visit a mosque
*be friends with Jon Stewart
*drink coffee from every country (# on Turkish and Omani and Costa Rican)

#stand in the Sky Deck at the Sears Tower

#go to a gay bar

*go on a national geographic cruise

*get a hot stones massage

My Favorite Phobias

Peladophobia--> fear of bald people
Bolshephobia--> fear of Bolsheviks
Geiophobia--> fear of chins
Porphyrophobia--> fear of the color purple
Oneirogmophobia--> fear of wet dreams
Aulophobia--> fear of flutes
Hellenologophobia--? fear of Greek terms
Gunuphobia--> fear of knees
Arachibutyrophobia--> fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth
Phobophobia--> fear of phobias
Ephebiphobia--> fear of teenagers
Lachanophobia--? fear of vegetables
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia--> fear of long words

Why My Apartment in Chicago Sucked

*small
*expensive
*drafty windows
*yellow colored bathroom
*only a half fridge
*no counter space in the kitchen or bathroom
*broken electrical outlets installed at an angle
*ugly
*small beds
*no light in "kitchen"
*gas stove that sets off the smoke alarm whenever i use the oven
*located right next to the alleyway where drunk people fight and smoke and play loud music
*located right next to same alleyway where hundreds of dumpsters need to be emptied weekly
*located right next to same alleyway where all the bars' delivery trucks stop
*construction on the apartment across the way
*hot and cold faucets in sink are exactly the same- barely cold unless you let them run forever, then they get lukewarm
*hottest and coldest water is in the shower
*sink doesn't drain very well
*sticky tack doesn't stick to the walls
*no one told us we had to turn the heater on, even though they turned the heat on
*have to have the light in the bathroom on to use that outlet, and it doesn't always work
*light in the main room spazzes and flickers every time you turn it on
*windows get stuck open or shut- require force to move them
*no shelf in closet
*dresser drawers stick
*crappily constructed
*microwave doesn't always work unless you hold the cord just right
*rusty cabinets
*cabinets right above stove get really hot and melty
*no drawers in "kitchen"
*only one comfy chair
*no view
*other rooms aren't as bad as ours
and the biggest problem, which would make all the other problems less horrific:
*it's a room made for one person and they shove 2 in for chicago semester students!

Little Things That Make My Day

*the handicapped homeless man who always says 'good morning angels' to everyone but never asks for money
*lunch with my boss Beate
*cleanslate workers with a smiling face as they clean each neighborhood
*the man who runs the snack bar at the clark/division red line stop and always tells me good morning
*the holiday decorations
*getting phone calls from friends at home unexpectedly
*zulfiya's laugh
*good conversations about art with stephen snyder
*saturday night live parties
*heather hubers' brownies
*reading on the trains, and in the train stations
*getting weird looks because of how i'm dressed/what i'm reading/i'm sitting on the floor of the train station
*nerdy conversations with jessica lundgren
*having time to make art

How My Semester in Chicago Changed Me

*i love the city, and i never thought i would
*i wear make up almost daily
*i'm more comfortable being myself in front of friends and strangers
*i wear dressier clothes than i used to. still sort of uniquified, but.... i hardly wear t-shirts anymore!
*i like borscht
*i feel like, if i had to, i could become a vegetarian
*i go out to bars and dance clubs--- and sometimes dance!
*i like James Bond
*i procrastinate a lot more
*i don't mind not knowing where i am or where i'm going
*more uncertain about my future than ever
*i talk to people i have nothing in common with and try to be their friend
*i can (sort of) talk in front of small groups of people
*i don't have as much time for my art
*more independent
*i'm more talkative
*little things get to me more easily
*i look more like a professional than an artist when i'm going to work so-
*when i'm on my own i am even more unusually dressed
*starting to almost like airports (but not flying)
*weirdly, writing more often
*more leader-like
*more comfortable talking to strangers
*more comfortable asking for help
*more liberal
*talking on the phone way more often
*give more easily to homeless
*care more about feminist issues
*i like outsider art!
*can more easily (and more willingly) express my opinions