Countdown

The countdowns begin.

9 days until I leave Portland,

1 month until I turn a ripe 23 years old. 

The days leading up to a birthday are always a good time to take pause and wonder, what am I doing? Where am I going?

Is it possible to answer these questions?

Over the next month, I will assemble a list of 24 things I'd like to do/accomplish/manifest in the next year of my life. Maybe I'll post the list, maybe I won't. Not that I assume the readers of this blog (5? 6?) are chomping at the bit to know what my internal road map looks like. But lists are fun!

Here's a list for ya. A playlist.

Running, Returning : Akron Family

Postcards : An-Horse

With Arms Outstretched : Rilo Kiley

Play With Fire : The Rolling Stones

Please Don't Be Upset (?) : Jack & Jeffrey Lewis

Driving : Sibylle Baier

Omaha : Liz Isenberg

Farm, Ca. : Jana Hunter

No, No, No, I Won't Come (Go) : Michael Hurley

Exit Music (For a Film) : Radiohead

Postcards from Italy : Beirut

Chin Chin & Muck Muck : Devendra Banhart

Vicious Traditions : The Veils

Nobody Has To Stay : Mirah

Bright Bright Bright : Dark Dark Dark

This is what a garden looks like. If I could be buried in a place like this, that'd be swell.