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three good things I read this afternoon:
1) The Yellow Wallpaper (a short story)
2) Spaces We Leave Empty (a poem)
3) an article about how language shapes how we think

three snacks I've been enjoying lately:
1) carrots dipped in crunchy peanut butter
2) graham crackers
3) purple grapes

three songs I listened to on my walk home:
1) I'm not who I was - Brandon Heath
2) Dynamite - Taio Cruz
3) Take off your cool - Norah Jones & Andree 3000

three of my favorite adjectives of the moment:
1) jittery
2) stunning
3) superfluous

three photos I think are swell and make me miss things:
1) ...like Chance
2) ...like Nica
3) ...like Zoe

three material things I currently desire:
1) a new camera
2) an old-fashioned globe, the kind you find in history classrooms
3) a beanbag chair (because I've never had one and they are so comfy)

three non-material things I currently desire:
1) the ability to paint/draw
2) wisdom (in all aspects of life)
3) a more refined sense of humor

three places I hope to visit in the U.S. this year:
1) Portland
2) Nashville
3) Philadelphia

three of my favorite places to write near UVa:
1) Shennondoah Joe's (the one on Preston because they have comfy couches)
2) The Gardens
3) the stacks in Alderman (I'm a freak, but I LOVE the smell and being all cozy-surrounded by ancient, colorful books)

three things always in my purse:
1) an extra hair-tie
2) blush
3) my iPod

three things most people love, but I hate:
1) soccer
2) the smell of roses
3) the color orange (I tolerate it as a UVa student)

three things most people hate, but I love:
1) broccoli
2) felines
3) listening to Akon