Driving without directions, Drawing clothed people naked, writing without censor, loving without limitations, crying without attention, fighting without intention of winning, sarcasm without guilt, judgment without foresight, sewing without patterns, cooking without recipes, singing without lyrics, giving without expectations, falling without fear of death, sleeping without waking, etc.

Betsey Johnson, Marc Jacobs, GSUS, Vintage, Chanel,

CB2, Design Within Reach, Kid Robot, Target, F21, H&M;, Anthropologie, cough Urban Outfitters, Buffalo Exchange, Beacon’s Closet

Cause I’m a narcissist: oliviaallin.tumblr.com, oliviaallin.blogspot.com, yobeat.com/actlikeyouknow, wwtdd.com, tavi-thenewgirlintown.blogspot.com, tastespotting.com

Greek, Gossip Girl, Daria, South Park, Sealab 2021, Sex and the City, Dead Like Me, Golden Girls, Absolutely Fabulous, Clarissa Explains It All, The O.C., Invader Zim, Clone High, Freaks and Geeks.

Labyrinth, Amelie, Clockwork Orange, Fight Club, Ghost World, Absolute Beginners, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Jesus Christ Superstar, Happenstance, Clueless, Charade, The Ewok Adventure, Velvet Goldmine, Boondock Saints, Blade Runner, Dark City, City of Lost Children, Adventures in Babysitting (got me through two cases of the chicken pox), The Rules of Attraction.

Missbehave, JANE, Sassy (see a trend here?), ReadyMade, Juxtapoz, Beautiful Decay, Paper, Elle, Teen Vogue

1984 by George Orwell, Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Nausea by Jean-paul Sartre, Catch 22 by Joseph Heller, The Concept of Irony by Kierkegaard, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers,everything by Francesca Lia Block, everything by David Sedaris, all of James Tate’s work, Tony Hoagland- Donkey Gospel, The Bell Jar, Everything by Banana Yoshimoto, Letters to a Young Poet- Rainer Marie Rilke, William Blake’s songs of innocence and experience. Cook Books!

“An irony directed against the whole of existence produces estrangement and poetry” -Kierkegaard

“We are drinkers with writing problems” -Truman Capote

“One final paragraph of advice: Do not burn yourself out. Be as I am-a reluctant enthusiast… a part time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it is still there. So get out there and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, encounter the grizz, climb the mountains. Run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious stillness, that lovely, mysterious and awesome space. Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your head and your head firmly attached to your body, the body active and alive, and I promise you this much: I promise you this one sweet victory over our enemies, over those desk-bound people with their hearts in a safe deposit box and their eyes hypnotized by desk calculators. I promise you this: you will outlive the bastards.”—Edward Abbey