"If I could I would keep this feeling in a plastic jar,

Bust it out whenever someone's acting hard.

... 

Every day that gets to pass is a success,

Every woman looks better in a sun dress." 

ATMOSPHERE

I "set intentions" toward the end of last year, and if I recall, my intentions were to be a non-smoking vegetarian who journaled. One out of three isn't bad (the tiny grandmother who lives in my brain slaps me in the knuckles with a wooden ruler if I even think the word "ain't") so now that it's hot out I think I'll do it again. 

SO.

- Read five books. I remember reading five books in a week. And now it's my goal for an entire season. Damn it, intention. It's my intention.
- Spend more time at the park. Astoria Park is literally my backyard, and we've been pretty good about going more so far this year but now that it's summer I really want to make it a point to spend more time there. That's actually our plan for today, after I stuff the crock pot with vegetables. GG (Grumpy Griffon) needs a few more months of adjustment before I'm going to risk going near him with a harness, so cat picnics might have to wait until next year.
- Do more in Queens in general. This includes all outdoor markets/any and all opportunities for outdoor day drinking, but if I just say that then it's cheating because I'm obviously going to do that anyway and don't need to include it as an intention. So, it also includes other Queens things. I'll make a list when I'm not rushing to finish this because I have to pee. I could get up and pee and come back to this, I guess. But I just want to be done. You know what, I wasn't asking you.
- Keep the closet under control. I did a big clean-out of my clothes a few weeks ago and getting dressed has been a dream-dipped, glitter-filled sunrise. I even put away the sweaters I won't need for a while - I HAVE NEVER DONE THAT EVER. My all-the-time, doesn't-need-to-be-said intention is to not spend money on stupid shit which includes clothes I'm not going to wear, so I'm adding it as a sub-intention here. The only clothing items I need to purchase are new flip-flops, which basically don't count because I still just wear the two-dollar Old Navy ones, and a new bathing suit because we're going on vacation and my nipples jump out of all the ones I have. Which, believe it or not, is not always an appropriate thing for nipples to do.

That's it. I'm not a machine.