nighttime walks, befriending kitties, data, decorating spaces, too many questions, public libraries, existence as an ongoing experiment, layovers in Baltimore, open windows and natural light, risk calculations, defiance, curiosity, gallows humor, Rilke's poems, organized mess, Simmel's Stranger, truly laughing out loud, the wonderful people in my life, abandoned places, Bills Mafia, making playlists, long walks, cultivating my garden, my cat Neptune, statistical anomaly, celebrating queerness, creating questionable works of art, alternative perspectives.