June

1: the blend of color, depth, and texture in a clouded sky
2: Only the Ring Finger Knows
3: If I Was Your Girl
4: efficiency contest between renewable energies: human power or solar?
5: being the douche who drives too fast and plays thumping-bass music too loud
6: The Secret World of Arrietty
7: discovering my great- (and great-great-) grandparents through old photo albums
8: running in the dirt clearing by the skate park in the moonlit twilight with a kite flying high in the purple-gray evening sky
9: a modern-day gay take on Pride and Prejudice
10: the refreshment of a late-morning breeze from a mountain peak
11: watching anime with my brother
12: walking through the now-a-desert-oasis arroyo of my youth
13: mountainside rocks
14: an interracial romance? between two bisexual girls
15: the Atalaya mountain trail
16: listening to songs from album 89 on my bike ride
17: the once-in-a-lifetime experience of eating half-done solar-cooked quinoa out of a jar
18: going off-trail down the slippery slope and coming across an abandoned mineshaft
19: when rocky, dry desert becomes green, canopied forest
20: realizing a lone coyote is a mama with two little pups
21: revamped anthropomorphic drawings of the little Buschmans by my brother
22: Tom Cruise in A Few Good Men
23: the multiverse creating multiple consciousnesses in one being
24: the simultaneous beauty and dread of hearing a gust of wind whoosh its way up the mountain toward us
25: the mystery of the history of abandoned trucks
26: random shutter presses in burst mode to snap a pic of lightning
27: hanging a hammock from the desert willows
28: the brush of foliage against bare arms and legs
29: plans to visit my birthplace
30: veganizing an Italian sausage and white bean soup recipe

May

1: the brilliant, show-stopping burst of lightning across the night sky
2: "Found You" by Kasbo feat. Chelsea Cutler
3: "Alone" by NERVO & Askery feat. Brielle Von Hugel
4: my friend bringing me a vegan dessert bar from the dining hall
5: rain pouring down as I tramp through the leaf-littered forest
6: my supervisor coming to see a play at my invitation
7: songs from 028
8: errands and food gathering with the club
9: seeing the inside of an electrical plug (& discovering how it works)
10: spotting tadpoles and frogs in a little pond off the creek
11: expressing thanks to my teacher and him expressing thanks in return
12: expansive reflections over the swamp waters
13: lazing in one of the Great Hall's comfy chairs to get work done
14: wandering around and filming nature clips for a cinematographic composition
15: wading through swamp waters
16: walking around and being out in the nature most of the day
17: safety gloves to handle sharp/rough-edged/hot metal
18: remembering Chris Cornell through Soundgarden, Audioslave, and his solo albums
19: installing and admiring the cable racks
20: a break from packing to sit in a meadow in the afternoon light and hear the bird songs
21: my standard Burlington airport fare at The Skinny Pancake
22: commencement of the purge
23: birthday dessert of homemade vegan rice krispie treats
24: starting in on my summer reading list
25: the crush reveal (to my mom)
26: wood-notching with a bow saw and a chisel
27: violent and bloody self-defense, revenge, and escape at the end of a movie
28: building a spine and legs for Joe
29: charging my phone with a portable solar panel
30: lying in a hammock with the night sky above
31: listening to 020 under my brother's tutelage

April

1: cookie deliveries & convos with friends
2: sitting in the sun listening to the soundscape of the spring birds
3: homework out at the Slautterback Overlook
4: chat about books read over break
5: squirrels bounding across the grass and play-wrestling
6: revitalization of color after a day of rain
7: friendly acquaintances by my side
8: traversing the bog that is Battell Beach by moon- and starlight
9: taking advantage of the warm weather and bringing the bike out of hibernation to ride in the sun
10: the shimmering ripple of the creek current
11: dessert of chocolate-dipped strawberries at our silent dinner
12: the soft, chewy sweetness of a cookie after it's been dipped in tea
13: "Infinity Tryps" by Brndn.
14: catching up with my adviser
15: using video chat for the first time in pretty much ever to call back home to my family
16: nighttime frog songs coming in from the open windows
17: appreciating the photography decorating the walls of a friend's dorm
18: first buds and blooms on the trees
19: someone blowing bubbles from an upper-story window out into the sprinkling rain
20: the glow of blue-green flame in a void of black
21: tucking myself into a far corner of the science library (and unknowingly staying after hours)
22: mini-meadow patch of blue flowers
23: absorbing the surroundings of Crescent Moon Bay
24: soaking up the sun (from an Adirondack chair and coming through the windows inside)
25: garbage bag over my bike seat to keep it from getting wet in the rain
26: interacting with the one family down in the children's room during my shift
27: carrying around Astyanax after being assigned to his joint-tightening
28: forging through the thorny thicket to collect data in the forest
29: arrogant, self-assured, pedantic Nietzsche
30: cranking out a page and a half for a final paper over breakfast

March

1: unexpectedly friendly and comfortable conversation with a former classmate
2: being accepted to the Spanish House
3: field trip to a farm in my environmental science class
4: "Waiting on Your Call" by Anevo feat. Park Avenue
5: The Hating Game
6: going back and listening to my "old" eclektro playlist
7: dinner chat with my New Mexico pal
8: lying in bed listening to music before my alarm goes off
9: cantering around the shop
10: adopting a leftover kale plant from our environmental science lab experiments
11: bringing my own Tupperware to get granola from the bulk bins
12: friendship feels of catching meals
13: planning out my New Mexico summer pilgrimage
14: braving my first blizzard
15: knee-deep snow canals
16: pocket full of dates
17: Cloud Tectonics
18: half a jar of granola, an orange, and a Warriors graphic novel for lunch
19: Feasting on Fruit's dessert recipe videos
20: "Everything Black" by Unlike Pluto feat. Mike Taylor
21: putting together the scenic step "ribs"
22: when the dining hall has three bean chili and three beans and rice at lunch
23: golden rays of sunlight slanting through the windows
24: Monstercat 030 - Finale
25: breakfast in Atwater
26: walking across the empty, quiet campus
27: making faces at/with a baby on the plane
28: the green-leaved trees and purple blossoms of spring
29: staying up late to listen to the audiobook of P.S. I Like You with my mom
30: making plans to deliver cookies to friends
31: the feeling of soaring listening to "Starship"

February

1: thick snowflakes drifting down in the forest
2: celebrating Imbolc down in Base 3 (a.k.a. the room with the most lights I know of/have access to)
3: my five-year anniversary video recording of "No One Special"
4: a kids' novel about escape from reality and making a rundown place magical
5: the secluded niche of the dispatch room
6: scoping out the locations of my classrooms for spring semester
7: tossing foam cubes with some little kids over the circulation desk
8: Romeo and Juliet choose your own adventure
9: waking up to see the fuzz of snow blowing past the windows
10: a time-travel story of love transcendent
11: jotting down a tidbit on a blank receipt scroll
12: gathering up books for the new semester
13: a warm welcome into the theater design & production course
14: seeing "send Mom valentine" written in pen on a guy's hand
15: unscrewing bolts and removing rails from the theater balcony
16: games to simulate systems in my environmental science lab
17: Endangered Species dark chocolate with cranberries and almonds
18: a comedy satirizing Socrates
19: interpreting alongside the performers
20: finding belated anti-valentines from my friend in my mailbox
21: swarf and the smell of burning steel
22: a little girl grabbing my hand (by the pinkie) to lead me to and show me something
23: standing in line with a friend and laughing and talking smack about random things
24: a girl actually asking me, "Can we be friends?"
25: derp-face Waldo
26: the ruins of Otter Creek
27: book talk over breakfast
28: surprising my teacher by knowing the name of a tool before he introduces it to me

January

1: OCD Love Story
2: spontaneous revision-writing inspiration
3: the coexistence of hilarity and poignancy in BoJack Horseman
4: a mold of my teeth... in sparkly blue
5: drinking tea through a straw
6: beating Dad at the unbeatable Dad game
7: the whole family working together on a puzzle
8: soft 'n' chewy vegan choco chip cookies
9: "My Life in a Stolen Moment"
10: President Obama's farewell speech
11: first time on skis
12: the beautiful little song one girl sang after her sexual assault
13: "Bon Voyage" by DROELOE
14: a spooky psychological thriller that reveals the terrifying delusions of schizophrenia
15: chai and Cheerios for breakfast
16: music identification on a test
17: eating a Taco Tuesday lunch in Proctor
18: managing to stay on my feet through a turn at the bottom of a hill
19: looking out over the frozen pond behind the arts center
20: finally being able to understand all the Back to the Future references in Family Guy
21: Microbe et Gasoil
22: a French rom-com about two people dating while never once seeing each other
23: finding out a close acquaintance recently went vegan
24: crystalline trees
25: zooming down the Sugardrop Falls run (and not falling!)
26: sitting with an acquaintance at dinner and sharing some laughs
27: analyzing the differences between Bob Dylan's "Maggie's Farm" and RATM's cover
28: lunchtime chat with my supervisor about my tiny house
29: first time hearing songs from Love and Theft
30: my new ukulele
31: silent dinner

December

1: when your shirt inexplicably smells like cookies
2: Middlebury fall dance concert
3: nitpicky alphabetizing the shelves in the children's section
4: jackpot of finding a (valid one day only) video upload of Hamilton
5: short conversation with a stranger sparked from an inquiry about what I was writing in my journal
6: that flutter in your chest when you run into someone about whom you dreamed the night before
7: when John and Yoko are referenced in your psychology textbook
8: when two people who have only communicated through sign hear each other's voices for the first time
9: finishing up two of the semester's four classes
10: meeting with other sign language learners at a deaf coffee social
11: a short and sweet kids' novel as a reprieve from finals work
12: tea with your suitemate
13: bartering textbooks for Christmas gifts at the school bookstore
14: filming an ASL song interpretation with the club
15: channeling my loneliness and yearning into creative writing
16: banter and chat with my work family
17: the possibilities of shipping containers
18: chocolate and Netflix for dinner
19: being in-transit home
20: Patch's back-home bath and spa day
21: family viewing of It's a Wonderful Life at the theater
22: my brother's genuine interest in helping me build my tiny home
23: choral Christmas tunes on the radio
24: dismantling the rundown playhouse and salvaging some wood
25: Christmas Lego and gingerbread construction
26: a nature show about penguins
27: a YA novel about parallel universes
28: an afternoon of board games
29: the camaraderie between a friend and your family
30: pallet adventures in the broken-down car
31: low-key home-alone cider-and-Netflix New Year's Eve