CRUCIAL

+"Texas Swing," Clarence Gatemouth Brown
+Lucky Strike Filters cost $3.10
+Brisket
+Andre Spumanti costs $3.79
+Ridiculous coffee shop crushes, and maybe the mettle to do something about them
+Horn sections, as always
+At liberty to put off showering until hair reaches wig-like texture
+Early times bourbon and diet pop
+Working on long poems
+Seeing with great clarity
+Harry Ransom Center archives
+New Norma Kamali-esque minidress
+Spicy Dharma noodles and iced green tea
+Norman Dubie's poem "The Wedding Party"
+Wedding ring run over by many cars worn as necklace
+Numerous readings to attend
+Amazing Texas barbecue sandwich: saltine cracker, piece of sausage, cheddar cheese, pickle, onion, Tabasco: eat in one bite.
+Newfound appreciation for Victorian novels
+Full of ideas

TROUBLING YET ALL TOO PRESENT
-Talking about orchids
-Tendency to read all day and forget about food until it's too late
-Wig-like hair texture covered up by headband, sweatiness
-Slight coffee-induced insomnia
-Stranger in strange land
-Made fun of for saying "pop"
-No one to watch Steelers games with
-Missing every last thing about Pittsburgh
-Lots of breakfast tacos, but lamentably few diners
-Heated poetry arguments
-Evilly hot 5PM waiting for bus
-Campus missionaries will not leave you alone if you're just minding your own and writing under a tree
-School spirit beyond all reason
-Retinal burn from constant exposure to burnt orange, white