The year in self-centered retrospection according to Kit Malls. For context: this year is the year that things happened to me and the year that I happened to things.
Top five books read in 2012:
01. Boris Vian - Heartsnatcher
02. Vladimir Nabokov - Pale Fire
03. Shirley Jackson - The Haunting of Hill House
04. Edward Dolnick - The Clockwork Universe
05. Malcolm Gladwell - The Tipping Point
Top five songs listened to in 2012:
01. David Bowie - “Sound and Vision”
02. The Kills - “Pale Blue Eyes” (VU cover)
03. Elvis Costello - “Less Than Zero”
04. The Jesus & Mary Chain - “April Skies”
05. Morrissey - “The Last of the Famous International Playboys”
Top five foods of 2012:
01. sweet potato fries
02. anything involving chickpeas
03. pompelmo gelato from GROM
04. morels
05. sandwiches from Sergimmo Salumeria (9th Ave between 35th and 36th)
Top five places where I met interesting people in 2012:
01. punk/goth dance parties
02. atheist karaoke night
03. the Guggenheim
04. Bloqparty 2012
05. Mardi Gras in New Orleans
Top five general notes on life from 2012:
01. Do not lean over the stove while wearing a long wool coat.
02. If you can’t figure out whether you’re on a friend-date or a date-date, ask. Any resulting awkwardness will be completely worth the certainty.
03. Accept most of the invitations you receive. The stranger, the better. Unless it sounds really boring. Don’t waste your time on boring things or boring people or shitty people or flaky people.
04. Treat the cultivation of friendships with the same sense of duty and obligation that you give any other project, especially when you’ve just moved to a new place and have zero friends. It’s important. You feel all noble when you skip hanging out with people in order to stay in and get work done, right? Do the opposite sometimes, too.
05. iPhone > Android
About Kit Mills
Kit Mills studied Illustration at Syracuse University and now works as a graphic designer (and illustrator) in New York City. Kat's interests are limited to typography, dirty martinis, David Bowie, and new paintbrushes.