Everything That Hangs over My Head

My growing YouTube Watch Later
The books that are waiting to be read
Embarking on the history of philosophy from the beginning
Moving to a new state on my own without any help
Planning & shooting my video short
My neglected note-book & film journal
Catching up with my favorite past professor
Getting a haircut
The clothes from a past relationship that I cannot throw away even though I have no feelings toward them
Baudrillard’s theory
My skin looking worse year after year
Buying shit until the day I die
Calling to schedule to a long overdue dentist appointment
The growing list of albums I need to listen to
The superfluous generational desire to fill silent moments with noise
The book I’m currently reading
My unproduced essay ideas
Not knowing why I piss concerningly often
The movie my grandma lent me that I haven’t finished
The stripped bottom of the bathtub from an experiment gone wrong
Getting a credit card
Eating healthier without spending a lot of money
All the books I started reading, got decently far, then picked up something else
Living as a nomad on video like a traveling circus performer or establishing a career
Worrying about nostalgia
My camera roll that keeps growing
My chipped phone camera that can no longer focus
Buying a new phone—flip or cell?
Staying informed on world events
Having the correct leftist opinion on Ukraine
Eventually having to put in my 2-weeks
Continuity editing
Getting better at small talk
All the unread sites I have bookmarked
All the PDFs I have to sort and eventually read
Productivity brainwashing
Being recognized for my work
My old stuff I need to sell online that’s still sitting in my room
My $6,000 one-way ticket out of here
Getting out of work before the last bus of the night leaves
Offers to be a line cook or to-go specialist
Starting new social media accounts for a collaborative video art project
The phrase “putting yourself out there” and/in all its contexts
How every video essay is boring & absolutely dogshit, uninteresting
The concept human
My crooked mouth & jaw
My failing memory
The persistent long-term side effects of taking SSRIs for several months—then quitting
Forgetting to include something on this list
An obligatory “Western descent toward fascism”
Clearing out my inbox even though it’s not that full
Finding a drycleaner to clean my father’s leather jacket I took from my brother
I just ate like 12 oranges
I think I’ve run out of things to say
I probably spent too much time on this instead of updating my diary before bed, and wow, I’m out of time
When will I take the trouble to transcribe this list online?
Do women even find me attractive anymore?
I’m gonna keep having these thoughts as I try to sleep in a moment
1, 2, 3, 4,…
Am I funny?
So, I have to keep shaving for the rest of my life even though I can’t even grow good facial hair to begin with?
The government sends 20% of my weekly paycheck to Israel
How will doing x affect the energy bill?
All the open tabs on my phone and computer
My overflowing Notes app
The eBay purchases I need to return
Roman Polanski is a free man
The male gaze
How I look in photographs
The list goes on
What’s next?
Or does
“What’s next?
The list goes on”
Sound better?

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