my new apartment with lots more cupboards.
Nice roommates who are really flexible.
my family helping move me in super-quick.
warm weather (finally!)

My sister being employed.
Eating approxi-burgers after a long walk.
People giving me stuff.
The funny holes in my shoes. (I've nearly worn a hole through the BOTTOM of one! DUDE!)
Stretching. Ahhhh....

Meeting new people who know a lot of people I know.

People in chat! Yay!!

When your dad comes home early just to hang out with you and make you your favorite dinner.

Perfect

Internet in my room!!!

Food.
Yoga.
My sister.
Baking muffins.
Eating muffins.
Seeing my best friend.
Getting to do weight training after all (long story, largely uninteresting).
My duckie shirt.

Joan Jett with hair. If Joan Jett with hair came up to me and asked me to do something, I'd do pretty much anything she wanted me to. But Joan Jett without hair... ugh...

The funny sight of a three-muffin pyramid falling down because it was stacked on top of the toaster as it, um, toasted things.

Playing with clumsy cats

A really good cry...

Learning something about myself...

having a friend chase me down the block when I really needed them to do so.
the yuminess of port
a nice august rain storm that seems to last for days and days.

The comfiness of the couch.
Perfectly-cooked hard-boiled eggs: solid white, fluffy yellow, and no hint whatsoever of blue-grey.

my supergirl under-roos! watch out world, here i come!!

Finding Franny and Zooey in the school bookstore -- and finally picking up a copy.

Seeing familiar faces every twenty feet or so.

Giving advice to wide-eyed freshmen.

Eating sushi for lunch, courtesy of the Rollins meal plan.

Oatmeal/allbranflakemush with diced peaches on top. Mmmmmm.

going home for the weekend.

new office business cards

i told them i wanted my title to read “office wench”

they said they were going to put down “manager of slackers” which is just hysterical.

the cards say “office manager” but we all know what i really am!

Jane

brat

favorite things? jannon's uncanny nack for making the sound of a dolphin
jannon
this orchard
my job

church picnics
playgrounds
getting to play "girls chase boys" with all the kids
was that flirting?
incense
candles
silence

Reconecting with a friend from college. I think she is my only IRL female friend that I can truly call "strictly platonic."

Cheese. Yum yum.

This place.
The chat room.
Ethology.
Meerkats. (so cute.)
Songwriting.
A cat in the lap.
Befriending the neighbor's puppy.
Having tomorrow's Biological Anthropology class cancelled.
Rain.

Cookies.
My String Fling shirt finally fitting.
Shoes that don't have holes in the soles.
Emails from my mommy.
Receiving copies of all those 2003 dental claims from an angel at my mother's insurance office -- I can file my income tax now!
Playing guitar.
Sending mail.

The Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan show that I decided to go to this morning that took place this afternoon/evening in a baseball stadium in the pouring rain and a lightening-bonanza of a thunderstorm....I mean seriously...rain...rock and roll...frisbee...good friends...front row...how much fun is one person allowed to HAVE?

Music, Flowers, Friends, an occasional Cigar.

Really? I guess I've mastered the art of making any woman my platonic friend.

PRS guitars...
Warwick basses...
Orange County Drums...

especially when all three are together in one band:

And this is bad? *sniffles*

a weeks vacation in 2 days!! hoorah!!

Not needing another root canal!
Finishing my dental work for the year!
Mailing in my federal income tax return (finally finally finally).
Having groceries.
The satisfaction of having managed to get them home all by myself.
Sales on staple foods.
Sane phone conversations with my dad.
Discovering that I can mix strawberry and plain yogurt TOGETHER to avoid that nasty over-sweet taste.
Tomato soup.
Cowboy Bebop.

(in no particular order)

my funny puppy
chocolate chip cookies
fires in a fireplace
cozy afghans and quilts
good books
lamplight
sunsets
my cabin
my brother
katydids
whippoorwills
canoeing
a good narghila
long talks
subtle flirtations

kids on the subway who wave to their house when the pass their stop.
strangers offering proposals of marriage
being back on the orchard!

Grapes!
Being on time for dance class, for once.
Being able to laugh at myself.

my new copy of Ohio on VINYL!

Girls who let me down the easy way. While I would have rather not had the let down, she was sooo freeking nice about it.
Above mentioned girls who really want to be my friend.

Driving.
Singing in my car.
Chicago.
My sister.

And the fact that I get to experience ALL of these today!!!

Welcome back to the states, Michelle.

Hope you have a great break!!!

I've been quoted in someone's signature!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jame$, you are da man!

Hmmmph! Just because Jame$ was the first to quote you accurately...

you're just looking for an ace-kickin', aren't you??

81 cd's worth of music on my iPod...

30 GB of room left!!

And the fact that in 3 weeks I'll be in Florida!!

Gummi Bears!

The Honey Mustard from Back Yard Burger!

the products thread for the guys, er, the shaving thread. makin' applettes smile, one post at a time.

Smiling's good, but have you had the new Peanut Reeses pieces, or the Pina colada Almond Joy. Comes a close second to smiling on those days when you just aren't feeling it!

having the apartment to myself this weekend!
going out w/friends on friday night!
a fixed guitar! (no more broken strings)

surprise visits from friends I might not see for a long time. Even though I almost cried.