Getting to school 15 minutes early armed with 'The bear snores on' (a "childrens" book from my cheerio box) and holding story time on the steps outside of class. hehehe....

Winning a DVD for a reasonable price on ebay.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu. He was on the Daily Show last night, and now I want him to be my adopted grandpa.

freinds who I can trust
Shiraz on a rainy night

Having the ability to see, hear, taste, touch, smell, think and being able to use these gifts to watch, listen, feel, observe, learn

the return of the turn-on thread

nights that are too wild and crazy to start to recount here.

being able to read lots of books.

free breakfast.

Making websites for professors, even if this means convincing said professor that huge blocks of text are not a good thing.

Walking out of a midterm knowing I kicked ace.

Congrats Becky!

Going to see Wicked on Broadway with my wife.

a good. . .no, a GREAT night's sleep.

oh, and FRIDAYS!

Fall Break ... and celebrating by sleeping in until 1:15 pm.

Getting my absentee ballot in the mail!

my last nite at Beatnik's...

having a few songs dedicated to me.
getting email addresses/phone numbers(from boys... ok and girls).
gifts from darn good folks.

Female freindws that I can be 100 percent honest with.
First thursday
Free wine.

Free, delicious, hot lunches
nice people
cool people
kick-ass shows
zombie dancers
best cookbook ever!
recipes turning out
chocolate
my apartment has been painted!
I have a new job!
I got to talk on the phone tonight with two of my best friends.
Cheap carpools.
Short workdays.
Good stuff.
My kitty.

PowerMac G5's

getting to sing lead on one of my favorite worship songs.

I have chocolate on my new shirt. This is as it should be.
Church today was lovely.
My mommy is paying for my new glasses! I'd thought I was paying for them!
Freshly-developed photographs.
The smiles of newlyweds.
Colossal assortments of non-white flours.
Prescriptions for NSAIDs which aren't supposed to make my heart explode.
Journaling.
Hanging out with my siblings.
Being asked to join the choir by total strangers.
Laughing.
The Shopping Cart Dance.
Autumn foliage.
Clouds.
My sister actually having uttered the words "come on, Ein! Let's go find a spatula!"
Running into people I've missed at the mall.
"Some of your dangerous wine/ not some fake grape juice...."
Pretty things.
Having a new winter coat.

Cincinnati.

Spending the day somewhat effectively studying while simultaneously enjoying other parts of life like....swimming in the pool, walking in the orchard, listening to music, and hanging out with 3rd Roommate....

Why stress - eh?

- my new' lucky coconut ring'

- finding my faded (and rather ripped) teal chucks with the ghostbuster (yes....yes I did say ghostbuster laces in my trunk and getting to wear them today.

- the greatness of my cut off and now pleasantly frayed just-the-right-length jeans exposing merely the slightly dingy toes of my chucks but allowing the ghostbuster laces to peak out as well. Ooooh - I LOVE it! (If I weren't me - I'd ask me out based purely on the greatness of this combination...If I wasn't studying reasons why birds poop green, I'd be sitting here enthralled with my own pleasantly put together fashion sense <especially since no one else around here seems to understand it>) .... whoa....::turns red::....RRRRRRRRRR...that's tigress!!

The Orange and Black Glow of Halloween decorations!
Even better with a screechy sound effects tape!
Add some fake fog and trick or treat!

<rewind>
<repeat>

My family is the bestest.

Having my ratty brown cardigan back with me at school. My second skin returns ...

Spending a weekend at home with my mom and my cat.

Doing laundry for free.

Knowing that Miss Kay-jay is happy in her brand new city.

thank you, becky.

congrats on the old ratty sweater.

Is Kylie in the big city now?

yep!

... and smiling.

good for you kiddo!

i'm happy for you, glad all went well.

I'll second all that!

Congrats on the move KJ!

I'm glad Kylie is happy in her new city too.

other fav things:
my dad being silly
doing the can can at a club with my roommates

buster's home for imaginary freinds

I've said it before, and I'll say it again.

The end of the day! yeah!

finding the hardware conflict on my new *smokin* laptop

Target®... and my Target® card.

finding out i can actually do some minor carpentry with no prior training. not that it's finished yet.

Pastrami and cole slaw on rye.

pina coladas...

cosmopolitans...

i think i need a drink, now...

And taking walks in the rain?

a boy just called me.

Woo wooooooo ... go Kylie!

The end of a week of sleeping, lying down, feeling dead, and wanting to be numb. I feel like I'm finally getting a little better. And string cheese.

A girl just emailed me the sweetest and funniest email I have ever read. i think I might be in love. Well, I am not going to say that before I meet her.

I just replied, and kind of asked her out for coffee.

new days.

Every day that we wake is another chance to go out in the world and be. That's all life really requires, and that's what I love about life. This day was made as a gift for me, and I'm blessed to have been fortunate enough to receive it. Today is a new day.