thank you, 2008, and goodnight

blogfriends, the mighty baby j*sus's b-day has come and gone again, and it is now time to try to forget that we* have 250 more days of winter and look ahead to spring. i'm already dreaming of all the adorable roll-bottom cargo shorts i'm going to purchase and fun outdoor adventures in which i'm going to engage if the temperature ever tops 40 degrees. things like:

- kayaking! (i never have, but it shouldn't be too difficult, right?)
- riding my bike down the pacific coast! (i don't currently own a bike, but there is some amount of time between now and warmth for me to remedy this; i'll also need a helmet because safety is what the cool kids do. right?)
- rock climbing! (i heard it's just as easy as kayaking, if not easier! right??)
- camping! (i once camped on the beach in puerto rico, and the only big problems i had were putting up the tent, sleeping on the ground, dealing with a category 77 sunburn, keeping the bugs out, and enjoying myself. i'm basically a camping pro! RIGHT?)
- swimming! (this i'm pretty sure i can do. but not in lake michigan, because the wisdom of age has taught me that i actually shouldn't overlook the bacteria advisories posted at every beach entrance. ... rightttt???????)

soooooo, maybe i'm not the most super outdoorsy person, but i totally could be, and maybe summer 2009 is the time it will all come together. but before that happens, new year's! yes!

... and in honor of new year's: a new section**! remember that song "thank you" by alanis morisette, where she thanks all those things and countries and belief systems with no explanation for her gratitude? well, here you go: a less musically-pleasing but equally slapdash list of things i wish to thank as 2008 draws to a close.

Thank you!
songs with synth, dairy-free cheese, drunken city nights, mountains after dark, book series written for teenagers but read by me, laughter, jesse mccartney, my amazing family, really awesome friends, drummers, triangle pose, biology, the universe, ancient egypt, tony kushner, 7/3 time, the interwebz, christmas lights, windy days, jersey cotton, hand cream, fleece blankets, my filofax, text messages, kisses, dancing, really great pens, digital cameras, the beach, public transportation, hoodies, harmony and dissonance, sweeping epics, arthouse cinema, blackbox theatres, grammar and syntax, shampoo, spinning, love.

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*me + whoever else lives in the frozen tundra of the middle-west, or the far northeast, or, for good measure, the nordic countries.

**oh yes, this blog has sections, even if they are only haphazardly thrown together and updated at non-regular intervals.
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xoxo



the filofax family of organizers. mine is red!