1/28, no. 71

ONE THOUSAND GIFTS.
the author of a blog i came across describes a book that challenges readers "to develop eucharisteo (thanks-giving) by naming blessings in a list of one thousand gifts."
numbers are what have hitherto indicated that i don't know how to use words correctly in my blog posts, but from now on they'll list things for which i am happy/thankful/giddy/blessed/etc. and since 1000 is a big number, this means many future obnoxiously optimistic blog posts, and i hope that this minor commitment will force me to maintain a brighter outlook.

1. having a dream about this song last night. i don't think i've ever had a dream about a song, so this was pretty damn pleasant. i don't have any current personal affiliation with the lyrics or anything, i just remember walking on a seemingly endless street listening to and thinking about the words and the instrumentals and seeing a potentially biblical reference to 'crown of love' (i'm about 100% sure that i pulled it out of my ass in my dream, but there's something there; crowns can be piercing). i haven't listened to much arcade fire in a while, so imagine my excitement upon waking up remembering all the great thoughts and sounds i had! course i immediately opened up itunes and let the song play so i could hear it audibly. this was a nice start. thanks, arcade fire.
2. the ability to create food. the ability to eat food. the ability to microwave delicious frozen foods from trader joe's and inhale that stuff. mmm.
3. water, and my means of drinking it (thank you camelbak).
4. soft lips
5. pinterest and pinteresting. yelp and yelping.
6. falling asleep while talking to friends (apologies for sounding like a cliche 7th grader). it's comforting.
7. seeing my former classmates play in the snow (over a foot of snow!) and create a campus full of quinzhees, igloos, snowmen, snowlion, and other assorted snow things. snow looks so beautiful on the UPS campus. although i'm not there, it makes me really happy to see the little kid in everyone brighten up.
8. scraping off the massive bundles of lint on the lint screen after clothes are done drying.
9. falafels in the freezer, hummus in the fridge