So long, 2005!

A few things I'm thankful for, in no particular order:

my family--seems like I get more and more thankful for them every year afternoons spent in the park, reading House of Leaves and napping daylight (we see precious little of it, this time of year) the fact that nothing on our car has broken in the last few months... Patty Griffin, Living With Ghosts the many quiet rows of shelves at Henderson Books Firefly, Serenity (that's right, I saw Serenity, and I'm thankful for it) the 16 hour, one-day drive from Salt Lake City to Bellingham in 100+ degree heat for that matter, the stretches of country one sees while on a roadtrip--bland, and otherwise The White Stripes, Get Behind Me Satan an apartment on the busline, with pretty wood floors and our own water heater my Thriftshop Junkies hoodie--it's seen me through plenty and will probably be retired soon Arrested Development my brother, who is funny and fun Prismacolor double-ended art markers the pool room at the Nightlight beautiful handmade acoustic guitars reconnecting with old friends and finding that we have more in common now than we ever did in high school Amtrak, and the funny conductor who plays the harmonica when we reach our destination

French press coffee people-watching at the Temple Bar oh, I'll say it, no use pretending: my iPod. I'm thankful for my iPod. Coconut Almond Chocolate Chunk ice cream from Mallard's books in general, great books in specific having my own desk at last, for writing and painting and making a mess Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling midnight at the Husky Stadium the North Fork Brewery my tattoo, and this year being the year that I worked up the nerve (and cash) to finally get it living in the county living in town hand-knitted hats and scarves and wrist-warmers library book sales my husband, who is the coolest ever, and who lets me read things out of context to him, even when he's trying to study Tegan and Sara, So Jealous my job, the wonderful people I work with National Novel Writing Month Fiamma Burgers--the best burgers in the world free time--I tell you, being out of school at last still hasn't lost its charm, no matter that I graduated two years ago kittens! That's right, kittens.