cheer-up time

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things never change

I am so so so in love with him and I have no idea why.
No but seriously. Look at him. Watch him on screen. Note his endless role list.

Heh. This is silly.
Good.

in order to fill my two-posts-a-month quota

I am officially the cookie queen. I made a batch of oatmeal chocolate chip cookies yesterday, and after one bite, my world had been changed forever. I altered a recipe from Debbie Fields to have a little more chocolate and a little less flour and the results were better than anything I could have imagined.

I also am getting way better at completing to-do lists on time. Sometimes even ahead of time, forcing me to add more things to do so I don't sit around twiddling my thumbs and pining for accomplishment.

Other recent thrills include Obama's election, and some gorgeous, crisp, cold and blustery November weather. Life has seemed so delightful lately, but it's hard to think of specific reasons why. Take last night, for example. I finished making my cookies, then went to Vance's for homemade stew, cornbread, and apple crisp plus a few rounds of Catch Phrase, and I wound it all up with two hours of piano practice in my school's recital hall, which at night is dark and abandoned and perfectly open and attuned... when else can you play the final note of a piece and listen to the entire decay of the reverberation? I went to bed feeling exhausted and full and so peaceful.

Now, don't get me wrong. Many parts of my life are crazy/messed up/stressful, and I definitely do not feel quite so zen all the time. I just like to highlight when things get particularly good. It's like when you underline passages in a book as you're reading it. Even if you never return to that book again, at least you've taken note as it passes you by, saying, "Hey wow, this is pretty wonderful."