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77. chasing the cats through the house.
78. new pj pants.
79. a good cup of hot coffee.
80. cute old men in their golf pants.
81. mental freedom.
82. a clean house.
83. an ice cold newcastle.
84. sunday dinners.
85. spontaneous adventures.
86. observing random acts of kindness.
87. birds in flight.
88. new recipes.
89. christmas dinner.
90. hearing my mother whistle.
91. your face smells.
92. new glass.
93. almost being done with this list.
94. which only took me a year to compile.
95. conversations with the kittehs.
96. being appreciated.
97. musicians on the street.
98. wandering around aimlessly.
99. pointless banter.
100. life.

68. lazy vacation days.
69. old dirt roads.
70. ^{the chasm.}
71. brenton point.
72. ~kites in the air. ~
73. random fireworks.
74. driving up main street.
75. pure laughter.
76. chilly mornings.

51. tattoos.
52. new clothes.
53. _june vacations. _
54. ^{good friends.}
55. _{good deeds.}
56. hot coffee.
57. my reef sandals.
58. AJ’s breakfast.
59. _the change of the seasons. _
60. the calm breeze.
61. people’s ignorance.
62. ^{photo adventures.}
63. _{lazy saturdays with nothing to do.}
64. new music for the car.
65. late weekend nights.
66. beer.
67. the pennsylvania turnpike.

45. ^thumbholes.
46. seeing others embarrassed by my actions.
47. _{the cold bitter wind winters bring.}
48. loud obnoxious music.
49. making others wonder.
50. learning.

a date has been set late april 2010. saving begins january 1st. oh so excited. :]

i’ve been there before & i swear it’s the most beautiful city in the world .. outside of the greens, which don’t hold a candle to anything in the states.

just pure souls there.
I CAN HAZ NO PATIENCE FOR THIS!

& i got 300 back in my pocket on top of it all! ;]

33. scolding hot showers on a cold day.
34. random useless information.
35. crisp. breezy. autumn days.
36. changes in life.
37. respect.
38. bubbles. pretty bubbles in the air.
39. ... smirks.
40. ^{your face.}
41. _{grimy bass.}
42. kicking through the fallen leaves
43. refreshening mornings, though few and far between.
44. sitting out on the balcony.

oi. this has always been a very touchy topic to myself as i grew up in the south with racism still very active. i witnessed my first cross burning at 12.

By 1619 a million blacks had already been brought from Africa to South America and the Caribbean, to the Portuguese and Spanish colonies, to work as slaves. Fifty years before Columbus, the Portuguese took ten African blacks to Lisbon – this was the start of a regular trade in slaves.

I wish people would read a history book – maybe so many judgments wouldn’t be made. “Americans” didn’t begin it, they just followed suit. The Virginians needed labor to grow corn and tobacco to export. Indians wouldn’t be forced – so they settled on black slaves.

I’m not saying any of this was right – to be brought over in bottoms of boats shackled to each other in spaces so tight as to not be able to even turn around.

In Maryland a law was passed in 1723 providing for cutting off the ears of blacks who struck whites, and that for certain serious crimes, slaves should be hanged and the body quartered and exposed.

humans disgust me.
on to chapter 3.

i’ve finished chapter one. does a little jig. gets down tonight

i’ve read this before. but i want to do it all the way through. i haven’t picked up this book since 2005 for reasons in my heart, but now it’s time to read it.

school’s need to teach the real story. cool it’s great that columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492 and we get a paid off day from it, but they never speak of the killing that was done in order for columbus to set sail on that, “new world.”

Columbus wrote: ” As soon as I arrived in the “indies, on the first Island which i found, I took some of the native by force in order that they might learn and might give me information of whatever there is in these parts..”

it’s a shame. millions of, “indians” died due to this man and man’s greed.

on to chapter two: drawing the color line.

24. ^humans.
25. _{shadow puppets in traffic.}
26. the smell of a barn.
27. natural disasters.
28. the random life encounters.
29. _{seeing others smile.}
30. making Tyree pay. haha. =x
31. ^{5 Weaver St.}
32. crazy old polak men.

might be a year old with 20 thousand miles on it, but it’s the newest car i’ve ever had. so hah.

circumstances by which i acquired this vehicle suck horribly, which reminds me of something that i need to do for my mother.

but. hey. i did it.
=]

12. music
13. the view in the lens.
14. that first drag off of a long awaited cigarette.
15. cruising down the highway at 87.
16. walkin’ the streets of new york city.
17. ^{being on the back of a horse.}
18. climbing trees.
19. the glory of the colors.
20. children’s innocence.
21. my brother.
22. dave matthews (i’m still mad at you though )
23. _dandelions

1. my maryjane
2. maryjane
3. _tree
4. sunsets
5. ^{my mother}
6. lightning storms
7. ^campfires
8. rollercoasters
9. the rent dance
10. road trips
11. _{squishing my toes in the mud.}

after pestering for another few weeks i finally sat down with both bosses. first actual REVIEW and raise i’ve ever received. I strive in my adaptability, creativity, quality of work, independence, and initiative. My communication and interpersonal skills need work, but I could have told you that. ;)

not the best raise $ wise, but a total of 12-13% raise this fiscal year. i can’t complain aside from now being in a higher tax bracket. damn the man.

took me long enough but i’ve finally finished a book – janet evanovich’s high five. i may have already read it prior, but that series is indeed good reading.

now maybe i continue on a people’s history of the united states.

i’d cry.

it’s over a month late, assholes!

i miss reading. i miss learning. my brains miss it. i could say that i don’t have the time, cause i could be reading right now instead of bitching about wanting to read. ... i don’t have the attention span that i used to. i’m in the middle of at least 5 books. it drives me crazy. litte bit each day – i’ll get there.