Friday, January 31, 2014

January

1: learning French
2: rennet-free string cheese
3: wondering about Igor & Stephanie in Cactus Flower
4: all-day story-writing inspiration
5: using language-learning CDs while you're doing other things
6: reliving falling in love with John Lennon
7: strolling & talking with each of your friends
8: unexpected fan messages on Twitter
9: your bio teacher assigning "hug a tree" as homework
10: turning off the phone & tuning into nature
11: cats meowing at you
12: Love Actually
13: getting surprisingly good grades
14: when your band teacher arranges a round for scales, and lets everyone choose which group, and you're the only one to pick the first group
15: watching birds out the library window
16: enjoying all aspects of the day
17: turning gross things into scientific learning opportunities
18: responding to a dog's quirks & the dog responding to yours
19: building a horse ranch on Minecraft
20: remembering things in real life in reference to what you were doing/where you were in Minecraft at that moment
21: successfully getting things done when the computer screen graphics are upside down
22: not being the only one whose stomach growls incessantly at the worst of times
23: Billy la Bufanda
24: Hugh Jackman in Oklahoma! (1999)
25: bowl after bowl of Corn Pops
26: Isn't She Lovely? by Lauren Layne
27: pure-gold, sun-melting sunsets
28: twinsies Biden & Boehner (State of the Union address)
29: teachers helping you make a choice by giving advice and, above all, asking your opinion
30: seeing how others serve the community
31: friends imitating you