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thirteen
01/14/2006 = 06:42 AM

As you'd no doubt already guessed, I started this yesterday, but life, the universe, and everything sidetracked my bad self.

I'm not triskaidekaphobic, and even if I was, the supposed bad luck of yesterday was more than made up for by the joy of knowing that, in order for it to have been Friday the 13th at all, it must also, by definition, be Friday.

I feel like I could do a Lucky Thirteen List.

1. I am me. And I'm pretty good at it, which is a relief, because I'd suck at being, say, Kathy Griffin. "Gee, Kathy, you're a lot less unkind than you were last week, but damn, you need to step away from the brownies, like, now."
2. It's Saturday, which is even luckier than Friday, because not only is it the weekend, but it's proof positive that Friday the 13th is just another day on the calendar.
3. Westerville, Ohio, temperate since 1875, has lifted its 131-year ban on alcohol. This affects me not at all, personally, but Westerville's citizens are lucky, so it still counts as luck. (Of course, the first person to order a legal beer got himself a nice, watery domestic, but cut them some slack — they're way out of practice.)
4. That Man of Mine is going to a party without me (yay way-after-holidays parties, spouses not invited) so I can make Baltimore crab cakes for dinner without worrying about Mr. Shellfish Allergy.
5. Eating a big spoonful of peanut butter right out of the jar is still just as satisfying as it's ever been.
6. I love Bren to pieces.
7. Insomnia sucks in general, but the easy-amusement factor is compensation for the lack of sleep.
8. Stupid people suck in general, but the easy-amusement factor is compensation for the wanting to gouge my eardrums out with a coffee stirrer.
9. I found a Home Depot gift card that still has $25 on it.
10. Peachy Penguins. Hell, it just feels good to say it, let alone eat them.
11. The Mom is coming over tonight. Well, I mean, she comes over most Saturdays, but still. Seeing my mom is generally the high point of my week.
12. When Monday rolls around, and it will, it always does, the bastard, I have a lovely 2006 upgrade for some of my work software, ripe for the loading.
13. There's a world of possibilities out there, and if I can't get out there for whatever reason, there's still a world of possibilities in here.

drinking: coffee
listening to: Three Dog Night, Shambala
tonight's side dish: roasted butternut squash