givin

Some of these actually happened yesterday, when I did write this, but didn't have time to post it before work.

1. The department of the bank with which I had to finish resolving the error they made opens at 7:00 am, not 9, so I was able to get it all taken care of before I had to leave for work.
2. It's Saturday, which is the first of two delicious work-free days. (If you have spent as many years working holidays and weekends as I did, you'd appreciate having two back-to-back lazy days as much as I do.)
3. It's looking like pretty nice weather.
4. GMail was down for a few hours yesterday, which pissed me off mightily, till I realized that the reason I was so angry was that, in the three years I've had it, this is maybe the second time it wasn't available when I wanted it. No other email service, including my work email, has been that consistently reliable.
5. As soon as GMail was back up, I sent an email to Quin to get her new snail mail address, and today I will send her some mail. Getting mail that isn't bills is awesomeness.
6. Dion DiMucci, you still rock our worlds. Even if you're basically feeding an already overfed ego with your new song about Paris Hilton.
7. Speaking of Dions, Hilary Clinton, without a hint of irony, has selected a Celine Dion song as her campaign song. I'm not sure why this is on my Positive List, unless it's just knowing that she picked the song that she felt right about (as opposed to the song I suggested: Elton John's The Bitch is Back, but meant, as I explained in my comments, in the nicest possible way).
8. We should be going to eat at I'll Take Manhattan tonight, if all goes to plan. I've been twice and had different sandwiches each time. I'm aiming for a third.
9. I've been given inside scoop that Del Monte Bloom Energy Beverage Fizzy-Lifting Drink is delicious and as soon as I find some, I'm going to try it. I'm always on the lookout for new fizzy-lifting drinks.
10. I got used and abused yet again yesterday, and I still got every ass kicked and every name taken before the week ended.
11. I had a good long email exchange with a close friend who said, quote, "I still believe in you, kiddo." That goes a long way toward positivity.
12. I sent a picture of myself to the territory managers on the left coast with a message that said, "This is what I look like when I'm putting out your fires."
13. One of them sent back a message saying, "Why do you have on a tiara?" and I replied, "Tcha — because I rule."
14. That Cajun crunchy mix from Le Mart du Wal is delicious by itself, but I'm thinking recipes. A little rice, a little sausage, a little chicken, some Peppadews™, nice.
15. Facebook has free gifty-icons now. You don't have to pay $1 to send a cute picture to someone.