Thankful

I am grateful for...

1. All the wonderful people in my life.
2. The warmth of love.
3. The contrast of how good everything is now and not taking anything for granted.
4. A cool boss.
5. J-san's talent for making me laugh.
6. Puri kura pictures.
7. Books (The thousands of years it took for human beings to evolve, come up with a concept of recording thoughts, a system of written language, and developing a literate culture--not to mention the advancement of the printing process to where anyone now can publish their own book...It's miraculous!)
8. Visiting my hometown for Thanksgiving with my sister.
9. Spending quality time with my sister.
10. Having dinner with my family.
    
11. That my parents really did their damn-est in spite of the decks being stacked against them.
    
12. Rick giving us a ride to the airport.
    
13. A great brother!
14. Constantly peeling the pain away like onion skins and remembering who I am.

This is a night of lists...

I remember...

1. Walking at Fort Funston one windy afternoon with Lisa and watching the hang gliders fly off the cliff.
2. Walking to the bus stop with Justin after Nihongo study group in the cold winter night.
   
3. Falling asleep downstairs on a red sofa by the vending machines at Art Center after an all nighter.
   
4. The cool hallways of SFAI in the summer.
5. The first time I saw the cherry blossoms by the New Genres' department at SFAI in the month of May.
6. Driving down the beautiful Pacific Coast Highway with Aurora to Santa Cruz to see Bright Eyes.
   
7. The miles and miles of endless pine forest by the 101 freeway south of Eureka.
8. Eureka after the rain on a cloudy evening.
9. Driving north of San Francisco in the dark windy road in September by myself...and how the moon shone on the water
10. Coming home and watching Neon Genesis Evangelion while eating dinner during my last semester in college.
    
11. How a month ago we didn't know whether Obama would be president...and how it's unimaginable now any other way! (How I wish he were president already!)

Looking forward to...

1. More time alone to read books I want to read. To write. To draw. To sleep in!
2. December and seeing Luffy!
3. Doing more things I like
4. Doing more scary (but fun) things I've always wanted to do
5. Flexing my muscles (physical & metaphorical ones)
6. Dancing
7. Playing music
8. Singing
9. Writing more poetry
10. Letting myself be me
11. Camping