GIST: 33 of 365

1. Sleeping until 3:00.

2. Sorta successfully making not only a new Indian dish last night, but also a peach pie and whipped cream.

3. Slumdog Millionaire FTW!

4. Sean Penn and Dustin Lance Black's acceptance speeches.

5. Initiating a talk about "important things" with the boy.

GIST: 32 of 365

1. Having an actual desk to work at for the first time in a while.

2. Getting a call from the Paralegal asking if I could meet her for sushi for restaurant week.

3. Really big beer.

4. Green tea ice cream!

5. Catching up on TV shows with onDemand.

GIST: 31 of 365

1. Meeting the boy to go to the Archives to see the Emancipation Proclamation which was only on view for 6 days.

2. Being adopted by the family behind me in line when he left to go to work. (He came back when the line started moving again.)

3. Pre-adolescent boys roughhousing in the grass to keep warm.

4. The cool seal in the floor of the lobby to the Rotunda.

5. Seeing the country's founding documents for the first time. It was really moving to see not only the Emancipation Proclamation, but the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.

GIST: 30 of 365

1. Red Velvet cake!

2. Dinner at the Evening Star Cafe with my mom and dad.

3. Red Velvet cake!!

4. Having a political conversation with my dad where we actually agree on something and the only yelling is for emphasis.

5. Red Velvet cake!!!

GIST: 29 of 365

1. The boy got me awesome birthday presents.

2. Spending the weekend with someone as wonderful as he is.

3. Sushi!!

4. NOT having a hangover the day after my birthday.

5. Seeing so many cute couples out for VD.

GIST: 28 of 365

1. I am another year older today.

2. Which makes me 33. A multiple of 11 and a palindrome of a number. For some reason this makes me really happy.

3. I have been getting birthday withes from all over today. It's nice to be loved.

4. My mom im'd the happy birthday song to me and has promised red velvet cake.

5. I'm going out with my friends tonight. I am so grateful for all of them, even the ones who won't be there. They are my joy and happiness and as I have said before, I would be nowhere without them

GIST: 27 of 365

1. No more migraine today!

2. Actually enjoying working with the IS department.

3. Dinner = buffalo burger with blue cheese and bacon and a yeungling.

4. Dessert = Coldstone ice cream!

5. The boy made reservations for V-Day at a sushi restaurant. So impressed.

GIST: 26 of 365

1. Took the day off to go skiing with the Paralegal, but it was about 70F today, so no skiing but we hung out anyway.

2. Migraine is getting better after the lovely resident on call got me some more meds.

3. Falling asleep watching the last season of Angel. At 9:30.

4. Finally wearing my TMBG t-shirt.

5. Got my last issue of Domino. This was exciting but sad.

GIST: 25 of 365

1. Coffee and doughnuts arriving at my door.

2. An actual Angel marathon with Ryan.

3. Eammon's!

4. Puppet Angel!!

5. A good talk with my mom and dad.

GIST: 24 of 365

1. Had a lovely lunch at Mehak in Chinatown with the boy.

2. They had a buffet with all you can eat gulab jamun. My FAVORITE thing about Indian food.

3. It's the boy's favorite part about Indian food too.

4. They also had shahi paneer. My favorite entree.

5. The little shop next door which sold Chinese goods also had a large selection of Obama merch in their window.

GIST: 23 of 365

1. Happy hour with the architect and the college student.

2. Pancakes and eggs for dinner!

3. Going to the movies with the boy.

4. Slumdog Millionaire may not have correctly represented Indian slums, but it made for an interesting movie.

5. The actors that play the youngest versions of the two main characters dancing together. Almost makes me want to have kids.