GIST: 16 of 365

1. TINY laptops.

2. Football.

3. Friends who actually come to VA.

4. Ribs, mac and cheese, and apple compote.

5. Sleep.

GIST: 15 of 365

1. Maxalt.

2. Being lazy on a Saturday.

3. French toast!

4. Realizations and Epiphanies.

5. Angel.

GIST: 14 of 365

1. Being busy all day.

2. Still having a job when so many lost theirs today.

3. Bourbon.

4. Friends who make it all better

5. Metro... when you can't really walk and definitely can't drive.

GIST: 13 of 365

1. More birthdays!

2. Free food in the lunch room for both breakfast and lunch.

3.

GIST: 12 of 365

1. Celebrating birthdays at Townhall.

2. The comedy of two Marios.

3. Yeungling.

4. Goat cheese and macaroni as a side dish.

5. Coming home to mail of many magazines.

GIST: 11 of 365

1. My father still being around to have dinner with for his 73rd birthday.

2. Crabs. The kind you eat, not the kind you get rid of post-haste.

3. Loving parents who I finally have a good relationship with after all of these years.

4. A Dragnet from 1947 being on as I drove home last night. I love old radio programs.

5. Finally finishing Buffy. I have a sense of accomplishment after watching all 7 seasons straight through.

GIST: 10 of 365

1. The Smithsonian Institution for having so many great museums, which are free, in my home city.

2. Dating someone with whom I can have intelligent discussions about things that are important to me.

3. Grilled Donuts. Need I say more?

4. Getting to go camera shopping with gratification without spending any money.

5. Sushi.

GIST: 9 of 365

1. Thai food for lunch with work friends.

2. Watching Ironman with Shannon.

3. Leftover pizza and pad thai for dinner.

4. Robert Downey, Jr.

5. Realizing that I like my life more now than I have in a REALLY long time thanks to my friends.

GIST: 8 of 365

1. Being appreciated by colleagues for just doing my job.

2. Two days of overtime this week.

3. That season seven was the last for Buffy.

4. Planning fun dates with JREsq.

5. Lincoln Park After Dark.

GIST: 7 of 365

1. Open City, which may not be in my neighborhood, but is becoming my neighborhood bar.

2. My new camera lens. 28-300, f3.5-6, macro.

3. Marty having his camera so I could play with the lens at the bar.

4. Jen and Marty. I love them and they have kept me sane these past few months.

5. Th 9a Bus being right there when I needed it.