"The King" is not on the list

Happy [muffled]th birthday to my mom. Also, happy birthday to Elvis. We'll forego the "and many more" on that one.

I have no particular beef with the world today, so I thought I would just give you a list of things I like, because I can:

• sneezing


• the way fresh newspapers smell


• that thing my cat does when she jumps up on my desk and headbutts me


• having deep discussion on Instant Messenger


• filling in birthdays and important dates on a new wall calendar


• vacuuming my living room (using the crevice attachment, in particular)


• disassembling things with tools that have to be plugged in


• shifting into fifth gear


• the word "inculcate"


• also, "cacaphonous," "thrice," and "immolate"


• choosing classes for the semester


• movie previews


• going places with the Ms, especially banal places like the library and Target


• Pilot Precise V5 Rolling Ball pens, blue and black


• my running shoes, although I never run


• playing cards and board games


• imbuing my comments with hidden meaning, then refusing to explain


• Diet Vanilla Coke


• snark


• when old people assume that DTA and I are dating because they see us kiss hello


• long road trips


• the hypnotic, sluggish feeling of watching television for hours on end


• mail


• Berry Lime Sublime smoothies from Jamba Juice


This is, of course, only a partial list. Go write your own and send it to me (or post it), because another thing I like, of course, is lists.