MARCH

Time to quit life or buckle down something fierce. Flip a coin to decide. Otherwise you're wasting precious time.

I'm going to have to dig deep for new material for this one. I am still laughing because I dug up last year's "manic March" post and I wrote it on exactly the same date. That means one thing: I'm in a rut. But it's March, and if I wasn't in a rut, I'd be abnormal. So, let's take a moment or two and applaud me for my normalcy. Thanks. That was really...great.

I thought my March was going to be alright, actually. I got back from reading week and thought, "Well, that was the worst break of my life. Things can only get better from here." I was very wrong. Really, very, quite, wrong. I must have forgotten that it is March.

But, I'm going to change things up a bit, just to keep you all on your toes. Today, (NB: it is Hostile Wednesday) I'm going to make you a list of all the things in the world that are wonderful. So you and I can have something to laugh about. Hopefully you can find something on my list that at least provides an opportunity for you to smile smugly at the shambles that my life is in.

Why I Love the World

1. It hates me. But at least it is consistent. So far, you may have noticed, there hasn't been a good month or even a really good day. At least not one worthy of note. So there, I love consistency.
2. The "I didn't start smoking party"--that I'm going to crash. Muahahaha.
3. Evil laughs.
4. There were people playing frisbee on the concrete beach yesterday afternoon. In shorts.
5. Derek told me that I should join them because I'm a dolt.
6. The word dolt.
7. November. Man, I'm hilarious. I still can't decide whether I hate November more than March. And I refuse to agree they're equally horrible.
8. College strike. The other half of the world is taking a break, from WHAT? At least I don't have to proof any papers on line sizing while this is going on.
9. Thin tipped pens. Half the fun is finding them.
10. My modern drama teacher is insane. Let us just make this point, I love insanity.
11. My lists. I have fifteen lists of things I'm supposed to remember every day.
12. My biggest obstacle: remembering where I left all my lists.
13. Irony and how my very existence hinges on finding it in new ways each and every day.
14. Redundancy. There is nothing better than repetitive repetition.
15. Last year's March blog. It was way better. But I'm trying not to be repetitive and redundant.
16. Not having to use London transit. This week Shane is here, and hopefully, it will just keep getting warmer so that soon I can walk to school again.
17. Sleep. Mostly because I always feel deprived of it. And don't it only seem to go...
18. Rory nicknamed Jean Slacks. Jean found out and wrote a song about it. They've never met but they have a song and I have nothing.
19. Mango flavoured rum.
20. Mudslide.
21. The fact that both are in my fridge.
22. Spring book sale. $3.99 for every book ever written I swear. Oh I could die happy now.
23. Goo Goo Dolls, of course. They are going to make my April better too by selling their CD finally.
24. Procrastination. It's so bad, but it feels so good.
25. Random visitors. March is my busiest month ever, but more people have said they'll come visit now than ever before.

See? Wasn't that positive and life-affirming? Isn't it good to be alive? You can say no. I would. But I bet you weren't expecting that. You know, if I could change anything I would change everything. But these bitter days shall remain. Happy Hostile Wednesday. Keep your chin up, the weekend of reading is closer than you think. Doesn't that sound like fun?