Wednesday, December 07, 2005

recuperating

...after a long weekend in Seattle (Mercer Island, specifically. Beautiful place), either from short sleep, giving a presentation to the parish youth group out there, or indulging in the legal drug of choice, Starbucks. There were 4 coffee places within a half mile of one another, and all doing booming business. These people are serious about their coffee. Roy drank hot chocolate the whole time.

I like making lists, to the point that making lists of something, anything, calms me down sufficiently when I get panicky. Anyway, I think there are a bunch of lists that people carry around with them, including:

-possible purchases you're mulling: books to read, music to hear, movies to watch, gifts, clothes, etc.
-people you can date
-people you *want* to date
-people you can *take* on a date: can differ from the above, depending on the situation. For instance, the person you'd take to a wedding could be different than the one you'd take out to dinner.
-people you'd like to harm or see harmed in some way