Draft(s)

Upon turning 25, I created a list of 25 things that I wanted to accomplish in my 25th year.

I create these lists on a yearly basis.

When reviewing last year's list, I thought I had written down, "Learn to lap dance," and was somewhat relieved when I realized that it actually said "tap dance."

- 03/21/10

I am having a hard time with this.

I can't stop thinking about you.

But I do not feel entitled to the amount of grief I seem to be experiencing.

I can't seem to stop wishing bad things upon whoever it was who first introduced you to this vice, whether all of this blame is warranted or not.

I close my eyes and remember your face; I hear your voice.

It breaks my heart that this is what ended you.

- 06/21/10

I had a date on Monday.

We went bowling.

I have always heard that, when doing anything competitive on a date, the woman (or more feminine party) should let the man (or more masculine party) win. I do not care who you are, I am not going to purposely lose to you. Children and elderly be damned. Got a terminal illness? So what? But I digress...

I found myself ultimately relieved to lose both games because of my own inability to consistently roll a ball down a lane, knocking over 10 pins within two attempts.

- 2/23/11

I have always felt a need for simple reassurances.
When my grandparents died, all I wanted was for someone to say, "It's alright."
When I graduated from university and college, I wanted to hear, "You did a good job."
And last Wednesday, after receiving a note on the windshield of my car calling me all sorts of names (I had inadvertently parked too closely to someone on a hill, evidently leaving them with insufficient room to maneuver out of the spot in which they had parked), I just wanted someone to tell me that I wasn't an asshole.

- 04/03/11

I have serious issues when it comes to romantic love, but I fall in love platonically on a regular basis. Male, female, young or old, my platonic love knows no bounds.

- 04/30/11

In case I have never told you this before, I have had the long standing dream of becoming a professional cotton candy maker. Truth be told, I am not sure that anyone actually does this as a full-time job, but I feel like it is time that this changed.

- 05/19/11

"The key to being funny," I told him, "is not actually trying to make others laugh."

The look of confusion that graced his face told me that he did not understand what I meant.

"My main goal in life is to entertain myself, not you. When someone else laughs at something I have said I consider it an added bonus, but my primary goal is to make myself giggle."

- 05/21/11