Why do I love this girl named Michelle?

• Her banana bread makes me nod in agreement.
  
• She smells like a field of flowers with morning dew when she is fresh from a shower.
  
• She taught me the joy that is tupperware.
• Her laugh is contagious.
• She left the light on for me when I came home late from tutoring my babies.
• She sings to me when I am asleep and I (allegedly) sing back.
• Without her, I would not have met Heonny.
• She turns 25 today and is still going strong...much like an ox.
  

Why did I forget to post something on Thursday?

• I was working on Why does my amygdala need to be taught a lesson? and all I could come up with is Having emotions that can be modeled by a square wave with modulating frequency is a real bitch. and I am told that I should record fond memories in my mental encyclopedia, not the trivial ones that I choose to throw in someone's face when they make me angry.
• I was researching bicycle anatomy and jobs with Disney.
• I was making decisions on whether or not we should hire the coxswain or the window man.
• I was eating my left over Thai Food.
• I was debating whether or not I should see my student or go out on a canoe.
  

Why am I not surprised?

• I got budget cut on my birthday.
• I was rejected because I am not a Californian.
  
• I was offered a job, but then the offer was retracted.
• I got to the last round of the application process right before they closed the project.
• I am interviewing people to take over my job because grant money is for them and not for me.
• Someone says, "Let's chat at noon, lunchtime." Is it so bad that I assume lunchtime in Seattle rather than lunchtime in Shanghai?

Why is my tummy rumbly?

• I don't know. Maybe I put just a little too much crushed red pepper on my pizza.
• My lady pains are going to be kicking in soon.
• Actually, I really have not been feeling my best lately. Eff mental stress.
  
• The thought of (maybe) going to Shanghai is both thrilling and nauseating.
• She is taking her midterm right now.
• I have not seen him in over a month, and tonight he is taking me out to dinner.
  

Why am I feeling a notch better from the crappy-ness I was feeling last week?

• Phone date somewhere over the rainbow.
  
• Molly Moon's salted caramel ice cream on a waffle cone.
• Fire poi at Golden Gardens.
• Berry picking on the east side.
• Team eat: curly fries, funnel cake, chop chae, coconut, elephant ear.
• Ceviche. Yes. Ceviche gets its own bullet.
  
• She is going to do great on her midterm.
• She is in love.

Why does it smell good in Seattle Center?

Why not?

Why does this NOT make sense?!

Why should you go to the movies at midnight?

Why go to Pittsburgh: the ultimate Königsberg?

Why do I have an incomplete bicycle in the garage of my apartment?

• My old bike was stolen.
• My boss gave me the random bike pieces in his office. It's like a puzzle!
  
• He was supposed to help me, but probably won't.
• He will probably help me, but needs to come back to my part of the country.
• I don't know. Maybe this can be my Sunday activity.
  

Why do I hurt?

• Battle scars from Mighty Columbia River.
• Bruises forming from running into things including, but not limited to, coolers, trees, bed posts, tables, trash cans, light poles, doors, door knobs, and mini refrigerators.
  
• Sore thighs from Tuesday night's activities.
  
• Side ache from Greenlake.
  
• Wounded ego.
• Application status for jobs at PNNL: "Reject"
• Application status for jobs at PSE: "On File"
• Application status for jobs at LM: "Closed"
• Salty wounded ego.
  

Why am I excited to go running today?

• I get to see the "Northwest Profile #64: Greenlake Power Walkers" in action.
• It gave me the perfect excuse to make a new playlist.
• I hope that in time I can approach my 6 MPH horizontal asymptote.
  
• If gets sunnier, maybe all the puppies will be out for a run, too.
  
• I am fulfilling my promise to her to encourage him to reduce the pudge without making the direct statement: "Dude. Reduce the pudge."
• I am excited for the cheesecake that he brought back for me to Seattle in an insulated lunch bag across the country on a 6-hour flight from Manhattan's Carnegie Deli.
• The Singaporean/Filipino Korean Ramen will probably taste really good as all food tastes after a good run.
  

Why do I think that fruits is the most awesome food group ever?

• Three words: Yunnie. Watermelon. Icy.
  
• They are definitely the best smelling of all food groups. Let's be honest, who would wear Burger King's Whopper Cologne?
  
• They are already sweet. And, there is no need for added sugar. Duh.
  
• They taste good salty, too. If you haven't tried it already: mangoes with bagoong AND apples/strawberries/cherries/pineapple/grapefruit/pomelo/any citrus fruit with salt.
• They are multi-players! Good for breaskfast-on-the-go, snacks, dessert for lunch, and garnish for dinner.
• Fruits are like people. You have freaks like the hairy kiwi and the easy-t0-undress bananas.
• I don't know. Maybe the raspberry "frozen" yogurt that I am eating right now is skewing my judgement.

Why did I change my mind about the non-Canadian Vancouver?

• The abundance of authentic Mexican food and family. It was like a movie!
  
• Government Island. Swimming and climbing walls of clay and sand made the carne asada taste THAT MUCH better.
• The residents sure know how to light up the sky. And, their backwards shuffle...amazing.
  
• I finally met the three hens who stole my roommate's ability to eat chicken. Michelle, Mayra, and Charlene were cute, but stinky.
  
• The close proximity to guilt-free (a.k.a. tax-free) shopping.
• There is a place by BPA headquarters to adopt plants. Jolly, Penny, and Tom came home with us.
  
• I liked it so much, I donated my sunglasses when I fell off while inner tubing in the Columbia River.
  

Why am I awake so early?

• It is not even a work day. Lame.
  
• I needed to...study.
• I did not want my snoring to wake up the roomie that I found on my floor.
• There is breakfast to be had at Pete's Eggnest with the sister.
• Packing for "The Couve" will not do itself.
  

Why am I eating a jalapeno bagel for lunch today?

• I forgot my fish sticks and rice in the fridge when I rushed out of the apartment to get to work at a decent hour.
• There was no more ceviche. I would not have forgotten lunch if there was ceviche.
• She has a not-date.
• He is going to take me out to dinner next week instead.
  
• I am tired of drinking water for lunch.
  
• I needed snacks for my tutoring session.
  
• Jalapeno bagels remind me of my Inidian Princess.
• My $6.42 was not meant to be with me forever.
• If I did not stop to buy my bagel and more, I would not have run into an old friend.
  

Why do I think my friends are better than yours?

• She is my sister.
• He made me Theraflu when I was sick.
• She spends the day with me when a boy bumps me for good weather.
• He accompanies me in singing Wannabe when on a kayak in Lake Union.
• She got shitty coffee from 76 just so she can stay up and watch meteor showers with me.
  
• She saved my eye (and my life).
  
• They made me a DVD.
• We went to the Clearwater Casino and watched Troy on her 18th birthday.
  
• I was the one she ran to when she realized she was in love.
• She met me in Athens.
  
• He knows to have more than enough cheese whenever I come over.
• He called me the day he got accepted to the electrical engineering department.
• She is fabulous and lets me live vicariously through her.
  
• She asked me to endanger my life in the name of science.
• She rode her bike along the Gulf Coast with me.
  
• She is my food soul mate.
• They give me a place to sleep.
• She found me on Craigslist.
  
• He calls me Sunshine.
• He has me on his Facebook profile picture.
• He has potential to be on this list.