13 Things That Are Happening, Volume II

1) The addition of minced garlic to a Bloody Mary.
2) Rocky Horror Bingomania in New Haven this weekend.
3) Mo's Dark Chocolate Bacon Bar from Vosges. I wanted it to happen and it happened. Bomb. Also,
4) Stumbling upon the Vosges store in SoHo. I practically started hyperventilating. Speaking of stumbling upon things in SoHo,
5) The Evolution Store. Someone buy me a damn skeleton. Last thing I stumbled upon in SoHo:
6) The Guy with a Cat on His Head.
7) Relearning how to dress for cold weather. Yes, it's awful, but it's also kind of magical. This leads to...
8) Receiving a box of all my coats, scarves, hats and mittens in the mail. Warm fuzzies, literally and figuratively.
9) Doppio espresso con panna.
10) Not feeling helpless finding my way around New York. Well ... slowly but surely.
11) Ed Westwick as Heathcliff in a film adaption of "Wuthering Heights"? Oh please let this be happening. Please.
12) Getting a blast of air from the subway grate and feeling like Marilyn Monroe.
13) Finally getting calls and interviews. Finally feeling like things might happen, might work out, might be better than ever. Finally finally finally.

13 Things That Are Happening, Volume I

In an attempt not to retreat into the depths of despair, please allow me to make a feel-good type of list...

1) Brooklyn Lager.
2) The boxing workout on Wii Fit. Wow.
3) "While We Wait for the Others," Grizzly Bear featuring Michael fucking McDonald. Seriously, this track is a life-changer.
4) Sleeping late.
5) Silent movies on the CUNY channel.
6) Jasmine rice.
7) A PERFECT ROUND OF BIG BUCK HUNTER PRO. Elk adventure. Believe it.
8) YouTube videos of people popping giant zits.
9) Reading issues of The New Yorker cover to cover.
10) Anticipating Jim and Pam's "Office" wedding and the return of "30 Rock." This is bigger than just you and me, people.
11) Revamping the ol' Web site.
12) Tickets to "Maury" in two days. Good god.
13) "Ruler," Marnie Stern, from her crazy album "This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It is It and That is That."