Current mood:	ecstatic
Current music:	"Young James Dean" - Girlyman

To a fantastic MLE...
who has just discovered the success at the moment of her mother's battle against the horrific beast that is Breast Cancer. Good lady, I am so unbelievably happy for you! To celebrate, I am going to give the top ten reasons why you rock my universe in half!

10.) You somehow, against my many protestations, angry threats, and 3-day term on the cross country team, have convinced me that I like running. Good show, old bean...I never would have thought it possible...

9.) You still tell the stories about the biker bar I used to go to in high school. I long since have lost the nerve to tell those stories myself, and the reactions you solicit with those tales has never ceased to amuse me! I owe many a confidence-booster and many a laugh to your critical take on my high school hijinks's and I can never thank you enough for that!

8.) You are amazingly motivated! I have never seen someone so bound for greatness in all my 23 and 3/4 years on this earth!

7.) You drink nothing but the best! I will always laugh when I think of the men who sidle up to you to buy you a drink and are astonished when you ask for a single malt whiskey straight up. You rock!

6.) You can pronounce my middle name; and you prove it often enough for me to be forced to acknowledge that in all likelihood, you've committed it to memory. Wow. You astound me, good lady!

5.) You are a liberal with atheistic tendencies dating a born-again who also ascribes to the Republican faith. 'Nuff said!

4.) You understand what I mean when I say "I'm walking the dog" ;-)

3.) Not once in my life have you given me the benefit of the doubt. Not once. I really COULD have been keeping to myself all those years! I could have been sweet and shy and hidden away! Never once did you believe me, and for that, you have my eternal affection :-)

2.) You never let me fall off the planet. I do that too often, and whenever I do, you're right there to ring me and text me and write me and pull my lazy, "I-don't-feel-like-writing-now" ass back into the world. You rock!

1.) For the last six or seven odd years, you have been an amazing friend and confidante to me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for being you, MLE! And many combolations on your mum! I hope things are totally up from here!