1. the beauty of oregon

2. the hotness of necklaces

3. the deliciousness of himalyan food

4. the loveliness of regina spektor

5. the charm of the gilmore girls

6. the magic of sedona

7. the bouquet of geminis

8. how to put the can in cancun

9. how to wear a damn dress

10. you can fight city hall your landlord

11. that style comes from yr heart

12. how to throw a slider

13. how to make the best grits bowl

14. how to rollerskate backwards

15. how to make your company go public in a recession

16. how to completely learn a foreign language in a year

17. how to be real with emotions

18. how to take on the impossible and succeed

19. that i have met my match at scrabble

20. that not everything has to be a battle

doesnt matter if youre a blogger, a baker, a bondsman, a faker

or an orphan in uganda with a crazy lugandan name

like alyosius

or musawo
or mushabe
or swaleh

she’ll just be all hola swaleh what are you chewing on over there bright eyes?

and swaleh will light up

just like you would

and offer her some.

and were shocked when the moon

looked like palm springs.

i was famouser then

and omg thin

and had so much hair

it blew in the wind.

the truest was fair

we’d go anywhere

for trouble or fun

with and without gum.

the paps they would follow

and clack snap and holler

and write what they wanted

no rule did they honor

so pay off i sure did

and we no longer hid

the love that we had

and the rest of our lives

they were rad