Things that I am thankful for

(in no particular order)

• living in a strange city with strange people
• no parking bar
• a scholarship
• ken "kennedy" nadolski's drunk voice message from last wednesday
• josephine karianjahi's jokes
• pedro "slut" carneiro's sassy sex column-like advice 
• daniel lyons's 'tude
• my family's ability to laugh at anything
• my research supervisor's openness
• facebook
• the ability to go to (almost) any country for $2.25
• the diaspora (you know who you are) for bringing home here
• people who hold the door open or say thanks when you do, help people with strollers, give up seats for elderly people, or in some other small way make this crazy city more livable for other people.
• the 24-hour $3.50 falafel guy on 168th and Fort Washington