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I love:
Seeing my daughter proud and confident. Chocolate covered pretzels. Salted pepper chicken wings from Royal Mandarin. Reflecting. Live music. Getting up after falling down. Verbalizing the inappropriate/random thoughts in my head. Dancing…anywhere, to any music, at any time. Quick lunch time trips to Puerto Nuevo. The ability to take quick lunch time trips to Puerto Nuevo. 4:20am. Getting my back rubbed. Turbo kickboxing. Green seedless grapes. Down to earth people. Good vibes. Strawberry lime flavored Trident Splash gum. Laughing until my stomach hurts. Cheesy comedies. British humor. Getting my nails did. High heels. The colors red and blue. Costa Rica. Uninterrupted sleep. Cooking. Bartending. Understanding that perspective is key. Playing cards. Shocking the hell out of people. Peppered beef jerkey. Cognac. Laying by the pool. Being a good hostess. 4:20pm. Eating good food. Chivalry. Nostalgia triggered by a certain smell. Absorbing myself in a good book. The wonderful people in my life. My morning jog. Having a wifey. Shooting pool. Fresh flowers to brighten up a room. Walking on the beach with a beer in hand. Burnt edges on saltine crackers. Challenging myself physically. Compassion in every sense of the word. Taking a walk as the sun is rising. Skateboarding. The emotions that music can make you feel. Smiling. Java Chip Fraps from Starbucks. Jayda’s sense of humor. Grocery shopping. Epiphanies. Reggae. Connect 4. Conversations with Trina on the couch. Pho. Monday nights at Wine Steals. The feeling you get chillin’ with people from yo' hood. Good quotes. Taking in the individual flow of seperate members in a live band and then being amazed how they all intertwine to create one combined sound. Chris Rock. Infatuation. Alone time at home. Beer. A nice Riesling or Gewurztraminer. Walking around in my undies. Serendipity. Teaching my daughter all the things I wish I had known a little earlier. Getting dolled up. Crossword puzzles. The humor in irony. Embracing the growth and changes in my life every day.
I strongly dislike:
Text messaging. Talking on the phone. Dishonesty. Drunken belligerence. Standing in line. Horror movies. The games we play in love. Externalization. Whipped cream and chocolate drizzle on my Java Chip fraps from Starbucks. Negativity. Bad service. Shopping for shoes. Security that relies on other people’s flaws. The end of infatuation. Coconut. Tequila. Most breakfast food. Feeling anxious. My impatience. Sweating profusely, especially when the cause is an overly-crowded space of people. My lactose intolerance. When pride supersedes my heart. The realization that some things don’t turn out to be all that I dreamed it would be.
Switching gears, but starting to realize that I don't know how to drive stick. I also suffer from insomnia, or maybe the insomnia is the one suffering from me.

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People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.
If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.
The biggest person with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest person with the smallest mind.
Think big anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.
People really need help but may attack if you help them.
Help people anyway.
Give the world the best you have and you might get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you've got anyway.
- Anonymous