3/31/11.

Day 10, 304.

I like the way the qwerty keyboard is arranged.

IAWL: I smiled at a woman at the supermarket today.

Verdict: Successful day. I had two classes, taught class in library.

3/30/11.

Day 10,303.

I like the way, when you cut PB&J, how the jelly stays on the outside of the bread from the knife.

IAWL: I didn't talk to anyone today.

Verdict: Successful. I read a lot, wrote some, prepared a Shakespeare prez.

3/29/11.

Day: 10,302

I like the way the sauce tastes in Chef Boyardee canned pasta.

IAWL: I had conferences today with the students. I wish I could have had more time to really speak with them, but I did my best.

Verdict: Successful. I had class, I had conferences, I had a Subway sandwich. I read Zorba.

3/27/11.

I like the way beer bottles are designed so that you need a bottle opener to open them. They could have had a screw top, but I like that you need a bottle opener.

IAWL: I offered Z my computer chair.

Verdict: Success. I worked on my CNF draft, read some at the coffee shop.

3/26/11

I like the way macaroni and cheese has clumps of cheese in it if you don't mix it well enough.

IAWL: I went to H & Z's housewarming party tonight. Not many people there but I went and talked to people.

Verdict: Very successful, I laughed and had a good time at H & Z's.

3/24/11.

I like the way the suds magically spring up when I run the hot water over the liquid.

IAWL: Today I asked J ab. being married, told him congrats.

Verdict: Successful.

3/21/11.

Thank god for my freedom. At times I feel this can't last, something needs to come tumbling down, crushing my freedom.

IAWL: I called A today, asked her about school. I also told J she should come to the reading on Friday. It is good to make people feel wanted.

Verdict: Great.

3/20/11.

I like the way skinny girls look, how their jeans hug their thighs when they sit.

IAWL: Steve is troubled with his life. I tried to give him some perspective.

Verdict: Successful. I broke up with CX. Sad, but the freedom feels right.

3/18/11.

I like the way beer bottles are either twist off or not twist off.

IAWL: I gave a girl next to me the password at big mike's.

Verdict: Good.

3/17/11.

I like the way my teeth feel after I brush and mouthwash.

IAWL: I might have had more to say to Matt at the gym, but I did OK.

Verdict: Good, I wrote a lot, read Stoner, had a Blue Moon.

3/16/11.

I like the way ice cream tastes when you mix it with milk.

IAWL: I should have said better goodbyes last night at Cool Beans. I should have tried to help James more tonight, though I did help him some.

Verdict: Good.

3/15/11.

I like the way the locker room smells, like chlorine.

IAWL: I went to Cool Beans today with the dept.

Verdict: Successful.  

3/14/11.

I like the way a fever can induce spirituality, make you want to just be alone on the couch, basking in the rest.

IAWL: Today I tried to make A feel better about her rejection. I gave my Kroger card to guy ahead of me in line. I gave a dollar to MDA.

Verdict: Good. I read, I wrote. I talked to Christine. I went food shopping for orange juice.

3/13/11.

I like the rainy air coming through the window.

IAWL: I don't know.  I didn't talk to anyone today, really.

Verdict: good.

3/12/11.

I like the way Italian soda seems so crisp and clean.

IAWL: I asked Ari how her new place was working out.

Verdict: Successful.  I read in the grass, sat on a deck in a chair and read, drinking Italian soda.

3/11/11.

I like the way people in front of you in the drive-thru line always take forever.

IAWL: Going to a party tonight at April's.  Will try to be nice, meet as many people as possible.

Verdict: Day's not over, but so far, successful.

3/10/11.

I like the way life seems so angsty, like a relationship will decide the fate of the world.

IAWL: Didn't really help anyone today.

Verdict: Successful.

3/3/11.

I like the way it is not comfortable to sleep with socks on, how you need to take them off when you go to bed.

IAWL: I sent a link to April today to help her with her lesson plans.  I also chatted with Josh and Hillary in class.

Verdict: Successful.  Very excited to see Christine tomorrow.

3/2/11.

I like the way that sometimes clothes don't dry completely in the dryer and you have to hang them up all around your apartment.

IAWL: I ran into April in the coffee shop tonight.  I wanted to do something for her, but couldn't really think of anything.

Verdict: successful, I washed the tub today, and vacuumed, and felt the oscillating fan.

3/1/11.

I like the way that I think about the 35yo me, or the 47yo me, and how I try to anticipate how I will feel about life then, the passions I'll still have and those I'll have lost, the spirits inside of me that are still alive, and those that will be dead.

IAWL: I need to remind myself that really the only thing that matters in any cosmological sense is not how much I participate in class, not how smart my peers think I am, not how good my writing is, or how socially adept I am, or how attractive I am to girls, but something much simpler: how I treat people.  (today I sent U. Mike a joke)

Verdict: Successful--I taught a good class and showed My Cousin Vinny.