"Walking the Dog (I know that sounds like a euphemism for masturbation, but if I was talking about that I would say something like: "firing the mexican pudding", "flicking the one-eyed flesh duck", or even "pounding the proverbial lower-breaks". In this case, however, I'm quite literally walking the dog.)"

a) I'm actually a lot more shy in most social situations than I thought I was.
b) I'm apparently totally oblivious when it comes to men and the signals they send out
c) I actually really like living in Brooklyn
d) When I give up, I really give up.
e) I have more friends than I thought I did

a) thefatrooster & puckbear for letting me drink all their liquor and pass out on their futon with the pillows that feel like kitties and for being my ticket into visiting the Boston A-list Bears.

b) Chris for stealing a winter coat for me to wear while it was snowing, and bigrock for not beating the crap outta me when he found out it was his....if he found out at all.

c) My sister for being hormonal and bitchy and deciding not to name her yet-to-be-birthed child after one of the New Kids On The Block.

d) artbearny for being my buoy while I was "awash in a sea of mike", lil_fatty for protecting me from the drunk vulcan, and ame_folle for pretending to be my man at the club while I was standing in a corner looking uncomfortable.

e) My mom for knitting me a Doctor Who-esq scarf & giving me $50 every-so-often which I've been living off of for the past year.

f) bobo_dreams, Jon, and thejewnyc for allowing me to be the house guest that never left.

g) ivanushka for the expensive, snobby cheeses.

h) robot_cereal for a fucking awesome christmas card.

i) Jonathan, rubylizard & Glen for playing gracious hosts to my drugged-up-on-Benedryl-ass and making me miss Savannah a
little.

j) Pete cause I know he won't hate me forever.

k) skacubby for giving birth to my new favorite word.

l) The ladies at SWiSH because the calendar came out better than I thought it would.

m) The Jewess & Jamila for still being my friends even though I suck-ass at replying to email and returning phone calls.

n) David for buying me drinks that taste like gay, and letting Rachel and I sing in the car even though it causes him physical pain.

o) Ben Gibbard & Stephen King for writing words, and Bill Bryson for telling me where they came from.

p) Doug for not giving me TOO much crap for not coming over to his house more often to share in his bucket of margaritas, and Shandy for having fantastic breasts.

q) Any and all boys who I've seen naked this year, either in pictures or in person.
Thank You