1. Tonight's leftover pork chop with a honey and balsamic reduction, which I'll be eating for lunch tomorrow. (Yes, I made it myself.)

2. Weekend nights, when I withdraw $100 from the ATM and jump into my favorite jeans and try — try — to stay one drink behind everyone else.

3. Weekend mornings, when I wake up in a familiar place that isn't my bedroom.

4. The sty maturing on my left eyelid.

5. My new featherbed and down-filled pillows, which should arrive any day now from Overstock.com.

6. Impending credit card bills, tarnished by bar tabs and Chipotle crispy tacos and new suits.

7. The moment when Amy Grant's Christmas album becomes seasonally appropriate.

8. The bottle of shiraz-cab in our liquor cabinet.

9. Finishing "Icy Sparks" and beginning "The Great Gatsby" or maybe "Jarhead."

10. Having kids. (Don't read into that — I've just run into a lot of gay couples these days who have recently adopted kids, and it got me thinking. But the fact remains that I can barely take care of my Teflon grill pan, let alone a child.)

UPDATE: I am aware of the 500 Internal Server Error that you get when you try to post a comment. I think it has something to do with the mt-comments.cgi file - even though I try to change the attributes of the file to 755 in my FTP program, it still remains 000. What the hell! I use Movable Type (ever since updating to the new platform, I've been having problems), so if you think you can help me out, just e-mail me. Thanks!