Thank You. Here's my Nice List

Well, it's my first day off since Christmas. I can't wait to get out of 2008. 2007 was a cakewalk compared to this year.

Since everyone is basically going over who's been great and who hasn't on the news/magazines/talk shows, I've got my own list.

These have been compiled in random order, but you are not random in my heart.

Thank you Meg for constant support, funny cards, and great emails. Pisces never forget, and you are a beacon of light to us, the Fellowship of Misunderstood Fish. Many fins and happy swims to you!

Thank you Kjou for allowing me to rant, granting me hours-long convos about race, religion, stupidity, music, food, Obama, and the state of the stupidity around me. You will be blessed in many ways for your generosity and spirit. Your gift awaits, and Spice Curls soap is now sold out!

Thank you Roxlander for all the silliness, cut-outs, cartoons, wacky email jokes, and rambling messages as I move into the new year. It's going to get better. Keep the surprise scrapbook cutouts coming. I love 'em!

Thank you Mom for finally coming to your senses and realizing that this here child of your's has finally grown past the age of four. While I will still let you buy me froggy, dog, and kitty pajamas, I've got a real set of problems that keeps on growing. Let's stem that growth and make 2009 a year of gain, not loss.

Thank you Bootsy for taking my late-night phone calls, supplying me with Metrocards and telling me the real deal when I know that I'm surrounded with some talented liars and your basic set of used-car salesman parading as people in power. I'm grateful that out of the dust we found each other. Here's to brushing it all off and shining bright, both of us feeling new and polished.

Thank you Biz and Maroon for making my days better at LUSH, not only for giving me the job, but a place that I've come to know and love. Let the sorority sisters be damned! Bring that Xfiles playlist back in, it was really great.

Thank you St. Vincent de Paul and Bay Ridge Life Center for giving me food, filling my cabinets, and allowing me $25 to buy milk and bread since this wonderful city of mine cut me off from necessary services. You are literally keeping me alive. I never knew it was this bad until I saw other people my age and a bit older going through the same thing.

Please, universe, if you are listening, zap that karma back down to the powers that screwed this all up. Take away the greed, the selfishness, and the deregulation that caused this mess and bring us all jobs and a way to survive happily again, not just hand to mouth.