Lists

Things that I cannot find:
-Stamps (I have four international stamps in my possession....but where? Clearly, I refuse to buy new stamps until these stamps are located and used.)
-Big white sunglasses (We've had some sunny days but alas, I must squint through them.)
-Plaid Macalester boxer shorts (A very important part of my wardrobe.)

Things that have happened lately that I think should end up in poems:
-People falling asleep on the train. Especially strangers sitting next to each other.
-Helping old people weigh their bulk products at the grocery store. (See this number here? You just put your bag on the scale and then press that number? Do you want me to do it, here, really, it's fine, just like this.)
-In a dream I had: I held a dead bird in my hand and moved it's wings up and down, clumsily simulating flight. Then all of a sudden it moved its neck, it turned its head; it was alive.

Categories that I've recently realized all of the stories I tell can be reduced into:
-Once my friends all thought that I was wrong about something, but then it turned out I was right!
-Man, other people are crazy and hard to understand!
-One time something really funny happened. Isn't that funny?
-I read this article on a seemingly arcane subject but really it explains a lot about human nature.

Long Latin palindromes that I've learned:
-In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni. ("We move in a circle in the night and are consumed by fire" or something like that)