And more gratitudes

[cthulhia]

I thought I read in Time Magazine that there's a diagnosable psychological epidemic, etc. as a result of living in the land of plenty. But I can't find it online, and the print copy in the awfis kitchen has gone amiss. But, one of the ways to cope is to be proactively grateful (to deity, to nature, each other) for everything one does have, and recognize all these for the *POCK*s they are.

• considering the rain and the melt, I am exceedingly glad to live on the second floor.
  
• using the extra ticket of my free pass to Calendar Girls (which was a decent flick)
  
• on jencallisto
  
• who knows a thing or two about the scritching of the hed
  
• and finds it more funny than amusing when I pretend my hed and her hand have a magnetic attraction to each other, and so I headbutt her hand. (I learned this from horses. Sure, dogs and cats do this to a point, but, teach a horse a trick that gets them a treat, and they're relentless, as well as large and intimidating.)
  
• living in a neighborhood with a hippy bank, that has a free community room with a flatscreen TV.
  
• knowing someone who uses that bank. (awfief)
  
• and getting the room for friday, the 19th for a viewing of that heartwarming holiday classic, The Ref. (If you're interested in going, let me know what time of day might be good. We can start as early as 5, and she advises we go no later than Diesel's hours, since the room has no bathroom.) Ever since [penetrali?] mentioned a manhattan friend who had a party in a big ATM room because it was several times the size of her studio apartment, I've been wanting to do something similar.
  
• (if that works out, I might also try for Groundhog Day. Maybe even a game night there, since there's a lot more room than at YMG. Anyone else do their banking there?)
  
• I'm glad I didn't commit to chaffeuring tonight, since someone else who gets free movie passes has invited me to see House of Sand and Fog, which sounded suck until I read the reviews. (Still not sure about the basic storyline, but it's apparently amazingly well-performed.) I can still do a drive by afterwards to make sure everyone has a ride home.