1. the woman with the best balance I’ve ever seen.
2. the pile of wood that will be our new front steps.
3. implementing my new budget.
4. ring tailed lemurs.
5. teaching someone about the insatiable hunger.

1. good billboards.
2. long strands of beads.
3. windows with screens.
4. pneumatic staple guns.
5. the grammar police.

1. sailboats made out of duct tape.
2. poolside cabanas.
3. monk feet.
4. dogs and their people.
5. perfectly cooked fish.

1. free valet bike parking.
2. finding Saskatchewan in Vancouver.
3. my first Rider game.
4. winning.
5. getting lost and having adventures.

1. well planned budgets.
2. great soundtracks.
3. mid afternoon swims.
4. good tattoos.
5. carefully placed fans.

1. the urban peasant.
2. an entire street of construction workers eating popsicles.
3. the cooling wind in the skytrain tunnel.
4. kickass tattooed seamstresses.
5. accompanying a friend on her wedding dress fitting.

1. the insult “you’re a noodle!”
2. people dressed as Patsy and Edina.
3. absolutely fabulous.
4. overestimating how long a walk will take.
5. beating the second king’s quest game.

1. unbridled fits of nostalgia.
2. getting the entire king’s quest game collection.
3. remembering the many late nights spent on the computer as a teenager.
4. text based computer games.
5. having a friend as nerdy as me to adventure with.

1. flying through the air on a swing.
2. pigeons that go into other peoples’ apartments.
3. giving into ice cream urges.
4. the antics of kitties.
5. brightly coloured snakes.

1. gelatinous mutant coconuts.
2. references to ramona quimby.
3. guard donkeys.
4. hot tub time machines.
5. free concerts in the park.