good things:

- a "lucky" puppy

- memory of Gavin Rosdale as a "glycerine" demon

- a new Batman anything

- friendly expressions of support

- a dollar-an-hour raise

- getting a dollar-an-hour raise and still not being tempted to stay

- being let into a friend's "oddy" world

- 11:59pm movie showings

- a foster home for abandoned imaginary friends

- water bills under $10

- watching Seth Green suck down a bug through a pussywillow

- lime flavored water

- streets that have no names