My two favorite things about today.

1. When my colleague and friend, upon hearing that I believe Karl Malone is my spirit twin because of the grudge he held (at least that's the way *I* saw it) against the world for underestimating him, told a story about how she was in a spin class that Karl Malone was teaching and in which he said to her, 'I like your attitude.' And I was all

Hardcore.


2. When I showed the historian the clip of Jimmy Fallon and Ellen Degeneres in their lipsync battle,

and we laughed and laughed, and then a few minutes later, when I was in another room, I heard the historian singing, 'b!*@^?, give me my money' while he was reading the paper.

Because that was the best.

Okay, another one:

3. good outfit.

And one more:

4. summoning up the willpower to go to the gym even though my early semester sleep is in ruins. Endorphins!

Oh, fine, one more:

5. garlic toast. Also the best.