animals people have mentioned, and that i have thought of, today

1. dog
2. monkey
3. goat
4. dolphin
5. cat
6. donkey

what i've eaten today plus commentary, below, by a guest commentator

1. coffee
2. banana
3. two ("2") boiled eggs
4. roasted veg soup
5. granola
6. seven hundred ("700") pounds of peanuts and raisins
7. water

commentary by the guest commentator

I love your list here, though. The seven hundred pounds of peanuts and raisins dropped in at position #6 is what really makes it excellent. Raisins and peanuts are healthy, though. Your list of foods is not bad at all. You could have done much much worse, I'm sure.

note

that there is suddenly commentary does not have any secret meaning, nor should it indicate that i have become less interested in consistency and form. rather, dear reader, from the beautiful and holy example set by my daily torah study, i feel that running commentary adds so many layers to the experience of the list. it is a living list, therefore, one that invites your commentary and the commentary of future generations. and so it is.

a list submitted by my friend:

I've been eating very healthful foods today

1. four ("4") pieces of See's candy
2. three ("3") chocolate-covered graham crackers
3. one ("1") leftover chocolate Santa

And of course,

4. one ("1") grande skim latte

movies i've seen and enjoyed lately
1. kinsey
2. bad education
3. ray
4. i heart huckabees
5. the incredibles
6. garden state

things i've remembered liking from another segment of my ever-evolving life journey but which i forgot or lost track of during recent years
1. esquivel, i.e., lounge music in general
2. mcsweeney's
3. salinger
4. short stories in general
5. turtle necks
6. going to movies a lot
7. telephone calls
8. making actual plans to meet friends to do things instead of endlessly volleying electronic messages ("email").
9. sleeping
10.fun

to do

1. call beth israel medical center to follow up on the many confusing tangles they have created on my behalf which require intervention from patient advocates and other high level administrators
2. pick up special item at tiffany.
3. write extremely low-etiquette ("low et") thank-you note to hostess of new hampshire.
4. buy queen size sheets already.
5. get divorced.
6. get a lamp for living room that throws lovely light to replace the one the cats destroyed. hurry.
7. find a new therapist. maybe.
8. email san francisco-based college pal who helped me to pass logic with an impressive c+.
9. send prescription to prescription arm of health insurance company who will (i) send me my script via postal mail, and (ii) by its existence, likely put small, mom-and-pop drug stores out of business, yet (iii) their prices are competitive, however (iv) current law favors this practice in such a way as to hamper truly fair competition, so it is (v) wrong, very (vi) wrong, but it is (vii) so bloody convenient that i can't help myself.
10. think about buying tickets to see alvin ailey by myself since i seem to be the only one who enjoys beautiful, lush, musical, deep movement-based dance instead of "dance" that is so conceptual that there is hardly any movement going on with the exception of large puppets or other ghastly, life-sized figures.
11. obtain raw, organic cashews.
12. hydrate.
13. discern the source of my current body rash.
14. feel angry that there is no trader joe store in the travel range of my monthly metro card.