Today, I'm Thankful For Air Conditioning

Today, my dad called me to make sure my apartment had air conditioning in it. I'm glad it does. I have it set to a comfortable 77 degrees Fahrenheit when I'm up and about. When I'm sleeping or when I'm out of the apartment, I turn it off to conserve energy. I don't particularly enjoy the summer heat, and don't think I'd enjoy not having air conditioning in my apartment.

Today, I'm Thankful For Road Signs

Earlier tonight, I was driving south down Neil Street, coming back with a haul from Meijer, when I became lost in thought about quite a few things: what to cook later, what to post on this blog, the meaning of life, etc. Suddenly, I realized that I had driven too far south. Good thing there are signs with road names on intersections. Do you realize how completely lost everyone would be if those weren't there? I probably wouldn't be here writing this if that was the case. So if you can tell what the name of a road is when you reach it, no matter where you are, be thankful.

Today, I'm Thankful For Freezers

Yeah, yeah. I know. It's past midnight already, so it's not really a post about "today" anymore. Like I care.
Anyhoo, freezers are nice. I had salmon. Wild salmon caught in the northern Atlantic (I think). And I was able to have it today, though I had bought it quite a while ago, because of my freezer. Yep. And also, frozen dumplings > frozen pizza.

Today, I'm Thankful For Right Stuf

Right Stuf is where I get most of my DVDs and manga. They have the best prices on average of any large online retailer, they have great customer service, and they always have a sale of some sort going on. Today, I received some Aria bookmarks as a free gift. I was very pleased and excited when I found them alongside the manga I had ordered.

Today, I'm Thankful For Clean Water

Today, I'm Thankful For Fansubbers

Especially all you guys who worked on Ano Hana. You guys are awesome!

Today, I'm Thankful For Pizza

OMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOM

Today, I'm Thankful For My Bike

I've had it since middle school, and the thing's a rusty death trap. It only has one brake, and that one barely works (it's held on by means of duct tape...). The front wheel is slightly bent. There's rust in every spot that can rust. Oh, and I can't reach the third gear. But on days like today, after a long rainy night, the water has pooled up on a lot of sidewalks. I feel so free, being able to ride over them like I'm skimming over a lake or something. My bike's a piece of junk, but I'm thankful that I have it.

Today, I'm Thankful For Friends Who Can Cook

It really is the key to a successful potluck dinner with friends. I'll have pictures posted tomorrow of what I made.

Today, I'm Thankful For Adblock Plus

I like Crunchyroll.com. They have all sorts of good subtitled anime licensed for web streaming for those in the United States. I personally recommend Time of Eve, Durarara!!, and the new Spring 2011 anime, Hanasaku Iroha. Unfortunately for those unwilling to pay each month for premium membership, they have commercials playing in the beginning, middle (several times), and end of each episode. So greatly did the inconveniently placed commercials inhibit my enjoyment of Natsume Yuchijo this weekend that I resolved to find a way to block them. Thank goodness for Firefox extensions.

Today, I'm Thankful For My Bed

Zzz...

Last Night, I Was Thankful For Ear Plugs

I have these reusable earplugs designed for sleep, but I don't think they're designed that well, because if I have them in for too long, I get a mild pain in my ears. I usually can only wear them for four to six hours before waking up from my ears hurting, but sometimes I get a solid eight hours with them on. However, they do block out all low-level noise, so I can sleep well on the weekends, where there's lots of ambient noise from the bar hoppers and binge drinkers.

Today, I'm Thankful For Soap

Especially the kind of soap that has pumice in it and is made for mechanics, gardeners, and other people who get their hands dirty everyday.

For one of my classes, we're converting a lawnmower to an electric drive for the local park district. We got the motors in a few days ago, and today we drilled some holes into the frame of the lawnmower chassis so we can mount the motors. A couple of hours later, my hands were really dirty. Luckily, I was able to use soap to wash all the grease, rust, and steel shavings from my hands. Later that night, I was thankful that I wasn't ingesting bits of lawnmower with my pizza.

Today, I'm Thankful For My Readers

In an effort to increase the amount of times I post, as well as to move back towards this blog's original intent, I'll be adding a new daily(!) blog segment entitled Today, I'm Thankful. Rather than straight up tell you what's been up with my day, I'm doing something a little different. No matter how my day went, whether it was good or bad, I'll try to come up with something that I'm thankful for. I want you, my readers, to see the same beautiful world that I see.

Today, I'm thankful for you all, my readers.