La Vie Boheme.

Things that make me smile:
1. Charles Wayne Ramsey
2. Henry Wilson Ramsey
3. Loretta Frances Ramsey
4. Frances Cherry Daniel Austin & Mappy
5. France
6. Maestro
7. Wilson
8. Tennis
9. New York City
10. R.E.M.
11. The 'rents
12. Mary Engel
13. Poems by poets I know like:

http://www.turntablebluelight.com/2007/09/michael_ford.html

14. ... and:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7naKj-z5So

15. Also: "The Fist"
The fist clenched round my heart
loosens a little, and I gasp
brightness; but it tightens
again. When have I ever not loved
the pain of love? But this has moved

past love to mania. This has the strong
clench of the madman, this is
gripping the ledge of unreason, before
plunging howling into the abyss.

Hold hard then, heart. This way at least you live.

16. And! At the Poet's Forum this weekend! Like me!
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2010/07/12/100712crbo_books_orourke

17. And, obviously:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNBKM5so8tQ

18. But also: life! and lists! and coffee shops! Beer! Scholarship! Academia!
19. The Library of Congress and The Academy of American Poets
20. Hope, and my homies that helped me along the way. <3