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“I don’t know what’s going to be revealed to be behind all of this mayhem. One human insect or a poisonous mass of broken sociopaths.

But here’s what I DO know. If it’s one person or a HUNDRED people, that number is not even a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a percent of the population on this planet. You watch the videos of the carnage and there are people running TOWARDS the destruction to help out. This is a giant planet and we’re lucky to live on it but there are prices and penalties incurred for the daily miracle of existence. One of them is, every once in awhile, the wiring of a tiny sliver of the species gets snarled and they’re pointed towards darkness.

But the vast majority stands against that darkness and, like white blood cells attacking a virus, they dilute and weaken and eventually wash away the evil doers and, more importantly, the damage they wreak. This is beyond religion or creed or nation. We would not be here if humanity were inherently evil. We’d have eaten ourselves alive long ago.

So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, “The good outnumber you, and we always will.”"

-Patton Oswalt

10.  I have super-sensitive, super-sonic senses.  Smelling.  Hearing.  And touch.  Very few smells pass the stink test.  I can’t handle repetitive annoying sounds or conflicting music.  And it has to be just the perfect blend of fabrics/texture for me to touch or wear something.

9.  I eat Chipotle burritos like a type-writer.  Yep, horizontal.  Left to right.  Yes, I understand everything falls out.

8.  In 2002 I reached the ten-limit amount of car lock outs with AAA.  Twice, running.

7.  There is a “grace period” in the morning after I wake up that I don’t talk.  If you speak to me, don’t expect an answer.

6.  I used to have sticky fingers; items included unique pint glasses from restaurants, plates, knifes from Outback (who doesn’t have knifes from Outback), and the largest ticket item was a three and a half foot mirror from a hotel bathroom that still hangs in my hallway.

5.  When Kanye West and Jay-Z were in town I went to both their shows.  First on Tuesday night, then again on Thursday night.  Yes, I’m that crazy fangirl.

4.  I eat pizza taking into consideration the Bite-to-Bite ratio.  Therefore I take a bite of the end point, then of the crust.  End point, then crust.

3.  I was required to take a driving class to prevent my license from being suspended, due to an excessive amount of speeding tickets and points on my license.

2.  I say ‘moo point’ instead of ‘moot point.’  You can thank Joey Tribbiani for that one.

1.  Once I may or may have not climbed to the top of Greenbury Point’s 600 foot radio towers on the edge of the Severn River overlooking all of Annapolis.  This may or may not still be a sore spot with my mother.

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When you called us into your bedroom that one evening, on Dad’s birthday, for a serious family conversation it wasn’t out of the ordinary.   We’ve become accustom to these things, especially in the last few months where Dad’s condition has been rapidly deteriorating.  But I quickly realized this was different.  And the tears started flowing.  You told us not to worry, but I just couldn’t help it.  Part of my soul is made up of you, so the thought of something being wrong was just too much for my little head to comprehend.

After you got out of surgery on Wednesday and were in recovery, I was doing whatever it took to make you laugh and admittedly, videoing it to see if we would have the next YouTube hit on our hands.  Because that’s what I do when I’m struggling, I try to make everyone laugh, to ease the pain of difficult situations.  Unfortunately you just aren’t that funny after anesthesia.  Maybe you could work on that?  David after dentist?  Jane on Jef Holm?  Please take notes.

Later that evening while we were at home you were acting, well, weird.  There is no one on this earth that I know better and you were acting anxious, fidgety, and on edge.  You mentioned that your neck was sticky so we went into the bathroom and I was doing my best to wash off the Iodine from your chest and shoulders.  It was in those moments where I knew you weren’t as strong as you once portrayed.  When I wished the whole thing would just go away.  And I wished the you I know would just come back already.  You were holding your hair up and I was trying to be as careful as possible when you jumped back and screamed OUUUUUCH.  My heart sank and I’m positive the blood drained from my entire body.  I looked back up at you, and there you were, laughing hysterically.  GOTCHA.

Ok woman, you win.  For all the times I’ve played pranks on you, jumped out at you, scared you, laughed at you with you…you win. <3.