the meaning of life 2 (aka daily meaning 1)

Waste of time, right?  I went back to my first post by the same name because I started writing one again and had severe deja vu.  To be fair, I was going to peg music as the meaning of life today.

So, I'm going to try something: for 10 days I will post "daily meaning" snippets - just rough mentions of thoughts, things, people, events that made my day worth going through.

Since the day is just starting, a couple small things pop up:

• coffee is the reason I'm still employed
• Justin Timberlake's music is really fun and makes me want to get off my fat fanny and dance (it took a bit of balls to say it - I'm terribly embarrased by this realization)
• the Guilty Dog video is dumb but made me smile.  Incidentally, I will no longer be ashamed of liking silly things that make me smile/laugh, even when they're super-uncool.
• 5'nizza are fulfilling the role of the motherland's voice in my heart for the moment. Different artists have done that at different times (not only musicians but writers/poets, painters, directors, etc.) but there's always one.
• I'm surprised that being apart with my lover for weeks has not had a significant practical impact on my everyday life (that is, after over a decade of being attached at the hip, I don't need him to survive).  I was a little afraid that I wouldn't miss him, and am relieved to know that I do.  Wanting someone is waay better than needing him/her. It's the little things: having someone other than the dog to say "hi" when I enter the house, his whistling a random tune,...