If this list comes off as self-centered or egotistical in any way, I apologize; 'twas not at all intended to do so. It is that I am thankful for these things, yes!

• I am a white, upper-middle class girl
• I come from a family that loves and supports me to the best of their abilities, if anything sometimes too much so
• I am financially stable
• My parents will always have my back
• My parents being extremely lenient and personable, and some of my best friends to an extent
• I'm an only child
• I don't have any specifically undesirable physical and/or mental features, I don't think...
• I was born in somewhat-metropolitain New York in the 21st century
• I exist during the technological age when information has been more accessible than ever before
• I was accepted and go to one of the most desirable Universities in the world, and am able to afford it with no worries either
• I am more informed of the world than most people ever will be (yes, I am somehow very aware of this an don't hesitate to say it)
• I am able to do something quite successfully if I actually put my mind to it
• the people I have selected to remain closest to in my life are legitimately some of the best people the world secretly has to offer, in my opinion
• Loren Worsley deciding to come back to NYU
• Dana Cohen ending up being the other roommate that had chosen to room with Emily freshman year
• me not being an extremely sexually-driven being
• being able to for the most part keep my head completely on my shoulders
• what I have gotten away with (which has, over time, became kind of astronomical) thus far within my life that not everyone can know about at all
• being able to do and achieve the things I have in my life thus far, and whatever physical/mental seasoning from it to prove it
• Flicky becoming such a monumental feature in my life at this point
• my ability to not have to rely on a specific religion/religious organization within my life
• having taste, and legitimately being able to say so after comparing myself to others many, many, many times
• both sets of my grandparents being alive and healthy
• being the oldest grandchild on both sides of my family
• that if the apocalypse is happening in 2012, I'm around and kind of in my prime for the end of the world; I feel as if this is a big deal
• the fact that I was given the presence of a human being with an extensive thought process upon this fantastic and dynamic world that's always buzzing
• my ability to put into words and convey so many things that I've realized not many can even begin to attempt thinking about, let alone explaining and learning from
• my ability to control my perspective and be extremely rational both internally and externally as a result, to my person (if that makes sense?)
• my self-awareness, the fact that I know myself well enough in this world to do well and only improve
• my apparent "modesty"
• my ability to see through and critically analyze so many things to understand them very well
• the fact that I've realized/learned that I actually, really do love myself
• my stability
• realizing that so many things/quotes/art/people/perspectives that are passed on to so much of the world's understanding are actually false, and my ability to learn from this
• I've realized I am God, everything is God. and my ability to understand exactly what I mean by God - which could be easily misinterpreted
• all that is provided for me to play/interact with and witness with the senses innately given to me
• my ability to learn from everything somehow, even if it's something not many can muster a lesson or further understanding from
• I live in a world with a fantastic, mind-blowing overall concept and functioning - uh'gawd damn!
• my ability to communicate rather nicely with words, despite understanding that they are actually a kind of isolating, limitating fence around whatever concept or idea is being conveyed by them
• being a college student in the twenty-first century, and all of the conveniences and privileges that come with being here now
• going to New York University, and my perspective regarding this; hah
• skipping over the option of attending/living a "normal" college lifestyle and jump-starting to whatever the circumstances of going to NYU implies
• my ability to acknowledge all that is above, let alone verbalize it I'm thinking