Things that make me feel completely alive: Standing outside on a cold, clear night, feeling the air sharp in my lungs, taking inventory of all the stars; driving on a wide, open road very late, listening to a rock song I remember from high school; rereading one of my creative pieces and feeling it work and just click each time I read it; locking firmly in a passionate kiss; laughing hard and loud with a friend who finds the same thing just as funny; the first time hearing the long sweet call of a bird after a dark gray winter.