Taste: Silver Lake Cabernet Sight: Marina Abramović performance artist; a boy running in turquoise pants; Aid! Hunh! What is it good for? The United Kingdom is the first G8 country (world's 8 wealthiest) to deliver on a promise made in 1970 to give 0.7% aid.; pink, purple and blue water water Sound: my cousin's dubstep and Minecraft video; pattering dogs paws playing on the stair landing Touch: brushing fluffy snowflakes off my soft, warm, vegan coat Smell: Starbucks Extra: a desire to ascend; "How we treat the least of our brethren, how we treat the peasant suffering...that's the measure of this country. Not our fighter planes or tanks..." and "God will judge us by..."what we did to relieve the suffering of our fellow human beings. I don't think God cares what doctrine we embrace." and "What we are fighting isn't godlessness...It's poverty. Money for food, medicines...that helps. When we cannot cure or save a life,...