one hundred things in the world I love
1. Sunday morning
2. listening to Cat Power when it’s snowing
3. crickets
4. walking in the grass in bare feet
5. laughing/smiling so much that my face hurts
6. my family
7. grilled cheese and tomato soup
8. the smell of summer camp
9. buying a shot for a stranger across the bar
10. boys with glasses and beards
11. fall
12. sweater weather
13. reading the paper with someone
14. bicycles
15. personal dance parties in my bedroom
16. NPR
17. watching my plants grow
18. hugs (especially the of the bear variety - but never from actual bears)
19. James Agee - A Death in the Family
20. places I’ve never been to
21. holding hands
22. the perfect cup of coffee
23. new apartments
24. music from the 1990s
25. getting lost on purpose
26. office supplies
27. big windows
28. road trips
29. cold sheets and warm blankets
30. late-night conversations in which you take yourself a little too seriously
31. the feeling you get when it’s Sunday night and you realize that Monday is holiday and there is one whole day more of the weekend and the possibilities seem endless.
32. new toothbrushes
33. wearing shoes with no socks
34. being constantly surprised and impressed by how amazing, loving, intelligent, and fun my friends are
35. game night (especially when it involves Taboo or Catch Phrase)
36. picnics
37. root beer floats
38. making my father laugh
39. Philadelphia
40. the song on the radio that everyone knows the words to
41. smiling at strangers on the street/train/etc
42. clever comments
43. sliding on hardwood floors in socks
44. working hard riding up a hill and then coasting down
45. rainy afternoons
46. the smell of old books
47. finishing a knitting project (which does not happen often)
48. good hair days
49. meteor showers
50. the nervous feeling I get right before a first date
51. flash cards
52. sending letters and packages to friends
53. receiving letter and packages from friends
54. Aaron’s horrible attempts at a German woman’s accent
55. cross stitching
56. mason jars
57. skipping stones
58. being quiet
59. metal burgers
60. making soup
61. football on Sunday afternoons
62. train rides
63. catching fireflies
64. “tone change”
65. marching bands
67. Rachel’s album Selenography
68. cheesy greeting cards
69. the smell of fresh herbs
70. the movie Moulin Rouge!
71. Raymond Carver stories and essays
72. AGS
73. el ranchero tortilla chips with the pico de gallo from Cermak
74. getting film developed
75. unexpected adventures
76. swings
77. thrift store scores
78. clean laundry
79. Chet Baker
80. the idea that I might become an avid birdwatcher
81. colored tights
82. typewriters
83. getting picked up at the airport
84. notebooks
85. photo booths
86. good djs
87. nicknames
88. window shopping
89. being decisive
90. wrapping presents with brown craft paper
91. new hair cuts
92. McGlinchey’s
93. Lost Fridays
94. bounty on the prairie
95. starting fresh
96. organizing
97. concerts in the park
98. bone folders
99. grid paper
100. lists with check boxes
Inspired by mumblelard (and a number of others).
