100 Things I Like
When I first started creating a list of things I hated, I was bored at work, in a bad mood, and had no idea I could really come up with 100. One of the comments to that post said something about looking forward to my list of 100 things I like. My gut reaction was "Dude, I'm WAY too negative a person to like 100 things!" But in thinking about it on my way to work last week, maybe I do. So (duck to avoid corniness) let's find out together, shall we?
1. Rainbows
2. Unicorns
3. Just kidding about number two.
4. Wow, not even up to five and already cheating; that can't be a good sign.
2. Penguins
3. Westies
4. When the sun feels like a blanket on my body
5. Green (duh)
6. Yogurt (see above)
7. Knowing peoples ages, middle names, and sibling order
8. Good lawyers
9. Good shrinks
10. Excellent customer service
11. Poland Spring Water
12. Not to go all A-Team on you, but "I love it when a plan comes together!"
13. Pea coats
14. Hot Sox
15. The number seven
16. The song Seven
17. Seeing grownups (especially ones dressed in business attire) run
18. Seeing people trip
19. Lisps
20. Stuttering (yeah, I know, I'm going to hell in a hand basket. Just make the hand basket green)
21. Winning arguments without losing the core relationships
22. Working through difficult things and coming out stronger
23. Finishing projects
24. GEEK ALERT - doing my taxes (I think it's a pride thing?)
25. Problem solving
26. Reading good blogs
27. Reading in general
28. Watching the ocean
29. Learning and applying things I didn't previously know
30. Seeing other people run into old friends and get all excited.
31. The feeling I get when my plane touches down in New York
32. Driving (in a convertible sure is fun)
33. Getting sincere compliments
34. Building relationships with neighborhood proprietors
35. Having people other than my immediate family as a support system
36. Finding a new food I like
37. Talking to my Grandpa.
38. Going for walks
39. Good music
40. Being creative
41. Getting compliments from people who impress me
42. Having my hair straight
43. Making people laugh
44. Those dreams I have when I design entire houses, ballets, or wardrobes.
45. When I'm laying out in the sun and about to move to the shade because the sun is too hot, but a small breeze comes to cool me off, and it allows me to stay where I am.
46. When I find good presents for friends and family.
47. When I get bonus presents.
48. Teaching
49. Truth tables
50. Applying new things I've learned
51. More reality tv than I care to admit
52. Movies that make me change the way I see the world (gay cowboys, anyone?!)
53. Post-its that aren't pale yellow
54. Stationery
55. Hand-written notes and cards
56. That my brother will understand when nobody else will.
57. That my friends judge me for who I am now, not who I was 14 years ago.
58. Blogging and getting comments on my blog
59. Caller ID (can't believe I ever lived without it)
60. High quality hugs (not everyone can give them)
61. Pens that write smoothly
62. Mix CDs
63. Petsitting
64. Finding out what I was told are weird quirks of mine to be squashed and beaten out of me and therapized to death are really, just quirks that someone else somewhere in the world also has.
65. Kraft mac & cheese - nothing says cheese like fluorescent yellow!
66. Learning different points of view.
67. Falling in love with a song.
68. Rings, even though I only have two and a half, and never wear them.
69. Pretty flowers
70. The smell of Passover foods cooking in my mother's kitchen.
71. Mount Tam
72. The leather bracelet from Africa I've had since middle school (that I'm wearing as I write this)
73. Cool ring tones
74. Raspberry humentashen (if you're in NY, feel free to send me some; I'll blog about it)
75. Brandon Walsh's ability to always know the perfect thing to say in every situation (some people have WWJD, but I have WWBW do)
76. Being a bicentennial baby
77. Being able to diagnose people
78. Funky Band-Aids
79. Taking chances trusting people and realizing later my gut instinct lead me well
80. How good I’ve gotten at shopping at Trader Joe’s
81. Being able to do well at work
82. Making people feel good
83. Cooking a meal for the first time and having it come out exactly as I intended it to
84. Figuring out how to get to a new place via mass transit
85. Silly voicemails from friends waiting for me when I turn my cell phone on after a long day at work (thank you, J!)
86. Impressing my bosses
87. Taking other people clothing shopping (I’m quite good at it)
88. The tv show Blow Out
89. Getting to the Farmer’s Market before it gets crowded
90. Three-day weekends
91. Crunchy fall leaves (non-existent in SF)
92. Being able to give directions to people who ask
93. When the Bank of America teller offers me a lollipop
94. When my hair looks good
95. Arguing with someone smarter than I am and winning
96. When people on the telephone identify themselves (I don’t care that there’s caller ID – it’s the right thing to do)
97. Mini cannolis from NY (again, you send them, I’ll blog about it)
98. Summer fruits
99. Fashion magazines from the UK
100. Knowing there are a solid 100 things in the world that I like
posted by Green at 5/28/2006 11:48:00 AM
10 Comments:
What is a half of a ring?
:)
Loved reading about your things. I find when I list stuff like this there are things that I hardly even realized that I love.
You mean "Seven", the Prince song? Because I freaking love that song.
Yep, that Seven song. I think I have it on a CD and everything.
...with an intellect, and a savoir faire, no one in the whole universe can ever compare...
Also one of my faves, too.
And will bigger cannolis do? Because your former, uh, "roommate" has a thing for cannolis and knows where to find the best ones in North Beach. I can inquire and get back to you...
So much on your list I agree with. Mostly #65. Best with a few slices off a Velveeta loaf melted in.
I'm so glad I'm not the only adult that *still* eats this.
Getting an individual mention in a "Whatever Happened To.. " blog post would rate in my top ten.
Syncronicity would be up there (along with spell check)
OK, some of those I don't understand - "Westies?" Are those people from the west coast? And "Hot Sox" I can't even guess about - at least not without sounding like an idiot....
But,
#1 - Rainbows are cool.
#13 - Doesn't everyone look good in a pea coat?
#24 - I don't particularly enjoy doing taxes, but I love that I do my brothers' because I know how and they'd be helpless doing it themselves.
#26 - Love a good blog.
#28 - I prefer smelling and hearing the ocean to the sight.
#53 - Forget post-its; good highlighters and pretty pens are true happiness.
#64 - Yup
#67 - You ever hear a song that sounds complex and deep, but you just get it - like someone who knew exactly what was going on in your head wrote it just for you? Priceless.
#69 - A major weakness of mine.
#82 - Double yup
#92 - I'm not particularly good with directions; you're lucky. But I'm the go-to girl whenever someone in my office needs help in Excel. And I do help. It feels really good, even if the solution is as easy as pointing and saying, "There."
Congratulations on finding a hundred things. Good list.
I love lists of loved things as opposed to hated things. You just barely squeeked over 100 items - #'s 29 and 50 are very similary but, acting as the "judge of lists" I'll credit them as 2 unique items by interpreting #29 as learningnew things and #50 as applying things learned. (Whew - that's a lot of rationalization to apply to a blog!)
Anon 11:58, you're shit out of luck, because anons don't get to be the judges. You've got no cred.
Rage- you are acting as a self appointed judge of whose got cred.,so your decisions are a screaming version of "NOTHING!" Anons are people,too,and they have opinions which they state for all to read. YOU, conversely, name yourself in a way that does not identify who you are other than a baby having yet another temper tantrum! Take a nap, get someone to chage your diaper or give you your binky. Whatever! Is this all you you find to rage about? Did you know there's a war and there are natural disasters causing real troubles? Grow up! Face reality!
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