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Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:35:50 GMT

-Ice cream coughs!
-Biting off the tip of an ice cream cone and sucking the ice cream through
-Google RSS feeds
-Rain or snow hitting a spotlight and turning into steam

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:27:45 GMT

-White cheddar
-Small family traditions
-Happy couples holding hands on Valentine’s Day. Melts my cold, black heart
-People holding their partners’ elbows
-Scrabble
-How badass grandmothers are at it
-Grilled peanut butter, banana, and honey sandwiches
-Honey and vinegar
-Foods that remind you of home

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 05:10:40 GMT

-Crusty bread with soft, warm insides
-Driftwood
-Sweaters and snow on the beach
-Mariah Carey
-Waking up on Sunday mornings to a silent, snow-covered city
-Hot cocoa with a cinnamon stick
-An over-cast sky before a storm
-Smooth pebbles at the bottom of a creek bed
-Bath and Body Work's Breathe: Comfort

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 09:19:11 GMT

-Eating ice cream right out of the carton!
-Having two pints going at the same time!
-That point in a sleepless night where you have to choose if you are 1) going to sleep, 2) going to take sleeping pills, or 3) going to stay up all night-- even though you always choose wrong

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:45:40 GMT

-Juice boxes
-Rolling around on the floor to crack your back
-Shoulderstands

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:28:12 GMT

-Cold hands, warm hearts
-Scratchy old man sweaters

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:17:16 GMT

-Shorthand
-How teachers loudly decry Wikipedia but it is actually our first stop when we need a quick answer
-Drinking milk out of the carton

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:04:12 GMT

-"Carry on My Wayward Son", by Kansas
-Especially the first twenty seconds!
-Keeping your cool in stressful or frightening situations

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:06:28 GMT

-How Ed Vedder really only needs to sing about a dozen words in "Better Man". Including "Oh, oh, oh...".

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:39:45 GMT

-The New Kids on the Block
-Thirty-something fan girls
-How everyone likes Joey the best
-Even better than Jordan!
-The lunacy of forty-year-old boyband members breakdancing
-Or rapping!
-Dancing on top of a piano
-The bizarre uselessness of writhing back-up dancers.
-Not needing anyone to back up your dancing, thanks very much
-Vintage T-shirts with vintage pit stains

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:36:04 GMT

-Sisters of Notre Dame
-Complimenting the colour of a garment
-Ruby red and tangerine juice
-Green tortillas

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 01:35:38 GMT

-How people in movies and TV shows always feel the compulsion to stick their fingers in pools of blood

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:13:59 GMT

-Drinking a big glass of cold milk shortly after eating mints.
-Swirls of cool sour cream in your burrito.

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 01:45:49 GMT

-Putting your head against the wall of the elevator and giving yourself a vacation for as long as it takes to get to your floor.
-Telling someone that you can't discuss something right now and you will get back to them later.

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 03:38:59 GMT

-Making best friends with the dogs tied up outside a grocery store
-That sideways, head flopped-over way a young puppy has of gnawing at your hand
-Being good with names
-When a very hard day at work leaves you feeling energised, rather than drained
-The knot in your shoulder releasing as you walk away from whatever is stressing you out

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:40:00 GMT

-Rescue dogs!
-Their little red vests!
-Dogs bounding through snow!
-Dog ears flapping in the wind!

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:33:31 GMT

-Thinking about ways to make other peoples days better
-Expressing gratitude
-"Anna Begins", by the Counting Crows
-Music videos that aren't overly sexualised
-Music videos that don't objectify women
-Music videos that feature the entire band not just the lead singer

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:28:41 GMT

-Listening
-Remembering things people say
-Referring back to them
-Risotto with mushrooms and charred asparagus
-Figuring out an excellent flavour combination all on your own (even if they are common combinations)
-Allowing your actions to demonstrate your feelings

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 06:56:16 GMT

-How drawing with marker always results in ink on your middle finger and the sides of your hand. No matter how old or careful you are!
-My bizarre obsession with Robin Williams' need for attention

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:46:11 GMT

-"Hairspray"
-Getting preemptively defensive about something

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:29:35 GMT

-When a basketball lodges between the rim and backboard
-Soaking your feet
-Sleeping in a tent in your backyard
-How normally kind people are overtaken by the incredible urge to murder a cricket when it is somewhere in the corner of their bedroom
-Refried beans

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:05:12 GMT

-"Hava Nagila" ringtones
-Ironing a book you accidently got wet
-Firm handshakes

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:46:24 GMT

-Slap fights
-Defending your beach blanket from seagulls
-Driftwood

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:09:46 GMT

-Baking
-Fresh challah
-Bear Grylls

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:31:38 GMT

-Good typists
-Large, warm hands
-Vanilla ice cream with cinnamon
-"Pick up the Phone", The Notwist