You Know What I ACTUALLY Appreciate?
After my previous bitter rant, I have cause to show that I do, in fact, have things to be cheery about. For example, today was the single best day of work I've ever had. I also had the single best tour I've ever had. It was a good day.
So in honor of this momentous day, I present to you the foil to my aforementioned list o' bitterness.
You Know What I Appreciate?
01) People who contribute meaningfully to conversation
02) People who listen attentively
03) Chocolate frosting
04) Thoughtful and intelligent coworkers
05) Blasting the air conditioning
06) Not having to pay for my utilities
07) When people smile at you in passing, and say hello, especially if they don't really know you
08) Simon and Garfunkel songs, especially when heard at unexpected times
09) Dorkiness
10) Confident people who aren't cocky
11) Reading to young children who actually listen
12) Neatness
13) Genuine gratitude
14) Casual self-effacement
15) Drawing perfectly straight lines without a ruler
16) Tiffany for Men cologne
17) Not caring about appearing gay
18) Well-taken photos
19) Beautifully-shot films
21) Meticulously-constructed novels
22) Hyphenated adverbially-modified adjectives
23) Big dogs
24) Good actors playing bad guys
25) Paychecks
26) Righteous defiance
27) Pluggedinonline.com
28) Belitting philosophy as a subject
29) Presidential trivia
30) Thank-you cards
31) Humor t-shirts
32) Plaid
33) Good storytellers
34) Explaining my family history
35) Gouda
36) Claritin
37) Russian literature
38) Playing board games
39) Really good hugs
40) Really good handshakes
41) Competent public speakers
42) Competence in general
43) Political incorrectness
44) Gay jokes
45) People who don't get embarrassed
46) People who graciously disregard awkwardness
47) Making fun of Amy Berg
48) Jokingly convincing people of things that are blatantly untrue, then exposing their gullibility in an ostentatious fashion
49) Finding quotes that intelligently express my fledgling and ill-defined opinions
50) Poems in meter other than iambic pentameter
51) Impressing people
52) Good hygiene
53) Lists
54) Online news
55) Nostalgia
56) Cliche college moments
57) Musicals
58) Well-dressed people
59) My cell phone
60) Shocking twists
61) Sitcoms without laugh tracks
62) Ritz crackers
63) Desert heat
64) Giant inflatable slip 'n slides
65) Bohlford
66) Kids
67) Financial security
68) Online communication
69) Word games
70) Candy
71) Influential political documents
72) Proofreading
73) Lexical and grammatical establishmentarianism
74) Properly employed polysyllabic words
75) Well-reasoned optimism
I purposefully avoided putting things that are obvious, like "my friends and family." I love you guys, of course, but if I started putting things like that, this list would have gone on for exactly 4312 pages. Exactly.
SYTYCD tonight. Benji Schwimmer. So hot right now. So hot always. The end.
So in honor of this momentous day, I present to you the foil to my aforementioned list o' bitterness.
You Know What I Appreciate?
01) People who contribute meaningfully to conversation
02) People who listen attentively
03) Chocolate frosting
04) Thoughtful and intelligent coworkers
05) Blasting the air conditioning
06) Not having to pay for my utilities
07) When people smile at you in passing, and say hello, especially if they don't really know you
08) Simon and Garfunkel songs, especially when heard at unexpected times
09) Dorkiness
10) Confident people who aren't cocky
11) Reading to young children who actually listen
12) Neatness
13) Genuine gratitude
14) Casual self-effacement
15) Drawing perfectly straight lines without a ruler
16) Tiffany for Men cologne
17) Not caring about appearing gay
18) Well-taken photos
19) Beautifully-shot films
21) Meticulously-constructed novels
22) Hyphenated adverbially-modified adjectives
23) Big dogs
24) Good actors playing bad guys
25) Paychecks
26) Righteous defiance
27) Pluggedinonline.com
28) Belitting philosophy as a subject
29) Presidential trivia
30) Thank-you cards
31) Humor t-shirts
32) Plaid
33) Good storytellers
34) Explaining my family history
35) Gouda
36) Claritin
37) Russian literature
38) Playing board games
39) Really good hugs
40) Really good handshakes
41) Competent public speakers
42) Competence in general
43) Political incorrectness
44) Gay jokes
45) People who don't get embarrassed
46) People who graciously disregard awkwardness
47) Making fun of Amy Berg
48) Jokingly convincing people of things that are blatantly untrue, then exposing their gullibility in an ostentatious fashion
49) Finding quotes that intelligently express my fledgling and ill-defined opinions
50) Poems in meter other than iambic pentameter
51) Impressing people
52) Good hygiene
53) Lists
54) Online news
55) Nostalgia
56) Cliche college moments
57) Musicals
58) Well-dressed people
59) My cell phone
60) Shocking twists
61) Sitcoms without laugh tracks
62) Ritz crackers
63) Desert heat
64) Giant inflatable slip 'n slides
65) Bohlford
66) Kids
67) Financial security
68) Online communication
69) Word games
70) Candy
71) Influential political documents
72) Proofreading
73) Lexical and grammatical establishmentarianism
74) Properly employed polysyllabic words
75) Well-reasoned optimism
I purposefully avoided putting things that are obvious, like "my friends and family." I love you guys, of course, but if I started putting things like that, this list would have gone on for exactly 4312 pages. Exactly.
SYTYCD tonight. Benji Schwimmer. So hot right now. So hot always. The end.