a list from last week
Elisa and I sat at Bauhaus and made ourselves these lists. A hundred things that make me happy:
1. sun warmed couches
2. stretching like a cat when I wake up
3. taking photos
4. making mix tapes/cds
5. photobooths with close friends
6. having my own space
7. cooking with friends
8. receiving artwork made for me
9. writing letters to someone I don't know
10. making postcards
11. mis hermanos
12. reading Love in the Time of Cholera
13. sunlit brick walls
14. rooms with big windows
15. my "bite the bullet" sweatshirt
16. iced mochas from Bauhaus or Top Pot
17. Cinque Terre in the winter
18. falling in love with strangers
19. cleaning my room
20. sending letters to people I love
21. skinny sharpies
22. sitting with tea/beer on the Republican Steps
23. brisk days
24. big blue skies
25. driving at night with stars surrounding
26. holding hands
27. waking up before the alarm
28. sleeping with the window open
29. watching tourists and natives while writing love letters on the Spanish Steps
30. parque Guell in Barcelona
31. mountains in the near distance
32. living by the water
33. walking long distances in the city
34. spending all day with
35. road trips
36. the hills in San Francisco
37. walking in the Arboretum
38. good wine
39. defending my thesis
40. making fried rice
41. harmonica-playing boys at the bus stop in front of my old apartment
42. wearing hats
43. sitting on park benches
44. pizza cutters in the shape of bicycles
45. small towns in New Mexico
46. reading outloud
47. heaven at el diablo in Queen Anne
48. polka dot/stripe themed parties
49. getting out of town monthly
50. knowing how to cook by smell
51. reading on the bus
52. wearing skirts
53. curtains made out of ribbons and lengths of fabric
54. creaky furniture
55. weather
56. eating grapefruit while walking in a crowd
57. using spices
58. writing on unlined paper with a sharp pencil
59. exploring neighborhoods
60. open markets
61. buying flowers spontaneously
62. conversations with individuals who challenge but understand
63. realizing my potential
64. knowing my dad is proud of me
65. impromptu dance parties
66. brushing my teeth
67. being secretly tipsy in a serious setting
68. natural light inside my home
69. pineapple pizza
70. discussing Latin American revolutions
71. going to museums by myself
72. European style cappuchino
73. hoop earrings
74. physical therapy
75. searching out old friends
76. getting rid of things I no longer use/want
77. opening wine without a corkscrew
78. house-sitting on Vashon
79. being offered pot by a proper adult
80. lying on my back at the beach
81. walking barefoot
82. Emerald City Soul Club!
83. knowing I am loved
84. making art
85. trying new types of beer
86. seeing the horizon go on and on
87. jumping into a pool/lake on a really hot and sticky day
88. falling in love again
89. fresh laundry
90. flaming lips in concert
91. NYT crosswords (monday through thursday)
92. swinging in parks
93. abandoned cabins in the woods
94. arroz con leche
95. brooming
96. drinking limoncello and wandering alone behind a castle in Spain
97. taking deep breaths
98. sweating
99. laughing so hard it hurts
100. sleeping in the sun
1. sun warmed couches
2. stretching like a cat when I wake up
3. taking photos
4. making mix tapes/cds
5. photobooths with close friends
6. having my own space
7. cooking with friends
8. receiving artwork made for me
9. writing letters to someone I don't know
10. making postcards
11. mis hermanos
12. reading Love in the Time of Cholera
13. sunlit brick walls
14. rooms with big windows
15. my "bite the bullet" sweatshirt
16. iced mochas from Bauhaus or Top Pot
17. Cinque Terre in the winter
18. falling in love with strangers
19. cleaning my room
20. sending letters to people I love
21. skinny sharpies
22. sitting with tea/beer on the Republican Steps
23. brisk days
24. big blue skies
25. driving at night with stars surrounding
26. holding hands
27. waking up before the alarm
28. sleeping with the window open
29. watching tourists and natives while writing love letters on the Spanish Steps
30. parque Guell in Barcelona
31. mountains in the near distance
32. living by the water
33. walking long distances in the city
34. spending all day with
35. road trips
36. the hills in San Francisco
37. walking in the Arboretum
38. good wine
39. defending my thesis
40. making fried rice
41. harmonica-playing boys at the bus stop in front of my old apartment
42. wearing hats
43. sitting on park benches
44. pizza cutters in the shape of bicycles
45. small towns in New Mexico
46. reading outloud
47. heaven at el diablo in Queen Anne
48. polka dot/stripe themed parties
49. getting out of town monthly
50. knowing how to cook by smell
51. reading on the bus
52. wearing skirts
53. curtains made out of ribbons and lengths of fabric
54. creaky furniture
55. weather
56. eating grapefruit while walking in a crowd
57. using spices
58. writing on unlined paper with a sharp pencil
59. exploring neighborhoods
60. open markets
61. buying flowers spontaneously
62. conversations with individuals who challenge but understand
63. realizing my potential
64. knowing my dad is proud of me
65. impromptu dance parties
66. brushing my teeth
67. being secretly tipsy in a serious setting
68. natural light inside my home
69. pineapple pizza
70. discussing Latin American revolutions
71. going to museums by myself
72. European style cappuchino
73. hoop earrings
74. physical therapy
75. searching out old friends
76. getting rid of things I no longer use/want
77. opening wine without a corkscrew
78. house-sitting on Vashon
79. being offered pot by a proper adult
80. lying on my back at the beach
81. walking barefoot
82. Emerald City Soul Club!
83. knowing I am loved
84. making art
85. trying new types of beer
86. seeing the horizon go on and on
87. jumping into a pool/lake on a really hot and sticky day
88. falling in love again
89. fresh laundry
90. flaming lips in concert
91. NYT crosswords (monday through thursday)
92. swinging in parks
93. abandoned cabins in the woods
94. arroz con leche
95. brooming
96. drinking limoncello and wandering alone behind a castle in Spain
97. taking deep breaths
98. sweating
99. laughing so hard it hurts
100. sleeping in the sun