Saturday, December 17, 2011

Arbitrary things that I love


  1. My mom's ice cream sandwich desert
  2. The cardboard jacket that goes around a hot coffee cup
  3. A Christmas in Connecticut
  4. Twitter hashtags
  5. Strawberry Banana yogurt
  6. Strawberry Banana yogurt with granola
  7. Reheating leftover coffee
  8. Rolling over the top sheet on my pad of paper instead of ripping it off
  9. My Pilot fine-tipped pen (V7)
  10. Baked potatoes in the microwave.
  11. Dropping my keys in the white glass dish on top of my bookcase
  12. My bookcases
  13. The books on my bookcases
  14. My linen closet
  15. The walk-in closet in my bedroom that is big enough to be its own bedroom
  16. The EADG, and high E strings on the guitar.  I don't love the B string.
  17. Talking to waiters, baristas, and cashiers
  18. Making things out of construction paper
  19. Making things out of construction paper and an Elmer's Glue purple glue stick
  20. FB'ing old friends and telling them that I miss them
  21. Contact solution
  22. Ice Skating
  23. Water
  24. Analog clocks
  25. Biographies, but only in moderation.  They usually move me too much.
  26. Holding back tears.
  27. Confidence in a girl
  28. My cut-capo
  29. Crossing items off my to-do list.
  30. Not knowing if I should add a "." at the end of an item in a list.  See above items. "."
  31. The reindeer face-thing on Google Plus' video chat.  
  32. Taking screen shots of my friend's baby while he has the reindeer face-thing on him.
  33. Spicer coffee mugs that I had before I even started working at Spicer
  34. Apple products.  I like Macintosh.
  35. Gala apples.  I don't love Macintosh apples because they are too soft.
  36. Incarnation music like "O Come, O Come Emmanuel."
  37. Crucifixion songs like "Old Rugged Cross"
  38. Resurrection music like "Up from the grave he arose."
  39. Chris Julian and Renato Betim and Michael Julian and Melody Julian
  40. The Southern Baptist Church
  41. Charlie Parker
  42. Miles Davis
  43. Over The Rhine
  44. Over The Rhine concerts
  45. Over The Rhine concerts with a cute friend
  46. Empty coffee cups
  47. Being generous
  48. Windshield wipers
  49. Minivans
  50. I love that McDonalds has served over 99 Billion.  That's like... all of Abrahams's children? And I am one of them!
  51. Using french fries to eat a Wendy's Frosty
  52. Netflix Instant Streaming
  53. Battlestar Galactica
  54. Foreign martial arts films.  They always make me feel like I could be a ninja.
  55. Auto-correct on my cellphone.  I'm getting way too used to it.  Plus, it's always an adventure to see what words it thinks that I'm trying to write.
  56. Faux wood or stone laminate
  57. Ending lists at an arbitrary number
What arbitrary things do you love?  
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4 comments:

  1. Patrick Russell RayDecember 17, 2011 at 5:48 PM

    A Muppets Christmas Carol.
    Sparkling Grape Juice.
    Baked goods.
    Michael Buble's new Christmas album.

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  2. Caity BaileyDecember 18, 2011 at 10:07 AM

    1.Saving the moving of a pile of freecell cards so that you can watch all the cards fly at the same time.
    2.Making lists of arbitrary things.
    3.Reminiscing
    4.Freshly laundered clothing
    5.Sushi
    6.Saying the word hulabaloo 3 times fast
    7.Looking up words on Urbandictionary.com
    8.People watching
    9.Cuddling
    10.The feeling of a job well done
    11.Victor Borge's "Phonetic Punctuation"

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  3. AshleyDecember 19, 2011 at 9:59 AM

    1. YOUR NIECE?????

    my list in no particular order:
    1. beating spider solitaire difficult level
    2. When Arianna takes an unexpectedly long nap
    3. Once Upon a Time
    4. Mom's taco bean dip
    5. warm blankets out of the dryer
    6. cat snuggling on my lap when reading a book
    7. getting good news
    8. watching snow flutter in the air
    9. fixed internet
    10. backrubs
    11. seeing all of my canned goods lined up on the shelf.

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  4. Matt RayDecember 19, 2011 at 4:56 PM

    1. Life cereal.
    2. People who refuse to play board games "just for fun" because without a winner and a loser it can't be fun.
    3. Repeating lines from "Dumb and Dumber" with soon not-to-be-strangers.
    4. My Grandma's cookies.
    5. Checking out people's bookcases to find out who they really are.
    6. Being oblivious in the right situation.
    7. A buzzer beater.
    8. Puns.
    9. Afternoon naps.
    10. Cary Grant movies.
    11. People who think you are doing them a favor by eating their leftovers.
    12. The ability to give children back to their parents when they cease being fun.
    13. The moment when kids finally get it.
    14. The moment when kids finally get it before they graduate and move away.
    15. Countdown lists.

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