- The first whiff of jasmine rice as you open the steamer
- A cup of earl grey while reading a novel
- Wearing a flower in my hair
- Petting my cat when she's asleep
- Building a blanket fort to read in
- Sliding on a wooden floor with socks on
- The act of eating a grapefruit
- Tapping without tap shoes
- Cooking--specifically, stirring a pot
- Running my hands through my hair after I've blow-dried it
- Stretching in bed
- Pirouetting wherever I feel like it
- Swishing full skirts
- Playing with a cattail
- Acting out musical theatre songs in my mind while walking to class or rehearsal
- The act of putting pajamas on
- Folding clothes warm from the dryer
- Bundling up before going into cold weather
- My ritual of eating mac 'n' cheese with Rachel
- Eating a well-made burrito
- Going to the aquarium when it's nearly empty
- Driving on PCH late at night
- Air-popped popcorn while watching a good show or movie
- Laughing hysterically with my friends until my head hurts
- Surprises
- A clean room
- A brownie sundae
- Trying a new food and enjoying it
- Saying 'thank you' to the bus driver
- The couple hours of untarnished peace after you've finished a final or a big project
- Scones of all kinds
- Acting crazy without caring if people see
- 65 degrees, party cloudy with a light breeze
- Saying something funny that everyone responds to
- Completing my to-do list
- Reading the New York Times before my morning classes
- The comedy in everything
- Making a sandwich when the day is slow
- Trying on old clothes
- Finding the perfect dress
- Flexing the muscles in my feet when I'm wearing a nice pair of pumps
- Having brilliant ideas in the shower
- Baby birds in trees
- Coming home for the first time in a while
- Sheer white curtains with sunlight streaming through
- Symmetry
- The quiet that suddenly blankets the apartment when everyone has left except for me
- Sinking into snowbanks
- Being with my extended family and realizing that we're all so similar
- Talking for hours on end and always coming back to the topic of zombies (only possible with said family)
- Sledding
- The endless possibilities that sprawl out before me when I wake up early
- Being alone
- Being with friends after being alone for a long while
mar 17 2011 ∞
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