• deep instruments (bass, cello, bassoon, etc.)
  • mango flavored/scented things
  • yellow or white things (such as furniture, electronics etc.)
  • aquatic life (especially coral reefs, and octopae)
  • floral patterns
  • sneezes
  • eyes
  • ephiphanies
    • realizing my life is actually pretty swell
    • suddenly remembering good things i forgot about
  • dreams
    • the kind that are looping, only filled with good emotions
    • the lucid kind, where i remember the way things felt
    • the kind centered around a song (when i fall asleep with my headphones on)
  • old polaroid cameras
  • old photographs
    • family members who died long before i was born
    • my parents before they met/split/etc.
    • my friends' family
  • outdated televisions
    • the kind with "rabbit ears"
  • boxy, shitty cars (as long as there is no rust)
  • popsicle sticks with cheesy jokes
  • mint/other herbs
  • the Connecticut quarter
  • reading abandoned journals
  • drawings of cartoon snakes
  • composition books
  • that old book smell
  • that new car smell
  • driving with the windows down (music blasting)
  • the smell of autumn
    • especially when it's the first truly "chilly" day
  • good news
    • expecting to be disappointed but turning out to be wrong
      • making good grades on assignments i thought i failed
      • having my high expectations met
      • finding out a person likes me more than i had thought
    • hearing about others' adventures
    • learning of new children, new marriages, new happy things
  • feeling optimistic about things i would otherwise destroy
  • being able to say, "me too"
  • being able to fully trust people, and know that they trust me just as much as i trust them
  • coming to the realization that a bad thing is almost over
  • coming to the realization that a good thing won't be over for a long time
jul 15 2009 ∞
jul 16 2009 +