- 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- outdated televisions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 +