inspired by sugarplum's lists :)

• arctic foxes & owls & horses
• harry potter
  • the marauder's era
  • wizard rock
  • having a discussion with someone who understands
  • lily/james
• tulle dresses & skirts
• pastel colours
• british spellings
• grammar
• riding the subway
• double-decker buses
• constellations, astronomy
• floriography--the language of flowers
  • the multiple and paradoxical meanings of lilies
• eating ice cream from a mug
• just being in a theatre
• prince hamlet :)
• the smell of books
• candid/street photography
• classical music
  • j.s. bach
  • joshua bell
• looking forward to something
• holding imaginary conversations
• the smell of roses
• having my hair pleated & then having wavy hair afterwards !
• the smell of cinnamon
• using vanilla
• books & movies that make me cry
• looking through old yearbooks & reading what old classmates & old friends wrote
• black & white film
• hand-written things, especially letters
• traditional 35 mm film cameras & photography
• overcast skies on cold days
• witty banter with someone
• being up past midnight & having a conversation with someone while delirious, but not too often
• french (short) films
• theory of knowledge :)
  • writing journals
  • finding interesting things
  • discussions in class
    • the subject changing so quickly and strangely
    • scribbling down whatever it is i have to share so i don't forget it
• names, the significance of meanings
• naming inanimate objects
• the irish language
• william shakespeare
• fashion blogs
  • liebemarlene vintage
  • The Clothes Horse
• vintage fashion
  • dresses
• the english major with an emphasis in mediaeval & early modern studies
• pretty dresses actually my size
• people-watching
  • making-up stories to go along with it
• playing with & then eating animal crackers
• using inky, fine-point pens that bleed through loose leaf paper
• watching a butterfly in flight
• making others laugh
• making-up words
• fountain pens
• doing maths in pen
• the french language
• singing when i don't think anyone's listening
  • singing in a closed stairwell & listening to my voice resonate
• ballet
• using sounds to convey feelings
• staying home & literally reading all day
• leaving the library with a stack of thick novels, typically ten
• pouring out my heart & mind in writing
• the perfect words coming from seemingly nowhere
• feeling sunshine on my face on a cold winter day
• watching a film at the theatres
• the silence that falls right after the lights dim but before the play starts
• musical theatre
  • songs
  • composers/songwriters
    • jason robert brown
    • kerrigan & lowdermilk
• reading subtitles
• smelling scented candles
• brand-new novels from a bookstore
• azure--the colour of a beautifully clear sky
• cursive writing
• plot bunnies that refuse to leave my side
• vaulted ceilings
• cathedrals
• eating dark chocolate
• listening to heavy rainstorms
  • in a car
• graphology--the study & analysis of handwriting
• reading a worn book of poetry
• being hypnotised by a famous, well-known poem or poet
• daydreaming
• taking naps that last for hours & hours
• school pictures that turn out well
• understanding a piece of literature
• baking cakes
• college-ruled loose leaf paper
• umbrellas
• shocking & surprising people
• writing a good literary analysis or commentary
• the act of taking tests & filling out forms
• coloured pencils
• watching musicals (solos/duets/anything)
• self-diagnosis, despite its risks
• fringe with relatively long & wavy hair
• quotations that make me smile/laugh/cry/think
• these words
• polysyndetons & asyndetons
• (properly) littering my writing with commas
• everything about christmas
  • fairy lights :)
  • eating peppermint-laced sweets
    • candy canes
• unexpectedly receiving (unique) compliments
• chocolate hazelnut truffles
• nail polish colours and names
  • opi has the wittiest names
• lit chandeliers
• being distracted by pretty things in a store and just wandering
• vintage wedding dresses of lace
• finding kindred spirits
  • acting delightfully weird and crazy with them and surprising everyone in the vicinity
• drinking hot dark chocolate
  • & carrying it around all day in a thermos
• having interesting conversations
• listening to sarcastic teachers give lectures
• just listening
• ranting
• sitting in an airport, watching people frantically pass and wondering where they're headed
• being understood by someone who you thought was so different from you
• beautiful glass perfume bottles
• calligraphy & pens
• having a mass of thoughts sort themselves out perfectly as i write
• baking/cooking something from scratch, even if it doesn't turn out to be perfect
• star-gazing on a cold winter night
  • being overcome with humility & having the anger that brought me to tears melt away
• lit ferris wheels
• hooded sweatshirts
• old maps that are just a little torn in just the right places
• fairy tales
  • the twelve dancing princesses
  • the wild swans
• talking to someone who understands the side of fashion that isn't shallow and superficial, but beautiful and expressive and ever-changing
• anastasia
• crossing my fingers
• dictionaries & reading them
  • the 'foreign words and phrases' section of merriam-webster
• colouring pages
• lyrics that resonate on that level that causes pain and empathy
• dresses that fan out when i twirl around
• quiet
• lockets, heavy with the old photograph inside
• period era films
• well-written fantasy & historical-fiction books
• having someone wave to & make faces at me from across the room
• giving someone a look & finding her having turned to do the same to me
• cold air
• peter pan collars
• all the king's men
  • robert penn warren's writing style
• simple poetry
• yorkshire & scottish terriers
• border collies
• museums
• watching fireworks fall from the night sky
• looking around in the dark with night vision in only one eye
• reading the perfect passage in a book
  • 'friend of your childhood' from all the king's men
  • the passage about how listening to music while in a car wash transforms the music into something beautiful, regardless of genre, from just listen
• the fit of perfect jeans
• wearing a dress all day
  • & spinning around in it
• a ballerina-pink ribbon in my hair, tied into a bow
• having smooth elbows
• the smell of salt in the wind at the beach & by the harbour
• looking at hong kong island's skyline at night from across victoria harbour
  • a symphony of lights
• hats
• beds with a canopy over it
• croissants drowned in nutella
• good bread with good cheese
• wine culture
• going through a bookshelf, book by book, completely taken in by the titles
• using a word i've just learnt
• silk ribbons and lace
• the permanance of writing in ink
• dressing for comfort
• fabrics with a print
  • floral, argyle, gingham, houndstooth
• long emails
• long telephone conversations consisting of mostly nonsense
  • such as animal noises, haha
• penchants
• eleanor of acquitaine
• watching ella enchanted and knowing every line
• black tea, hot & saturated with cream & sugar
• bakerella
• seeing a stylish old person :)
• (white) button-up shirts
• black jeans
• personality psychology
• theory
• café au lait, with two spoonfuls of sugar
• the feel of fabrics like velvet & corduroy
• baby goats, lambs, pudu deer