friday love list: man, have you internets been quiet lately! edition
So every week (errr… most weeks) I do a list on Friday of Things I Love.
Sometimes I have a theme, sometimes not. Sometimes the lists are long, sometimes not.
But what one thing do they have in common (besides sweet, sweet coffee and men who wear pants that don’t show off their ankles?)
LOVE.
That’s right. BECAUSE LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND.
LOVE WILL KEEP US TOGETHER.
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE.
LOVE LIFTS US UP WHERE WE BELONG.
LOVE, LOVE ME DO.
LOVE AND ROCKETS.
Wait, that one made no sense.
But.
I’ve found the internet kind of quietish lately (well, except on Twitter), so I’m thinking that maybe everyone needs to feel a little more love. To be reminded of the things that make us happy. To revel in the WOO! rather than the WTF!
To take a snowblower to that little gray cloud that’s been following us around and say NO, NOT TODAY, LITTLE CLOUD. TODAY I LOVE.
So I’m going to help you out.
I’m going to help you make your own love list.
And I’m going to do it right now:
(Feel free to post your answers on your own blog or in the comments, by the way. BUT DO IT. FOR THE LOVE.)
Things YOU Love:
Song you love:
Food you love:
Thing you love to look at:
Sound you love:
Thing you love to laugh at:
Gadget you love:
Person you love:
Software you love:
Word you love:
Thing you love on the internet:
Place you love to go on vacation:
Sensation you love:
Animal you love:
Book you love:
Emotion you love:
Occasion you love:
Quality you love in people:
Thing you most love to shop for:
And finally…
What you love about today:
GO!
LOVE!
I swear, you’ll feel better just for having thought of it all.
November 30th, 2007 at 8:08 am
Some good questions to get the old brain working. Mine seems to be stuck in mud at the moment.
By the way, your bio page is GREAT! Funny stuff. I especially liked this sentence:
“I have: jumped off a cliff; been suspended from a bible school; eaten a spider; thrown a javelin into the sidelines of a track meet by accident; and consumed 31 shots of espresso in one day.”
Can’t wait to read about your (next) adventures!
November 30th, 2007 at 8:12 am
Thanks, Mike! And welcome…
November 30th, 2007 at 8:43 am
Song you love: Stolen Sidewalk, Bif Naked
Food you love: Dynamite rolls…. mmmmmm sushi.
Thing you love to look at: the painting my grandfather did, which is hanging on my living room wall
Sound you love: My grandfather’s voice.
Thing you love to laugh at: terrible puns
Gadget you love: iPod.
Person you love: Can’t pick just one, that would be cruel.
Software you love: iTunes.
Word you love: mottainai (sp?) - a multi-purpose Japanese word that can be translated roughly as “what a waste.”
Thing you love on the internet: Scrabulous on Facebook. Oh god, so addicted.
Place you love to go on vacation: Vancouver, because it’s home.
Sensation you love: Being kissed on the forehead.
Animal you love: Dogs
Book you love: Memoirs of a Geisha
Emotion you love: Love
Occasion you love: Is my birthday an occasion?
Quality you love in people: humour
Thing you most love to shop for: shoes
November 30th, 2007 at 9:03 am
Here’s mine! http://mongoadventurer.blogspot.com/2007/11/fridays-love-list.html
And boy Meg, some of these were hard!
November 30th, 2007 at 9:32 am
Here it is. http://blogs.blogosphere.ca/mig14/archive/2007/11/30/154276.aspx
Easy as pie today.
November 30th, 2007 at 10:20 am
Things YOU Love: Christmas decorations in malls and lining the streets outside. Why? I have no idea.
Song you love: Gimme Gimme by Britney Spears. :)
Food you love: Eggs.
Thing you love to look at: A good movie i’ve seen a dozen times.
Sound you love: Me singing. HA! Self-absorbed much?
Thing you love to laugh at: My roommate and I goofing off.
Gadget you love: New phones. Blenders.
Person you love: Too many to count.
Software you love: Computers?
Word you love: Christmas train.
Thing you love on the internet: Meg.
Place you love to go on vacation: Anywhere.
Sensation you love: Skiing.
Animal you love: Henry.
Book you love: Anything Judith McNaught or Nora Roberts.
Emotion you love: The excitement of a possibility of love on the horizon.
Occasion you love: Christmas. HOckey games.
Quality you love in people: Hilarity.
Thing you most love to shop for: Shoes.
And finally…
What you love about today: I can clean! Its the weekend! It’s gorgeous outside!
November 30th, 2007 at 10:32 am
I love how different we are, yet same. Cracks me up. I can’t watch the same movie twice, I hate shoe shopping, and we don’t even go to the same FLOOR in bookstores.
November 30th, 2007 at 11:03 am
Song you love: Layi Vi Na Gayi
Food you love: Yam Tempura Rolls
Thing you love to look at: snowy mountains at twilight
Sound you love: a baby laughing
Thing you love to laugh at: children’s innocent insights
Gadget you love: my laptop
Person you love: my boyfriend
Software you love:iTunes
Word you love: ‘Ridiculous’
Thing you love on the internet: random blogs
Place you love to go on vacation: india
Sensation you love: cuddling in bed after a warm shower
Animal you love: the family dog
Book you love: The Poisonwood Bible
Emotion you love: butterflies in my stomach
Occasion you love: Christmas :)
Quality you love in people: honesty and openness
Thing you most love to shop for: vegetables :P
And finally…
What you love about today: the beautiful blue sky and the end of the term!
November 30th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
Blogged
November 30th, 2007 at 12:26 pm
Things YOU Love:
Song you love: Paralyzed
Food you love: Mushroom Ravioli
Thing you love to look at: Christmas trees!
Sound you love: coffee brewing
Thing you love to laugh at: My cat chasing his tail
Gadget you love: Nintendo DS Brain Age
Person you love: My husband
Software you love: Boardmaker at work because I can write picture stories for the special kids to “read”
Word you love: edamame
Thing you love on the internet: blogs!
Place you love to go on vacation: England
Sensation you love: Kissing my nephew’s fuzzy, soft head
Animal you love: Both of my cats
Book you love: The Other Side of the Sun by Madeleine L’Engle
Emotion you love: The combination of surprise and gratitude
Occasion you love: The entire Christmas season is an occasion
Quality you love in people: Humility
Thing you most love to shop for: Gifts
And finally…
What you love about today: It’s Friday so I don’t have to coach after school and I can GO HOME!
November 30th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
Song you love: Right now, it’s ‘Lost’ by Michael Buble.
Food you love: Mmmmm - today I’m going to say french toast.
Thing you love to look at: The snowcapped North Shore mountains….stunning.
Sound you love: My husband’s laugh - when it turns into an Ernie-from-Sesame-Street-like cackle.
Thing you love to laugh at: Myself…my God-daughter.
Gadget you love: My laptop.
Person you love: Too many to name here.
Software you love: Um, I have no clue.
Word you love: Inspiration.
Thing you love on the internet: Isn’t that a given? Your blog! Oh, and Facebook.
Place you love to go on vacation: London in the Spring.
Sensation you love: Total & complete relaxation.
Animal you love: My cat.
Book you love: Crow Lake, by Mary Lawson.
Emotion you love: Joy.
Occasion you love: My birthday.
Quality you love in people: Humour.
Thing you most love to shop for: Presents for my friends and family.
And finally…
What you love about today: This glorious sunshine! It’s Friday! It might snow tomorrow! It’s time to eat lunch! Everything!
November 30th, 2007 at 1:12 pm
Song you love: “Good Morning Blues” — Ella Fitzgerald
Food you love: Sushi, baby.
Thing you love to look at: The ocean
Sound you love: Milk steaming for a latte.
Thing you love to laugh at: Catherine.
Gadget you love: My iPod is so faithful to me.
Person you love: Today, I shall say Catherine again!
Software you love: I love iTunes, too!
Word you love: Bliss
Thing you love on the internet: Twitter
Place you love to go on vacation: San Diego
Sensation you love: Back scratching
Animal you love: The penguin. Oh, mighty penguin.
Book you love: One Hundred Years of Solitude
Emotion you love: Peace. Rare.
Occasion you love: Christmas!
Quality you love in people: Perceptiveness
Thing you most love to shop for: Produce
And finally…
What you love about today: That it will be over before too, too long
November 30th, 2007 at 2:38 pm
Song you love: When They Really Get To Know You, They
Will Run (PTL)
Food you love: Cheese
Thing you love to look at: Campfires
Sound you love: The french horn
Thing you love to laugh at: The memory of this guy I used to work with when I was a service clerk at Save-On Foods. I’m wondering now if he was a specter born from hallucinogenic doses of boredom because he would tell uptight customers to “fuck off” right to their faces and never get in trouble. One day he plucked a plastic guitar from the toy section and performed the most elaborate air guitar solo I have ever witnessed in front of the entire store. Remember Back to the Future? Yeah, like that.
Gadget you love: IPod touch. I would never buy one for myself but if some portly gentlemen in fur-fringed, red pajamas is reading…
Person you love: KT
Software you love: Firefox
Word you love: Nincompoop
Thing you love on the internet: sXePhil
Place you love to go on vacation: Maui
Sensation you love: Falling asleep
Animal you love: My long deceased dog, Boomer – no animal will ever take his place. In fact, I don’t even really like animals anymore.
Book you love: Coming Through Slaughter
Emotion you love: Joy
Occasion you love: Christmas Eve
Quality you love in people: Irreverence
Thing you most love to shop for: Jeans
And finally…
What you love about today: Blue sky.
November 30th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
Song you love: hey there delilah, plain white tee’s but as sung by my two and a half year old son.
Food you love: soo many but today I will choose salads with goat’s cheese, blueberries and toasted almonds.
Thing you love to look at: my two sons Eamon and Callum. (sorry if that is insensitive Meg)
Sound you love: laughter
Thing you love to laugh at: toddler speak
Gadget you love: laptop with wifi
Person you love: I am blessed to love many
Software you love: iTunes.
Word you love: I like words in general, but can’t say that I love them?
Thing you love on the internet: Scrabulous on Facebook - it is a bad habit now.
Place you love to go on vacation: Mexico
Sensation you love: when I get goose bumps from being happy.
Animal you love: Dogs
Book you love: currently The Secrets of a FIRE KING by Kim Edwards
Emotion you love: joy
Occasion you love: Thanksgiving (Canadian)
Quality you love in people: kindness
Thing you most love to shop for: yummy food treats
What I love about today: that I had a visit with a good friend. Made my day.
November 30th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
Okay, all done! That was fun :)
http://greenlyleaping.blogspot.com/
November 30th, 2007 at 3:28 pm
Ooh, I needed to think about this today. Excellent.
Song you love: ‘Frog Like’ by Edgar Meyer. It’s on YouTube, which is making me really happy today.
Food you love: Asparagus risotto.
Thing you love to look at: any large expanse of water.
Sound you love: Rain.
Thing you love to laugh at: bad teen movies
Gadget you love: iPod
Person you love: many! Hard to name one.
Software you love: iTunes
Word you love: quiescent
Thing you love on the internet: my google reader feed
Place you love to go on vacation: lately Vancouver actually! Been there twice in the last 4 months. What a lovely city.
Sensation you love: The feeling my brain is somehow expanding when I take the first sip of coffee in the morning.
Animal you love: Dogs with long floppy ears. Basset hounds, labs, beagles, anything as long as I can play with their long velvet ears.
Book you love: _March_ by Geraldine Brooks
Emotion you love: Hope
Occasion you love: this is weird, but church Christmas classical music concerts. They make me feel all festive and peaceful.
Quality you love in people: I love people who are inclusive down-to-earth.
Thing you most love to shop for: books
And finally…
What you love about today: Today I love that I get to start decorating my place for Christmas (and I buy my tree tomorrow!).
November 30th, 2007 at 4:10 pm
Thanks- this was great
http://randomgirlwithrandomthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/11/shabbat-shalom-things-i-love.html
November 30th, 2007 at 4:55 pm
Hi! Mine’s up at last!
http://bozoette.typepad.com/red_nose
November 30th, 2007 at 5:43 pm
Fun stuff! Mine’s up too!
November 30th, 2007 at 7:14 pm
Song you love: Silent Night (how seasonal of me)
Food you love: ice cream
Thing you love to look at: snow!
Sound you love: The crunch of snow under my feet
Thing you love to laugh at: Meg’s blog
Gadget you love: garlic press
Person you love: Norman and The Girl
Software you love: Hmmm … not sur eon that one
Word you love: Well, LOVE of course
Thing you love on the internet: Meg’s blog! All the blogs on my blogroll. Ebay.
Place you love to go on vacation: beach, beach and more beach
Sensation you love: scratching an itch
Animal you love: Norman (heh, heh)
Book you love: The Poisonwood Bible
Emotion you love: Safe fear (like on a great rollercoaster)
Occasion you love: Xmas!
Quality you love in people: humor
Thing you most love to shop for: shoes
And finally…
What you love about today: It is the LAST day of NaBloPoMo!!!!!
November 30th, 2007 at 7:59 pm
Made me think, that is for sure.
http://whatthehellwasthat.wordpress.com/2007/11/30/love-list/
November 30th, 2007 at 8:10 pm
Song you love: Dido - Isobel (the live version)
Food you love: Pad Thai
Thing you love to look at: Mount Seven
Sound you love: a slight bit of white noise
Thing you love to laugh at: Kylie
Gadget you love: Treo 750
Person you love: undecided. You, perhaps?
Software you love: Spb Pocket Plus
Word you love: onomatopoeia
Thing you love on the internet: Facebook
Place you love to go on vacation: Europe
Sensation you love: The warmth of another body
Animal you love: Kylie
Book you love: Harry Potter 7
Emotion you love: Love
Occasion you love: Being home by myself after visiting a very busy location
Quality you love in people: caring
Thing you most love to shop for: something I know I’ll be able to use for eons
And finally…
What you love about today: I found this list!
November 30th, 2007 at 10:51 pm
Chocolate (Snow Patrol)
Sushi
the picture Annette painted for me which is the first thing I see when I wake up every morning (if my dog’s nose is not rested right next to my face when I open my eyes)
David coming home; my dog’s bark
Nick
my iPhone
my husband; my dad; my step kids; my friends
Photoshop
F&^% (there is not anything like it in the German language, the language I grew up with)
Blogs; Sephora
hot-sunny-sandy-ocean
back massages; fleece on bare skin
my dog
The Kite Runner; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
being happy
my birthday
honesty; sense of humor
rain (although I ususally don’t like rainy days, this is the first real rain of the season and I am loving it)
November 30th, 2007 at 10:53 pm
I totally forgot the thing I love to shop for:
body care products!!!
December 1st, 2007 at 4:34 pm
Song you love: Most anything by Greg Brown
Food you love: Fondue
Thing you love to look at: My daughters while they are happy.
Sound you love: Rain pounding on the roof
Thing you love to laugh at: Myself
Gadget you love: New Portable DVD player for long road trips in the car.
Person(s) you love: My 3 girls, My Husband, My Mom
Software you love:Picasa
Word you love: Dude!
Thing you love on the internet: Crossword Puzzles, Megs Blog
Place you love to go on vacation: Montana
Sensation you love: Snuggling with my husband or my kids
Animal you love: Greater Swiss Mountain Dog
Book you love: Snowflower and the Secret Fan
Emotion you love: Peacefulness
Occasion you love: Anytime my family and I can just hunker in and chill
Quality you love in people: unconditional love
Thing you most love to shop for: ooh. not much of a shopper, but I am sucker for body products and books.
And finally…
What you love about today: Getting my haircut and playing in the fresh snow.
December 1st, 2007 at 11:04 pm
Meant to comment here BEFORE you noticed my linkback to your site, but I was busy baking cookies, and kept getting distracted.
I like this list-thing. It was fun. I’ll make a point of diving more deeply into your blog over the next few days.
Lovely to “meet” you.
December 3rd, 2007 at 12:27 pm
Things I Love:
Song: sofia by son by four
Food: chocolate
To look at: moo kitty all curled up sleeping
Sound you love: babies laughter
Thing you love to laugh at: babies/kittens/puppies playing
Gadget: my ipod or my kitchen aid. it’s a toss up.
Person: my BFF (notsoccer mom)
Software: itunes
Word: firecracker
Thing you love on the internet: blogs
Place you love to go on vacation: italy
Sensation you love: slipping into bed between nice clean sheets.
Animal you love: my moo kitty
Book you love: under the tuscan sun
Emotion you love: happiness
Occasion you love: birthdays
Quality you love in people: honesty
Thing you most love to shop for: gifts for other people.
And finally…
What you love about today: that it is sunny and crisp and not raining like they predicted. oh, and that my boss is out of town.
December 7th, 2007 at 3:49 am
meg, its almost 4 am i am terribly depressed as its finals time my papers arent done and my computer died never to be revived ( i am using someone elses but i have none of my notes or papers) its been a horrendous week the man i am supposed to be marrying (was supposed to be) is no longer marrying me and I have slept 2 nightsour of 8.. yet it doesnt matter, ur blog made it all not matter it made me really smile. i am happy now and i thank u for ur magnificent blog. i hope when i graduate with my poli sci degree that i become just like u. i also hope that u become famous. i think u should read the book theif by the way tis a bit ho hum at the beginning but then i loved it more then any book ever and i think u would too. dont u dare feel bad for me. u made me happy and thats what counts. i miss u!