friday love list: I NEED IT.
I need a love list today.
My stomach is working me over, and I’m covered in hives. I’m thinking must have eaten something wrong — perhaps the tacos for lunch? Either that or it’s just my body being my body, and reacting to a long week of little sleep and too much to do. All of which I got done, but still.
I feel kind of broken.
I’m worried about different things… things coming up, things going down… while, of course, being aware the entire time that any sort of worrying is doing me very little good. I’m not one to slow down to worry, mind you — I’m a multitasker! — but fussing takes the fun out of too many things to give it the time of day.
SO!
Something different, then! Some love. The kind of love I love every Friday.
I’d love to check out your lists, too, on your blog or in comments. I honestly grin like an idiot when I read them. Granted, I do a lot of things like an idiot anyway, but grinning is probably my favourite.
THINGS I LOVE. REALLY. I LOVE THEM. I DO.
Pictures of the sun in the weather forecast!
Fish and chips
Kindness
Ice cubes with mint leaves frozen in
Yoga pants
Sleeping (I KNOW, I’M TRYING)
This song
Laughing until I’m breathless about something ridiculous
Big moonrises
The magic of silver polish
Pickles
Trust
This cat
The weekend, bless its heart
Bounce softener smell
Boys in polo shirts
Writing something that feels good
Hoop earrings
Baseball games in the Nat
Really scrubby facial scrub
The way little kids sound when they run through sprinklers
Cherries
The 1Up mushroom
Wavy, crazy beachy hair
The very idea of a pedicure
Fireworks
Fresh bread and cold, cold butter
Unconditional love
Walking on soft green grass in bare feet
Liquid Drano (if you have long hair, you KNOW)
New flip flops… hmm… maybe it’s time…
Carmex
Big rings
Little acts of kindness. Maybe not as showy as the big ones, but the ripples seem to last just as long
Crazy spicy curry
Red and green purses
Eating babies
Waffles
Berries picked fresh
Broken-in jeans
You!
So what do YOU love?
August 1st, 2008 at 3:05 pm
But if the buttah’s coldcold it don’t spreadspread.
August 1st, 2008 at 3:07 pm
Then you have to eat it in BUTTERY BITS. mmmm
August 1st, 2008 at 3:08 pm
<3
I love asynchronous conversations, but you knew that.
August 1st, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Mmm buttery bits… remind me to tell you my butter story sometimes.
And, my mini, impromptu Friday love list tweet from this afternoon (though I didn’t know it at the time): http://twitter.com/thespottedduck/statuses/875046658
Also, this photo (scroll right): http://framboise78.free.fr/Paris.htm
August 1st, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Old friends and family who understand my weirdness
Water
A cold beer on a hot afternoon
Basketball
A great movie that charms me and makes me think
Breyer’s mint chip ice cream
Burn Notice TV show
Music from my 20s
Learning
Cats, even mean ones
Bare feet on green grass
Watching waves
Shoveling snow
New clothes & old shoes
For people to recommend things (films, books, music, YouTube videos) to me that they love
Acknowledgment that I’ve done a good job
Having enough money to cover my living expenses
The day when my student loans will be completely paid off (probably the day before I pass away)
New haircuts
No voicemail messages
Having someone say “I love you exactly as you are”
Is this getting too Hallmarky?
August 1st, 2008 at 3:15 pm
P.S. My Twitter buddies!
August 1st, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Pop tarts, hefe on a 100 degree day, sushi, american apparel track shirts, girls in cotton dresses, singing journey songs at the top of my lungs, fozzy bear, cheese, pot stickers, the smell of that one perfume, my family, wristbands from Gary v, road house, meg, mashed potatoes, cold showers, fall in new england, being drunk in pouring rain, fireballs, consoling a friend over Im, my dog, the feeling you get during takeoff, ham.
August 1st, 2008 at 3:42 pm
since you really need one:
http://www.jodiferous.com/archives/008662.html
August 1st, 2008 at 3:58 pm
Ooooo I have to have Carmex :)
August 1st, 2008 at 5:08 pm
I love the fact that I wake up every morning and can dialogue with some of the finest people in the world. Dig it.
August 1st, 2008 at 6:05 pm
I love:
belly laughs
sleeping under a heavy duvet
real maple syrup
when my daughter asks me to sing for her
oranges that peel easily AND taste sweet
TiVo
singing out loud to my music when no one else
is home
mango chutney
LEGO
cheesy old musicals
barbecue
red, red nail polish
snooze alarms
sandals
cold beer on a hot day
compassion
remembering to pull laundry out of the
dryer before it wrinkles
northern lights
a cool breeze on a hot day
plants that spring back from near-death to
thrive again
traveling with my hubby
becoming immersed in a really good book
chopsticks
being understood
a perfect over-easy egg
conditioner
blowing bubbles with my kids
bread pudding
a great, big grin
August 1st, 2008 at 7:32 pm
my new MacBook, Paolo
margaritas
old flip flops
Blistex
alternately, glittery lip gloss
Harold and the Purple Crayon (just read it to students today)
silver rings
no alarm tomorrow morning
Zyrtec, which may seem odd for a love list, but I swear it has CHANGED MY LIFE
blackberries
blueberries
strawberries
Tim Gunn
daydreaming
my niece, Allie, who has started laughing out loud in the two weeks since I’ve seen her and I get to get me some of that baby laugh tomorrow!
August 1st, 2008 at 8:56 pm
I love:
-I have a heterosexual man-crush on Warren Haynes. I love him. Which of course means I love Gov’t Mule too.
-Cherry Coke
-not giving a s*$t
-making people laugh, even at my expense (usually at my expense…)
-a good cup of coffee with a cig and an ativan (probably just triggered your spam filter right there)
-Warren Haynes
-repeating myself
-slushies
-watching my favorite bands (many dozens) play live
-sleeping until noon
August 1st, 2008 at 10:18 pm
Just missed it being Friday . . . here it is, about twenty minutes too late!
August 1st, 2008 at 10:56 pm
I’m worried about different things… things coming up, things going down… while, of course, being aware the entire time that any sort of worrying is doing me very little good. I’m not one to slow down to worry, mind you — I’m a multitasking! — but fussing takes the fun out of too many things to give it the time of day.
August 2nd, 2008 at 4:59 am
Eating babies?
August 2nd, 2008 at 8:52 am
I assume you like to watch babies eat, as opposed to… well… “Get in! Mah! Belly!”
August 2nd, 2008 at 11:15 am
*my friends
*freckles
*Ana’s hair
*when friends or family come to visit
*inside jokes with my dad
*Pinkberry
*yellow sun dresses
*the Tour de France 1999-2006
*Vespa riding on warm days
*summer evenings in Venice
*and Rome
*Coldplay
*the feeling after a long, hard run
*my grandma’s “Stuten”
*cat naps
*routine
*Louboutins
*soy lattes
*whole wheat anything
*saunas
*barley soup
*deep sleep
*Pureology hair products
*humidity
*Santa Barbara sunsets
*parties
*snapshots of good times
*bargains
*a sporty sweat
*Ana’s bridal shower dress
*fresh soft white bread with Nutella
August 2nd, 2008 at 5:59 pm
I love the sting of the ocean on my ankles in November. I love fish and chips too, but the fish makes me break out in hives and go bleh.
Maybe you ate some cod?
August 2nd, 2008 at 7:29 pm
My new pad in a century-old house, which is about ten minutes from white-sand beaches.
August 3rd, 2008 at 9:41 am
- Mail from my grandmother
- Trying new restaurants in D.C.
- Kindness from strangers
- Getting into a good book
- When my hair is really, really straight
- Texting
- Going home for the weekend
- Being on airplanes
- Lunch with my coworkers
- Shopping at Target
- Black Revlon eyeliner
- Getting compliments on my work from my boss
- Froyo with kiwis and honey
- Waking up early, which is a total rarity
- Getting out of work early on Fridays
- Painting pottery
- Living alone
- My old teddy bear
- Easy Mac
- The one-screen theatre in my neighborhood
- Midday naps
- Defending Ohio to people who’ve never been there
- Fruit punch hookah
- TV-on-DVD marathons
- Phone calls with my mom
- Matrimonio margaritas from Alero
- Making collage cards
- Thinking about all the things I love
August 4th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
my friends
red wine
polysybalic words
coke zero
jellies
chinchillas
teen romantic comedies
pedicures
little bro
girls’ night out
cupcakes
my birthday (Sept 15)
trampolines
new clothes
boys who look me in the eye (they’re up here, thanks)
buying a Halloween pumpkin
walking around my city on a nice day
running in the park with a big dog
my sheets