I was recently shown a post on another blog where the author listed 100 things she disliked. That post inspired me to make a similar list where, instead of being a Debbie Downer, I would write off the top-of-my-head about the things that make me a super happy camper. So here we are, good luck making it to the end (maybe I have already bored you and you didn't even make it to the end of this little blurb -eeeek) ...
1. Driving alone at night and belting out your favourite tunes circa 1999
2. The smell of walking past that little Christmas tree lot right after Brewer Park on the way home from a boring day of classes
3. Peanut butter and jam on a tortilla
4. Watching stop action videos on Youtube
5. This blog (she actually just listed things that make her happy too, how fun!!!)
6. The build-up to Christmas/everything about the Christmas season: the lights, the gift-buying-to-match-someone’s-personality, and the anticipation of having your brother wake you up at 4:30 a.m. on Christmas morning
7. The cycling segment of Wii Sports Resort, I look absolutely ridiculous when I try it
8. Sprawling out over my double bed after months in a single
9. Anything colourful, i.e. both my bedrooms
10. The instant connection felt between me, and the perfect pair of jeans (these jeans usually belong to Alex)
11. My weakness for LuluLemon bags, its almost fatal
12. Walking on the beach in Ireland and remembering the time when I would run along the same shore and collect seashells and pebbles
13. Making colourful and time consuming paper collages wherever there a blank wall waiting to be filled
14. The Ikea scene from the movie 500 Days of Summer
15. Coming home from university to a house where there are candy/chocolate dishes on every other table. I am munching on a mini Toblerone as I type.
16. Warm, fully-matching pajamas, i.e. my purple asian pjs – the roommates know what I mean
17. Realizing that whatever journalism assignment you are working on isn’t as hard as you thought it would be
18. Positivity – screw reality, things are more fun when you dream
19. Any non-espresso based drink (minus caramel macchiatos, they are good!) from Starbucks
20. Organized closets
21. Living with six girls and having there be no stupid, girlish drama
22. The mall at Christmas time
23. Grilled cheese with ketchup
24. Realizing that I do have the ability to make double layered birthday cakes that only mess up a little
25. The most amazing store in the entire world – The Papery
26. Ariel’s Indian man impression, especially when she talks about keeping plastic on her sofas
27. Dancing/belting/being insane while listening to Taylor Swift songs
28. Impromptu dance parties with my roommates in that little space between the dining room and the kitchen
29. Italian wedding soup with extra Parmesan cheese
30. Making incredibly personalized cards for people and being super excited to see their face as they read them
31. Making lists – so organized, so comprehensive
32. The show LOST and its addicting ability to make me watch four seasons in three short weeks
33. Dropping my cell phone and realizing that “HA, it’s not broken AGAIN.” Take that cell phone gods!
34. Chasing my brother around the house when I am trying to hug him
35. Watching the recording of my third birthday party, it may be semi-narcissistic but I am an effing hilarious child
36. Creativity and crafts - fun craft blogs!
37. Chris Bailey when he is not doing one of his weird toddler/old-man voices
38. Doing something psychotically weird and having my roommates give me that oh-so-familiar “what the hell” expression
39. Playing neopets and scamming 13-year-olds while doing so
40. The noiseyness of a type writer’s keys
41. Doing Benjamin Button impressions
42. Childhood innocence
43. Whistling at the dinner table with my dad to make my mom angry
44. Leaf fights
45. Snow fights
46. Watching Glee with all my roommates + often Dane and Rayne and squealing/screaming during the entire hour… then going to my room and downloading all the songs from that episode and putting them on repeat.
47. People who are happy and optimistic. Sure I worry and complain, but in the end is that REALLY going to get you anywhere?
48. Good looking houses
49. Wrapping my Christmas present and all of my dad’s because he incompetent
49.5 Ending lists with a weird half-number because it is exactly what people weren’t expecting
WHEW. I apologize for the length.
-hilary
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