Yada Yada

Start Date: May 17th, 2008

1. HUGS
2. Rain
3. DD
4. Smiles
5. Babies, especially when they smile
6. Deep, meaningful conversation
7. Conversations about nothing that can last for hours with the right person
8. Genuine laughter
9. People talking in sleepy-voice
10. grumpy-escapes. They remind me of my childhood, and that reminds me of sunshine
11. music when you can tell the composer put their soul into it
12. my aunt and her very strange sense of humor
13. Seeing my cousin and brothers growing up, and knowing they'll be good men
14. the way girls smell early in the morning
15. People being adorable for no real reason
16. Morph telling me all about the plotline for the Star Wars movies even though he knows I'll retain close to nothing
17. Lindsay getting all touchy-feely when she's drunk
18. the cute girly way she snores when she passes out afterward
19. Scottish accents
20. the woods, with the sun filtering through the leaves
21. How pretty English can sound when used the right way
22. The way it feels to actually understand something said to me in a language not my own
23. Singing like nobody's listening
24. Getting lost in a book
25. Edisto Beach, South Carolina, and the way the ocean smells like salt there
26. Walking barefoot on the grass after a rain, and feeling connected to something bigger than myself
27. Waking up from a good dream
28. Finally having a best friend like I always wanted, but never thought I'd have
29. My passport
30. School
31. Snuggling into a fuzzy hoodie when I get chilly
32. Learning new things about my mother
33. learning new things about my friends
34. Being in an airplane when it takes off
35. Snow falling. Sledding, tobogganing down a hill and almost dying, just to do it again
36. the way it feels when you come inside and are freezing, but the house is warm and you tingle all over as you come unfrozen
37. Long roadtrips. Bus, car, whatever
38. travel. I love going places I havent been. Makes me feel young
39. having the ability to do what i want to make money
40. decorating
41. Stars on a clear night
42. Lazy days spent doing absolutely nothing
43. learning new things about the town I've spent my whole life in
44. My river. as dirty and gross as it is, seeing it makes me happy
45. Lisa and I dancing to Staying Alive simultaneously in the middle of a nice restaurant
46. My aunt's cat being terrified of the carpet, and watching him leap from chair to chair to avoid it
47. Anything written for me. I'm a word person, it makes me feel good.
48. Knowing that DD loves me.
49. Haggis, if it's from the right place.
50. The way my best friend smells.
51. The way my best friend hugs.
52. Little kids with adorable Scottish accents. Squee. They make me melt.
53. Al and her text-message novellas. It's cute.
54. All the beautiful old stonework and architecture here in Edinburgh.
55. The fact that the city is still pretty modern despite all its buildings being ancient.
56. Old Swedish ladies at the passport desk telling me that I'm very polite lol.
57. My awesome room, and my really nice roommate.
58. All the marshmallow-looking hay bales in fields in Sweden.
59. Having internet and TV after a month without.