34. Identify 101 things that make me happy and write them down.
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.
60. DD's mom saying silly things in English with a heavy Swedish accent. 61. Reindeer!! 62. Realizing that despite my pessimism, I got an A and a B in classes I was certain I was going to fail. 63. Having a backup plan and a head start. 64. Dr. Pepper in Sweden - for some reason it just tastes better. 65. Getting accepted at Lund University. 66. Working. 67. Eledees/Elebits. lol 68. Running. 69. Seinfeld. 70. The fact that my mom's parents have always acted like there's nothing out of the ordinary about me being gay.