Monday, November 21, 2022

A Hopefully Ever-Expanding List Of Things I Like

 To counter the previous list of things I don't like, here is a hopefully ever-expanding list of things I both like and enjoy:

1. The color green(yes it started because of the Green Power Ranger, Jason David Frank, and this is in his honor now. I told him I owned it better and he got a good chuckle out of that.)

2. New warm socks right out of the dryer.

3. A good long run.

4. A nice long, even balanced phone conversation.

5. Tackle hugs. Or hugs of any kind really

6. Going into a movie you're excited to see and yet know nothing or next to nothing about because you successfully avoided all spoilers.

7. Chocolate chip cookies.

8. Our homemade iced-tea.

9. Plowing through a photo-edit.

10. The smell of summer when the sun bakes the wood.

11. Christmas and most of what happens during it...I feel like this might be a list of its own.

12. Fettuccini Alfredo with grilled chicken.

13. Superman with the red trunks and wholesome attitude.

14. Color coordinated Lego models.

15. Cleaning my toothbrush.

16. Going out for a day and not sweating.

17. Lower Manhattan.

18. Key-Lime Pie.

19. Starting a book I know will be good and it is.

20. Diner conversations. I Miss those.

21. DSV Alvin.

22. Having my friends succeed at the things they enjoy. I get a real thrill out of that.

23. The score to "Captain America: The First Avenger."

24. When I remember a quote long enough to write it down.

25. Union Square.

26. That first bite of a food dish you really like but for some reason haven't had in a while.

27. The hottest day in July. Thats when its truly summer.

28. Sand castles.

29. Lava lamps.

30. Watching multiple episodes of "This Old House" and seeing the project really come together.

31. Sweet and sour chicken.

32. Tim Drake's original Robin costume drawn especially by Tom Grummett, Staz Johnson, Pete Woods, Todd Nauck and Jon Bogdonave.

33. Introducing friends to each other who haven't met and them actually getting along. It so rarely happens actually.

34. When someone says exactly what you're thinking...its a really good unspoken connection and a sign you need to keep that person around.

35. When I actually get a phone call from someone I want to hear from that usually doesn't call and its good news.

36. Finishing a Lego set.

37. Swiss Colony catalogs. Maybe i'll actually order something from them this time around.

38. A good Nascar race with lots of passing and no crashes. Good luck ever seeing that happen again.

39. Random internet compliments.

40. That shower right after a beach day. 

41. Mount Sinai.