things i dig, part II

things i dig, part I
(first published April 22nd, 2007)

lightning . walking in a foreign country with the sole purpose of getting lost . giving a complete stranger a genuine compliment . the eiffel tower, and the dream of one day seeing it . a hooded jumper . seeing a photo that makes you wish you were in it . seeing a photo that makes you wish you'd taken it . a hot beverage in a massive take-away cup . leather gloves . feeling comfortable in a business suit, but never having to wear one . the cute hesitation someone might have just before asking for your phone number . walking along balancing on someone's garden fence . a cheese platter after dinner . a smile from a bus driver on a public bus . a smile from anyone . making eye contact with someone across a crowded room, cos for that second you're only looking at them, and they're only looking at you . pub trivia . victoria's secret fashion parades . chicken schnitzel and mushroom sauce with salad and chips, minus the salad . watching 'the amazing race' . getting a massage . getting a massage whilst watching 'the amazing race' . costume parties . tom ford . thinking about an old friend, then bumping into them shortly after . that second when an aeroplane's wheels leave the tarmac . milo . knowing that your friends are aware of how much you love them . a frisbee . Earth Hour . sunglasses . old cotton t-shirts . flanelette sheets . gisele bundchen . anything cooked on a barbecue . getting a roll of film back from the processors . finding exactly what you wanted on ebay . the smell of a candle after you've blown it out . a rechargeable battery on full charge . mates rates . when socks actually match . all-you-can-eat prawns . all-you-can-eat anything . squeezing every last bit out of the toothpaste tube . the involuntary noises you make when you finally get to bed after a really long day . bed . mini bottles of shampoo from hotels . french films . a pepper grinder the size of a table-leg . making shapes out of massive fluffy clouds . cloth napkins . the speeches given at a wedding or birthday . oprah's book club . a good stand-up comedian . teppanyaki . a $10 haircut at the barber's . a $90 haircut at toni & guy . being happy with your licence photo . having a licence . $1 meat pies from darby's bakery . watching aussie rules football . having no idea what's happening while watching aussie rules football . watching synchronised swimming . tanlines . feeling strongly about charity . watching hang-gliders launch off a cliff-top . skimming stones at the beach . giving your mum flowers for no reason at all . the names people give their cars . fabric softener . NRMA roadside assistance . bunnings warehouse . gold medal ribbon ice-cream from baskin robbins . playing blackjack next to your dad at a casino...with his money . knee-length ugg boots . unlimited phone credit . framed photos . seeing P!NK live in concert . owning a car, but walking instead . gravy . new music for your ipod . an ipod . a weekly 'australia's next top model' habit . 3M 'command' picture hooks that don't ruin your walls . a blackberry – and not the fruit variety . chopping vegetables with a sharp knife . being on holidays – even if you don't have a job to be on holidays from . your friends' art hanging on your walls . your friends . anything from lonely planet . bose audio equipment . walking with a friend for exercise, but forgetting that you're exercising . falling back asleep and resuming that dream that you didn't want to wake up from in the first place . waking up from a nightmare that you didn't want to have in the first place . recipe books . new kitchen appliances and utensils . running in the rain . your dad borrowing your car, and filling it with more petrol than it's seen the whole time you've owned it . boxes of old photos . people who don't go to gloria jean's . women who knit jumpers for orphan babies in africa . starburst producing a 1kg bucket of lollies – bring it . coloured milk . nate berkus . paper tableclothes you can draw on . markets . dunlop volleys .

things i dig, part I

i recently found this list on my myspace page.
basically it's pretty self-explanatory, it's just a list of things that i really dig, and things that make me happy.

i first published this list on March 21st, 2007, and not everything on the list is still relevant, there's actually quite a few things on this list that could make me very unhappy.

but i'm posting it as-is again here for archival purposes.

i guess my favourite thing about this list, and the other soon-to-published instalments, is that once i started writing a list of things in this life that made me smile and concentrating on the positive things, anything even slightly negative just gets forgotten about...
here's the list, enjoy:


things i dig, part I

sunshine . coca cola burning the back of your throat . clean sheets on a freshly-made bed . plain white paper . english breakfast tea . bare feet . taking photos of everything and nothing . that first headfirst plunge into a cold ocean . in-flight movies . in-flight anything . playing tennis - poorly . long showers . anything that's cooked in an oven . sand so hot it burns your feet . mates you'd cop a bullet for . that 'V' leading into a dude's pants . views of a big city at night . your mum's spag bol . a fuck-off bag of lollies . a drawer-full of clean undies, and choosing to free-ball it . bonds singlets . licking the spoon you used to make a cake . making a cake . a cop pulling you over for speeding, then sending you on your way with just a warning . nights out with mates that make you wish no-one had a home to go to so you all had to chill together forever . learning a foreign language . using that foreign language . people with smiles that light up a room . sand in your speedos . a push-bike down a massive hill . porridge in winter . air conditioning . a mind-blowing steak . well, a mind-blowing anything . a dog that races up to you when you get home . speed streamers on your handlebars . spokey-dokeys . mail from friends in your letter-box . slurpees . blurry photos . belly button lint . sitting on the roof of a ute driving off-road to a beach party in thailand . the smell of bread being baked . awkward first dates . fourteen-hour train trips where your seat converts into a bed . people who make your life better just by being in it . driving your brother's ute . your one-year old nephew wanting to share his sloppy vegemite sandwich with you . your dad teaching you how to lobster hunt in papua new guinea . hot towels straight out of the dryer . playing the harmonica - poorly . saying "not" at the end of a sentence, and still finding it funny . friendship rings . a deck of uno cards . sunsafe cabanas . christ the redeemer statue in brazil . the smell of someone else's clothes . your mum finishing the last part of the scarf you knitted . a book that keeps you up all night cos you just can not put it down . cheating while playing "marco polo" . a shitload of dvd's in bed on a rainy day . coconut oil . coconut anything . finding a penny, picking it up, but not having much luck . big beach towels . oprah winfrey . my god, oprah winfrey . old, leather-bound books . three-hour-long phone calls . vanilla ice-cream, a la naturelle . discovering the hard way that i can survive on next to no dollars . maps . killing it at trivial pursuit . polaroids . climbing in trees . coming from a small town, living in a big city, and still being able to love both of them . fish fingers under the griller . expensive denim . ridiculously cheap denim . watching a mate's band play . riding horses at high speeds . falling off horses, and getting up and being able to laugh . the overwhelming need to rip your shirt off in a nightclub . having a stranger unload their problems onto you . raiding your dad's wardrobe and finding a killer shirt . raiding your mum's wardrobe and finding a killer shirt . cheap petrol . short shorts . a three-day stint down a river on a houseboat with ten mates, with no-one on board really knowing how to steer it . getting a head massage at the hairdresser's . a stack of magazines i haven't read yet . a long freeway with fleetwood mac playing on my ipod . old, huge sandstone buildings . massive big breakfast fry-ups on a massive weekend . guys who don't play games . annihilating a dozen krispy kreme donuts and refusing to vomit afterwards . malibu and cranberry . a roast dinner on a tray slide from an RSL . the lyrics to pink's "love song" .

know what i mean?