One Hundred Things

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Today I’ll share with you one hundred things I love.
Because it’s fun
Because it’s true
Because… why not?

 

Here goes….
I Love:

 

  1. Making eye-contact with total strangers
  2. Buttoning my shirt
  3. The soundtracks of American Pie I and American Pie II
  4. Singing along to songs in falsetto voice
  5. Lyrics by Gregory Alan Isakov
  6. The memory of performing in my school-play at age 11.
  7. Hitting the Publish button, when ready to upload a new entry on Mind Stories
  8. Ariana Grande’s single thank u, next
  9. Correctly telling a person which cologne/perfume he/she is wearing (which happens quite often)
  10. Dark chocolate
  11. Amanda Seyfried
  12. Sweating like a beast while arriving at the summit of a strenuous hike
  13. Opening peoples hearts through talking
  14. Making intricate hand-movements (like an orchestra director) to the rhythm of music
  15. Writing on paper with a high quality pen (Parker)
  16. Hugging my beautiful nieces
  17. My new found appreciation for the poetic beauty that is the French language
  18. Playing the same lick on my guitar over, and over, and over again while my busy mind settles (and have people on the other side of the door probably think I’ve burned my fuse, and got stuck on repeat somehow)
  19. Placing my second hand on the top boulder of a technical climbing problem
  20. The ocasinally out-of-nowhere emerging underbelly feeling of joy spreading through my core, making me sing in the streets (and not care who’s listening)
  21. My friends
  22. Blink 182, for being the first band I’ve ever seriously started listening to
  23. The touch of woman’s body
  24. Musicals
  25. Japanese tea-ceremonies
  26. The feeling of a tear slowly rolling down my cheek
  27. That I hiked the entire length of the Pacific Crest Trail
  28. The eternal search for truth
  29. Playing guitar in the sun on the front porch of my house
  30. The Manchester accent and slang
  31. Everything Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and Artemis Fowl
  32. The smell of sunscreen
  33. That I am no longer drinking alcohol
  34. Picking up my meditation pillow
  35. The emoticon for sunshine on Whatsapp Image result for sunshine emoticon whatsapp
  36. Shoji Screens and Tatami mats
  37. Interior Design
  38. Writing song lyrics and poetry
  39. Collecting Mind-Stories related photo’s, pictures, visual representations
  40. The feeling of opening after a shivering sigh of relief, when letting go of emotional baggage
  41. Déjà vu
  42. The soundtrack of Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2
  43. Graffiti and street-art
  44. Wearing thin soled tai-chi shoes in the house
  45. Eating Ben & Jerry’s chunky monkey
  46. That I have traveled to so many beautiful countries
  47. The divine feminine energy
  48. Tattoos
  49. Making different playlists for every mood or occasion
  50. Introspection
  51. Disney Classics Lion King, Aladdin and Peter Pan
  52. Orchids and Lotus flowers
  53. Rushing to type down sentences, ideas, thoughts on my phone when inspiration strikes
  54. Nike Air Max 1’s
  55. The gasoline smell of lighting a Zippo lighter
  56. Ari Gold’s incredibly offensive snaps and one-liners
  57. The look of an ice-cold Corona with a lime wedge in the bottleneck
  58. The delicate touch of fitting a new lightbulb
  59. The way that James Bond says ‘Mojito?’ to Jinx (Halle Berre), in Die Another Day
  60. Mindfulness
  61. Foreign cinema (French & Japanese mostly)
  62. Figure of speech and metaphors
  63. Razorsharp and fast-paced dialogue between characters in Aaron Sorkin screenplays/writing (The Social Network, Molly’s Game)
  64. Chandler
  65. The album covers of all records by Catfish and the Bottlemen
  66. Wearing diving goggles and looking under water
  67. Cyberpunk movie genre
  68. Eastern philosophy/religion/symbolism
  69. My moms cooking
  70. Harajuku (neighborhood known as beating heart of street-fashion in Tokyo)
  71. Adam Young’s oeuvre
  72. Reminder messages on post-it’s in my room
  73. Talking to strangers and leaving them with a smile on their face
  74. Watching professional Bachata dance
  75. The visualization of a Polynesian tropical white-sand beach, with crystal clear blue water, palm trees and the song Scorpion Fish by Beatenberg playing in the background
  76. The meaning and sound of the word Namaste (I recognize the divine in you)
  77. The sine function
  78. The hero’s journey by Joseph Campbell
  79. Punching into a pillow when I’m angry, while playing Break Stuff by Limp Bizkit. Loud.
  80. Watching people smoke (who really own it)
  81. Bonsai trees
  82. Swimming naked
  83. Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy
  84. Cards against humanity
  85. The feeling of a peppermint like Smint or Tic-Tac on my tongue
  86. Lighting matches
  87. Writing down this list
  88. Finding a good sized flat rock, and let it skip across the water-surface
  89. That alcohol-free beer is gaining more and more popularity world-wide
  90. Giving massages
  91. Hank Moody
  92. Different fonts
  93. Lingerie
  94. Nights of storytelling and reminiscing with friends
  95. Black and white photography
  96. The word Yūgen (Japanese for; a profound and mysterious sense of the beauty of the universe)
  97. Courage
  98. Classic props: Vinyl, typewriters, candle-holders, fireplaces, dice, cards
  99. That feeling of anticipation when the lights dim in the (movie) theater
  100. You

2 Replies to “One Hundred Things”

  2. #73! You left an indelible smile on my face after meeting you. I really enjoy reading your stories- thanks for sharing them! 😁 – Julie

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