these are a few of my favorite things

For a couple years now, I've kept a running list of my favorite things. I don't update it very much - before today, I hadn't even looked at it for at least six months - but I've always loved the idea of keeping a list of favorite things, so I could look back over it and sort of remember who I am at my happiest moments.

For a while I thought I would never share this list with anyone, save for maybe my future husband, but now I think it's fun and I feel that publishing it will encourage other people to share their favorite things, which obviously I want to hear. It's a really good exercise if you're ever in a down mood -  focusing on the positive things in life, shockingly enough, is a great way to stay positive - and I find that when I just write as honestly and openly as I can, the results are better. And more hilarious. Reading back over it now, I can literally see the progression of my life from around April 2008 - when I started this list - to the present time. Two years' worth of favoriteness.

So, here is my work-in-progress list of favorite things. Most of them involve food and/or sex. And yes, I'm fully aware some things are on here more than once. That is purposeful. Please comment and tell me some of your favorite things. Let your freak flag fly.




meghan's favorite things.

When you go to the bathroom at a restaurant, and your food is waiting for you when you come back
Fresh tomatoes with salt and pepper
A fresh tomato sandwich with mayonnaise and two slices of cheese, salt and pepper
Passionate kisses
Ice cold water when you're really thirsty
Dancing, self-expression therein
Doing a really good job on something and knowing it
Trying a new food and loving it
New friends and old friends
Self-confidence
Mom and Dad
Chocolate, let's be honest
Getting in bed when you're really, really tired
Spooning
A Diet Coke when you really, really want a Diet Coke
Maraschino cherries
A juicy, sweet orange
Lump crab meat
Feeling beautiful
Chicken noodle soup when your throat is sore
Bananas with peanut butter
Spooning
Boyfriends: the way they smell, dress, look at you
Sex
ee cummings
Being read to in Spanish
Being read to
Good writing
Laying in bed during a thunderstorm
Freshly baked bread with butter
Feeling warm with love
Finding a really great deal on something you really want, AKA a good sale
Getting dressed and feeling really cute
Surprises
Reading something that really connects with you
De ja vu
Having someone know what you want without you having to say it
A really amazing meal at a restaurant
Central Park
New York street noise, even when it's terrible
Taking off my bra after a long day
Taking off my bra after a long, hot day
Pilates
Post-workout feelings
Smoked salmon cream cheese
Pancakes
Champagne, champagne cocktails
New contacts
When you make pasta/sauce and you're stirring it with a cooking spoon and all the good stuff (veggies, sauce, meat) gets stuck in the spoon and then you can eat it out of the spoon
Brunch
Little kids bundled up in winter clothes
Diner food
Making out in bars/clubs
Watching cheesy youtube videos that make me cry
Lazy rivers
The burning feeling in your stomach after taking a tequila shot
Weekends
Sleeping in
Cunnilingus
Street fairs
Taking a really amazing shit
Loud hip-hop and rap music
Deep bass that you can feel in your bones
Live music
Discovering new music
Singing
Writing in my journal
Reading poetry aloud for strangers
Reading poetry aloud for friends
Watching happy families on the subway
Watching dogs run and play
Cute babies
New Orleans
Home
Rainer Maria Rilke
Patti Smith
Young poets
Granola
Free art galleries (AKA Chelsea)
Photography (creating, consuming)
Spring
Summer
Sad stories
Whiskey
Sexual deviants
Seeing blind people walking around the city (and feeling encouraged to keep going)
Mint chocolate chip ice cream
Sitting on my fire escape and listening to the city
Women


to be cont'd.....