Eccentric old cat ladies are right up there, probably because I realize I'll be one some day.
1 The feeling of being the only holder of a secret; when someone tells you something and says "I've never told anyone this before..."
2 The satisfaction of cooking a meal and knowing it will taste good
3 The smell of sweat on someone else's skin
4 Smoking cigarettes on the porch as the sun is setting
5 The exquisite nature of pain that means something
6 Telling someone something honest that is blunt or scary, even to you
7 Wearing only a bathrobe
8 Drinking a bottle of champagne on a Wednesday afternoon with your best friend
9 Singing along to Alanis Morrissette and Melissa Etheridge in a bar and humiliating myself
10 The moment you dunk your head underwater in the ocean and the cold of the water shocks you
11 Finding a new song every week that exactly fits what you're going through
12 Reading about people who have absolutely no reason to be happy, yet they are anyway
13 Walking to work and thinking about all of the history that surrounds me, and all the people who walked these streets before
14 The second of unadulterated joy when you're at a concert and the band plays your favorite song
15 The calm that comes and blankets you post-cry
16 Looking at photographs of family members when they were young, and noticing how beautiful they were
17 Putting on red lipstick and looking at myself in the mirror
18 Finding some amazing overlooked item at a thrift store
19 Calling myself a feminist and atheist and not being afraid of what people are going to think or say
20 Writing a piece of poetry - even a line - and finding it later and remarking at how good it is
21 Looking at massive things (mountains, skyscrapers, the ocean) that make me feel small
22 Watching ridiculously gorgeous women who have no idea how beautiful they are do mundane tasks
23 The challenge of filling a notebook with your thoughts
24 Dancing anywhere, to anything, at any time
25 Meeting a person and feeling a click when you realize that you like them and want to be friends with them
26 Glamorous ingenues of past eras
27 Cities on hills
28 Drinking people under the table, especially if they're men
29 Huge waves that pummel you and knock your breath away, that leave you choking and laughing
30 Creating hilarious monikers for people
31 Putting on a pretty dress even if I have nowhere to wear it
32 Sitting on patios adorned with lights
33 Showing up at a bar that's full of people you know, and realizing that everyone is exactly the same as they've been and will be
34 Being told I'm intelligent
35 Seeing someone's house for the first time
36 Watching my dad get beet red and weep from laughing too hard
37 Rubbing the ears of a cat
38 Carnival lights and being at the top of a Ferris wheel
39 Practicing my handwriting on everything I can
40 Mint chocolate chip ice cream at 7 pm on a hot summer day
41 Finding someone's hand in the dark
42 The way the beach smells just after rain
43 The sound of high heels down a long tiled hallway
44 The feeling of my hair whipping when I'm driving and the windows are down
45 Facing the day in a cool pair of sunglasses
46 Dried roses
47 Reading transgressive fiction that elicits an actual emotional response
48 An incredibly crisp french fry
49 Driving around at Christmastime using the excuse of looking at people's light displays to peek into their windows
50 Stupid things I did when I was 16 that I can reminisce about
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