MetaChat - Favorite things.

Posting early, for warbaby:

- orange
- blue
- clouds
- melted cheese
- cameras
- stuff, when it's funny
- stuff, when it's in motion
- color
- satuaration
- orange freesias
- melted cheese
- a good story
- night
- the moon
- making all the MUNI/BART connections and getting to work early
- melted cheese
- the smell of low tide
- that one thing

posted by Frisbee Girl 09 April | 16:14

what rings my bell?

walking dogs along the beach

waking up on a fresh morning in a white room with the sunlight pouring in, clean sheets on the bed, feeling really awake, with mr. g beside me and knowing we have the whole day to please ourselves

a long lunch with good friends and a bottle of wine

eating outside, by the sea

running around outside all day then fish and chips at night

posted by gaspode 09 April | 16:27

- lying awake next to a sleeping girl
- ice cream
- gradually realizing that this new band I've just discovered is really good
- cooking for other people and having the food turn out just right
- when a kid says something unexpected and funny
- Acne Jeans
- melted cheese

posted by sveskemus 09 April | 16:29

I'm sorry, but I just have to.

- Acne Jeans

???

posted by mudpuppie 09 April | 16:36

-there's really nothing quite like writing a song you're really into. It gives such confidence, and everything just falls into place for awhile after that.

- the feeling after a really really good movie. That "I can do anything" feeling.

- friends. You like them, they like you. That's a beautiful ting.

-sleeping in.

-staying up all night.

-playing hookie.

posted by Hellbient 09 April | 16:53

Acne Jeans. It's not the greatest name, I know, but they are simply the perfect jeans.

posted by sveskemus 09 April | 17:00

-a great segue of two songs that would have previously seemed unlikely to mix well
-Mexican food
-anybody with a good sense of humor
-a cool watch
-Hubert Robert paintings
-a bar with a good jukebox
-totally loosing track of the time in good conversation
-a notepad, a few markers, and some free time
-surf movies
-Sol, Tecate, Bass, Guinness, and/or Harp
-catching up on magazines outside with a coffee or tea
-coming home to find a package in the mail from a book, CD, or DVD retailer
-finding a new comedian that actually makes me laugh
-leisurely walking around Chicago and looking at architecture
-old Warner Brothers cartoons
-a great pop hook
-having nowhere to go on a rainy day

posted by Slack-a-gogo 09 April | 17:10

- learning a new word. Segue for example. Does it rhyme with Segway?

(Hey! English is not my first language, you know!)

posted by sveskemus 09 April | 17:15

- learning a new word. Segue for example. Does it rhyme with Segway?

Yes it does, sveskemus, and it's nice to see you here!

posted by Frisbee Girl 09 April | 17:19

good beer
good food
good house music (it exists, damnit)
good dancin'
good herbs
good bike ride
good girls gone bad
good scifi book from the thrift store for a quarter
good funny
good bandwidth

posted by loquacious 09 April | 17:20

good house music (it exists, damnit)

thank you, loq.

posted by Hellbient 09 April | 17:31

- A fresh pint of beer
- Going to bed knowing I don't have to get up early
- Soup on a cold cold day
- Swimming on a hot hot day
- A singalong where everybody knows the words

... and a bunch that have already been mentioned

posted by nomis 09 April | 17:37

hearing a cool song that I haven't heard in a while
seeing the first really blue bluebird in the spring
thinking about my boys
watching my cats sleep
giggling with my teenager
laughing with my silly little boy

posted by jlkr 09 April | 17:41

- funny movies
- books that make me laugh out loud
- looking at just the comics in the New Yorker
- my dogs, running to the door tails wagging to greet me
- lying on the couch under a blanket watching a football game on a saturday night in the dark
- scissors that cut the first time
- new shoes
- talking to old people
- watching the birds settle in at dusk
- my down coat

posted by chewatadistance 09 April | 17:48

local beer, after morris dance practice!

posted by nonane 09 April | 18:00

- Lately, Sam Cooke, Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963--my new favorite album, and by far my favorite live album
- Along those lines, hearing a really great song for the first time
- My cat
- Discovering a great old movie
- The smell of thawing dirt in early spring

posted by goatdog 09 April | 18:02

How much are "Acne Jeans" And does your butt say ACNE when you wear them?

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 09 April | 18:18

"ACNE looks great on your butt!"

posted by Hellbient 09 April | 18:24

- the stomach-sick feeling i get right before i go on stage
- launching youself into a pile of dogs and getting lost in a cacophony of barks and claws and dogpads
- good wine (btw the RH Phillips Syrah is great and cheap)
- playing DJ on Mecha
- going on airplanes
- wearing overalls
- eating enough food to make you unable to move or even to breathe
- taking naps
- playing baseball
- reading George Saunders books

posted by Lipstick Thespian 09 April | 18:43

- Sweet potato fries
- Good dance music, makes you feel like you own the world!
- Ocean breezes
- Bird songs
- Hummingbirds on camellias
- Snakes on planes :)
- Portobello mushroom burgers
- Polenta
- Good hair days
- Good makeup days
- Welsh corgis

posted by halonine 09 April | 18:50

-sitting on a balcony at dusk in late spring and drinking a beer.
-waking up early on a Saturday, realizing that I don't have to be anywhere, and going back to sleep
-down comforters and hot cocoa in midwinter

sveskemus, English is my first language and I pronounced it "seeg" for years - I'm one of those people who got most of my vocabulary from books rather than conversation.

posted by ubersturm 09 April | 19:40

Putting Oil Paint on Canvas
A great song on my Ipod.
Fresh Sheets and clean pillowcases.
Kisses from my bf.
Kisses from my dog.
Beer.
Olives and Cheese.
Cherry Blossoms.
The color pink.
The smell of suntan lotion.
Sand between my toes.
Good coffee.
Laughing with my girl friends.
Hugs from my parents.
Cupcakes.
The smell of rain on cement.
Making snow angels.
Wit.
When my dog has happy face.
Kismet.
Writing.
Puerto Rico.

posted by Lola_G 09 April | 19:46

- nightswimming on a warm summer night

- puppy breath

- clean clothes smell

- warm wind

- hitting all the green lights

- something unexpectedly funny that completely takes you by surprise and keeps tickling you long afer the moment has passed

- sincere and unbiased compliment from someone who is knowledgeable about that which they speak of

- being greeted with unabashed enthusiasm (a golden piece of emotional real estate largely dominated by kids and dogs)

- really wanting to hear a song and turning on the radio to hear it come on a few minutes later

- when you reach that point with a group you work with where you've seen the really good and the really bad in the individuals and the group as whole and you know each other's weaknesses and strengths so thoroughly that sometimes, maybe for weeks, you want to throttle everyone, including yourself. But then you have one of those periods/nights that should be an unmitigated trainwreck, when you're *this* close to losing faith in the whole operation and everything suddenly just works. And it's just as amazing as the first time you realized you were riding a two wheeler all by yourself.

posted by Frisbee Girl 09 April | 20:07

I'm going to give you one guess....

posted by I Love Tacos 09 April | 20:21

I'm going to give you one guess....
posted by I Love Tacos 09 April | 20:21

Tacos.

What do I win?

posted by Frisbee Girl 09 April | 20:25

oh, and besides that...

surprisingly good books

warm sunny afternoons

finding a piece of art that just captivates you... those rare pieces that you can look at for hours and hours, without ever finishing

people who use their smiles

posted by I Love Tacos 09 April | 20:26

What do I win?

A sincere and unbiased compliment about your powers of deduction!

posted by I Love Tacos 09 April | 20:27

*the moon
*bird (both obvious)
*watching my cats play with invisible things
*my best friend's hug
*the sound of the breeze blowing through the trees
*oranges and lemons
*the cadence of my grandmother's voice
*sunsets
*being somewhere I've never been before
*my mentor's eyes
*ocean, sand and stone
*my work
*water
*stars
*sauteed mushrooms
*huevos rancheros
*singing in the car
*the first night of a play where I'm off-book
*Tom Robbins, Annie Dillard and Jorge Luis Borges
*my spiritual community
*the smell of a marsh
*choruses of frogs
*memories of my childhood, no matter the content
*making up nicknames for my friends
*Beethoven, jazz, and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
*being wondrously out of my element

posted by moonbird 09 April | 20:32

OK. I totally scrolled right down to the bottom to post my list without reading any further than Frisbee Girl's first line about keeping the M.A.S. in check, and I will do so. Except, I just have to point out one thing which is that one of the reason's I'm in this thread is because of FG's phrase "wiggle in your walk" which just tickles me, and it's not the first time I've heard (and appreciated its use). So to start off:

- langage. I kid you not. I love its use. My father is big on word play. I think the joy that I get out of it stems from his influence. While I'm not a great writer or communicator myself at times, that doesn't preclude me from enjoying a clever turn of phrase or the artful use of words altogether. Which leads me to...

- conversation. I'm social. No, really!

- music. Let me be specific: Loud, preferably fast, rock music. Listening to it. Playing it.

- pets. I promise I won't write something after each item.

- drawing, and drawings.

- the following physical activities: biking, snowboarding, soccer, and just to slip this in somewhere (you know, to be discreet).

- trashy, bad comedies.

- a light beer in the summer with a bit of lemon around the glass. Best when the glass has been refrigerated.

- sleeping in on a day when you know you can just be as lazy as you'd like.

- new shoes....it doesn't happen as often as it should.

- being well. I miss it when it's gone, and so happy when it returns.

OK, I'm going to read the ones above me now.

posted by safetyfork 09 April | 20:34

While I'm not a great writer or communicator myself at times...

As demonstrated by my poor grammar and lack of clarity and brevity in this post.

posted by safetyfork 09 April | 20:38

The clean smell of freshly washed sheets. The feel of a warm cat sleeping in the sun. Cooking for people. Teaching someone something new. Gardening and growing things. Fixing, renovating, or building things. Speaking in front of a group. Solitude in remote places. Howling with wolves. A big expense account. Dancing when the music is so loud I can feel the bass in my chest. Sleeping on a warm beach. A long hot bath in the dark. Sex any place wrong. Lightning storms. Laying on the deck of a sailboat after dark. Long talks. Quiet together time. A very cold beer on a very hot day. Miro and Picasso and my paintings from Haiti. Knowing that when I come home from the road my girlfriend will have something I like in the fridge for me to microwave and lots of cold beer. The fact that one of my cats sits across the room and looks at me and then closes his eyes and purrs when I talk to him and the other cat purrs when I come to bed and he knows his little family is all together.

On preview I notice I mentioned beer twice. hmm.

posted by arse_hat 09 April | 21:36

Outdoor concerts with cold beer.
Nonsense conversations carried on with a straight face.
A belly laugh.
When my kid is extra dorky.
The way my husband absent-mindedly tickles my belly when he walks past.
When people ask me for advice and then take it.
A fire.
A good soak in the tub.
Floating.
Being somewhere I've never been before.
A really good sandwich.

posted by jrossi4r 09 April | 22:29

*note. Hide combustion sources before inviting jrossi4r over to the old homestead.*

:)

posted by arse_hat 09 April | 22:38

Marilyn Monroe reportedly put the wiggle in her walk by having one high heel shorter than the other.

posted by StickyCarpet 09 April | 22:41

sinatra.

posted by shmegegge 09 April | 22:42

Nothing. Absolutely nothing that I hear, say, do or have done to me at the moment puts a wiggle in my walk, floats my boat, rings my bell or any other cute little saying you care to name.

I hate to think that I may be growing into one of those bitter old people who takes no joy in anything except the fact that nothing holds any joy, but it seems that this is happening. I don't know how to stop it and it seems that, anytime I start to see a glimmer of positivity on the horizon, someone comes along and stamps it out.

Never mind, this too shall pass. One way or another.

posted by dg 09 April | 22:47

Aww..dg, come with me. We'll light up arse's house then relax in the pool with a sandwich.

posted by jrossi4r 09 April | 22:51

Arias. Especially when I see them performed live-especially when the soprano hits the high note and doesn't even break a sweat.

Tiny tiny wildflowers.

Hot showers.

Cat purrs (although arse_hat said it so much more eloquently).

Beets.

Face smiles.

Rain on tin roofs.

Finishing the Saturday NYT crossword.

That other thing.

posted by DeepFriedTwinkies 09 April | 22:53

How much are "Acne Jeans" And does your butt say ACNE when you wear them?
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 09 April | 18:18

I have no idea how much Acne Jeans are in the U.S. or if you can even get them (they're Swedish but you can at least get them online, probably). Here in Denmark they're about DKK 1000 to 1300 which Google tells me equals USD 163 to 212.

And yes, your butt says Acne when you wear them. I'll post a picture of my butt later if I get a chance.

posted by sveskemus 10 April | 00:39

I'll post a picture of my butt later if I get a chance.

Please don't. A picture of the jeans on you butt will be fine.

posted by arse_hat 10 April | 00:58

Go on sveskemus, post your butt.

Why not give us a pair of shots: "this is my bum before and after acne"

We could rate them.

posted by nomis 10 April | 01:43

sounds like a good photo Friday to me.

i'd like to add 2 others:
- riding my bike through NY traffic
- getting drunk in the daytime on a weekday, preferably with a friend.
-not giving a shit what people think of you.

posted by Hellbient 10 April | 09:49

- making the mister laugh
- watching my cats acting(?) crazy
- one of my cats deciding that s/he needs me to hold him/her right now
- naps
- a cool, crisp autumn day with a bright blue sky
- trees blooming in spring
- a day at the beach/river/lake
- road trips
- book stores and libraries
- taking photographs
- sunsets
- clean sheets and towels
- seeing people hold hands
- pugs
- fields of wildflowers
- sleeping outside
- campfires
- swimming
- spending time with my family
- seeing people laugh

posted by deborah 10 April | 11:58

- mutual appreciation society comments

posted by Hugh Janus 10 April | 12:06

- being a contrarian

posted by Hugh Janus 10 April | 12:18

- kisses

posted by nomis 10 April | 16:43

09 April 2006