Alphabytes (D) Delight
25 things that delight me:
1. The little excited noise my cat makes when she’s playing with her cat dancer toy, like she is absolutely determined to catch and kill the damn thing. It’s so very cute.
2. My nieces and nephews and the fact that they know each other, play together and (generally) get along. They are the 7 cutest people in the universe. Especially the time when one of the younger ones brought me a handful of dandelions she had picked.
3. Having things to do at work, and actually feeling like I have accomplished something. I imagine it would be even better if they actually implemented a project I’ve worked on for lengths of time – but I only imagine.
4. Foot rubs. With peppermint lotion.
5. Sunshine. I live for the warm, sunny, bright days of summer. I even like the humidity (gasp!)
6. My green and white long skirt. It’s nice and flow-y and light and has great lines. It makes me feel pretty.
7. Going out to the bar and having a good enough time (and enough energy) to stay up until 3:30 in the morning just hanging out.
8. Books. I just finished reading Seven Seasons of Buffy, an anthology of essays by various writers (thanks Irishkitten!) and am now working on Manufacturing Consent by Chomsky. That’s a bit of a 180, eh?
9. The empty pages of a new paper journal. Despite the fact that I do 99%of my journaling online, I still collect empty paper journals like a fiend. There’s something about that first empty page that holds so much promise.
10. Zebra Sarasa pens. I have found the pen of my dreams, people. It’s moderately priced ($14.50 for a box of 8, or $2.99 for 1) and writes like a dream. I highly recommend it.
11. Riding my bike. I recently took this up again after being away from it for some time. I had forgotten how much I love it. There’s nothing like the feeling of coasting down a hill on your bike. Makes me feel 12 years old again.
12. Shoes, specifically cute new ones that go well with all my clothes and fit my orthotics. Especially the orthotics part. Trying to accomplish this is very hard, and I usually have to settle for cute men’s shoes.
13. Neil Gaiman’s character death – because she’s just that cool.
14. My MP3 player – just because I’m a techno geek that way.
15. Having Ed Broadbent’s Office call me (even though I had to tell them that sadly I am no longer in Ed’s riding).
16. Getting a ride – anywhere. I hate the bus. Especially my route.
17. Having a dishwasher, because there’s nothing more I hate in this word than hand washing dishes. Hate! Evil!
18. The O.C. I have a sick love for this show because of it’s tough, yet sad, neglected and abused kid rescued and given a new life with rich people. This was one of the major themes of most of my writing as a preteen/young teen. Despite the fact that I know it’s serious cheese, it’s a theme that I’ve always, always been a sucker for.
19. In a similar vein, TV shows on DVD. I currently have 6 seasons of Buffy, 1st Season of Dawson’s Creek (shut up), the first season of The West Wing, 3 random seasons of the X-files (1, 3,7), the 1st season of Party of Five and the complete Freaks and Geeks series. Best sales/marketing trend ever.
20. Sweetarts. I love this candy. Looooooooooove. Except for the giant chewy versions. Yuck.
21. A Timmy’s large double double. Nectar of the gods.
22. My cube mate at work. He is a funny, funny man, and so easy to be around. I feel like we’re friends, and he’s 20 years older than me.
23. Having so much to do this summer. I like keeping busy. There’s the OM festival, Toronto Pride, The Valeriote Family reunion, Ottawa Pride, Montreal Pride. And that’s just the stuff I already have planned. I think I have every weekend from here to the August long weekend full!
24. Savage Love, because the people who write in are weirder than me.
25. Sleep. God I love sleep.
And just so you know, I am aware that I left off most of my family and my girlfriend, but they seemed obvious choices and I wanted think of other things. Besides, delight isn’t even the half of what they bring me 