A Few of My Favorite Things

[cbertsch]

I'm too tired to compose the entries I've been planning to write, but do have the energy to list some of my happiness triggers:

• The flannel shirts I got out of storage a few months back, after not using them since we moved to Tucson, and have been deploying as jackets avant la lettre
• The way a freshly opened sleeve of Thin Mints smells
• Getting hit with a snowball by my winter-deprived daughter
• The rush I get from guitar-centric New Order songs, from "Ceremony" to "Krafty"
• Making a drop step, followed by a hook shot
• Anything involving sliced beef, mushrooms, ginger, and onions over rice
• The point of no return
• Arts and Crafts-style homes on Berkeley side streets
• That tingling sensation on the tip of my tongue
• Hearing a cat -- in this case Smokey -- crunch dry food in the kitchen
• A kiss on the neck
• The smell of nasturtiums
• No longer having to worry about whether the Bears will make the Tournament
• Making people feel better about themselves
• The font and leading in those MIT Press theory books
• Eating a corn muffin together with a Vietnamese coffee in the Encinitas Pannikin
• The research my partner is doing on interesting new music
• Whole-hearted hugs

So there you have it: I'm becoming an inspirational poster!

Comments

[ex-benlinus.livejournal.com]

I don't much care about watching hoops these days, but we should definitiely PLAY some hoops together one of these days.

dinner. mmmmm

[e4q.livejournal.com]

i want one of those sliced beef dinners you mention - just slide one into a padded envelope, would you?

[siyeh.livejournal.com]

You should really take Skylar to the Chiricahuas.We were there yesterday and it was filled with snow and the perfect temperature. I'll post some pictures later.

Eros, Eros, Eros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thanatos

[bobo-amargo.livejournal.com]

Having climbed aboard the device and let you begin to push, I was ready for a fun merry-go-round ride -- things I'd agree with (those cottages in Berkeley in which I've always wanted to read into deep, deep night) or not so much (sliced beef).

But you stopped me short with "the point of no return."

As Ben Jonson put it, meaning something slightly different, it's hard to imagine you wanting "to lose all father now." Perhaps the desire is the recurring condition of the possibility of not enacting it.

[icetulip.livejournal.com]

I like "the point of no return". Unfortunately, the Kansas song of the same name got stuck in my head immediately after reading that.

Are you doing an NCAA tourney bracket online as part of a group like through ESPN or Yahoo? If so, let me know if I can join your group. Usually, my fellow DJs at KAMP have a pool, but not this year.