Oh Yay.

Over the past 19 (ahem, 21) years, I've accumulated a list of things that make me wonder why anyone would ever want to commit suicide (and not toss the term about insensitively, as I am wont to do) when there were these sorts of things to wake up to.

Why so "happy-go-lucky?" A departure from my normally whiny self? I'll announce it publicly, shamelessly (almost). I have a crush. And my favorite part about it all is that I have a crush for the first time in a long time, it's fun for me, so if you're sniggering now, you can suck some one's left nut for all I care.

In any case, thought I might impart some of the things that, for me, make life worth living....in no particular order

ellipses (...)
Mama Llama and Poppa Bear
Laura-loo and Daena-Lane
"surrogate" parents
family
friends
The color Blue/Fuschia
Writing
Laughing
Chocolate
LIFE
good music
A good Book on a rainy day in a warm bed
Jeans fresh out of the dryer
Harry Potter
flip-flops
post-card moments
Transcendentalism
Certain "ism"s
Fun words
Good words (potion, perambulator, aesthete...)
waking up to the blinding sun
Saturday morning cartoons
Cheerios (plain)
Lucky Charms
Cinnamon Crispix
Thai food
Latin food
The View from Egyptian Wing of the Met
Museums
"Good times"...
Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway
Cafe con Leche and Tostada
Inside Jokes...
Outside Jokes
Cinnamon
Brie
Hazelnut
Pizza
Chinese food
Showers
Bubble baths
24 hour greasy spoon diners
Kick-ass classic movies
Naps
Collected Memories
Rapid Eye Movement
Concert Tickets and Band shirts
the smell of bread baking
Spanish Moss
Old-School Disney cartoons
Swings
Kites
Hammocks
Cut grass
Sand
Clean Sheets
Cigarette Weather
Curry
Babies laughing
not having to do laundry
Folding sheets and towels
having laundry change
Dew
The Rainbow Connection
bad teenage poetry
away messages on people's IMs
wind
rain
sunny days
Good Dogs, Nice Kitties, Boring Fish
Rekindling
Nag Champa
Water
Earth
Dirt
Squirrels
Karma
The Little Prince
Charles Bukowski
Blank books
full journals
Paper that's all bumpy from the writing on it
...and having a "All I really want to happen is for me to say 'I kind of want to kiss you,' watch your reaction and leave it at that because I am so in love with you totally sixth grade style with the giggles and red face and obsession and chills" crush


There you are. And if you are reading, you are more than welcome, nay, required to leave amendments...