100 Awesome Things (Redux)

Another week, another stolen idea from a friend (next week will be an original. srsly.). Basically, the idea here is to compile a list consisting only of under appreciated items that I personally enjoy. Credit for this ingenious idea goes to Postsecret.com and Neil Pasricha, the creator of the blog, which I will link towards the bottom. So without any further ado, here goes my list:

1.) High Fives
2.) Sunroofs
3.) Pastafarianism
4.) Cracking your back over a chair in school
5.) Fanny packs
6.) Fresh packs of gum
7.) Fridays
8.) Coloring
9.) Aimless drives to nowhere
10.) Toilet seat covers
11.) Mountaintop experiences
12.) Driving dangerously fast while listening to The Killers.
13.) The Criterion Collection
14.) Eyepatches
15.) Warm showers
16.) Old school Playstation games
17.) Studio Ghibli
18.) PIMPIN
19.) Lotion that dissolves really fast and doesn’t leave that gross greasy feeling
20.) Afternoon naps
21.) Family Guy pajamas
22.) Mall Santas
23.) Halloween
24.) Special getaway zones that only you (and the people you choose to tell) know about
25.) A good classical symphony
26.) Driving
27.) Netflix Instant
28.) Large ass-indents you leave while getting up off furniture after sitting there for a long time
29.) The cold side of the pillow
30.) Sitting in the back of the classroom and mentally picking off all the annoying kids
31.) Being thanked
32.) People who realize that ‘The Village’ is actually a great film
33.) Finally peeing after holding it in for a very long time
34.) Rushing through a door before it closes
35.) Looking at old photographs and experiencing that amazing nostalgic feeling
36.) Blankets big enough to fit more than one person
37.) Tracking shots
38.) Overwhelmingly buttery popcorn
39.) Asian people
40.) Stanley Kubrick films
41.) Gus Van Sant films
42.) Orson Welles films
43.) Ingmar Berg – alright, I’ll stop
44.) Campfires
45.) Redoing high fives after you miss the first time
46.) Realizing you still have the ability to surprise yourself
47.) Wawa milkshakes
48.) Unbelievably short people
49.) Learning math you’re actually going to use when you get older
50.) Not having to pay for yourself when you go somewhere
51.) Correcting a mistake
52.) Planet Earth (the tv series)
53.) fmylife.com
54.) Elliott Smith
55.) Having any kind of wildlife, typically a deer, walking around in your backyard
57.) Horror films as art
58.) Eating the insides of oreos and leaving the cookie parts
59.) Spongebob Squarepants
60.) Long walks
61.) Bubble wrap
62.) Mooching off other people for their food
63.) The freshly cut grass smell
64.) Slappin’ da bass
65.) When you return to a hotel room and the bed sheets have already been changed and the room all cleaned up
66.) Sledding
67.) Mt. Dew
68.) Potter Puppet Pals
69.) Dr. Seuss books
70.) Exciting rides at amusement parks
71.) Rare instances of the film adaptation of a book actually being better
72.) Philosophy
73.) Christoph Waltz in ‘Inglourious Basterds’
74.) Old fashioned typewriters
75.) HUNGRY MOTHER!!1
76.) Writing on steamy or foggy windows
77.) New Years
78.) Words that make your lips tingle when you say them
79.) The Cat Diaries
80.) Improv
81.) The feeling and texture of Play-Doh
82.) The Muppets
83.) Drive thrus
84.) That smooth, post-shave way your skin feels
85.) Scrubs
86.) Liking a song or band before it reaches stardom
87.) Pleasant surprises
88.) Making your own food
89.) Comfy socks
90.) Learning how to play an instrument
91.) Bike rides
92.) Flea Markets
93.) The Vampire Chronicles
94.) Jacuzzis
95.) Mission trips
96.) The Nostalgia Critic
97.) Board Games
98.) Watching snow falling outside, while you’re nice and warm indoors.
99.) Returning home after being gone for a while
100.) The fact that I could actually come up with a list of 100 things in my life I’m genuinely happy to have.

http://1000awesomethings.com/ [For all the things I may have missed.]