contentment

Very good things.

• The many amazing people I am so lucky to have in my life
• Biking everywhere
• Hearing this guy’s voice
• Kirsten’s birthday being a success
• Job in the fall (!)
• Barbeque with the boy’s family
• “You are always welcome here.”
• Making goofy faces with my siblings via Skype
• These gifs
• Rainbow cake
• Hanging out at the Dugtrio
• “OMG that dog looks like a loaf of bread!”
• Goooooood food (even if it’s making me SO broke)
• Playing darts for the first time
• Dorking out on Photo Booth
• Morning kitchen communes
• Quiet time
• “You make me so happy so easily.”

Very good things.

• I passed all my classes, even Chemistry!
• The boy’s family, dog, and even his cats like me (!)
• Eating Taco Bell and not dying
• Being the cutest thing ever
• Booty shorts
• Laughing entirely too hard at this and this
• The Starbucks barista who drew Darth Vader/Cthulhu on my cup
• Dumpster diving
• Unexpected pleasant conversations
• I STILL have the same party bruises
• Long walks
• “Poor baaaaabyyyyy!”
• Spicy chicken shawarma
• First time in an American bar
• “I think half the reason Nicole visits here is to see Daisy [the dog].”
• Friends
• Shmoops

Very good things.

• Having amazing people in my life
• Guest Directed Self
• Compliments on my outfits
• Listening to Iggy Azalea
• “You’re captain of the music ship!” “But it’s so much pressure!”
• What ingredients does it take to make you?
• This picture
• Small school-related wins
• Wendy’s spicy chicken nuggets
• Pre-gaming burritos
• Bright, cold weather
• “I DEMAND more mermaids.”
• Stroopwafels
• Group bed huddles while watching The Legend of Korra
• Shmoops

Very good things.

My constant mood swings in the past week have put me on edge, but after having a very pleasant weekend with friends I’ve calmed down considerably. It’s about due time I wrote my new list.

• Having amazing people in my life x
• Meeting Danny Pudi (!!!!)
• My brother is officially a teenager
• People offering me food
• Sushi-filled Saturdays
• Looking for ways to earn money
• “Tony! Your girlfriend is cold, give her your jacket.” “But she’ll get mad at me.”
• Good weather
• Red lipstick
• John Green keeping it real
• Unexpected emails from old friends
• Rocking out to the overly-loud radio music at Al’s Italian Beef
• This goddamn photo
• This gif set
• Shmoops, always

Very good things.

• My family arrived safely in Suzhou early Easter morning, ♥
• Meeting Jack Scoresby (!)
• Picking my room/roommates for next year (same dorm, different floor)
• New music
• People-watching in Starbucks
• Splurging (just got them in the mail today — SO WORTH IT)
• Public nudity
• Mortal Kombat
• This video
• Italian Spiderman
• Seeing friends from old classes on campus
• Shmoops
• Cold, sunny weather

Very good things.

• Awesome encounters with strangers
• Getting a free bottle of soda at Domino’s for being patient
• “Cool guitar! What does it sound like?” “It sounds like a guitar…”
• Danny Pudi is coming to my campus!
• Going back to steady, cool weather
• Fun April plans
• Side braids
• Sapporo beer
• Using the grills in the courtyard for the first time
• Skype dates
• This video
• Jo Koy’s Comedy Central special (my mom says the SAME shit to me)
• Glittery makeup
• Shmoops

Very good things.

• Having amazing, caring, wonderful people in my life
• Drowning in leftovers
• Puppy cuddles
• Govida cheesecake
• Messages that make me laugh
• Compliments on my outfits
• Cold weather
• Rediscovering interesting places in Chicago
• Corona
• Skype dates
• The laundry room FINALLY being fixed
• Making ridiculous plans
• Shmoops
• “Mommy, when I grow up I want that thing that lady has in her nose.”

Very good things.

• Spring Break!!
• Shmooping
• Rammstein screaming/yelling matches
• Wearing dresses and shorts
• This quote
• Community and South Park are back!
• Seeing my dad
• Having enough lighters to go around
• Late-night food walks
• Watching documentaries and Cirque du Soleil videos
• “Marvel vs. Capcom is just like Mortal Kombat, except the creator is 12 years old and on crack.”
• Feeling comforted regarding the heat by the possibility of camping during the summer
• Light glove shows
• Nutella
• Re-discovering my terracotta oil burner

Very good things.

• Shmooping
• Wonderful friends
• Mortal Kombat and Super Smash Bros 64
• This gif
• Receiving zombie apocalypse instructions via text.
• Butt emoticon! — (_!_)
• Pictures of bunnies
• “Fear my wrath, lowly goose! No wait, don’t fly away! I love you!”
• Being able to recall old favourite songs on the bass after not playing for almost two years
• Awesome class discussions
• Soy milk and brownies
• Countdown to Spring Break and my dad’s visit
• The feels I get after finishing a beautiful book
• Exploring the city and falling in love with it all over again

Very good things.

• The greatest website ever
• “Deyy took ourr jerrrbs!” as a response to anything
• Raving and giving no fucks about it
• Singing yelling the “lyrics” to dubstep songs
• Bilingual text conversations
• The awfully nice lady who helped me at the pharmacy a while ago
• Baking brownies
• New septum jewelry
• Strangers petting and stroking my hair
• Bathroom graffiti that I don’t hate
• Kettle corn
• Making more non-American friends (I’m not alone! Finally!)
• This gif
• Panda pictures
• Also bunnies
• Skyping with my siblings (my brother’s as tall as me now, oh god)

Very good things.

• Luke James’ range (wait until 1:35 and prepare to plotz)
• Kung Fu Hustle on the UIC movie channel — “DAS RACIST.”
• Spontaneous, drunk singing circles
• Shmooping
• Hilarious Skype calls with my mother
• Butt pictures
• “Purple Beard Man is now Green Beard Man.”
• Community is coming back! (March 15!)
• Cathartic reading
• New hoodie
• Ben & Jerry’s Dublin Mudslide
• Using my camera more

Very good things.

Seen two pop up on my Dashboard tonight, which is awesome because a) these lists are awesome, and b) I’ve been reminded to write mine.

• Baking
• Colin Mochrie’s AMA
• Getting 95% on a Chemistry exam I didn’t even know about
• Awesome, awesome friends
• Evaluating aspects of my life that I need to work on
• Those rare, awesome academia moments
• Purple Beard Man!
• Coconut water, Milo, orange juice, beer, and Coke Zero
• Unexpected phone calls
• Cold, quiet nights
• This
• Updates on my parents’ house-and-school-hunting
• “Pork chops and edamame!” “Are you offering me dinner or just bragging?”
• Moonwalking in the snow to avoid windburn
• “You’re like the elves in The Elves and the Shoemaker, except with glasses.”

Very good things.

• Falling asleep with a book clutched to my chest
• Looking at everyone’s FebPhotoADay Challenge pictures
• Face blogging and giving no fucks
• Ridiculous t-shirts
• “You’re doing far better than most of the people who have been in this class since day one.”
• Baby rhino noises!
• Making friends with a cat (“The more he bites you the more he wants to play.”)
• Finding a renewed appreciation for my kitchen after eating at the campus cafeteria for the first time in months
• You Want A Physicist To Speak At Your Funeral
• Doodling on a wall
• Inebriated Super Smash Bros
• Learning basic pole dancing moves
• “I drank a bunch of coffee so I could stay awake to study, but I just ended up playing Skyrim for 4 hours.”

Very good things.

• Acing my Classic Lit quiz even though I only switched into the course in the third week of the semester and that was the first class I’d been to and I still don’t have the book yet
• “Baaaaaacoooooon.”
• Randomly bumping into friends on campus
• The dress
• Wikipedia has a page called “Lists of lists of lists” (!)
• Making plans weeks in advance
• Finding the most fantastic quotes at the best times
• Texts from my favourite people
• Boop!
• Jim Jeffries stand-up
• Robitussin long-acting cough gels
• “I’m in like with you.”