1) Relationship with God (:
2) Family
3) Having soonwons <3
4) Friends
5) Comedians!
6) Summer nights
7) Trying new things
8) 43 Things
9) Tumblr – blogging
10) 설렁탕
11) The fact I can type in Korean
12) Banana Split
13) Banana Grams
14) Phase 10
15) Black Jack
16) Bingo
17) Having a laptop
18) A bed to sleep on
19) A roof over my head
20) Rain!
21) Having a lot of pillows
22) Books to read
23) Disneyland
24) Scrabble
25) Cooking
26) Playing drums
27) Helping people
28) The night sky, especially when there are a lot of stars
29) Preaching
30) Praising God
31) Singing
32) The Office
33) Big Bang Theory
34) CSI: Miami
35) Counting my Blessings
36) Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader
37) Music
38) Going to be a maid of honor
39) Going to be a bridesmaid
40) Driving
41) Sponsoring a child from Compassion
42) Hiking
43) Panoramic Scenes!
44) Disney movies
45) Museums
46) Monopoly Deal
47) Free things 3 years ago
As my kids have grown and made it through their teen years I have strong feelings about this one. When my children were young I felt like a king. What a wonderful joy to open the door after a long day at work and making it through rush hour traffic to have three crazy kids (2 girls, one boy) attack me and give me hugs and telling me about their day. Wrestling in the living room, singing after dinner, and even saying “Hail to the Redskins” instead of Amen after saying grace (sometimes a little embarrassing at church socials, but that’s another story), telling bedtime stories, raiding the refrigerator for midnight snacks. My kids have always been very well behaved, likable, and caring people, my wife and I are very proud of them. Now that they are in their 20’s I have a smaller role in their lives. They are off with friends and school and work and to their credit they are doing well.
Just last week I watched my oldest get inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society. I am confident there will be more celebrations in the future, but I do kinda miss those days of their childhood. If you have kids, relish every dirty diaper and every runny nose for one day you will look up and they will be graduating high school, or moving off with friends. Steal as many hugs and kisses that you can and take as many embarrassing pics of them sleeping with teddy bears and crazy hair. These, you will be able to cherish always. 2 years ago
Finally reuniting a lost sock with its other half after days/weeks/more of searching. Yea, I love that. :) Woohoo! 4 days ago
My new kindle. It’s helping me fall in love with reading again. 5 days ago
Long weekends in Orlando with my best friend, heather. 5 days ago
NY Giants Super Bowl champs!! 5 days ago
I’m not very superstitious but I have my magic things that help me when I need it the most. The main one will be my stripey sweater that I have for a decade. I save it only for the most important cases – serious medical stuff, exams, etc. Then there’s a bracelet I got from V’s mom – it has saints images on it and helps from jinxing. Then there’s a horse shoe necklace from my sister that was meant to protect my marriage. There’s a charm bracelet I wear every time I fly. The list is quite long :) It makes me feel safer and that’s why I love it! 1 week ago
It’s endless and not boring at all. Sometime I read random articles about subjects that interest me. Last one I did was on Queen Victoria and it was better than a book I’m currently reading. 1 week ago
Finishing a bracelet project. 1 week ago
I really want to have it outside in my future house. So cozy and intimate! 1 week ago
I’d love to do them more often! 1 week ago
(Not in any order)
1 Nature
2 Sea
3 Running through the forest
4 Playing soccer
5 Listening to music
6 Reading/writing poetry
7 Writing
9 Reading a good book
10 Cooking/eating food
11 Helping others
12 Rain
13 Conversations
14 To understand others
15 Being a good citizen
16 Being rational
17 Watching John Stewart show
18 Wikipedia
19 Sleeping
20 Yoga
21 Organizing
22 Think through
23 Sharing knowledge
24 Learning
25 Gardening
26 Sketching
27 Programming
28 Building
29 Playing
30 Friends
31 Family
32 Dancing
33 Philosophy
34 Tamil
35 Drumming
36 Languages
37 Being ethical
39 Being non-violent
40 Being an idealist
41 Being same inside and outside
42 Standing with the oppressed
43 Standing for ourselves
44 Working towards self-reliance
45 Independent thinking
46 Appreciating those close to me
47 Experiments with life
48 Working hard
49 Science and mathematics
50 Collaboration
51 Daily routine without issues
52 Browsing through the Internet
53 Working with my hands
54 Beauty
55 Ideas
56 Stand up comedy
57 Stories
58 Places: Libraries, Parks, where ever friends and family gather
59 Technical mastery
60 Swimming
61 Good movie
62 Contributing to community projects
63 Documentation
64 Finding alternative ways of doing things
65 Problem solving
66 Nonsensical questions, fallacies, paradoxes
67 Self improvement
68 Weekends
69 Traveling
70 Cultures 1 week ago
When my students tell me they did well on their papers, or that they found something I told them useful in class. I get as happy for them as I would for myself. 1 week ago
Or should it be called story dreams? I love when I dream a whole story during the night. Sometimes I can even see a sequel next night. Some of them I can control, some I can’t. But my favorite are the ones where I get to be something extraordinary – like an archeologists looking for treasure, or a lawyer fighting for justice, or sometimes I’m saving my home country from invaders. When I sleep, my imagination just soars free :) 1 week ago
1. My boyfriend
2. My cats
3. My little brother
4. My friends
5. Drawing
6. Painting
7. Designing
8. Sewing
9. Snow
10. Rain
11. Watching the sunrise
12. Watching the dawn
13. Looking at the stars
14. Running in the forest at night
15. Watching movies
16. Reading
17. Smiling
18. Concerts
19. Festivals
20. Travel by train
21. Travel by car (Not driving)
22. Playing with children
23. Talking to old people about history
24. Museums
25. Watching animated movies
26. Meeting new people
27. Gaming convents
28. Looking at art
29. Tattoos
29. Piercings
30. Xtream body-modifications
31. Watching plays (classics)
32. Live classic music
33. Caitlin the electric violin-player from Zambia
34. Opera
35. Nature
36. Hiking
37. Climbing
38. Metal-music
39. Folk-music
40. Wiener nougat coffee
41. Socialize without alcohol
42. Being around animals
43. Photography
44. Playing board games
45. Playing paper and pen RPG
46. Illustrate gamebooks
47. Watching the ocean
48. Fishing
49. Watching the clouds and figure out what they “look” like
50. Learning something new
51. My new bras. (Finnaly found some in right cup and size that actually look nice, thank you UK and internet and shame on you Swedish market!)
52. When dreams becomes true
53. Dreaming and planning
54. Writing letters
55. Keeping a journal
56. Green tea
57. My boyfriends family (My family)
58. Autumn colored leafs
59. Getting soaking wet in the rain
60. The color of my eyes
61. Gas masks, a real inspiration
62. Romantic gestures
63. The sound of rain hitting metal
64. Practicing my religion
65. A clean and tidy home
66. Early mornings
67. Gothic fashion
68. Folklore studies
69. Reptiles
70. My blog; http://nuclearwinterashes.wordpress.com
71. Internet communities
72. Making this list
73. Reaching my goals
74. Deviant Art
75. Walking in the city at night
76. Listen to the nature
77. Badoo community
78. The Sisters of mercy
79. Folk metal
80. The weather today: It’s snowing, and everything is so untouched!
81. Getting nearer my weight goal!
82. Gifts, both giving and getting.
83. Teacups
84. My Dragoncoffee-cup (http://lustformust.blogg.se/images/2011/img_4507_161869379.jpg)
85. Lolcats
86. My dream last night, imagen to try to tie your shoes but that your shoelaces are made of pancakes…frustrating while dreaming but gives me a smile today.
87. Riding MC
88. See my illustrations in a published book
89. Planet 51, it is seriously one of the funniest animated movies I’ve seen.
90. My mask collection
91. B-horror movies
92. Halloween sale after halloween, so many nice stuff that I can use all year around.
93. Clean sheets
94. Looking out my living room window and watch people hurry around. It is almost like being at the zoo.
95. Nerds…I like nerds, my bf is one and around them I get happy, everyone is an original and that’s make everyone of them so special.
96. Thinking about my first kiss
97. Long hair at men
98. Flash Gordon the old movie. <3
99. Getting paid
100. That I finally finished this… it’s harder that it looks! 1 week ago
I collect small boxes and finding a beautiful and unique one makes me very happy! I always try to buy at least one when we travel to a new place. I like to put special things inside my boxes – colored stones, sea glass, small shells and other meaningful for me things. My collection is not that big and I just scatter them in different rooms so it doesn’t look like I’m obsessed with them! :)
Note: those are not mine! 1 week ago
I love driving, especially when I am alone. Getting back behind the wheel after one and a half year break was such a treat! Now I try to drive as much as can. The traffic here is not the worst I’ve seen. I’d love to have my own red fast car again one day :) 2 weeks ago
41. Stars. I always loved star-gazing, but I just discovered that we are all made from stars that went supernova.
42. Yelena Bryksenkova’s illustrations and sketchbooks.
43. Pickled vegetables that my mom makes.
44. Walnut and date bars. We call it “food for the gods.” I made some last Christmas.
45. Pho soup.
46. Making someone else laugh. I’m not good at telling jokes, but sharing funny pictures and stories suffice.
47. When I dream up almost complete stories. (Like last night’s Regency era romance.)
48. Lists. When it’s hard to write paragraphs, it’s easier to write lists.
49. Being productive. Sounds boring, but it’s a high that cannot be replaced. Either at work or writing/making something for yourself.
50. Thinking up titles for things. 2 weeks ago
31. My smart, furry, energetic, lovable dog Zoe.
32. Being inspired and inspiring someone else.
33. When my family and friends are happy.
34. Kool aid and green mangoes or edepsal.
35. Coming home to a clean house and laundry folded by the Boo.
36. The Patriots going to the Superbowl.
37. Being right.
38. Receiving offers from law schools.
39. Mudslides.
40. 30 minutes on the eliptical at the gym. 2 weeks ago
31. Dan in Real Life
32. Steve Carrell
33. Libraries
34. Second-hand bookstores
35. Hot chocolate dates with my Mom :)
36. Band Trips !!
37. Having a GOOD hair day ;)
38. Gothic Cathedrals (Don’t ask why .. ;)
39. That moment when math class FINALLY starts to make sense !
40. Moonflowers :) 3 weeks ago
We all love them – no alarm clock set, no important errands to run and lots of opportunities to be spontaneous and have fun! Lately we try to be more active and creative with our days off. Now we are thinking to finally sign up for the dancing class again. 3 weeks ago
Ok, I have only 20 things left, so I need to be careful not to forget something important. My camera makes me happy every single day! I still feel a thrill when I touch it – so many possibilities, opportunities and new things to learn. There’s definitely a connection between us – I had it before only once with my car Capitolina :) 3 weeks ago
When I made this list 10 years ago, weddings were on my “hate” list. How things change! I love everything about weddings – all those emotions, happiness, sense of new beginnings and hope. Not to mention they are beautiful too! I’ll be crying like a baby at my sister’s :) 3 weeks ago
It doesn’t happen that often (maybe a couple of times a year or so), but every once in a while, I fall madly in love with a song. It goes deep under my skin, and it’s as if I cannot breathe properly without having it playing in my ears every possible minute. So I’ll listen to it 100 times a day for about a week until I feel like I can move on. Even though the dependency goes away, I always keep a special bond with those songs.
Those passionate music crushes bring me a lot of joy. And remind me that I am me.
I just had one a few days ago…3 weeks ago
