My Happy List

organic apple juice
packages from Brandon
mix CDs/tapes
late night phone calls
Pixies and Frank Black
backs
chocolate
walking to Sonic
La Baguette mornings
editing movies with Katherine
Katherine's crepes
Kristin Hersh
talking to Brock forever
kite-flying
January Baby
car washes
Voodoo Village
fountains
downtown walking
trolley
dancing in all forms
puddles
noticing haircuts
massages
midnight snacks
movies
parks
how people are like their cars
driving with perfect music
screaming
grilled cheese
all cheese
Michel Gondry
erasers
bad punk bands
going to shows
coming home from a show smelling like smoke
window talking
pillows
long stories
bonfires with marshmallows
Kill Rock Stars
loud singing
all the bands I'm in
sprinklers and hoses
snow days
rainy nights
my warm bathroom floor
rolling around
playing in leaves
climbing trees
Smoky Bear
themed parties
astrology uncannies
old jeans
my dad's threadbare shirts
Roman coin cleaning
classic Disney films
costumes
green lights
androgyny
Mr. Flowers
music videos
blogs
cows
feet
watching incense burn
penguins
Baskin Robbins ice cream cake
birthday parties
BYB club
tongue tricks
photos
4AD
middle school band geeks
alphabetizing, labels, lists
handclap games
high-fives
curls
messy houses
sleeping in class
street teams
finger painting
swings
Karen O
young love
remembering dreams
wind
hanging out of car windows
strange sandwiches
cheap/shitty food
watching interesting people
mud
sitting outside at lunch
clovers
drum lesson party from Hunter
Scandaliz Vandalistz
shirtless people
happy synthesizer
SKANIDRDAECYSTEI punk songs
graffiti
John Beifuss
prezzies
rolling down hills
learning someone's hands
pseudo-mocking teachers
Ms. Douglas's boyfriend
Star Wars with Evan in kindergarten
Margaret's laugh
honesty
cursing
oboe reeds
morphine sister
street lights
any lights at night
stains
funny hiphop
staying up really late
Midtown
being a confidant
foreign films
Do You Know Where Your Children Are?
MeDiA co-op
filming
stars
ranting and raving
Susan the hairdresser
Our Own Voice shows + kids
plastitac
Kathleen Hanna
stealing shoes
getting picked up and carried or swung around
fake mosh pits
organic waffles
writing notes
letters from Katie
pulling out my belly button
imagining the future will be good
dandelions
cities
crazy relatives
surprises
phone calls that wake me up
sincere compliments
knitted stuff by Brittany
soft shirts as an excuse to touch people
late night visits
shaved ice
running around like a 6-year-old
quoting movies with Morgan
cuddling
Becca's music
lying in bed with someone
sleepovers
not waking up alone
smelling markers
group scream-singing
hand clapping in songs
getting stolen
secrets
good books
cinematography featurettes
nice fast food workers
smelling like someone's house when I come home
distinct people smells
Suicide Girls
meeting bands
colorful undergarments
being loud
anti-loneliness
special sunlight
watching water
laundromats
washing cars
my cat
rollercoasters
the smell of old books
blue
math tests
people hanging out at my house
blowing off homework
talking with Mom
Saturday
beanie babies
backwards names
sarcasm
doing lunch
themed anything
comic books
night time IHOP
bad/tiny handwriting
holding my pencil wrong
growing appreciation for someone
bags floating around
The Beatles
fetishes
Violet the WASP
loud music
Pete and Pete
bonding over old Nickelodeon shows
bad anime dubs
Hayao Miyazaki
acid
falling in love with a band
songs stuck in my head
getting ink all over my hands
Sailor Moon
looking back and liking where I am now
caffe mochas
post-orthodontia milkshakes
the bread group
John Cusack
80's fantasy movies
voicemail
pen 15 club
hot weather
laughter
hugs
people's noises
sharpies
imperfections
smell of gasoline
Young Avenue Deli
Judy Kitts
thin Bible pages
strange-looking, beautiful people
acceptance
people who think I'm funny
digital cameras
pointy bones
nosing
casual kisses
sneaking electronics into school
Cooper-Young
finding old stuff
saving everything
ticket stubs
receipts
Bollywood
curious boys
trysting
lyrical consciousness
laughing
vanilla
mint plants
picture books
making tents
comfort
Suza Scalora
cookie dough
Sallis's voices
toes
idiosyncrasies
geese
the moon
down comforters
dance parties
being understood
scarves
sincerity
realizing I have memorized a phone number
patterns
Morgan rubbing my head
back tickling
weirdoes
talented bums
railroad tracks
connecting a song to reality
giant microbes
futons
cosmic shit
Francesca Lia Block
penguins
Phyllis's old clothes
closets
playing under bed sheets
bare feet
fluffernutter
the way Dad eats an apple
epiphanies
strange celebrity crushes
someone revealing a long-hidden thought
holidays
Over the Hedge comic animals
messy bed
retold fairy tales
toads
saying hey to strangers
finding secret places at the library
choreography
music
Brock's faucet appendages
conserving paper
not being able to read my handwriting
strong opinions
Christmas Revels and Solstice
swap stories
being home alone
innuendo
good theatre
running into people I know
photographs of childhood
enthusiasm
anything that gives me chills
Sean and Evan
play-doh
Brett's insomniac jokes
finding new things to do in Memphis
breakfast
Memphis Pizza Cafe
William making me feel comfortable
juiceboxes
gushing
rock and roll
abandoned buildings
adventures
cameras
boys who wear flannel shirts
southern accents peeking out
harmonica
indie sideburns
Alice's softness
theremin
people coming through my window
getting notes and letters
listening to old CDs and reminiscing
people who look like pixies
cigars
playgrounds
happy lists

 

 

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