Hi there, I'm back.
While away, I did some interesting things (including a one-day vow of silence). But I also did my roughly annual 100-favorite-things list, which, as usual, I'll post here. It is written in long chain of association, which may be decodeable by the astute reader:
indexes, index cards, card catalogs
taxonomies + lists
notebooks, blank books, composition books
digital search
journals + diaries
weblogs + livejournals
the comic "achewood"
reading
studying
projects
the spring conference
receiving positive attention
giving positive attention
not being bored
feeling competent / feeling powerful
feeling like others perceive me as dangerous / alluring
feeling like others perceive me as caring / kind / nonjudgmental
resisting dichotomies
dancing + dance music
drones + drone music
altered states
listening to music while [in an altered state]
having a beer in the afternoon in an unfamiliar city
travelling
roadtrips with a close friend
the landscape of the american west
forests
trails and hikes
the path between april + thor's driveway and their front door
urban walks
exploring abandoned buildings
tunnels, passages, hidden spaces
mazes + labyrinths
dungeons and dragons + its culture + paraphenalia
games in general: board games, card games, video games
rust, moss, decay, mold
taking photographs
birdsong
the movie "george washington"
the movie "slacker"
conversations
listening
group improvisation
being among a group that is functioning well together
being alone
having ideas
feeling creative
writing
laptop computers
managing my music in iTunes
adobe photoshop + adobe illustrator
del.icio.us, flickr, and other web 2.0-type services
the internet more broadly
katamari damacy
cute shit
the idea of time travel / time travel narratives
grant morrison's comics
the marvel universe + its culture + paraphenalia
jokes and being thought of as funny
fonts
the puzzle-solving elements of graphic design
making everyday activities into a game
self-improvement
receiving recommendations from others
cycles
swimming naked
exhibitionists
touching others
being touched
venus
ganesh
thoth
altars, ritual objects, charms
unitarians + quakers
smokers
greasy spoons
good coffeehouses
free wi-fi
long-form serial narrative
buffy the vampire slayer
subcultures
sleeping next to someone
flirting
long-running relationships
the fundamental variety of other people
sharing food
desserts, esp. ice cream + chocolate
watching movies + having movie-watching projects
being busy buy not feeling behind
having knowledge / the unknown
manipulating data
invented languages
silly songs
coming out of depression / feeling optimistic
epiphanies
good memories / the promise of good things to come
the world
More reflections to come in a bit.
