I have started and trashed at least eight posts in the last four days. I think the cold weather has freezer-burned my brain, because lately, it’s just not firing right. Most evenings, I find myself staring at the computer screen and thinking very deep thoughts like, I should order some soup.Mmmmm, split pea.
See? Split pea! Obviously things are not as they should be. Anyway, in lieu of posts about my adventures with a gorgeous divorcee, my magical evening in Hoboken , or my upcoming trip to Dallas, I’m gonna make a list. Because lists don’t require verbs or punctuation or story arcs or any of those other things that might take away from thoughts about soup.
So, via Ari, Things I’m a Sucker For:
Coffee from the deli downstairs (If the good lord himself made coffee, it couldn’t taste any better.)
The cold side of the pillow
Kissing dreams
Kissing, in general
Q-Tips
Making Ari laugh
Making Sarah B involuntarily exclaim, “I love you!”
Belching (I know. I hope you still like me.)
Coconut shrimp
Out-of-town guests
Red toenails
Laying in the bath with my hair all fanned out and pretending I’m the Little Mermaid
Weird Al
Being teased
Little black dresses
Pretty underwear
Chivalry
Expensive sheets
My sister-in-law
All those blood relations, too
Scrabble
Charles Ingalls
Boys with nice hands
Having things to look forward to
Text messages, email, mail and phone calls (Really, communication of any kind)
The phrase, “Like, color of wheat…” and anyone who gets it
Much Ado About Nothing (Okay, mostly Benedict. I’d hit that.)
Funny people
Dirty jokes
Compliments
Girl Scout cookies
Pillow talk
Stuff
Mystery books late at night
Rainy days
Kick-butt chicks in movies
Chocolate
Chocolate
Chocolate
Did I mention chocolate?
I made a list of my favorite things, too. it helps restart the mental process, and puts you in a happy place, too! And I totally get the Q-tips!
Men who bring more than just their forks to the table…. This would be my ultimate favorite thing….
I love how you can say so little and still communicate so much, Fish. And yes, I still like you/your writing even after the belching disclosure…
You really are an excellent belcher. Belchist? Belchificator?
And yes, your underwear is generally very pretty.
A kick-ass haircut
New Handbags
New car smell
Men’s cologne (but not if they marinate in it)
*sigh*
The phrase, “Like, color of wheat…” and anyone who gets it
“No more like color of winter butter”
you can’t mean THAT movie.
OMG YOU! You get it!
God, I love that movie. Ernest is hilarious.
I have to second that Benedict thing, I’d do him in a heartbeat.
man, there must be something in the eastern seaboard air…i can’t get around to posting anything interesting lately myself. and *everything* is so distracting! but hark! out of town guests will be arriving in another 3 days, red pedicures will then happen, and perhaps coconut shrimp will be eaten. yay!
You could always write about that story about the cell phone on another girlâs nightstand that you said was forthcoming in mid-December. The same one as the head-butting story you’d promised.
umm…what is all this about?
Hmmm… I too have beem having adventures with a gorgeous divorcee recently. I’d love to swap stories!
Perhaps I am a sucker for men who are likely to break my heart…
My list would include everything but the shrimp. Oh, and post-it notes.
I think I could beat you in a belching contest, though.
My favorite on your list:
“Stuff”
I’ve totally been there. Except I’m more likely to lean toward the gross, ie “Items I found when I cleaned out my purse.”
I love that Charles Ingalls is on your list!
Uh, I can’t agree more with you when you wrote: “Text messages, email, mail and phone calls (Really, communication of any kind)” I’m such a sucker in that too!
There is something about a man with nice hands, I couldn’t agree more. It’s one of the first things I notice and my friends think it’s strange…
Though not as strange as the fact as I crack myself up when I belch. Happens. Luckily they do, in fact, still like me
Tops on my list today…the hope of a ‘snow day’. I’m almost 30 years old, but I’m really excited about the fact that I might be able to go home early, drink hot chocolate and watch my dog snort the snow in my front yard!
Oh my gosh… I’m such a sucker for chivalry too… as well as belching. It’s a good thing I have so many guy friends because not only do they still love me they’ve usually got a compliment after a particularly good one “hey, nice push!” My dad wishes I could be more of a lady at times… ah well.
I definitely will be doing this list on my blog here shortly!
By the way, I just love your writing and no matter what you write about it’s always good!
Spray Cheese
A bar or pub on a snowy Saturday afternoon.
torta
Spray cheese??? Oh, Mike.
I second Scrabble,Charles Ingalls and pretty underwear.
Fanning your hair out like the Little Mermaid….that is priceless.
And really eerie to me how I get that because I’ve done it too….
1) The CPWM (Come play with me) hip dents in men, right below their belly
(oh mother of all that is holy I may pass out at the thought),
2)The SMOOP! that a wine cork makes when you finally get it out of the damn bottle
3)….The word SMOOP!
4)Kitties that make muffins on your stomach before they go to sleep on you for an afternoon
I love to make lists like this:) Mine would also include Gilmore Girls, gift cards, and snow.
I can’t believe someone outside my family has seen that movie! I own a copy and am going to put it on CD- just so i don’t lose it to the VCR gods.
“I’m gonna read to you from The Big Book”
“One day there will be a boy named Mistake. And he will get the measles and the mumps AGAIN, and fall down and scrape his knees, and DIE before he is TWELVE.”
hahaahahah
I’m a sucker for
… my 2y/o’s version of the word “crayon” — “key.yon”
good thing it’s girl scout cookie season!
here’s to the things you love.
The smell of first morning air on a trip.
chocolate
chocolate
chocolate (Hershey’s Special Dark, please)
Old Spice
A M*A*S*H episode that I haven’t seen
Did I mention chocolate?
Little kid belly laughs
The bottom of my (personally) acceptable weight range
My daughter’s voice
Mint chocolate chip ice cream
A fresh manicure
Sex and the City
Chris Noth as Mr. Big
A nicely toned tush
Blue eyes that you can fall into
Chicken soup (home made)
My home made apple pie
When I was working the floor as a nurse I loved the smell of men getting dressed in the morning.
A really good burp. Mine or someone else’s.
Really good, tear rolling, snorting laughter
A cup of hot tea
An unexpected card in the mail.
Happy Valentine’s or Un-Valentine’s Day, as you prefer (I will take Un-Valentine’s Day)
nighty night mistake?
Where, oh where, is this deli with the deitic coffee? I’m a fiend, lovely list!
Mmm…Samoas…
By Charles Ingalls, am I correct to assume you really mean Michael Landon? I am hoping so, because Michael Landon was smoking hot, but the ink drawings of the real Charles Ingalls in my collection of Little House book, not so much.
If you were into whiskers and fiddle players he’d totally be your man though.
Soccer guys (awesome butts & CPWM)
Dark chocolate (the best)
Scrabble (I love that game!)
Mustang GT (Shelby version)
My Westie, Pearl
All I can say… is YES!!!
Penny dreadful gets it too!!! I thought we were the only ones. So happy.
Love the list Fish! Mine would include… accents. Rootbeer in glass bottles. Dimples. Saturn car commercials.
NOBODY gets the nice hands thing, but I love a man with nice hands. Gary Oldman…they should sculpt his mitts in marble. Seriously. Gorgeous.
Someone else gets it!
Definitely ditto on Brandy and the accents. Fascinated by them.
Dogs. No way to leave off dogs. I love dogs, they are usually better people than people.
Chocolate cookies, home made, hot from the oven…is there anything better?
Champagne….
Great list, makes me want to write my own. I guess I kinda did!
I love the things about the hands, my friend and I have a secret passion for guys arms…particularly forearms…mmmmmmm…sexy…
I thought I was the only one that did the Little Mermaid thing in the bath!
Good list, especially the first two right out of the gate. For me it’s that first sip of coffee in the morning…and the cold side of the pillow, I get that!