- The way I saw the world when I was little
- Old film
- Polaroids
- Landscapes
- Grainy melodies
- Blurred pictures
- The sound of rain hitting my window at night while lying in bed
- Autumn
- Walking for no real reason
- Cleaning off rocks in water
- Foliage
- Crunchy leaves
- Being outside
- Taking the back roads
- Possibilities
- Finding old things at yard sales
- Silence
- The buzz of street lamps at night
- Yellow traffic lights at 4 am
- Brightly lit nighttime greenhouses
- The park at dusk
- Noticing the little things
- Abandoned landscapes
- The feeling you get when you explore places you know you shouldn't be
- When pay phones ring even though no one is around
- When they test the emergency broadcast system
- Specific locations
- Unspecific locations
- Old maps
- Weather
- Looking up and/or down and seeing things you never noticed
- Nighttime skylines in the middle of nowhere
- The smell of book stores
- The stillness that autumn brings
- The unknown and the unknowable
- The calm before the storm
- The storm itself
- Reflections in puddles
- The sound of wind in the trees on fall nights
- Buildin' forts
- Nostalgia
- Exploring new paths
- Sand
- Road trips
- Escapism
- Imagination
- Big breakfasts
- Sledding
- Warming up after sledding
- Deja Vu
- Twist Endings
- Bonfires
- laying next to a woman
- the smell of rain
- laughing
- the silence between a lightening flash and a clap of thunder
- the silhouette of a late autumn tree
- trick or treaters
- home runs
- previews in a movie theater
- making the last cup in beer pong Wink
- the first hill on a roller coaster
- a well executed prank
- the sound snow makes when it hits the ground
- new book smell
- a good review Smiley
- British accents
- a fresh cup of coffee
- smiles
- the perfect idea
- inside jokes
- my childhood imagination
- the thrill you get when going down in the basement and the light is off
- the roar of a crowd
- waking up from a good dream and feeling the emotions of it all day
- the smell of rain
- walking through an airport, going somewhere
- the beginning of a go story
- an inside joke
- sticky notes
- crayons
- a sincere complement
- a song that moves you from the inside out
- stars
- walking through Vegas all dressed up
- taking a drive
- sudoku
- learning useless facts
- the idea of an "It's A Wonderful Life" Christmas
- keeping your plant alive
- out drinking a showoff
- not blowing up the house when cooking
- tattoos getting new ones and explaining old ones
- shoes
- Storms, in the beginning when its so calm and quiet and dark
- new places to explore
- driving down dirt roads and finding new places
- quiet time to sit and think
- newly cleaned rooms (partic my bedroom)
- organized thoughts among the napkins i've written them on
- the "skeletons" under my bed, instead of in my closet the friend that i have that somehow makes everything bad, good =)
- Smell of thunderstorms/rain before and after
- a good hug, the one where you seem to "fit together"
- a new crush
- when my windshield wipers are in beat with my music
- counting my footsteps on the way to class
- vitamin c
- the way the back of feathers stick through my pillow
- dvd commentary
- the discovery channel
- pushups
- waking up to find i'm spooning with my guitar
- expensive smokey scotch
- weeping willows
- lime green bonavilles
- hot bath on a cold day
- getting the first slice of pizza from the box
- sticky notes
- being artistically inspired by music
- stretching after a hard workout
- when the weather is gorgeous on your birthday
- fresh cut grass
- Love
- the energy of Tool concerts
- Toast
- Clean underwear
- The fizz sound pop bottles make when you open them
- New car smell
- Climbing trees .regardless of your age
- Leisurely reading the entire Saturday morning paper, ads and all
- Tiger lilies
- Unexpectedly discovering a great book
- pansies
- sitting on the front porch to watch a thunderstorm
- the smell of rain
- and chocolate chip cookies
- sunrises and sunsets
- when shuffle on iTunes picks every song you're in the mood for
- grass between my toes
- cuddling with a kitten
- the smell of a bookstore
- warm sheets
- naps
- daisies
- hugs that engulf you
- pictures
- reading in the sunroom
- the second after jumping off the dock into the water when you know you can't go back
- going downhill on a bike
- walking slowly
- words that roll off the tongue
- pie
- new contacts
- snowball fights
- listening to new music
- hearing from a friend
- gaining acceptance
- throwing things away
- slow dancing
- coloring books
- PostIts
- markers
- the ping that you have an IM
- finding/getting new music
- waking up slowly
- board games with lots of friends
- big bon fires under the stars
- watching waves roll up on a shore
- new books
- sitting on any roof at any time of day
- trees
- bridges
- birds
- little holidays
- that feeling you get after accomplishing some major change
- new piercings or tattoos and the stories behind them
- cats
- finding new writers
- concerts
- road trips with self made spontaneous routes
- meeting new people
- running in the woods early in the morning
- that rush you get from being on a roller coaster that is a combination of fear, no control, and excitement
- ice cream with sprinkles
- The smell of fresh cut grass
- Restringing your guitar
- The first time you hear a guitar cry
- Sitting on a lake all day
- The smell of a rain storm before and after it goes by
- Sitting on an ocean all day
- Laying in the lawn watching the stars
- The first thing you think of when you wake up
- Seeing your favorite band in concert
- Going to your first sports game
- Traveling in general
- when leaves leave impressions on the sidewalk in autumn
- the sound of frogs on summer nights
- ice cream cones
- taking i96 at 3 in the morning
- being on the top of parking structures
- sand dunes
- cracking creme brulee
- reaching a really nice chord/musical moment
- bonsai trees
- not having to wear clothes
- swinging on a swingset
- swinging on a swingset while not wearing clothes
- being wrapped up in a ton of blankets and surrounded with pillows
- the rush after a really good concert
- antique stores, flea markets, thrift shops
- finding similarities between occurences in nature and everyday human activities/problems
- mountains
- the feeling of your hair when you wind it around your finger
- birds chirping
- those days when the sky is 39487 different colors and the clouds almost make it look like there is a far out island by some water
- social eating for hours with nowhere else to be
- hanging out of the sunroof going 60mph
- the blue lindor truffles
- that feeling when someone is erasing the board and they miss a line of chalk and then in the end get it
- examining the details of everyday objects
- watching your shadow change as you walk around
- Changing Plans
- Playing cards clamped in the spokes of my Bicycle tires
- The bump in the side walk
- My mothers hands
- Buttons
- Searching for the perfect 'ghost writer' pen
- Hiding under the deck
- The lake
- Running at a perfect pace
- Christmas Records
- Slow motion memories
- 16bit color dreams
- Spying on my family
- Collection pieces, of anything
- Idea journals
- The way I wrote in 7th grade
- Smells that never fade
- An extremely small chair
- Large buckets of water in the summer time
- Pretending
- The river bank
- The way we forget to notice when the last leaf has fallen, or when the first one grows back
- Highway 22
- Swimming in my overalls
- Gingerbread House Bacon Cheeseburgers
- First love arguments
- 5th grade criminal records
- The way it will feel to kiss him again
- Forgetting everything but the moment you are in at a good concert
- Wine in the park
- When the hall is dark, but there is a candle flickering in the bathroom
- The perfect tree house
- The Saturday mornings that were just for us
- Naps in the shade
- Hammocks
- Portland
- Realizing potential and doing something with it
- The kitchen towels my grandma uses for aprons
- Dresses and tights
- Running on the counter tops
- Scratchy beards
- Sunlight hitting your eyes at the beach
- Sitting outside to eat
- Moving the living room outside
- Wrap around porches
- When nothing matches
- Clip art my mom used in my daily notes growing up
- The sound of a clicking keyboard
- When you know Deja Vu is real, the prediction doesn't matter anymore
- Drawing for the school calendar
- Spelling my name wrong
- Taking something apart to put it back together
- Mrs Powers freckles
- My sisters office supplies
- Painting the kitchen
- Dad's sandwiches
- Side braids
- Birdsong on the way to work
- Old writing journals
- Ladybugs on new flowers
- The piano under my fingers
- Orange soda
- Hugs
- Completing a good book
- Still having more to read
- Clean laundry
- Art
- Books on tape
- Singing stuff I made up myself
- Learning Japanese
- Falling asleep exhausted
- Watching my mom do tai chi
- Old movies
- Vanilla ice cream with Orange sherbet
- New people
- My beagle always sleeping nearby
- The backyard at Elizabeth St
- Imagining new worlds
- Creating new anything.
- Playing with Your food
- Making roads in your ice cream
- Putting Bungles on your fingers
- Playing in the dirt
- Making forts
- Making a tent of blankets, cushions and pillows (bonus if you nap under there)
- The first day you notice leaves on the trees
- Not getting smooshed in the front row at concerts
- Downhill, feet out, on your bike
- Filling the memory card on a camera
- Raspberries right off the bush
- Matchbooks from hilarious businesses (i.e Bad Boy Bail Bonds)
- Cold breeze, cozy bed
- Outdoor winedrunks
- Fresh socks
- The Sunday Detroit Free and Grand Rapids presses and hours to devour them
- Chilled water with lemon, lime or apple
- Sending postcards
- Hometown pride
- Playing jailbreak with all the kids in your neighborhood
- Feeling the heat of the sun on your body
- The earthy smell of ripe blackberries in summer
- Having a really good picture on your driver's license
- The feeling you get right after finishing a really good book
- The closedin feeling of driving down a country road in the dark
- Getting enhanced nightvision right after it snows
- Sliding down banisters
- The word "snazzy"
- Tipping a chair backwards and getting that perfect balance
- Walking along a trail in the woods and realizing you're the only one there
- Having whatever's in your head come out perfectly on paper
- Listening to a great surround sound system
- Painting your bedroom the perfect color
- An entire stack of the books that you love
- Figuring out all the shortcuts on your cell phone
- Customizing all the shortcuts on your cell phone
- The clean, abrupt smell of permanent marker
- Movies that leave you breathless
- People you can watch those movies with
- Dangly earrings
- Summer days, in February
- A perfectly sharpened pencil
- Old TV shows nobody remembers
- Knowing your cat's body language
- Watching a movie on YouTube over and over
- Old radio broadcasts from the '40s and '50s
- Having all your laundry clean at the same time
- An equalizer preset that does exactly what you were looking for
- Playing hideandgoseek with small children
- The sight of a herd of deer in a meadow
- Estate sales with huge collections of baubles
- The little wiggling thing cats do before they pounce
- A candle lit for the first time
- Getting personal letters
- Glass bottles of ink
- Small silver charms
- Real, old hardwood floors
- Floating on a lake in the bottom of a boat
- Ancient vinecovered concrete that reminds you of ruins
- Having a dragonfly land on your arm
- The smell of water lilies
- A completed sudoku board
- Old chandeliers
- Getting a perfect cadence to your words
- Doing something childish and not caring who disapproves
- The feeling you get after completing a really long essay
- The moment when you've got the inspiration, right before you create something amazing
- sway of the grass in the wind
- the feeling of a good book
- knight in shining armor
- forests full of mystery
- a good cloudy day
- a best friend
- laying in the grass while it rains
- splashing in puddles
- climbing trees
- racing bikes down the dirt road
- camping
- counting the stars
- corn fields
- creaks at night
- down comforters on a fall night
- fall, in general!
- crunch of leaves
- lazy rivers
- breeze that catches your hair just right childhood calling
- butterflies in your stomach
- adrenaline coursing through your veins
- feeling you've found something you've missed .
- A walk in the woods
- The climax of a book
- The sound of music; both already recorded music and when somebody gets on a piano or starts playing guitar, and then they start singing
- The feeling of the ocean over your head
- When everyone else is happy because of something you did
- Lying down and just thinking
- The first sixty seconds of flavor enjoyed of any brand of gum.
- The way light falls through blinds and onto a wall
- Warm breezes
- Outdoor naps
- Ambient sounds
- sunsets
- laughter
- praying mantises
- watching spiders make webs
- new flower buds, nearly ready to open
- layered music
- snow capped mountains in the summer
- inner peace
- random acts of kindness
- tribal drums
- the smell of playdoh
- wind chimes
- cat purr
- the harmony that nature displays when untouched by humans
- intelligence
- the feeling of melting ice on my lips
- watching the northern lights while lying bundled up in the snow during an Alaskan winter
- unexpected messages
- the slight itchiness that dried saltwater leaves on your skin
- the crumbly bits on top of chocolate brownies
- watching the rain arrive
- the first sun burn of the summer
- scabs coming off a new tattoo
- new yoga mats
- crooked smiles
- cats in winter
- holiday photographs
