Things I love

A list of things I love.

I love a lot of things. Here’s a list of some of them:

• The revealing of a secret room, area, or section of a place you’re at that you didn’t know was there

• Pizza

• A joke that’s just okay and then someone commenting immediately afterward on why that joke was just okay

• A massage where you get a real sense that someone is an expert at it, they’re feeling the exact area that’s tense, and they’re asking you questions like, “Do you sit a lot for work?”

• Tandem kayaking

• Standing up on a paddle board

• Lady Gaga’s absolute laser-focused dedication to the art of music and performance

• Paying for a world-class meal and then seeing how they execute—what do they specifically think makes it worth an objectively overpriced experience

• The sense of urgency

• That moment of realization when I understand how a specific thing I’m claiming to hate or not want is actually, unconsciously, the exact thing I love or want desperately

• Mechanical keyboards

• Buttons in general that have a good press feel

• Talking in front of a group of people

• Explaining something to someone

• The feeling you get in the moment after you shared something with someone that they enjoyed—YES, nailed it, I knew they’d like this

• Monologuing

• Scenes in movies where someone is about to give a prepared speech and they rip up the paper and then give an off-the-cuff speech that’s even better

• Pressing a button that makes a beep sound

• Wraps

• Tacos

• Remembering a key insight you had a while back and thinking “oh, right, it’s that thing again,” almost as though you first recognized that it was a powerful insight but you continue to realize how you haven’t fully applied it into your life yet

• Tasting an espresso that’s better than average, such that you go “oh, this is good”

• Drinking an espresso at 2pm and then immediately taking a 20-minute power nap

• Doing a workout that’s in the sweet spot of tough but something you can come back to the next day

• Having dinner with friends

• Listening to two other people talk and make each other laugh, and I’m just there thinking to myself, “fuck this is the point of life”

• Someone making a face that says, “you fucking kidding me?”

• An unknown actor coming out of nowhere and being incredible

• Watching an actor I love do a movie that’s critically and commercially successful

• Watching live comedy

• Picking an outfit out for a concert

• Going to said concert

• Dimmable lighting

• Warm lighting

• Candles that smell like you’re in the woods

• Hearty matches

• Hearty Q-tips

• Listening to music slightly too loud, especially in the shower and car

• Watching someone who isn’t good at karaoke do karaoke and, in real-time, watch them let lose, have fun, and overcome their fear of being in front of people

• Having stuff be more powerful than I need it to be, like, I want my sound system to be able to go louder than I need—if I put it on max volume and it’s loud enough, then it’s not loud enough

• Sending voice memos

• Small end/side tables that hold a drink or two only

• A crowded room where you can still hear yourself and hold a conversation

• Dancing

• Finding the right sound effect

• Looking up things to do in a new place I’m visiting

• Putting things in my calendar

I guess that’s it for now.