A Comprehensive List of Things That Make My Day

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*Ahem* Let's begin....

• Cotton candy
• Regular candy
• Mystery Science Theater 3000
• Finding money in a coat pocket/parking lot/floating '?' box/etc.
• Snow days
• Christmas music
• The following aromatic delights: freshly cut grass, gasoline, Sharpies, vanilla, pine trees, rain, new car (yes, I know it's just glue), chocolate chip cookies, burning leaves, charcoal cookouts, bakeries, rubber cement
• Flippin' LEGOs
• Pulp-free orange juice
• Pizza - anytime, anywhere (yes, even while dangling over a pool of boiling hot lava-sharks)
• Discovering a great new video game/TV show/movie/ musician
• Sharing new discoveries with others, forcefully if necessary
• Putting on clothes fresh from the dryer
• Adorable animals doing adorable things
• Picking up the next issue in a comic/manga series
• Singing along with favorite songs
• Giving people presents (especially without occasion)
  
• The first day of summer vacation
• A good ol' fashioned chocolate malt
• Family traditions
• The moment a great story idea pops in your head
• Spending the day with friends
• Crawling into bed at the end of an exhausting day/week
• Midnight showings of anticipated movies
• Pay day
• 3D sidewalk chalk art
• The feeling of God at work in my life
• Sitting around a campfire
• S'mores and hot cocoa on a cold winter's night
• Jonah Hill (I don't know what it is about that kid - always cracks me up)
• Being able to help people when they need it
• Giant explosions
• Epic martial arts battles
• Fresh, grilled pineapple (*droooool*)
• Getting packages in the mail
• Afros
• Laughing so hard it hurts
• Jazz in the park on a warm summer's eve
  
• "Coming soon from Disney Studios and Pixar Animation..." (speaking of which)
• Running into an old friend you haven't seen in ages
• 'Coonskin caps
• Finding love in unexpected ways
• Getting dressed up all fancy-like
• Acing something you were convinced you failed
• Flipbooks
• Mother. Loving. BACON. Mmmhmmmm.
• A clear night sky filled with stars
• Sketching something that doesn't suck
• Making up tunes on the piano
• Sunday drives on country roads with the windows down and the music blaring
• Useless trivia
• Sleeping in
• Reading that last line of a great story
• Writing that last line of a great story
• Physical comedy (nothing like a good faceplant)
• Refreshing showers after long, hot days
• Listening to a song that speaks to where you are in life
• Getting a good haircut
• Having someone recognize and appreciate your hard work
• Finally solving a difficult puzzle
• Starting a trend
• Rubber bands
• Flying
• Getting a compliment
• Finding new things that you're good at
• A round of golf with good friends on a quiet, warm evening
• Poignant sayings
• Seeing justice served
• Waterbeds (not sleeping on them, mind you - they're just fun to slosh around on)
• Fun words, like "cantankerous", "foible", "avuncular", or "hornswoggled" (or "Fransisco" for you Elf  fans out there)
• The American West
• Surviving a hardship to see the betterment beyond
• Thanksgiving at Grandma's
• The 3 JB's - Jack Bauer, James Bond, and Jason Bourne (Justin Bieber can burn for his treason)
• A rush of adrenaline
• Squishing wet sand between your toes
• Shooting off fireworks and model rockets
• John Williams and his awesomeness
• Virtually anything and everything filmed with a high-speed camera (Discovery Channel's Time Warp is my crack)
• Watching lightning bugs on a cool summer night
• A good exchange of witty humor
• Netflix Instant Queue
• Warm, comfy slippers
• Falling asleep to thunderstorms
• Dogs
• Dennis Haysbert's voice
• Cool magic tricks or illusions
• The Medieval era
• Bowling (despite the fact that I suck at it)
• Having an awesome older sister
• Tax rebates
• Road trips
• Top hats and monocles
• The general absence of whales from my daily existence

And if I ever get bored, you may be treated to my "Comprehensive List of Things That Deserve Lists". Let's hope it doesn't come to that. In the meantime, what are some of your favorite things? What can you always rely on to bring a smile to your face, a spring to your step, and a warm, fuzzy feeling to your heart?