hanging at the zoo

rain

gorillas

anticipation

rock band

rent

dave barry

church at christmastime

three in a twin bed

eggnog

french people

surprise visitors

old-fashioned sleds with runners

louisa (!)

being tagged in facebook notes

holiday songs

not being in middle school anymore

one piece of cake left in the fridge

winter break

low battery phone signals

audrey hepburn

being sent thirty music files at a time full of ben folds and vivaldi and rachmaninoff and dar williams

a certain rachel who makes me feel like a good person (and is MIA from here?)

peas

stomping to get the snow off my boots

back massages

advent hymns

a certain louisa's new profile pic on facebook (not that i was stalking. it came up on my feed)

revealing personal things

nicknames

unwrapping babybel cheese

long phone talks

hugs from second graders

making "that's what she said" jokes

cheesecake

holding hands

gmail themes

family

chelsea morning

chinese food without the vegetables

teenage poetry

pretty scarves

z. randall stroope

being able to make someone happier

sharing books with my mother

two am phone calls

jigsaw puzzles

chocolate pie

"songs that remind me of rachel maskin" cds

stuffing and cranberry sauce

cousins

radio shows

talking to people you haven't seen in ages

tetris

drinking chicken noodle soup from a cup

group chats

shiny hair

gaybooks

mamma mia

cleaning hard and then having a clean room

handmade caramels

fresh bars of soap

long walks in the snow

rereading books for the twentieth time

window seats warmed by the sun

texting someone while sitting right next to them for twenty minutes at a time

letters covered with doodles with silly captions

being in a room full of people who are just as excited about a piano pianissimo as you are

picardy thirds

realizing that you can see the wind turbine from almost every classroom, and that it looks different at every angle

halter tops

taking a hot shower to unfreeze your nose

babies

converse

entering a warm building after being outside for an entire class period

having people tell you they like you

sweet potato fries

youtube videos made by friends

being a top listener on last.fm

laying in a twin bed with someone else

watching tv with the same group every week

steamed milk

finding five dollars crumpled in the bottom of your bookbag

old photos

burt's bees

new music

toothpaste microphones

getting ready for concerts

smoothies

new music

being productive

root beer floats

perfect scores on the jumble

freshly washed laundry

smooth legs

i love yous

movement improvisations

old english folk tunes

half days

puddles

watching people dance to the music on their headphones

reggae

uncharacteristic displays of sentimentality

milkshakes with thick straws

vlogs from my favorite people ever

writing secret happy messages in the snow for people who pass by

snow angels with ice cream after

crossing items off lists

gchat

tech crew and meeting new people and just getting out of the shower

giggly conversations about love

supportive facebook messages

compliments from the mailman

cereal samples in newspaper wrappers

perfume samples in magazines

piles of leaves

herbal essences

sitting on top of a heater

warm sweatshirts

puddles that have frozen over like mini ice skating ponds

sourdough bread bowls