These are a few of my favorite things--

[Sven]

Inspired by a Raiders post in Random Thoughts, thought I, too, would create such a top ten.

1 vivid dreaming
2 pesto
3 hating on hateful ideologies
4 walking through nostalgia-stoking odorous wafts
5 coffee
6 engaging with a new work by favorite writer/filmmaker/singer/etc
7 feeling smart (too rare!)
8 using the bathroom after really needing to go
9 napping in a square of sunlight
10 the blues

Post your own ten, or one, and pictures!

[Watashi]

Raiders owes me royalties.

http://match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=69
http://match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=2513

[bac0n]

1. The smell of sauteing onions
2. The smell of boiling wort (the liquid to which you add yeast so it can become beer) just after you add in the hops.
3. Christmas Eve
4. That first day of spring where you get to open your windows and let the fresh outside air push out the stale inside air. (looks like tomorrow!)
5. Godzilla films
6. Saturday Morning, Cooking Breakfast, playing some Thelonious Monk
7. Friday Night Pizza Party (a family tradition dating back to my youth)
8. Browsing in Record Shops (a rare treat these days)
9. Sunset at a brewpub with a nice outdoor patio
10. Grilling in the backyard on a warm saturday evening with a beer in my hand

[Raiders]

Raiders owes me royalties.

Psh, I created no thread.

Re-posted here:

1. Nutella
2. Lazy Saturdays
3. Cup of Seattle's Best Level 3 in the morning
4. Looney Tunes
5. 8am tee times
6. Baklava
7. Lounging on a covered balcony during a summer rain storm
8. The AFI Silver's director retrospectives
9. Medium rare filet
10. The elated moment right after viewing a masterful film or play

[D_Davis]

1. Listening back to a song I wrote/recorded and really loving it
2. Starting a great book
3. Summer storms
4. Discovering a great album
5. Calling in sick to play video games
6. Long road trips
7. Christmas
8. Good beer with good friends
9. A nice long dinner
10. Taking two showers in one day

[Dukefrukem]

reposting

1. Patriots Day/Fenway Park/Marathon Monday
2. Vernors
3. Fires on the beach at night
4. The Guitar Solo in “Sweet Child O' Mine”
5. Breakfast after a hangover
6. Running the Charles River
7. Leftover Thanksgiving Turkey
8. Falling asleep with Adult Swim on
9. Bottomless Chips and Salsa
10. Zombie things

[Ivan Drago]

I'll be thinking of this on my drive tomorrow and come back with something.

[Benny Profane]

1. Observing/playing with my son
2. Sex
3. Drinks with friends
4. Philles playoffs
5. Phish shows
6. Sleep
7. Exercise high
8. Making someone genuinely laugh
9. The moment you realize what you are reading/watching/doing is going to be awesome.
10. Making a big sale

[Raiders]

2. Sex
...
4. Philles playoffs

I think you need to be honest with yourself...

[Benny Profane]

I think you need to be honest with yourself...

Busted.

[Watashi]

Mine will be all food related

1. Juicy Lucy (my Minnesota friends can vouch for me)
2. A tri-tip sandwich
3. Lobster Bisque
4. Chicken and Waffles
5. Alcoholic Milkshakes
6. Reese's Peanut Butter (of any variety)
7. Girl Scout Cookies
8. General Tso's Chicken
9. Funnel Cake
10. Biscuits and Gravy

[Dukefrukem]

Mmmmmmm General Tso's

[Kiusagi]

1. Spicy food
2. Karaoke
3. Prime rib
4. Progressive rock
5. The Oakland Raiders
6. Kristen Bell
7. The feeling of suspense during a movie
8. The lesbian scene from Mulholland Drive
9. 16-bit video games
10. Seeing people get what they deserve

[Kurosawa Fan]

1. The sound of my kids laughing together
2. Parking my car in unison with a great song coming to its close
3. Highlighting a beautiful passage in a book
4. A strong, cool breeze on a warm summer day
5. The anticipation of diving into a really cold lake/pool
6. Driving in a city at night
7. Being the only person in a movie theater
8. Flipping over to TCM on a whim just as one of my favorite films is starting
9. Finishing a paper for school
10. The smell of gas while I'm filling my car

[Dukefrukem]

I also really enjoy Being the only person in a movie theater.

[Lucky]

5. The anticipation of diving into a really cold lake/pool

This would be more likely to make my least favorite things list.

[Kurosawa Fan]

This would be more likely to make my least favorite things list.

On the surface, it seems unenjoyable, but I'm always smiling and/or giggling and trying to work up my nerve. And it always leads to laughing/screaming afterward. I have some great memories of bitter cold swimming at Lake Superior that my family still talks about on occasions. I love it.

[MadMan]

1. Being with friends
2. Watching movies
3. Listening to music
4. Enjoying a good beer
5. Having a really delicious meal
6. Playing golf-I really need to get back to doing that
7. Going on a nice, leisurely walk
8. Playing with my dog, Molly, who's adorable
9. Wandering through a store late at night
10. A good library

[Fezzik]

Here are mine. Off the top of my head, so some, while accurate, aren't really "concrete."

1. My dog's "play with me" eyes.
2. Filet marinated in di Amore Raspberry.
3. Buzzer beaters
4. Being in a metal-roofed building during a rain.
5. Early morning soccer.
6. The smell of sauteeing shallots and mushrooms together.
7. When a movie exceeds lofty expectations.
8. Rolling a natural 20.
9. The synergy of cast-mates.
10. Solving a difficult science/math equation.

[Fezzik]

6. Driving in a city at night
10. The smell of gas while I'm filling my car

Absolutely YES to both of these, especially the driving one.

[Lucky]

[*]Rolling a natural 20.

At the risk of sounding incredibly naive and innocent, is this a drug/tobacco reference? Never heard of this before.

[Fezzik]

At the risk of sounding incredibly naive and innocent, is this a drug/tobacco reference? Never heard of this before.

It's a RPG reference. I freelance as a tabletop RPG writer (or used to..not anymore). Rolling a natural 20 in Dungeons and Dragons means an automatic hit (or an automatic save), with the possibility of a critical hit for more damage. Only a 5% chance it happens on each roll, so it feels good when it does occur

I admit though, without context, it really does sound like a drug euphemism. That's pretty hilarious.

ritch:

[Lucky]

Ahh yes, a 20 sided die. I think the "natural" threw me off, I might have figured that one out. I assumed you were either rolling your own special cigarettes or Natural 20 was some kind of ecstasy derivative.

[megladon8]

10. The smell of gas while I'm filling my car

I'm really happy that I'm not the only one who loves this.

[D_Davis]

It's a RPG reference. I freelance as a tabletop RPG writer (or used to..not anymore). Rolling a natural 20 in Dungeons and Dragons means an automatic hit (or an automatic save), with the possibility of a critical hit for more damage. Only a 5% chance it happens on each roll, so it feels good when it does occur

I admit though, without context, it really does sound like a drug euphemism. That's pretty hilarious.

ritch:

11. Flawlessly calculating THACO