Mercury is in retrograde. I don't know about the rest of you, but I pretty much feel like I've been PMSing for the entire month of February. We're stuck in retrograde until the 28th. I lightweight believe in this shit, but for the most part I just want to put blame on outside factors beyond my control.
To counteract this bullshit, I decided to list 100 things that make me happy, cause I like to stay positive around here, in no particular order:
- Minimal client feedback
- Baseball season
- Memorial day
- White sangria
- Red sangria
- Finding an amazing mix tape
- Meek Mill
- Hearing "Bandz a Make Her Dance" on a dance floor
- Visting home
- Random realizations that I live in NY, you'd be surprised how often I have to remind myself of my reality. I constantly forget.
- Breakfast for dinner
- Reeses cups
- Tulips
- Smokey ass scotch
- Biscuits & gravy
- Shiba inus
- Bob's Burgers
- Catching "Crazy, Stupid, Love" on TV, even though I have the DVD
- When the 1 train and 2 train sync up perfectly to transfer
- An empty commute
- Lou Seal
- Reminiscing on Vegas trips
- The Buzz Lightyear ride at Disneyland
- The ToyStory ride at California Disney
- When people in CA tell me to move back home
- When people in NYC tell me to not to leave
- Dresses & sandals
- Bonfires
- Smores
- Grasshopper Pie ice cream from Mitchells in SF
- A LEGIT burrito
- Drake lyrics/references
- Giants games, live
- Lazy Sundays
- EARLY 49er games (on East Coast time)
- PROPER rye old fashioneds (orange peel, single sugar cube, no cherry, chilled with only one large ice cube)
- Kicking it on the seawall of Ocean Beach
- The annual homie Monterey trip
- Capturing a photo lit by natural light
- GOLDEN HOUR
- Sunsets past 9pm
- Blueberry muffins
- Chicken & waffles
- Men with a signature scent
- Telling you "that's what she said."
- When you understand the reference: "It works all of the time, 60% of the time."
- Johah Hill + Michael Cera
- Judd Apatow—anything
- Wes Anderson—everything
- The Pacific Ocean
- SF, CA
- My bed
- Living in flannel + leggings + boots
- Finding random money in my other bags and jacket pockets
- Watermelon agua fresca
- Cantaloupe agua fresca
- Compliments
- Free food
- Making you laugh
- Visitors
- When I actually know what to write
- Freshly done nails (mine are always real btw, I get that question pretty frequently)
- Magnolia Bakery's banana pudding
- Travel Plans
- Noise-canceling headphones
- An empty Trader Joes
- New episodes on Hulu
- Inside jokes
- Face timing
- A fully-charged phone battery for when its time to leave the house
- Japanese pens from Kinokuniya
- Various shades of bright pink lipstick
- When my pants feel slightly lose
- Going to Tahitian (dance), even though I want to skip all the time
- Any form of sustenance after drinking
- Completing work pre-deadline
- Antique flea markets
- Watching sports on my parents bed while they're chillin' in the same room
- How men dress in the fall/60 degree weather
- Baseball analogies
- Nutella
- Catching my roomies at dinner time
- "Falling in love" with random strangers on the street/subway/bar and having the urge to post a Craigslist "missed connection"
- When I wake up and I automatically know what to wear
- When ALL my laundry is clean and put away (I sleep on both of these chores)
- When I feel as though a DJ is playing shit straight from my personal playlist
- When my bangs are on-point
- Clever OKC messages (from men I would actually respond to)
- Finding clothes in the men's section that actually fit me
- Being mistaken 5-8 years younger than I am, based on my looks
- Amazing spontaneous days/nights
- Yama Moto Genmai-cha Green Tea
- Conversations with kids
- 1-2 hour phone calls with my favorites back home
- Beaches
- Getting lost in day dreams
- Stories About Prince
- When you understand my captions on IG without explanation
- The idea that one day I will wake up and know its time to move back home (DING x3, I bet a few of you look forward to this too). Until then—NY is exactly what I need.
- The idea of you