100 Things.

This was inspired by my friend, Colene, who made a list like this not too long ago. I’ve kept a little text document open in the background while I work away the semester, with all the numbers in place, and I’ve been adding to it along and along til I hit the end. It’d be ridiculous to think this list is exhaustive, of course, but at least it’s a snapshot of my brain at the moment. Hopefully, I’ve been training the back of my brain to be on the look-out for things I love more often than not.

Maybe I’ll just keep a numberless list open in the background all the time, just so.

100 Things In The World I Love:

1. balsamic vinegar.
2. ethiopian food.
3. kerning. (what, it’s relaxing. it requires focus.)
4. those edible tulip-teacups in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (the Gene Wilder one).
5. science diagrams with lots of hairline indicator lines and wee type.
6. teal and chocolate brown, together.
7. printing on kraft paper.
8. a notebook that fits in my pocket.
9. scrambled eggs with cheese, from Waffle House.
10. the perfect bag.
11. pop-up books.
12. macaroni and cheese.
13. watching episodes of Lost in Space on Sunday mornings while I make breakfast, just like it was when I was a kid.
14. Reason.
15. anything made out of amazing paper.
16. notes from old typewriters.
17. perfect binding.
18. jade plants, and other succulents.
19. real fires in a fireplace. not gas logs.
20. curry and masala chai.
21. the colors in Weird Fish (restaurant on Mission Street, SF).
22. windows open, with a breeze.
23. doggie ears.
24. label makers.
25. breakfast for dinner.
26. the smell of the inside of an acoustic guitar case. (wood and glue).
27. Atomic espresso machines.
28. really tiny uppercase type, tracked way, way out.
29. the BUY IT NOW button on Amazon.com.
30. cheese with table water crackers as a snack.
31. McSweeney’s issues Nos. 17 & 19.
32. Big Bend National Park, Texas.
33. wooden cabinets with altogether too many doors and drawers.
34. Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes. Accept no substitute.
35. sleeping, all tangled up together.
36. the existence of mellotrons.
37. Jenson’s full stops.
38. Futura.
39. Trade Gothic Bold Extended.
40. a shot of Gran Marinier, with a couple of chocolate truffles alongside it.
41. stereoviews.
42. the scientific method.
43. The Flaming Lips.
44. the same seat at the same table in the same cafe.
45. normal-sized things of which teeny versions have been made.
46. fake bacon.
47. rubbing my hand across a rosemary bush as an ephemeral gift to myself.
48. screen printing.
49. boiled peanuts.
50. wandering in an art store, aimless, just to get craft ideas.
51. acquiring “Hi, Jason… The usual?” at a cafe.
52. photography/illustration + typography = graphic design.
53. nesting under a comforter when it’s cold out.
54. autofocus.
55. harmonies like the kind the Beach Boys made.
56. Clue, the movie.
57. labcoats.
58. popcorn, made in a pot on the stove, with rosemary salt.
59. The Homeward Bounders, by Diana Wynne Jones.
60. confidence.
61. Paul Rand.
62. the sound of children playing kickball, a block away.
63. Edward Gorey’s cross-hatching.
64. really thick felt.
65. the word ______.
66. taking whatever time i can to just walk around and take photos. no plan.
67. making out.
68. roasting coffee beans at home.
69. San Francisco’s cable cars, and hanging off the side.
70. holding hands while wearing winter gloves.
71. Joseph Cornell’s Untitled (Tilly Losch) c. 1935, among tons of other Cornell stuff.
72. tuning my guitar like this: CACGDCE.
73. legs, butts.
74. writing in all uppercase, but typing in all lowercase.
75. rummy.
76. MST3K.
77. Chris Ware’s color palette.
78. book after book on shelf after shelf.
79. my Holga.
80. Chicago.
81. cayenne pepper.
82. this photo (that little speck is Earth, from Saturn, taken by Voyager 1).
83. White Russians.
84. scarves that are longer than necessary.
85. Han shooting Greedo first.
86. pining.
87. raw snap peas.
88. noise-canceling headphones.
89. LOST.
90. making certain words uppercase in order to imbue Particular Importance.
91. wooden cigar boxes.
92. fashionable, kick-ass boots on girls.
93. macro lens photography.
94. vintage metal fans.
95. Carl Sagan.
96. a Lebanese wine I had at The Hidden Vine, just down the street.
97. steampunk R2D2 & C3PO
98. my favorite thrift-store coffee mug with butterflies on the side.
99. making up lyrics to songs that already have some.
100. old glass bottles with labels, all in a row.

(Also, if you just have to know more, you can always go see this thing I made, supersize the image then read a little bit about me there.)