Okay! 'trivial things that wind you up' is fun but here's a new idea in response! More little things . . . but this time, the good ones! I'm bored and depressed and tired and no one else seems to be on right now who I *normally* talk to so here we go . . . it's called 'Elizabeth in wacked-out mode' which is not only scary but not very safe either . . .

#1. Pepsi.

#2. Bass boosters!

#3. Visualizations for media players.

#4. *Stereo* sound!

#5. The smooth play and insantaneous response of modern video game consoles! (I sucked so bad at 2D-push-the-button-for-a-whole-second games . . . )

#6. When someone has a really funny one-liner type sig.

#7. Kitties twitching their whiskers.

#8. Weirding my mother and brother out ; )

#9. When you see a thumbnail of a wallpaper you like here, click on it, and discover from the comments that everyone else loved it, too!

#10. writing everything even proper nouns and 'i' in lowercase [sometimes]. it conveys such laid-backness . . .

#11. unstructured school schedules and regulations (college).

#12. Riding in the car or on the bus. It's wonderfully soothing and good for thinking or sleeping.

#13. Sitting in the bookstore for hours reading. It may just be me since I've been doing that for . . . like . . . seven or eight years . . . but it's absolutely *great*! [ also, since it annoys the employees to no end . . . ; P ]

59 - 85; 94 -- Elizabeth, you and me could be Great friends 0=D
59 :: So know what you're talking about... 'cept I ain worried 'bout losing weight, I'm at my 'ideal' weight, but I seriously don eat because A] Busy B] depressed C] stressed and so on. By the time I remember that I have food in front of me, I don have an apetite... it's as if I feed off aromas

#107 when I wake up in the morning, dreading every second of the ooze out of bed when I hear my kitten [well... she's a big big for a kitten now -- *sniff, sniff* w/e happened to my little baby?] churring at the door, rubbing against it, flopping down and sticking her paws under it and, all in all, either begging me to get up so she can see me, or begging me to get up and give her More food.

#108 when you pound your head for hours on end, trying to figure out 3 variable subsitution in Algebra and it Suddenly Dawns On You...
need I say anymore.

#109 checking to see if I really did eat the last square of chocolate,
and NO - I DIDN''T - Yahoo!

#59--sorry. but it's not easy either--feel really faint sometimes, esp. in the summer when the heat kills my appetite and i eat very little. faint & dizzy and disoriented. not too bad till you fall down so many times none of your pants have knees anymore and you're in constant fear of falling headfirst down a flight of stairs. even when there aren't any.

#106. hehe that happened with me and some people at school a yr or two ago. all realized we could lay back and feel as if we were falling backwards like our heads were going under and our toes were coming up. anyone know *why* that happens? now i wanna know . . .

#107. my cat knows the sound of the doorknob specifically to my bedroom. if i didn't let her in with me overnight she comes running the first twist of the knob even if i didn't think i'd made any noise . . . and she sounds sooooooooooo sad . . . i've had her since i was five you know, she was only a three-month-old stray with no one . . . now she's fourteen but i think she still thinks she's three months old.

#108. oooooooooooooohhhhhh. don't even SAY algebra. i've had that happen too much. i can do prealgebra, trigonometry, analytical and graphical geometry, calculus, whatever. but i really REALLY SUCK at algebra. *shudder shudder shudder* you're going to make me have to run away crying. you're right, Steph. we're too much alike.
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#110. having the tv blaring something cool and playing an awesome pc game and drinking pepsi at two in the morning. one of the best experiences in the universe.

#111. when you can say stuff to someone that makes no sense to anyone else but you barely have to say anything and they get it right off. hehehe. watch the weirded-out confusion creep over their faces . . .

#112. hyper stages. woooooooooooooow the world seems so cool and i can do anything !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#113
Sunsets: When ever, how ever, any day, as long as I'm there.

#114
Great company.

#115
When someone smiles as long as it's real.

#116
A good hand to hold.

#117
When my 10 year old Daughter say's, I love. you daddy.

#118
My Kids any day of the year.

#119 The cold side of the pillow

#120 Cumberland Sausages

#121 Vodka

#122 Gadgets

#123 The Ocean

#124 iPod's. The very rare occasion when Apple genuinely out maneouvered all of the competition and grabbed a virtual monopoly on a saturated market.

#125 Curled up by the fire on a stormy windy night when the lights all go out.

#126 Waking up expecting to see rain pouring outside, then you open the blinds and its glorious out there. (A rare treat here in rainy Washington...)

#127 My kitty

#128 Dancing so hard you are literally dripping sweat

#129 Shivering when you hear a really good song that speaks to you

#130 Making gunpowder with a stronger oxidizer than potassium

#131 Pouring Carbon Tetrachloride on my desk

#132 Fractional Distillation of Bleach (very explosive)

#133 My Cats

#134 Integrals and Differentiation of non-polynomial functions.

#135 Bio-Chemistry

#133 Cats have been unanimously agreed to be the best animals on the planet... I should count how many posts have been about their cats and sorts. =D

and yea... it's crazy how I can totally understand Everyone of your crazy posts, Elizabeth... ca-way-zay!
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#136 when you have to leave for just two days and you go to tell your girl/boy friend about it and after an hour or two of goodbyes, you both are crying like mad, not wanting the other to leave [Had that happen!] and you wake up the next morning in a strange bed, miles away from home, feeling loved

#137 when it takes you half an hour to figure out a joke and it finally comes to you and you just start laughing in the middle of a crowd

#138 when you get back from your trip and your girl / boy friend mixed a cd for you [I'mma major music freak -- as in I rarely listen to a lecture 'less I have music running through my head or it Is music] and it includes so many great songs that pretty much say ' I love you '

#139 when you're just so touched by something said or done that it's as if the world stops, your heart slows as all the emotion floods you and you could jus lie in that moment forever

#140 When you find the most annoying girl that you knew from camp four years ago [all on accident] and you wave bye as she leaves on her bus, knowing that you know her face and can start avoiding her at all costs again

by the way, my trip was Great!

#141 Disney songs that jus make you laugh jus like when you were younger

When I See an elephant Flllyyyyy!

#142 Waking up and realizing you still have a few hours of sleep to go.

#143 Picture a lake. Sunrise... the sun is a big ball of fire and every time you look at it, you notice it moved a little higher up on the horizon. You're sitting in a row boat, in the middle of the lake. The water around you is so still, you're afraid to breathe.. it might disturbe the amazing balance. The sun finally reaches the sky and is surrounded by clouds. You forget about it for a while, but when you look again you see a mass of big white clouds that let a few rays of sunlight shoot out onto the surface of water. You forget to breathe altogether (you also forget to take a stroke and it messes up your boat, but that's not the point). You try to concentrate on the uniform ripples that your oar forms with every stroke you take, but your eyes are averted by a mother goose making its way through the water, followed by an orderly line of baby geese. There is amazing beauty all around you and you start wishing that you could be part of it forever. ----- All that said in less words: Rowing at sunrise on a beautiful lake, on a beautiful day.

Oh! and #144 CHOCOLATE

#145 Mocha freezes yum yum

#146 Finding a 20-dollar bill under your bed

#147 Chocolate milk

#148 When you are having the crappiest day of your life and when you think it cant get any worse, someone tells you that you are beautiful

#149 Lefsa (Can you tell I am hungry right now?...)

#150. Coming home from spending the night at my friend's house and my kitty comes howling to greet me at the door and now is sitting on my lap doing her best to distract me from typing so I can pet her. She missed meee!!!!!!!!!!!!

#151. That sound of popping carbonation reverberating in an open partly-full pop can.

#152. The way my brother's cat lays out on the green-carpet cat tree looking JUST like a lion in the wild . . . how does that little thing seem so big?

#153. The way my mother's cat bunny-hops down the stairs. Both front legs, then both back legs . . .

#154. The way my cat lays out across the back of the computer chair because she wants my attention or across the back of the chair in the kitchen because she wants my food. In the latter case, the way she sits up behind my shoulder and leeaaans over to get a closer look at what I'm eating and her whiskers tickle my ear and I look over and see teensy little muscles on either side of her nose twitching as she sniffs the air . . .

#155. The way every cat in the house is convinced that she is the Boss.

#156. Staying up all night to watch movies.

#157. Staying up all night to read.

#158 the trivial things that wind you up discussion. its brings temporary satisfaction to my daily grind.

{#158. i totally agree! i don't think we should let it wind down. it does me a lot of good to share gripes with others. lets out tension.}

# 159 soft warm spring breezes

#160 when my cat hops onto the computer desk, knocking down about fifteen various boy-computer games that I shall never understand, jus to sit on the moniter and watch me type and try to catch the mouse pointer.

# 161 Hearing your favourite song on the radio

# 162 singing aloud to your favorite song on the radio and just being a general nutcase and not really caring!!

#163 Toast... Toast is like mana from the heavens...

#164 Acting like a retard in public because no1 will ever see you again.

#165 Hunting down those retards who thought no1 would ever see them again and slapping them for not apparent reason.

haha
#166 Playing guitar

#164 & 165 --- Soooo totally agree!

#167 Getting a good mark on a project that you put a lot of effort into :)

Rock on <(- -)^ «-- My way kool "rock on" smilie >=)

#167 - Being # 1261352646774 to visit a website

#168 - Getting a christmas present and pretend to like it... then you throw it away.

#169 - Watching your most annoying friend choke on cheap cafeteria pizza.

#170 - Listing trivial things that totally rock.

#171 Hugs

Uhh... hugs... hmm... theres this dude at my school... like if you ever even mentioned the word hug he would file harrasment on you... on the girls have alot of fun with it lol. (stoopid middle-schoolers) o.0

#172 - Going off-roading with your brothers

#173 - Putt-putt (ooohhh yeaahhh)

#174 - Keifer's phsyco stories that go with his pictures.

lol

Im hurting my head.. I cant think of any more things that rock... you guys put some more down... im gonna take a break o.0

#175 Sunny days

(160 i love when they try to catch the mouse pointer! those boy games a brother's or something? my brother plays strategy games like civilization and alpha centauri and i suck at them and shall never understand the interest in playing god of your own little world)

(161 &162!!!)

(164)

(165--never tried it but boy that sounds like fun{-----*lemmeeeeeeeeeeeee try!!!!!!!!!!!*-----})

(169 hahaha or watching your friend spill mocha all over their brand new cargoes and their senior-yr yearbook. actually this happened to me not my friend. that's what i get.)

#176. i've mentioned related things, but i love that first swig of ice-cold Pepsi right when you first pop open the can when you're really thirsty . . .

#177. being able to immerse myself in Star Wars because the episode three trailer rejuvinated my obsession. movies--videogames--books--music--blaaaaaaaaaaah i want it all!!!!!!!

#178 Early dismissal days!!!! (tomorrow hehe)

#179 Vending machines that give you back more change than it should :)

#180 attendance bonuses

(178 oh yeah though in college it's just cancelled classes)
(179)

#181 ignoring people

#182 laughing your head off at something extremely funny that the people around you don't get and you laugh all the harder at their confusion

#183 Friday afternoons when you go home and chill knowing that you still have two more days in which to worry about getting your work done

(#183. Oooooh yeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaah.)
#184. The way it sounds when you play some kind of classical or instrumental music along with some hard alternative stuff [on two diff. players or whatever]. If you can listen to the whole sound instead of just go between one and the other it's really cool.

#185 Opening presents during Christmas time and being surpised at what you got.
#186 watching people's faces when there reading there Christmas card or opening there presents.

#187 Donating money to a charity or shelter and knowing that you made a difference in someones life

(#186 Oh yeah!)

#188 Buying/making Christmas gifts for everyone

#189 Realizing once again that it is Christmas time, you have no money, you have to work late on Christmas Eve, and inspite of constant annoyances, you are still happy to spend time with your family on Christmas day.

#190 Three words "Peanuts Christmas Special"

# 191Christmas Eve... I love Christmas Eve

#192 Christmas trees

#193 Snowball fights

#194 Walking alone at night when it's snowing, and the street lights make the snow sparkle... and not just the snow that's already on the ground, even the snow that's falling looks like little diamonds... it's breath-taking, really.

#195 Holiday cards/e-cards

(#194 so very true and awesome at the same time. I love the weather when it gets like that. it is one of my most favorite times of the year.)

#196 waking up on a Christmas morning no matter how old you are and getting to find lil stuff in your stocking that is pretty cool.

hehe love all the Christmas ones!!!

#197 gorging on candy!

#198 getting a bunch of computer hogs out of the house

#199 getting something you've been looking forward to getting for MONTHS and holding it in your hands and sticking out your tongue at anyone who dares to make fun of your enthusiasm (ooooooooooooooh yeah)

#200 The sight of others going absolutely nuts over something that they've waited for, for months.

#201 The people who still carry a little bit of Christmas spirit even against those that want to strip any sort of religion from a religious base holiday.

#202 Christmas Carolers

#203 Waking up at 6:00 in the morning to go with your best friends to go Christmas caroling

#204 Realizing that there’s only 356 days until you get to do it all again.

#205 Watching the cats go nuts over a catnip doll that’s been sitting under the tree for a week.

#206 Having no regret over the last year

#207 Looking at the New Years resolution from last year and laughing hysterically about why you broke all of them.

#208 Watching one of those kindergarten Christmas plays.

#209 Waking up at the crack of noon the day after New Years.

#210 The office Christmas party that everybody had planned for weeks.

#211 The ensuing pranks at the office Christmas party.

#212 Watching somebody’s 4 year old kid singing "Heilige Nacht" (Holy Night) at the office party.

#213 All of the Atheists and Agnostics at the party that didn't care that the kid was singing a religious song.

#214 All of those holiday specials that run for weeks after the actual event itself on the TV.

#215 Going to my grandparents house on Christmas simply to see them.

#216 Going to visit my great-grandma and getting her lefse recipe.

#217 Baking so many Norwegian deserts that I almost collapsed.

#218 Basking in the only holiday that my parents and I don't fight.

#219 Eating all of the Norwegian deserts that my grandparents and I had made.

#220 Going to Lopez Island to visit my great-parents and their dog named dog.

Well I had a great holiday, so I can only wish that you all had a good one too.

#221 - Warm Cotton Socks

#222 - Cold Nightime Air

#223 - A Good Telephoto Lens

#224 - Partialy Open Window Shades

#225 - A Glass of Wine and a Camcorder....

wait.. this is going in the wrong direction.....

#226 Playing video games with friends

#227 Doing a guitar/clarinet duet (sounds really cool)

#228 Open Mic Nights

#229 Having friends on this site that are extremely awesome>>>>>>>>>>>>

#230 People who still do something for nothing. Like when a person fixes something for you while you are sweating how much it will cost you and then they tell you dont worry about it.
#231 sour candy like Jolly Ranchers especially in blue rasberry flavor or wild watermelon. It does it for me!!

#232 Marching Band!!!!!
#233 Family Guy
#234 Futurama
#235 Coca-Cola (yes, it's better than pepsi)
#236 staying up untill 1:00 AM before your math final (like right now ;-) )
#237 Playing the trumpet/guitar/piano

#229 Rowing :)

#230 food
#231 snow days

#232 The cleaning power of tears that rinses out all sadness and depression.(=D)

(#232 That's true....)

#233 Silly, time-wasting wordgames on message boards.

#234 Summer Days
#235 BREEZES on summer days
#236 Summer nights
#237 Flat screens
#238 Digital cameras
#239 Good books
#240 Music stores

#241 Holidays - can't get enough of'em

#242 Herdez brand Salsa

#243 summer
#244 movie marathons
#245 camping in your backyard
#246 talking to an old friend
#247 sailing on a clear day
#248 watching my cat try to jump up onto anything (TV, bed, counter, dresser) and then fall off while she is half way there, then look around to see if anyone else saw and act like nothing happened. what an ego.

#249 Cold water on a hot day
#250 Ice cream
#251 Fooseball!!!

B Movies, Guiness Beer, the NFL, flip flops, SPAM (the food not the e-mail kind), #248 (My cat is such a Klutz), remote controllers, TiVo, Air Conditioning, my Select Comfort bed (my number is 80), Tang/KoolAid, Pepperoni pizza, Nascar, toilet paper, classic rock ROCKS, Slerpees...I could go on and on!!!!!!

#252 GREEN

#253 CheeseMuffins and moose :D

#254 The number 413 ;]

#255 I'll see your Spam and raise you a Spam fritter (big slice of Spam battered and deep fried)

Phil...now that sounds YUMMY!!!!!! Have a recipe you can send me?

I fed Spam to my cat. Do you actually like it or isn't it mere survival food? Is a Spam fritter like a Hush Puppy?

I wouldnt go as far as to saying I liked it but its ok as a guilt ridden very un pc treat now and then, if a hush puppy is an artery hardening, heart stopping lard fest then yes, its exactly like that :-)

Spam as a company aren't without a sense of irony in their marketing - you just have to look at their websites around the world to see that. we recently had a Spam TV campaign showing a husband cooking a fried spam salad for his wife for their wedding anniversary which in the real world would probably be grounds for divorce.

# 256. C index of 95 on an image, if i could.

SPAM is not some mere survival food. SPAM is a gift from the gods!!! For those of us from Hawaii, SPAM is a way of life, our most treasured food...more than pineapple, sugarcane, or coffee. SPAM rocks!!! We eat SPAM with everything. Did you know that more SPAM is sold in Hawaii, than any place else in the world? Your cat is one lucky kitty to have been able to feast on SPAM.
Can you tell I love the stuff?

ummmm....ok. #257 - Old dogs
#258 - Children
#259 - Watermelon wine

San Francisco fog and cable car rides
Hawaii beaches, Ohana, and yes SPAM
New Orleans Happy Hour and Cafe Du Monde

A week end with my youngest daughter in the mountains for the frist time watching shooting stars wih lots of hugs. Bliss.

Girls day with my 5 year old daughter!
My son telling me "I love you mommy, you're the best, and so pretty" for no reason at all...just because
the twins playing t-ball

#260 Doggies who look at you with those brown doggy eyes which say, "Don't judge me, love me!"

#261 Getting soaked in a summer rain.
#262 Crying at movies
#263 The smell of fresh baked bread
#264 Bad puns
#265 Really making someone's day
#266 A good book and comfortable chair

#267 Pimm's. We don't have it in the USA and it is a tragedy.

(You don't have Pimm's in the colonies?)

#268 Megalomania

#269 A completed Song
#270 Wake up and still know who you are
#271 Go to sleep and still know who you are

#272.. when your teenage son gives you a hug for no reason

That is so sweet!!! It lets you know that something you have done is right!!

yeah that or they are sweeting you up because they want something ... LOL... but this time it was for no reason.. =)

When someone could take a less conservative viewpoint and say...Yeah ,You are right, i was wrong!

Having a friend that pushes you because they care....

Sunshine

Having alot of work to do and getting it all finished early.

Saying please and thank you.
Holding a door open for somebody.
Being a shoulder to cry on.
Having best friends I can count on more than 1 hand.
Laughing.
The feeling you get after a good yawn or stretch.
May sound a bit soft but having a good cry.
Making someone cry (not in a mean way)........?!

Not paying attention and passing the test-hasn't happened yet :(

lol, would that not be the best thing ever.

When someone does something for someone out of the kindness in their heart without pay or having nothing to gain or lose by the outcome of their actions.

Making friends on the world wide web.

Ahhh Nikoli....let's all go for a group hug....Ummmmmmmm!!!!

LOL. Nice touch.

#230. Rampant Egomania

#231. I doubt if this is still in existence, however ... once upon a time, if you were to buy cigarettes in Ireland from a vending machine ... you put in a rounded amount of coinage and the change came back, cello-wrapped with your butts.

I thought I had won something, lol.

#232. Fortune cookies.

#233...the dictionary!

no word from u les...unless its funny :)

Lol Andrew, thats ur best friend, I'm sure :)

#234-Meeting Andrew. :)

#235...Meeting Maria :)

Aw, ur so sweet. :)

#236-Instant Messaging. (I would die w/o it ;) )

#237. Being able to read Andrew and Maria's posts ... really nice.

Really? Ya think so Les? ;-)


#238-Caedes.net

Another excellent point.

#239. Having a puppy come to you ... to you and lick your hand.

#240. Waking up at 4:30 on Christmas morning, and everyone is still asleep ... plenty of time to 'shake' and test a few things for weight and such, if you know what I mean ;) .

#241. The Church of Scientology being able to spontaneously cure male infertility. Nice work Monsieur Cruise.

#242-Thanksgiving:family, friends, and good food, what more could I ask for?