a short list of things that make me happy. not a summary, merely an immediate thought:

-the video for nin "hurt"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=iFx2TmQfM-o

-johnny knoxville's laugh

-a horse's nose and mouth in the palm of my hand

-cocacola to drink with sushi

-inappropriate and shiny lipgloss

-the first portishead album

-the second portishead album

-boxer shorts with pictures of animals on them

-bam smacking raab himself in the head during the cky2k opener


-falling asleep to an episode of south park

-having the weekly early friday morning teleconference meeting with the uk cancelled

-fantasizing about sitting on a patio with michael k...fully realizing the man wouldn't step over me to touch salma hayek's chi chis... and he does love chi chis a lot...er, for a gay man at least

-incense from the flea market in grand bend that i get once a year

-saddle shoes...although i've never owned a pair

-creepy voodoo-oriented candles from dollar stores

-my copies of bukowski and how they look busted-ass and tattered

-coloured sharpie markers

-french toast NO SYRUP

-no-nonsense trips to the st. jacobs farmers market

-patting a dog on the top of the head

-the stalwart and completely unfounded belief that my iPod isn't dying...