one hundred best things in the universe
and excellent old idea from my friend jeremy p bushnell. to write your top one hundred best things in
the universe. and looking at other peoples top one hundred. and your own top one hundred a few
years later as your write up another top one hundred....
new orleans... understanding... the secrets of life... going to the bathroom after a long trip... a
homecooked meal... talking to someone for hours in deep conversation... intensity... making
someone happy... mahogoni... playing with fire... candles and wax... smelling the flowers... pushing
technology forward... changing oneself... fires in the woods... multitasking... ultra-fast computers...
freedom... being... talking to a stranger... second chances... belonging somewhere... showers...
holding her hand... cities... women in stockings... sitting at home with people you love... differences
between people... that feeling you get all over your body... comfortable silences... books...
masturbating to someone you truly love... exploring... discovering new worlds... the night... rainy
days... running in a field under the sun... walking through forests... raves on mountaintops...
travelling... getting a hitch after being stuck somewhere for five hours... kindness... reading what we
wrote long ago... yoga... doing things by oneself... succeeding.. failing (and learning)... sleeping on
someones couch... subcultures... not worrying where youll sleep that night... pain turning into
pleasure... the dark side of life... candles in the dark... anais nin... dancing in the rain... a letter from
a friend... not knowing... giving an orgasm... mardi gras... fog... sex with someone you love... candy-
flipping... the internet... sitting on the mississippi river... hanging on the streets with no place to be...
long full sensual backrubs... drumming... dancing deep into the night... listening to music and letting
it flow through your entire body... a girlfriend... old girlfriends you still love and who still love you...
typewriters... virtual reality (and all its possibilities)... meeting new people... connecting with someone
on a level beyond words... walking in the grass barefoot... squat families... catching up with old
friends... the cure... special gifts given and received... memories... returning to a place you havent
been for a long time... incense... crash worship... learning (constantly)... finding a really good find in
the trash... laughing... cheese... magick... being in a group of people all in the same mood... gentle
kisses... becoming the spirit of the wolf... holding someone... finishing a project... cheesesteaks...
fantasies and dreams... games... smiling... thinking the same thought as someone else... love.
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