An unfinished list of things to smile about
a certain blue actress, unread books, rediscovered tunes, spontaneity, remembering her face and smile even if it's the smile with a hint of regret because it's good to see her smile, trips home, direct flights, air conditioning, Camelbaks, making music, words in especially neat combinations, that same actresses's lips, funny people both intentionally and unintentionally, cherries, start-up carbonated juice companies who purport to care, knees on the mend, it's not the end of the world, big blue backpacks, photographic evidence, friends, rain, laughter, phone messages from unknown women, party invitations, a good pen, volunteer opportunities that make sense, co-ed naked runs, memories, cousins that think you're "da bomb" except when you use phrases like "da bomb", flowers, that part of the neck hidden by long hair, earlobes, time zones, incomplete theories, the mockery that can only come from closeness, brother-in-laws who talk a big table tennis game and then subsequently get destroyed by my lil' sister, babies, dancing, the kissing scenes in King Arthur, kissing scenes that invovle me, shiny happy people, figuring out something for yourself, free T-shirts,