these are a few of my favorite things (a la 'sound of music')

(in no particular order)

1. people watching (esp. with my ipod on -- it's a great way to get the full effect of body language)
2. driving with all the windows down
3. singing in the car (WITH THE WINDOWS UP)
4. shaking my ass to everything & anything
5. the sound of waves crashing when i'm in bed
6. coconut EVERYTHING
7. papaya from my mom's trees
8. mangoes (but NOT the gross mangoes here)
9. mountain apples
10. apple bananas
11. golden pineapple from maui (yes, there is a difference)
12. the smell of pikake
13. the smell of tuberose
14. the smell of gardenia
15. sitting up at tantalus and gazing down below (i've yet to find the ny equivalent, as there aren't exactly any mountains here and i don't live in a highrise)
16. jamaican beef patties
17. krispy kreme donuts
18. coffee
19. i feel kinda guilty for saying sewing, since i haven't done it in a really long time
20. working with leather -- omg...it sooo makes me *sweat* :)
21. macha's unconditional love
22. slippers
23. the smell of freshly cleaned laundry
24. eli's sourdough bread that i used to get at zabars
25. spanish olives from the zabars olive bar, but i haven't gotten them in a very long time
26. fairway really late at night/really early in the morning (no people)
27. blogging
28. being lazy occasionally
29. purple roses (i've just learned of this one)
30. buffing my feet in the sand
31. swimming
32. red velvet cupcakes from billy's bakery
33. kalua pig
34. momi ball drinks (but only when i'm in hawaii with my friends, driving to waikiki just to get the stupid thing)
35. san loco -- esp. their guaco loco
36. root beer (but not a&w)
37. dale & thomas popcorn (formerly known as popcorn, indiana)
38. hot chocolate in the winter
39. sex (and EVERYTHING involved)
40. my couch
41. olfa rotary cutters
42. my rotary punch tool
43. airtunes
44. jersey sheets
45. opakapaka (i don't know what the english name is of this fish)
46. ahi poke
47. lomi lomi salmon in poi
48. miso butterfish
49. sushi in ny (believe it or not, it's better than sushi in hawaii)
50. fruit n' yogurt parfaits before work
51. cetaphil
52. my scrubbie in the shower
53. my oral b toothbrush
54. everything alessi
55. mango a-go-go from jamba juice (but only in hawaii)
56. the smoothie place on waialae ave. (can't remember the name)
57. big nick's chicken caesar salad
58. my spinach salad from guy & gallard 5x a week and it sometimes comes with a heart on the lid if whatever-his-name-is makes my salad
59. blockhead's pulled chicken burrito
60. uncle lani's poi mochi balls
61. leonard's malasadas
62. butter mochi
63. snow (but not the day after or all the other days after, for that matter)
64. sledding (i never got to do it as a kid, so leave me alone)
65. snowtubing (same as above)
66. spring
67. fall
68. and yes, i do love summer, but it's hard to say that i *love* it in ny -- i *love* it in hawaii -- no stupid humidity...
69. okay fine, i'll admit it because there's a ton of fun things to do in ny in the summer (and this # represents just that)

i think it's impossible to actually list all my favorite things, as i haven't even gone into the obvious ones. so i think i'm gonna stop. put it this way, i'm probably the easiest fucking person to please because i like fucking everything and don't mind a lot. so there you have it. #70 - #(infinity): EVERYTHING.