Still not exactly about Bolivia..

work's been slow.
i found 43things.com
there, i was enticed into making a list of 100 things that make me happy.
surprisingly satisfying, not as cheesy as you might think.

1. the way light hits everything, esp in the morning and evening
2. walking through puddles
3. anything unexpected
4. hot loose tea in a glass jar
5. Charlie mingus
6. wearing big warm scarves
7. biking
8. biking in winter
9. old pianos
10. marching bands
11. plants, esp growing plants
12. warm friendly cats
13. synthpop
14. rooftops
15. exploring abandoned places
16. being completely alone
17. being surrounded by people who inspire me
18. waterballoons (globos!)
19. curious horses
20. second hand stores
21. loving and feeling loved
22. home-made bread
23. making things up
24. reproducible art
25. the swimming pool behind mcgill
26. swimming, in general
27. getting dirty
28. feeling healthy
29. my grandmother’s house
30. tiny things
31. huge things
32. challenges
33. hoodies
34. high-fives
35. fluorescent and neon things
36. people spontaneously singing together, even better if they don’t know each other
37. seeing people being inspired
38. dancing
39. wearing costumes
40. elaborate plans for simple goals
41. hide and seek
42. capture the flag
43. surprising people
44. smiling at strangers
45. being smiled at by strangers.
46. greasy spoon breakfasts
47. anyone over the age of 70, esp if they’re happy
48. the smell of construction sites
49. earthworms, slugs, snails
50. strange insects
51. watching birds in the mornings
52. ice cream
53. the honesty of little kids
54. old libraries
55. speaking Spanish
56. rumi
57. eating oranges
58. being spooned
59. hanging around in my underwear
60. jumping off of things
61. hand-made things
62. DIY
63. guerrilla art
64. tubas
65. trumpets
66. thick warm long socks
67. sleeping naked
68. my sleeping bag
69. guacamole
70. the smell of laundryrooms and Laundromats
71. dogs wearing sweaters
72. emir kusturica
73. banksy
74. gogol bordello
75. klezmer themed parties
76. almost any other themed party
77. alternative circus
78. slingshot (dayplanner, not weapon)
79. co-operatives
80. cutting my own hair
81. rearranging furniture
82. records
83. the quietness of sunday mornings
84. skateboard adventures
85. working on bikes
86. making things into other, previously unrelated things
87. drawing buildings, preferably old rotten ones
88. taking pictures
89. photoshopping pictures
90. silkscreening!
91. covering up or altering invasive public advertising
92. pot-lucks
93. playing drums
94. playing almost anything else
95. playing, in general
96. reflection (both thinking and mirrors)
97. water
98. cleaning (really!)
99. knitting
100. making lists (also really!)