Sunday, November 9, 2008

Whining through Gratitude

So I woke up, not feeling the world, not feeling Church, not feeling anything in reality. Instead of whine about my problems today , though, I will blog about my favorite things today instead, which is Jacob's way of saying: I want to whine right now.

The atonement, God the Father, Holy Ghost, repentance, Hymns, Singing, The Piano, Un Suspiro, Wicked, Mormon Music, Mormonganda, Rough Stone Rolling, Friends, Chocolate, Spaghetti, Pizza, Samosas, Curries, Tofu, Rice, SarahJane, Catherine, Margo, Ceci, Casey, Courtney, RM, the people in my ward, long talks, running water, toilets, shower, ASL, Welsh, Spanish, Honors 292R, pomegranates, blueberries, blackberries, cheeses, bread, bobba, Spanish culture, food, eggs, bacon, doughnuts, maple syrup, chocolate chips, theology, history, American culture, warm sweaters, hugs, kisses, singing at the top of my lungs, Disney music, reading, books, the Little Prince, smiles, pretty girls, Into the Woods, Oedipus the King, good grades on essays, Spanish literature, ASL literature, classifiers, verb conjugations, irregular verbs, friends, friends, friends, gum, CTR rings, Mormon picture books, Reflections of Christ, defying gravity, mymap, Church history, Susan Easton Black, Jack Christianson, Mindy Gledhill, Lactaid, SangrĂ­a, enchiladas, cookies, making people smile, making people laugh, giving comfort, flying free, loving everyone, learning about other people's faiths, Wall-E (think E-Llaw!), Welsh translations gone awry, my Welsh prof, my Spanish prof, my writing teacher, my Civ TAs, healing balms, the Bible, the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, the Pearl of Great Price, The Scarlet Letter, Death of a Salesman, the Crucible, Seagull Book and Tape, Covenant Communications, Printers, 501 Spanish Verbs, Anti-Mormon literature ( a guilty pleasure), Robert Millet, Facebook, Facebook chat, a quiet dorm, BYU bathrooms, the SWKT, the Maesar building, the JFSB, the JSB, vending machines, kleenex, aprons, hot chocolate, computers, the internet, missionaries- especially the cute sister missionaries, the Spanish Bible, my Mormonganda shirt, my ASL dictionaries, my Spanish dictionaries, my pillow, my electronic shaver, my Mormon CDs, puns, puns, puns, socks, snow, rain, ice, fire, roasted/burnt marshmallows, everything else.

And that's my blog. Read everything and add something to be grateful for in the comments section.

3 comments:

alea said...

I'm highly disappointed that your dashing and hilarious brother didn't make the cut...

Seagulljaap said...

That's just a given though right?

Maddie Townsend said...

Wow, nice list. Shoes that don't give you blisters even after nine hours of walking around a sales floor.