In no particular order
Mashed potato
People with sense of humour - especially the intelligent female variety
Anything alcoholic - no restrictions
A good film
A good book
Socialising - preferably with items 2 and 3 above (item 1 not very chatty)
Staying up all night
Sleeping in late
Being proud of my kids (except when they are little b*****ds)
Watching football
Laughter, things that make me laugh.
Laurel and Hardy. (just rediscovered them)
Reading ( one of the most important things in my life.)
My wife and Kids, I'm nothing without them now.
My faith, I've been a Christain for ten years and it definitely saved my life.
Sex, in a loving relationship.
Films and Music. De Nero and Steely Dan.
Joni Mitchell and Kevin Spacey.
Eating lots of lovely good food.
My close Family, amazing people.
Ethel Pipe.
the newspaper columns of deborah orr and mark steele, john cusack’s face, elfin women, the way that babies’ arms are the same length as their heads, living in england, words, leaving the census form blank where it asked my ethnic background, john peel, morrissey’s heyday, nehru’s first speech as prime minister, postmen on bicycles, baths, orwell's the lion and the unicorn collection of essays, other people's dogs
*shoves stormy back into the coop*
would like to add:
black olives
blue cheese
red white
*quite startled at MYB's mention of s*x on this family message board*
A good book, a good film (pref. sci fi), beer, my friends, laughing, sleeping, drawing, writing, getting (nice) things in the post, summer, spaghetti, music with guitars in.
Neroli and Bergamot aromatherapy oils, friends, going to naff clubs playing cheesy music with my closest friends, Cava, Baileys, books - pretty much any and all of them - writing, birthdays (mine's next week - yippee!) hot lurve action, buying presents for friends and that conspiratorial feeling you have with a friend when you know you shouldn't be laughing but you're having to bite you knuckles to stop yourself anyway
short, dark haired mysterious women,
providing witty conversation for aforementioned women.
women who know the difference between brian eno, the flying saucer attack and godspeed you black emperor (rare).
olive skinned italian girls; smooth shouldered girls;
voluptuous girls; girls with little feet; irish girls;
girls from edinburgh; girls that....you get the picture :)
making lists of things that i like.
all drinks apart from lager and pernod.
guessing which circle of hell i will be cast into - agnostic limbo, or self-harm?
james brown - payback
anyhting else funky with a bit of soul that gets me going for a night out, like prince.
the two greatest bands in scottish history, ignored and undersold: josef k, and the fire engines.
nothing literary in this list, think there is plenty of provision for that elsewhere in the forums.
Music you can't stay still to
colours which are so beautiful you cry
the smell of the viburnum i planted in the hedge which has just come out. also rose, cedar, loads of essential oils
dogs
being outside on days like today
knowing you don't have to go to work the next day
men's shoulders
when i make someone happy
the blackbird making a nest in the honeysuckle i put outside the window, who is singing now
funny conversations
abc (see above)
mangoes
wildflowers
those times when you suddenly get overwhelmed with wonder and joy like a current of positive power
natural landscapes
streams
when it's just rained
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