Stuff that always cheers me up: gummy bears, diet Canada Dry ginger ale, hearing exciting news about old friends, a good road trip (few and far between now that price of gas has hit "WTF" range), watching my favorite movies with no smart aleck comments from my husband, being at a baseball game, getting carded (yeah, it's actually amusing to me now), sinking a putt I was sure was too far away to make it, Woodhaven, my sorority's many successes, a great margarita and the thought of going back to San Francisco someday when we can afford it.
Jason and Val's new baby, Caryl Churchill, Jodie Foster, Clive Owen, Colin Firth, Johnny Depp, Zach Braff, my cousin David's wife and kids, and my new neighbors.
Violent Femmes, Jimmy Eat World, Barenaked Ladies, the Killers, Franz Ferdinand, Cake, Sarah McLachlan, Gorillaz, Green Day, Fiona Apple, Counting Crows, most Motown (even though I dance like a white girl), Dave Matthews Band, Oasis, Fleetwood Mac, Gnarls Barkley.
Office Space, The Big Chill, Clue, Pride and Prejudice (the BBC version), Batman, X-Men, Ever After, Shakespeare in Love, Batman Begins, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Little Miss Sunshine, The Last Kiss, Stranger Than Fiction, 10 Things I Hate About You, Shaun of the Dead.
Family Guy, ER, Scrubs, baseball, Bears football (But last season kinda sucked), My Name is Earl, Mythbusters, Numb3rs, Ghost Hunters, South Park, Chuck, Heroes, Reaper, Journeyman.
Pride and Prejudice; Road Fever; Sex Drugs & Cocoa Puffs; The Anne of Green Gables series; Top Girls; Tom Stoppard plays; Dracula; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Richard III; Less Than Zero, Rules of Attraction, Harry Potter (yes, the whole series), and I'm finally finishing the end of the Chronicles of Narnia. Frick, I am a nerd.
Parents, because that takes more guts than I've got. Writers, because that takes more talent than I've got.