getting into bed all weird and then 20 mins later removing 2/3′s of the bunched up blanket from under you and having that amazing sensation of finally being comfortable and the freezing cold matress
that feeling you get right when you walk into your air conditioned home when its REALLY hot outside.
When you open your eyes in the morning and you can tell by the color of the light in the room that it snowed sometime during the night. Bonus if you get out of bed and its still snowing.
… when the turn signal syncs with the music beat on the radio… awesome! It’s the reason why I came back to this website, so I could post this comment. Turns out I’m not first…
Its even better when you are the one doing the synchronized walking to the music you are listening to.
And its even better when you see someone either on the streets, on the bus, or in their car jamming out to a song. It always makes me want to jump right in there with them.
The Cool Atmosphere in the morning when you just woke up got your pants and shirt on pour yourself a cup of coffee. Go outside walk the dog on a cool winter morning. And then the suprise you feel when you realize that the cool morning is actually Christmas.
The funny thing is, I was on this website and i was holding it in because I didn’t want to get out of bed but i finally got up and while I was in the bathroom I thought the one would be perfect for this website. hah so glad someone else thought of it!
My daughter and I experienced something ridiculously awesome this past week: chasing down the neighbourhood ice cream truck on our bikes, and then sitting curb-side to eat our spoils.
Did we care that the neighbour’s dog was barking at us out the window the whole time? No.
Did we care that our handlebars got sticky on the way home? No again.
Did we even care that the ice cream truck’s annoying song was stuck in our heads the rest of the day? Definitely not, because it only reminded us of the awesome thing we’d just experienced.
What makes it even better is when you had a really hard day at work, come home, have an awesome meal, take that long shower at just the right temperature without struggling with the taps, having just put on the wintersheets (stretched extra tight on the bed) and you have to squeeze yourself down into the sheets… ly there on a feather/down pillow…spooning and gently feel yourself slipping into lala land.
As a child walking on the top layer of snow every so carefully trying not to fall through when its been really cold for weeks making you feel like jesus. A+1
When you’re asleep hanging off the side of the bed and your pup wakes you up with a jarring lick across the face. First terrifying, then straight up awesome.
…or when you’re wearing flip flops in the sand that gets uncomfortable that when you take them off and step right into the sand its a feeling of sensation and comfort!
NEIL:
I just thought of two awesome ideas for your blog in case you run out of ideas.
That feeling when you have really long hair and you get it cut short – washing it or brushing it – how different it feels running your hands through! (lame i know, but awesome to me)
ALSO, the feeling of how smooth your teeth are once braces get taken off – how you can’t stop feeling them with your tongue for WEEKS!
I’m very excited for the feeling of teeth free of braces! And yes, I just got my hair cut from half way down my back to a bob and I totally understand where you’re coming from!
Oooomg my friend told me about the hairthing, and i wish it was true! I have dreadlocks now, and i can’t wait the feeling with a very short hair, running my fingers through it and and and!! I bet it will be awesome to me too!
I love the list so far!!! Can’t wait to read more!
Thought I would add a few…
*opening a vacuum sealed can of coffee (i hate coffee but that first whiff…mmmmmmmm)
*opening Dill Pickle chips and the glands in your cheeks tingling with anticipation
*pop rocks
*Thrills (the soap gum!)
*clean teeth after the dentist (expensive joy but worth it!)
*getting IDed at the bar/liquor store when you are in your 30′s, on your birthday
Taking a break on a REALY long driving trip with all of your siblings in the cramped car. That feeling when you first stand up and heard the satisfying POP of your knees.
Letting farts rip in class and when someone hears playing along and telling them it was the person next to you.
Licking your fingers after eating something extrordinarily sticky like watermelon or icecream.
I always enjoyed watching a fellow classmate in school get in trouble and scolded by the teacher in front of everybody.. even friends.
Nothing could make me happier or laugh more to myself then seeing the look of shame on a fellow classmate getting embarrassed and punished in front of everyone!
Well you kind of can, we learned how in grade 12 calculus. Was a few years back now so I don’t quite remember, but, we all loved it because of that Chuck Norris joke “Chuck Norris can divide by zero” and we were all like “Now we can too!”
Elvira you shouln’t be talking because your paragraph has errors. The s in shame should be capitalized or did you not pay attention in school? Did you even go to school?
Being the first to dip into a brand new jar of peanut butter is just so darned amazing. You twist, huff, puff, and twist some more. Finally that lid gives way and “zowie!” you’re rewarded with an unspoilt miniature light brown landscape. It’s tiny but vast in its perfection. Then you disturb that perfection, claiming it as your own.
The smell BEFORE rain comes. That musky smell in the air when you just know it is going to be a massive storm.
Also, the smell of an Australian summer after being in Canada for winter. The beautiful salty, spicy smell of red earth and the ocean even in the middle of the city.
People who don’t talk about religion… Always awesome. I hate religion, that ruiner of harmony.
Best moments -
1. driving in the car when 3 of your fav songs come on one right after the other.
2. when you find a quarter in the return slot on an arcade game and/or a free song left on a jukebox
3. when you’re in a zone – literally – in a sport you love, where time slows down and you can hear nothing
4. when you get to the point of a dream right before you wake up
5. when you have enough to leave a 30 percent tip or higher and/or when you’re a waiter and you get tipped that much
6. when kids look in your eyes and say they love you
Agree with those esp being in the Zone, looking back on a play you just did instinctively and thinking “Wow! Did I really just do that?”
Great feeling….
There’s a vital difference between taking your shoes off and entering a trampoline/bouncy castle, and keeping your shoes on. When you are shoed, you have more grippiness and your bounces are less wasted as a result. It is awesome.
When you eat a pizza with a lot of cheese on, sometimes you can feel the cheese going down your throat because it is so stringy, and it tantalises your throat.
One other thing I like is when you hit someone in jest, and for about two or three seconds after you can feel a surge of electric blood power run around your body and you feel strong and powerful. Even though t’were in jest.
YES! School supply shopping for SURE. Not much is better than walking through the store and seeing shiny binders and sticky note displays. Then the feeling of satisfaction when you find exactly what you need, getting to pick the colors, and thinking “This is mine now. I know exactly what I’m using it for.” And then secretly getting things like post-its, highlighters, and rubber band balls that you don’t need for school, but you’re gonna want them.
Generally the stationary aisle in a supermarket. Can’t be skipped even if you don’t need anything.
I live across the road from Officeworks (a massive stationary supermarket place)
Oh my gosh, especially when it’s winter and you are in your pajamas FREEZING. Then you take your clothes out and put them on and get the 20 seconds of pure warmth.
When my mother put my socks in the dryer on cold school mornings before she woke me up and once she put them on my cold little feet she would rub my feet one at a time with both of her hands like Mr. Miagi (sp) from Karate Kid. She is and will always be the BEST!!!!!
knowing the exact directions to your destination, but pretending you don’t know and let your other friends lead whoever is driving on the wildest driving experience ever
Just like secretly knowing the answer to a question no matter where it is and allowing someone expound on the incorrect response for minutes while inwardly grinning because you feel awesome. No need to rub it in or anything, just knowing you could have done better is good enough.
Being at a large public event (sports game, graduation, concert, etc) and being next to that really obnoxious guy, the ones that deafens you when he yells or whistles.
AWESOME!
*Cracking your back after you have been hunched over for hours.
*The smell nag champa leaves behind after its done burning.
*Finding a treasure at a yardsale.
*Finding all the potato chips in the bag that are folded over.
*Laying in a field of soft grass with the wind blowing over your body.
Haha…this comment totally reminded me of a stupid, juvenile, awesome tradition and notion in my family when i was a kid: you are entitled to make a wish every time you eat a folded-over chip, we called them ‘Wish Chips’ and literally wished on them as if they were something significant and mystical. Childlike wonderment and blind belief in things completely illogical = AWESOME.
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or when you visit distant relatives for the first time in many years and feel the urge to run around their house just so you can bring back old memories.
but candaians are uptight and snobs that dont know how to fight americans cause if they did canada would be more famous then america and its fuckn not haha americans are better then you
Seeing rainbows – anytime, anywhere
in the spray of a wave
connected earth to earth on the plains
from prisms – colour so-o-o intense!
in soap bubbles
a double rainbow over the sea
in the bevel of stained glass
2,676 Comments
June 27, 2008 at 4:23 pm
getting into bed all weird and then 20 mins later removing 2/3′s of the bunched up blanket from under you and having that amazing sensation of finally being comfortable and the freezing cold matress
May 14, 2009 at 9:20 am
Cleaning your ears with a Q-tip after a shower is definitely a really awesome thing! (:
May 14, 2009 at 8:19 pm
when your boss goes out of town
August 22, 2010 at 1:59 am
sneaking out of the house late at night just to admire a full moon.
December 31, 2009 at 12:44 am
When your natural gait alternates perfectly between light and dark tiles in a grocery store.
April 19, 2010 at 7:02 am
Love that!
April 26, 2010 at 11:52 pm
nice one!
August 2, 2010 at 1:27 pm
perfect!
April 26, 2010 at 12:29 pm
LOVE IT!
May 14, 2010 at 4:11 pm
I totally just did that!!!! hahaha :D
July 15, 2010 at 1:24 pm
Awesome puppy breath
September 1, 2010 at 8:14 pm
This was absolutetly the number one best one yet. Should be at the very, very top of the list. Goog one.
July 23, 2010 at 3:26 am
thats actually really bad for you and is the worst time to clean your ears…it pushes most of the wax further in.
August 17, 2010 at 3:17 pm
really?? thats interesting… so when is the best time?
August 25, 2010 at 7:45 pm
OMG yes! Definitely!!
May 17, 2009 at 2:27 pm
When your turn signal synchronizes with the persons in front of you.
May 26, 2009 at 10:19 pm
Yes!! So true. You try to listen to yours in the car and watch the other car’s flasher go at the same time. So rare it makes it extra awesome!
June 1, 2009 at 9:18 pm
Kinda like when you would ride the school bus in the rain & watching the wipers, waiting for them to sync.
August 16, 2009 at 9:36 pm
that feeling you get right when you walk into your air conditioned home when its REALLY hot outside.
When you open your eyes in the morning and you can tell by the color of the light in the room that it snowed sometime during the night. Bonus if you get out of bed and its still snowing.
December 1, 2009 at 3:15 am
GREAT wake-up surprise!
August 3, 2010 at 6:58 pm
and then realizing school/work was cancelled
April 18, 2010 at 10:05 am
Oh my goodness, that was my favorite thing to do in elementary!
August 2, 2010 at 7:21 pm
Being tired in the back of the car and tossing your head back and forth to the rhythm of the widow wipers
April 21, 2010 at 3:46 pm
I can never get it to sync up perfectly. It angers me so.
April 28, 2010 at 4:28 pm
..or when it syncs to the music!!!!
July 16, 2010 at 7:33 pm
… when the turn signal syncs with the music beat on the radio… awesome! It’s the reason why I came back to this website, so I could post this comment. Turns out I’m not first…
June 22, 2009 at 1:51 am
I just thought of this one today. Haha. It’s just as good when the turn signal/windshield wipers match the beat of the song you’re listening to.
November 17, 2009 at 10:50 am
i love that!
February 12, 2010 at 11:09 am
Or when the beat of the song you’re listening to is perfectly synchronized with the steps of the pedestrians walking on the street.
March 15, 2010 at 2:08 pm
hahah, this happened to me yesterday, luv it!
April 28, 2010 at 8:25 pm
yeah totally feels like a music video. Awsome.!
April 30, 2010 at 5:40 pm
Its even better when you are the one doing the synchronized walking to the music you are listening to.
And its even better when you see someone either on the streets, on the bus, or in their car jamming out to a song. It always makes me want to jump right in there with them.
June 10, 2010 at 11:47 pm
This one is for guys, but try listening to The Imperial March (Darth Vader’s theme) while walking in public. Ace!
June 30, 2010 at 3:17 pm
I do this all the time…with various epic movie soundtracks.
April 29, 2010 at 9:30 am
oh my gosh, I was thinking about that when I read about the turn signal synchronize.
February 21, 2010 at 6:25 pm
this is sooo sooo true.
April 15, 2010 at 4:08 pm
SUCH a good one!
April 28, 2010 at 2:11 pm
When the click of your wipers lines up with the tempo of a groovin’ tune. It’s like your car is rockin’ the cowbell along to it.
April 28, 2010 at 2:14 pm
Ah, just saw Brandon’s post saying the same thing!
Realizing I’m not the only one who really digs that is pretty awesome to know too!
June 24, 2010 at 4:31 pm
Ya that is so cool. I love it when that happens. :)
May 30, 2009 at 1:10 am
The Cool Atmosphere in the morning when you just woke up got your pants and shirt on pour yourself a cup of coffee. Go outside walk the dog on a cool winter morning. And then the suprise you feel when you realize that the cool morning is actually Christmas.
May 30, 2009 at 9:47 pm
finding a $20 dollar bill that you didn’t know you had. –so awesome
November 5, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Finding money in your winter coat pockets when you put it on for the first cold day of the season.
July 19, 2009 at 10:46 pm
bright orange fingers after eating cheetos
January 9, 2010 at 1:35 pm
definitely awesome.
April 26, 2010 at 11:54 pm
awesome…and gross :)
August 6, 2010 at 11:14 am
That’s the best!
October 25, 2009 at 8:07 pm
When you have to pee sooo bad, when you’ve held it as long as you can and finally go.
Brilliant feeling.
November 15, 2009 at 6:03 pm
The funny thing is, I was on this website and i was holding it in because I didn’t want to get out of bed but i finally got up and while I was in the bathroom I thought the one would be perfect for this website. hah so glad someone else thought of it!
November 25, 2009 at 7:33 am
Agreed! That is my most awesome feeling ever. Orgasmically awesome. Lol.
January 19, 2010 at 11:18 pm
so true, i burst a blood vessel in my eye holding a wee in once… but the wee was amazing!
June 2, 2010 at 11:10 pm
That sounds like the most intense pee ever DAMN.
May 2, 2010 at 1:29 pm
ahhhh …. awesome!!
November 17, 2009 at 2:55 am
Realizing you’re dreaming during a nightmare
July 2, 2010 at 9:28 am
the best! and better than that <> … being able to wake yourself up… Awesome.
December 10, 2009 at 11:59 pm
gelling your hair perfectly after just getting out of the shower
March 8, 2010 at 8:18 pm
When your windshield wipers sync up with the beat of the song playing on the radio (even if its for only a little bit)
April 20, 2010 at 12:46 am
Waking up, on accident, for the sunrise.
Listening to people’s life stories.
Spacing out.
Having fun.
June 27, 2010 at 4:05 am
Bahahaa. I do this every night because sometimes from the night before i lose the sheett. ;D
July 5, 2010 at 3:32 am
the tiny smiley face in the top right-hand corner of this website
July 9, 2010 at 10:04 pm
I noticed the smiley too! I love it.
August 10, 2010 at 5:59 pm
Driving on a highway at full speed when the other direction of the highway is completely backed up…
August 22, 2010 at 10:31 pm
Now that’s Awesome!!!!!
August 23, 2010 at 11:29 pm
looking at the soap covered windows from inside the of your car during a carwash.
July 3, 2008 at 3:53 am
My girlfriend mentioned that she loves watching music download really fast, and I agree that this is very awesome.
(EDIT 03/25/09: Thank you, Peter! – Neil)
July 8, 2008 at 11:51 am
My daughter and I experienced something ridiculously awesome this past week: chasing down the neighbourhood ice cream truck on our bikes, and then sitting curb-side to eat our spoils.
Did we care that the neighbour’s dog was barking at us out the window the whole time? No.
Did we care that our handlebars got sticky on the way home? No again.
Did we even care that the ice cream truck’s annoying song was stuck in our heads the rest of the day? Definitely not, because it only reminded us of the awesome thing we’d just experienced.
April 18, 2010 at 5:52 am
Driving in town listening to music and looking over and seeing that a pedestrian is unknowingly walking to the beat of your music
July 18, 2008 at 10:57 am
Getting into a nice clean bed after shaving your legs, especially if its cool :P
April 21, 2009 at 4:31 pm
omg yesssss agreed.
April 24, 2009 at 3:30 pm
I third this one and add that it’s better when the sheets are also freshly washed.
June 1, 2009 at 9:19 pm
… fresh pj’s, sheets, & a good shave …. aahhh …
February 3, 2010 at 9:24 am
What makes it even better is when you had a really hard day at work, come home, have an awesome meal, take that long shower at just the right temperature without struggling with the taps, having just put on the wintersheets (stretched extra tight on the bed) and you have to squeeze yourself down into the sheets… ly there on a feather/down pillow…spooning and gently feel yourself slipping into lala land.
May 12, 2009 at 2:03 pm
this is probably one of my favorite things ever.
completely awesome! :)
July 12, 2009 at 2:19 am
YESSSS I FEEL THE EXACT SAME WAYYY!
September 8, 2009 at 12:03 am
Yep awesome
January 4, 2010 at 2:12 am
yeeeeees!
January 8, 2010 at 10:33 pm
that it one of the most awesome things in the world!! thank god somebody else thinks about these things toooo ((=
July 18, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Being the one to make the first footprint in fresh snow. :)
May 30, 2009 at 9:31 pm
very true.. I totally agree with that one.. so awesome and serene
October 19, 2009 at 7:32 pm
Especially if there is a thin layer of ice on top that you get to crunch through!
February 13, 2010 at 4:55 pm
As a child walking on the top layer of snow every so carefully trying not to fall through when its been really cold for weeks making you feel like jesus. A+1
February 13, 2010 at 5:00 pm
walking on the the top crispy layer of snow with wide boots so not to fall through after its been cold outside for weeks making you feel like jesus.
May 23, 2010 at 4:15 pm
This is absolutely true!
April 22, 2010 at 6:51 am
i love that, and even if your the second person to do so, I try to walk in the exact steps of the other person as to not mess it up!
July 18, 2008 at 2:47 pm
When you first open a jar a peanut butter, and take the first huge scoop out. A true thing of beauty
November 16, 2009 at 12:37 am
When you realize your house smells just like Sunday mornings at your parents
November 16, 2009 at 12:39 pm
<3 so awesome!
July 19, 2008 at 1:24 am
Completely uncontrollable laugher that takes all of the energy out of you, leaving you a limp noodle of a human being.
Finishing a really good, long book.
Waking up on the beach without your pants on.
June 11, 2009 at 6:40 pm
“Completely uncontrollable laugher that takes all of the energy out of you, leaving you a limp noodle of a human being.”
or having your abs absolutely kill the morning after.
October 27, 2009 at 4:44 am
“Completely uncontrollable laugher that takes all of the energy out of you, leaving you a limp noodle of a human being.”
Agreed. or almost as good is watching someone else in this state, and their laughing sets you off.
December 22, 2009 at 11:23 pm
Waking up on the beach without your pants on? Geez, what do you get up to? LOL
July 19, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Being licked on the ear by a puppy
June 1, 2009 at 9:20 pm
Puppy breath in general.
June 3, 2009 at 1:08 am
Yes!!! puppy breath!!!!
October 5, 2009 at 9:28 pm
When you’re asleep hanging off the side of the bed and your pup wakes you up with a jarring lick across the face. First terrifying, then straight up awesome.
April 18, 2010 at 9:17 pm
Just the smell of a puppy in general and I smell alot of them as I work for a rescue group. Nothing can explain it but it smells new.
April 22, 2010 at 12:43 am
when someone’s dog likes you!!!!
July 21, 2008 at 8:17 am
Eating cherry tomatoes fresh out of the garden.
November 17, 2009 at 1:21 am
Only 2 things that money can’t buy: true love and homegrown tomatoes
February 12, 2010 at 11:12 am
Mmm, or fresh garden peas straight off the vine.
July 21, 2008 at 10:15 am
Wet beach sand squishing between your toes.
Drive in movie theaters.
Getting 100% on anything.
October 18, 2009 at 6:17 pm
execpt prices!
March 6, 2010 at 1:37 am
Haha. I like this one. :) This made me laugh.
March 23, 2010 at 2:42 pm
…or when you’re wearing flip flops in the sand that gets uncomfortable that when you take them off and step right into the sand its a feeling of sensation and comfort!
July 14, 2010 at 12:12 pm
The “flip-flop” sound of flip-flops!
July 21, 2008 at 4:34 pm
For me, the wind is way up there.
November 18, 2009 at 8:48 am
me too! proper wind that you can lean right into without falling over. awesome.
November 20, 2009 at 5:30 am
unbelievably awesome. and fun. and hilarious if you pull some charlie chaplin moves for your friends. thanks wind
July 23, 2008 at 10:36 pm
being the first person in a movie theatre so you get those awesome center seats with leg room.
July 24, 2008 at 8:40 am
NEIL:
I just thought of two awesome ideas for your blog in case you run out of ideas.
That feeling when you have really long hair and you get it cut short – washing it or brushing it – how different it feels running your hands through! (lame i know, but awesome to me)
ALSO, the feeling of how smooth your teeth are once braces get taken off – how you can’t stop feeling them with your tongue for WEEKS!
AWESOME!
- me
April 20, 2009 at 3:59 pm
the braces one, yessss
April 27, 2009 at 7:18 pm
@the braces comment, sooooooo true
April 29, 2009 at 10:01 pm
yes! the slimy feeling of your teeth when you get your braces off. and it’s the best kind of slimy
May 15, 2009 at 6:12 pm
I’m very excited for the feeling of teeth free of braces! And yes, I just got my hair cut from half way down my back to a bob and I totally understand where you’re coming from!
July 30, 2009 at 8:59 pm
The slimy post-orthodontia slickness grossed me out, to be honest.
November 15, 2009 at 11:49 pm
omg! most definately! especially when you know that the 10 inches of hair you just had cut off are going to some little girl who has cancer.
November 16, 2009 at 1:46 pm
Oooomg my friend told me about the hairthing, and i wish it was true! I have dreadlocks now, and i can’t wait the feeling with a very short hair, running my fingers through it and and and!! I bet it will be awesome to me too!
July 28, 2008 at 2:14 pm
I love the list so far!!! Can’t wait to read more!
Thought I would add a few…
*opening a vacuum sealed can of coffee (i hate coffee but that first whiff…mmmmmmmm)
*opening Dill Pickle chips and the glands in your cheeks tingling with anticipation
*pop rocks
*Thrills (the soap gum!)
*clean teeth after the dentist (expensive joy but worth it!)
*getting IDed at the bar/liquor store when you are in your 30′s, on your birthday
April 26, 2009 at 6:14 pm
i just went to a casino for my 30th b-day and they carded me.
July 31, 2008 at 8:10 pm
That soup that comes in a cup, and you can drink it.
It’s awesome AND efficient
August 1, 2008 at 3:37 pm
beer is awesome. and sometimes shots. and sometimes stiff drinks.
August 4, 2008 at 1:28 pm
Excellent blogging style. I added your blog in my blogroll.
August 5, 2008 at 4:15 am
Looking in your pantry after you’ve been grocery shopping.
Drinking milk from the carton.
The satasfying POP of the toaster.
June 22, 2009 at 9:50 am
zomg! yessss! looking in your pantry after grocery shopping is very very awesome!
June 24, 2009 at 9:28 am
Haha. My cat used to hiss at the dog all the time, and because she was so small her hiss sounded EXACTLY like the toaster popping up.
Another awesome thing -hugging your cats even though you know they hate it.
September 22, 2009 at 3:25 pm
I hug my cats all the time… one really really hates it, the other looks at me as if to say “seriously, again… “, so great though!
August 6, 2008 at 3:31 am
Only happens sometimes, but its that feeling you get after a really big poop.
April 20, 2009 at 9:08 pm
HAHAHAHAHA!!! thats truly is an AWESOME feeling, well put!
April 22, 2009 at 9:07 pm
UUUUUUHHHHHH!!!!!!!! That’s awesome!!!!
August 6, 2008 at 11:52 pm
Taking a break on a REALY long driving trip with all of your siblings in the cramped car. That feeling when you first stand up and heard the satisfying POP of your knees.
Letting farts rip in class and when someone hears playing along and telling them it was the person next to you.
Licking your fingers after eating something extrordinarily sticky like watermelon or icecream.
August 7, 2008 at 3:49 am
different style, thanks for sharing.
August 9, 2008 at 11:58 pm
I always enjoyed watching a fellow classmate in school get in trouble and scolded by the teacher in front of everybody.. even friends.
Nothing could make me happier or laugh more to myself then seeing the look of shame on a fellow classmate getting embarrassed and punished in front of everyone!
AWESOME
January 30, 2010 at 6:07 pm
enjoying the suffering of others?
yeah not so fun for the one getting in trouble.
June 13, 2010 at 10:06 pm
LOL
I’m still in school (elementry that is) and my science teacher has a reputation of yelling.
:)
;)
August 10, 2008 at 8:04 pm
Watching things download quickly.
Drinking things straight from the bottle.
The feeling after going to the bathroom after holding it in for awhile.
August 11, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Having a cigarette when you really crave one.
Not feeling hungover even though you were drunk as a skunk the night before…
July 8, 2009 at 9:00 am
Haha so true @ hangover :D
November 20, 2009 at 3:32 am
That is truly AWESOME
February 13, 2010 at 5:45 pm
realizing a guilty pleasure is not killing you any longer or everyone else ..AWESOME
Having the government share your concern..
Truly Awesome
August 13, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Awesome is:
Winning a ridiculous 5 foot tall karate trophy.
hearing a chinese guy sing Layla by Derek and the Dominos
August 22, 2008 at 11:22 am
The first time you go grocery shopping for yourself is amazingly awesome.
As is the first meal you cook in your first apartment. AMAZING.
July 28, 2009 at 3:24 pm
TOTALLY AGREE!!
November 20, 2009 at 3:32 am
OMG! So true!
May 4, 2010 at 5:39 pm
signing the lease on your first apartment and then spending the rest of the day shopping for new furniture at ikea
August 22, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Non-geeky Star Trek fan fiction.
And dividing by zero.
April 7, 2009 at 11:47 am
you can’t divide by zero.
April 8, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Well not with that attitude!
April 26, 2009 at 5:31 pm
omg dallas i love you.
July 28, 2009 at 12:04 pm
you’re my favourite, dallas.
November 16, 2009 at 3:58 pm
lolololololol :)
March 22, 2010 at 12:12 pm
I think that’s the whole point.
May 7, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Well you kind of can, we learned how in grade 12 calculus. Was a few years back now so I don’t quite remember, but, we all loved it because of that Chuck Norris joke “Chuck Norris can divide by zero” and we were all like “Now we can too!”
June 12, 2009 at 4:21 pm
“we were all like………..”
shame you didn’t learn English too….you were like what? peanut butter?
November 25, 2009 at 6:58 pm
Elvira you shouln’t be talking because your paragraph has errors. The s in shame should be capitalized or did you not pay attention in school? Did you even go to school?
December 2, 2009 at 5:57 pm
Play nicely children! If you can’t say anything nice – don’t say anything at all!
December 13, 2009 at 11:56 am
Amen.
April 23, 2010 at 12:00 pm
Nice! I didn’t know you could divide by zero =D
Awesome!
May 7, 2010 at 7:48 pm
you dont need to be correct on the web yes i said dorkwad to you tj
July 14, 2010 at 12:16 pm
Awesome is: saying “we were all like…”
July 16, 2010 at 7:54 pm
We were all like “yeah Andrea, we like your comment…”
August 28, 2008 at 2:31 am
Being the first to dip into a brand new jar of peanut butter is just so darned amazing. You twist, huff, puff, and twist some more. Finally that lid gives way and “zowie!” you’re rewarded with an unspoilt miniature light brown landscape. It’s tiny but vast in its perfection. Then you disturb that perfection, claiming it as your own.
AWESOME!
September 1, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Seeing the way God has answered a prayer.
Hearing a baby laugh.
Taking a bath/shower, but Sunday morning ones are the best.
Looking at the yard after two months of hard work and being happy it looks pretty.
The smell of rain.
Hugging any member of my family.
Getting my house clean and organized, it is so awesome to finally get it at that point.
Being able to crochet/handcraft something and think, ‘Wow i did a good job on that one!’. That is a one in 2o chance.
Washing my face each morning.
April 26, 2009 at 5:57 am
you’re pretty lame, you know that?
May 18, 2009 at 9:19 pm
And you’re an a-hole.
November 15, 2009 at 11:52 pm
you guys are jurks. She’s being honest about what makes her feel good.
January 25, 2010 at 9:04 am
*sp: Jerks
March 2, 2010 at 7:47 am
The smell BEFORE rain comes. That musky smell in the air when you just know it is going to be a massive storm.
Also, the smell of an Australian summer after being in Canada for winter. The beautiful salty, spicy smell of red earth and the ocean even in the middle of the city.
People who don’t talk about religion… Always awesome. I hate religion, that ruiner of harmony.
April 23, 2010 at 9:24 am
ooh yeah, Australian colours when you first get off the plane
or the light when you open the fridge in the dark at 3 am
or the way the wind moves the trees at funerals
or day dreaming of knitting cat fur into a scarf
or bouncy moss
August 29, 2010 at 1:40 pm
When people decide that the rude comment they are thinking, might not be the nicest thing to say. – AWESOME
November 18, 2009 at 6:09 pm
YES!
well to the washing the face, cleaning and organizing and you surely can’t top the smell of rain
May 7, 2010 at 7:51 pm
lol i lov the smell of rain espcialy in the morning
June 13, 2010 at 10:11 pm
The smell of rain IS awesome.
September 1, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Best moments -
1. driving in the car when 3 of your fav songs come on one right after the other.
2. when you find a quarter in the return slot on an arcade game and/or a free song left on a jukebox
3. when you’re in a zone – literally – in a sport you love, where time slows down and you can hear nothing
4. when you get to the point of a dream right before you wake up
5. when you have enough to leave a 30 percent tip or higher and/or when you’re a waiter and you get tipped that much
6. when kids look in your eyes and say they love you
July 3, 2009 at 4:35 am
Being in the zone is great. the best is when you score points
July 28, 2009 at 12:07 pm
number 1 – most definitely.
September 8, 2009 at 12:09 am
6. when kids look in your eyes and say they love you
For sure nothing beats it
April 14, 2010 at 10:58 pm
Agree with those esp being in the Zone, looking back on a play you just did instinctively and thinking “Wow! Did I really just do that?”
Great feeling….
September 2, 2008 at 3:52 pm
the sound of a solid crack from a good break in billiards.
January 30, 2010 at 6:08 pm
i second this emotion!
April 15, 2010 at 1:00 pm
YES!!!! and getting the ball were you wanted! or even better… the ball doesn’t get the way you wanted but it does a better move.
September 3, 2008 at 1:39 pm
New socks…
May 7, 2010 at 7:54 pm
i luv new sox
July 31, 2010 at 1:01 pm
New socks right after you’ve cut your toenails!
September 3, 2008 at 3:55 pm
There’s a vital difference between taking your shoes off and entering a trampoline/bouncy castle, and keeping your shoes on. When you are shoed, you have more grippiness and your bounces are less wasted as a result. It is awesome.
When you eat a pizza with a lot of cheese on, sometimes you can feel the cheese going down your throat because it is so stringy, and it tantalises your throat.
One other thing I like is when you hit someone in jest, and for about two or three seconds after you can feel a surge of electric blood power run around your body and you feel strong and powerful. Even though t’were in jest.
June 13, 2010 at 10:17 pm
I always think the floor is too flat if i’m on a big trampoline barefoot and get off.
:o
September 3, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Getting brand new pens and pencils, one of my favorite things
May 17, 2009 at 11:52 pm
I totally agree, 100%- one of my favorite things in the world.
November 18, 2009 at 6:10 pm
yes! I love begininng of the school year supply shopping :)
December 13, 2009 at 12:03 pm
YES! School supply shopping for SURE. Not much is better than walking through the store and seeing shiny binders and sticky note displays. Then the feeling of satisfaction when you find exactly what you need, getting to pick the colors, and thinking “This is mine now. I know exactly what I’m using it for.” And then secretly getting things like post-its, highlighters, and rubber band balls that you don’t need for school, but you’re gonna want them.
June 23, 2010 at 6:55 pm
Absolutely agreed.
March 2, 2010 at 7:50 am
Generally the stationary aisle in a supermarket. Can’t be skipped even if you don’t need anything.
I live across the road from Officeworks (a massive stationary supermarket place)
September 3, 2008 at 9:00 pm
When you visit a blog or website and see a comment that you KNOW was written by your best friend.
May 7, 2010 at 7:57 pm
that happens to me all the time
September 6, 2008 at 10:26 am
Putting on clothes right out of the dryer
AWESOME
May 16, 2009 at 1:35 pm
Oh my gosh, especially when it’s winter and you are in your pajamas FREEZING. Then you take your clothes out and put them on and get the 20 seconds of pure warmth.
August 3, 2009 at 2:45 pm
Or better, lying on the couch watching t.v. and your mom throws the whole warm dryer load on top of you; mmmm…toasty!
November 26, 2009 at 12:38 am
Seriously! Or when she throws it just beyond your feet and you stick your toes under it. Awesome.
May 14, 2010 at 1:40 am
When my mother put my socks in the dryer on cold school mornings before she woke me up and once she put them on my cold little feet she would rub my feet one at a time with both of her hands like Mr. Miagi (sp) from Karate Kid. She is and will always be the BEST!!!!!
September 6, 2008 at 3:45 pm
shopping for office supplies
nailing a parallel parking on the first try
winning a stuffed animal from the claw game that costs 50 cents
overly elaborate team introductions at sporting events, esp when the lights go out
September 7, 2008 at 5:12 pm
knowing the exact directions to your destination, but pretending you don’t know and let your other friends lead whoever is driving on the wildest driving experience ever
March 2, 2010 at 7:52 am
Just like secretly knowing the answer to a question no matter where it is and allowing someone expound on the incorrect response for minutes while inwardly grinning because you feel awesome. No need to rub it in or anything, just knowing you could have done better is good enough.
September 7, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Being at a large public event (sports game, graduation, concert, etc) and being next to that really obnoxious guy, the ones that deafens you when he yells or whistles.
AWESOME!
July 28, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Right? I love that so much, especially when I go to a Cards vs. Cubs game. Best experience!
May 7, 2010 at 8:00 pm
oh my gosh im one of those ppl i do that all the time to my bffs 4 no reason at all
September 8, 2008 at 9:44 am
Those one piece worksuits that zip up that old men wear
September 9, 2008 at 3:58 pm
running into someone you haven’t seen in a long time when you actually look good.
old lady jewelry for a quarter at garage sales.
when you notice strangers on the sidewalk smile at something they overheard your kid say.
awesome!
March 2, 2010 at 7:54 am
Smiling at something funny that someone says on the street. Also awesome.
Reading through the comments of this blog and being reminded of tons of awesome things. Awesome
August 22, 2010 at 2:13 am
when your roommate talks in their sleep and gives you good black mail
June 13, 2010 at 10:22 pm
Once there was a garage sale by my house…
here’s the catch…
it was fancy glass tableware…
FOR FREE!!!!!!!
TOTTALLY AWESOME!
September 10, 2008 at 9:56 am
*Cracking your back after you have been hunched over for hours.
*The smell nag champa leaves behind after its done burning.
*Finding a treasure at a yardsale.
*Finding all the potato chips in the bag that are folded over.
*Laying in a field of soft grass with the wind blowing over your body.
AWESOME.
March 25, 2010 at 7:43 am
*Finding all the potato chips in the bag that are folded over.
YES!!! Especially when you are the first one to get into a new bag, and dig through it until you get ALL the folded ones!
AWESOME!!
July 26, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Haha…this comment totally reminded me of a stupid, juvenile, awesome tradition and notion in my family when i was a kid: you are entitled to make a wish every time you eat a folded-over chip, we called them ‘Wish Chips’ and literally wished on them as if they were something significant and mystical. Childlike wonderment and blind belief in things completely illogical = AWESOME.
September 10, 2008 at 12:51 pm
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September 11, 2008 at 11:55 pm
Going pee after having to hold it in from being in the car for hours!
September 12, 2008 at 8:11 am
Houses.
Seriously, houses are awesome.
November 21, 2009 at 3:30 am
Houses with secret doors/rooms are fascinating…
or when you visit distant relatives for the first time in many years and feel the urge to run around their house just so you can bring back old memories.
September 12, 2008 at 10:12 am
The first bite into your favorite sushi roll along with a class of chilled white wine Pinot Grigio. Nothing beats this, I swear!!
September 12, 2008 at 11:24 am
24 oz. Soda bottles are awesome.
Stashing candy is awesome.
Coupons are awesome.
Faking sickness is awesome.
Anyways i like the blog.
November 20, 2009 at 4:16 pm
sounds like youre a chubby kid.
November 25, 2009 at 7:05 pm
Sounds like Canadians are snobby eskimos with bad attitudes.
December 2, 2009 at 2:36 am
And sounds like TJ is politically incorrect, ignorant, and uptight.
…Canada kicks a$$.
December 5, 2009 at 4:34 pm
Wooooo! G0 Canada! Yeah, go Canada! Woo woo!
May 7, 2010 at 8:06 pm
but candaians are uptight and snobs that dont know how to fight americans cause if they did canada would be more famous then america and its fuckn not haha americans are better then you
May 17, 2010 at 9:16 am
At least Canadians are literate.
May 18, 2010 at 10:48 am
Sorry, were you insulting Canada? I couldnt hear you over my health care benefits.
July 16, 2010 at 11:01 pm
Canadian’s don’t stick their noses in other people’s affairs or envade other Countries affairs either. We are more diplomatic about things here!!!
Perhaps sticking to what the 1000 Awesome Things are would be best?
May 18, 2010 at 11:34 am
We’re lovers, not fighters!
June 30, 2010 at 1:04 am
We burnt your Whitehouse down, got bored, went home and drank beer. Yes, that really happened.
July 16, 2010 at 8:05 pm
When Canadians and Americans have ridiculous arguments on this website, that’s awesome.
September 24, 2008 at 12:01 pm
booking movie tickets online, and turning up just in time to see a full theater, except for the perfect seats you booked earlier
AWESOME!
September 26, 2008 at 10:50 pm
1. Eating really weird foods for the first time [fried frog legs! fried oreos!] and finding out that they don’t taste that bad
2. When you’re having an argument with someone about something small, like the capital of a certain country, and…BOOYAH! YOU WERE RIGHT!
3. Waking up like normal as if you were about to go to school or work, then realizing that it’s Saturday/Sunday/your day off
4. Going through the ‘My Pictures’ folder on a computer when you haven’t done so in a long time
5. Digging out an old yearbook
6. Seeing rainbows through your neighbor’s sprinkler
7. When you’re washing the car, and it’s hose time
July 28, 2009 at 12:13 pm
four, five, six, seven – I couldn’t agree more. Those are some of my favourite things ever.
November 15, 2009 at 11:54 pm
fried oreos!!! definitely!
May 31, 2010 at 4:53 pm
Seeing rainbows – anytime, anywhere
in the spray of a wave
connected earth to earth on the plains
from prisms – colour so-o-o intense!
in soap bubbles
a double rainbow over the sea
in the bevel of stained glass
July 30, 2010 at 6:51 pm
honestly didnt know u could do that!
June 13, 2010 at 10:26 pm
3
Happens 2 me in reverse a lot.