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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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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.
1. The last day of a snowboarding vacation, on the last lift up the mountain, sitting at the peak with a bunch of friends looking over the amazing scenery and knowing that soon, the week will be over and theres another year until you do it again. Makes me happy every time I think about it.
2. Being on a summer vaction to the beach with the one you love, lying on the beach when there’s noone else around and the sun is going down, while talking complete nonsense and worrying about nothing.
3a Seeing snow fall for the first time this winter and being outside in it.
3b The noise that your footprints make in that fresh snow – nothing beats it.
I totally agree with 3b. Nothing is better than crunching through a fresh layer of snow :)
Except maybe riding through powder and spraying it up, and going through your powder-spray. That’s awesome :)
And the looks on your friends’ faces when they see snow for the first time is amazing. Especially when it’s the first time you’ve seen snow in years as well :)
Ohh and one more thing! Knowing that you’re in love with someone who’s in love with you too is the most amazing feeling. And it’s even better when you’re both so confident in your love <3
I have to agree with the second one. I work with some girls who just moved to Canada last summer, and they had NEVER seen snow before. The look on their faces when it first started snowing was unforgettable.
Letting your dogs sleep in bed with you. Snoring and farting aside, they are warm and soft and are way better than hugging your pillow. Dog trainers listen up: You are wrong! Dogs belong in bed with their humans.
I have several of the awesome favorite things. Some of these can make me smile when I remember then, even several hours or days after
When you untangle the headphones to your iPod (or whatever) without looking and you get the one with the “R” in your right hand and the one with the “L” in your left hand several times in a row. It can really make my day.
Thinking you’re late for the bus (especially on a cold day) and starting to get cranky, but then spotting it rounding the corner and coming towards you.
The feeling you get right after you’ve cleaned your hopelessly messy room and then sitting down to read in your crisp, clean, made up bed.
Laying down in the snow in one of those full-body suit things you had as a kid and feeling warm in the soft, cushiony snow.
Waking up, thinking you’re late for school/work, realising you just missed the bus, jumping out of bed and… then realising you have the day off. The jump-start made you awake enough to be able to really savour going back to the warmth of the bed, but still sleepy enough to get to that wonderful near-sleep state quickly.
And on that note: Waking up from a really great dream, feeling sad that it ended, but then falling asleep again and continuing the dream right where you left off.
Receiving some new gadgets in the mail and hooking them up for the first time, all shiny and dust free.
Buying a new calender and writing the very first thing in it.
Feeling a little sad, a little fat and a little smelly and then having someone tell you how amazing you look that day.
Going into an exam all nervous and then getting the one thing you felt you would be able to able and acing it. Or for that matter, getting the thing you dreaded the most and acing it for some mysterious reason.
Doing your homework for once and then watching Simpsons or The Office on the couch with a clear conscience.
Trying to convince someone that you have psychic abilities and saying: “My phone is going to start ringing” and then it does.
I totally agree on the Q-tip thing. It’s like an eargasm.
One last thing: sharing all the awesome little things that happen during the day and smiling from ear to ear because of it. :)
-Finally peeing after you’ve waited all day and can’t hold it anymore.
-Microwaveable soup.
-Catching someone checking you out.
-Doing nothing all day/sitting around in your underwear.
-Hot nerd chicks.
The smell of wet concrete.
The smell of pouring rain.
The crisp clean smell of the first snowfall of the year.
The smell of clean sheets.
Smells are pretty much awesome.
smelling farts.
boobies.
sleeping in on sundays.
being first in line.
remembering your dreams.
dating someone way out of your league.
laughing for no reason.
reading an excellent book.
discovering music that you love.
returning someone’s wallet.
getting free food.
not doing anything all day.
wake and bake.
lol.
wake and bake.
laughing for no reason.
smelling farts.
boobies.
sleeping in on sundays.
being first in line.
remembering your dreams.
dating someone way out of your league.
reading an excellent book.
discovering music that you love.
returning someone’s wallet.
getting free food.
not doing anything all day.
lol.
Finding an amazing song on an album that you’ve had for a long time. It was always there, but needed the right time and circumstances to be discovered.
watching the guy in the mirror behing you rocking it out to a Britty Spears Song when he thinks no one is looking or even better Vanilla Ice’s Ice Ice Baby
Laughing in your sleep because your dream is so funny.
Slowly waking from sleep, smiling and reliving the beautiful dream you’ve just had.
When its hot and then you pass by the open doors of a big department store and you are hit by the cold, clean, new smell that belongs only to big department stores.
White curtains billowing in the wind.
A big bright orange sunset that colors the air red gold.
Patterns of sunlight on the floor.
Sunbeams.
The magic hour between night and day.
Listening to the sounds of crickets, frogs and other nocturnal animals on a cool tropical night.
A sky full of stars.
Finding a treasure in a yard sale, junk shop or second hand store.
Lying down on freshly laundered bedsheets.
The smell of shampoo on thick, long hair.
When a baby wraps its hand around your finger and holds tight.
The hug of a child.
A baby laughing uncontrollably. lol
The smell of dawn.
Your going on a trip and the excited feeling that besets you when your bus/car/van finally pulls out of its parking space.
The feeling after that perfect golf shot during a round of golf that makes you forget all the bad shots and makes you want to come back and play again.
and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again :D
dancing in the rain. and not the light rain…but the kind that leaves your hair and clothes completely wet!!! it just makes you feel like…you’re a part of nature!!!
Thinking you lost your wallet, freaking out and thinking through all of the s*&t you’ll have to go through to remedy the situation, and then finding it.
-> This can be applied to losing your cell phone, thinking your car was towed but then realizing you parked somewhere else, losing your keys, etc..
I once found my wallet in the freezer. It was very strange. It also gave me two good feelings: Finding my wallet and laughing to myself that I left it in the freezer.
Watching a TV programme from your youth and still enjoying it. Be it because of nostalgia alone or because it was actually a damn good show, you feel vindicated. And warm and fuzzy. :)
I also agree with Nicole re: stretching. That big morning stretch that loosens your whole body and makes you want to sleep again.
Even more awesome if it’s a weekend and you CAN sleep again.
-Being the first one to read a newspaper. You unfold it, and the pages are still crisp, and you able to hold up the paper to read it, instead of laying on the table to read. And the smell of the ink! Love it. And if your lucky enough, the center pages are still warm from the press. Awesome!
-Eating sour candy. You know its going to be sour, and it’s going to hit right right below the ears, in the back of your mouth, and you can’t help making faces. As soon as the sensation is gone, you have got to eat another piece. Awesome!
-New tires on your car. In my case it’s winter tires. Just the thought of knowing i have bought them makes me feel a lot safer. I knew i won’t end up in a ditch like i did the previous years because of the cheap ass tires i had been using, that were ideal for back east where i previously lived, but were a bad idea for the prairies. Now i can drive unto an unplowed street and know i will be able to get out, and won’t hit other cars or people who are shoveling themselves out. :}
-Going to the hair salon and having my hair washed before cut. My hair stylist washes her own client’s hair, and let me tell ya, it’s as good as getting a full body massage. Every one of her clients raves about it. She doesn’t just wash your hair, she massages your head, you neck, your forehead…honestly it and out of this world experience. I call it having my ears cleaned, cause i can hear so much better after. hehe! Janice, i’ll see ya after work at 3:45PM today!
And i second the stretching in the morning mentions above from other posters. The full body stretch is best. right before you have your am coffee, before the shower.
I think i need a nap now.
1) The first time you’re tall enough to be able to go on the scariest roller coaster at the park… and you feel like the biggest 12-year old stud
2) Eating lobster/crab, and getting out that perfectly shaped claw
3) Opening up gmail to a bunch of new bold messages – for a moment you feel like: “I’m popular!”
4) The look on a kid’s face when he’s watching magic/balloon animals being made. I just saw a kid getting a balloon had getting made for him.. he was so excited he was shaking/about to explode
5) When you think you’re going to run out of gas on a dark highway at night, and you manage to find an open gas station at the very last minute
6) No-questions-asked return policies
7) T-ball. I mean, you don’t even have to have the ball pitched to you. You hit it off a Tee!
8) Watching TV with a group of friends – the same show that would be mildly entertaining alone, can be downright hilarious when watching it with friends
The moment after you PLAY a concert.
It’s one of the best feelings ever.
You kind of have to be in a band to get this feeling though, but I just thought I’d share. It goes along with the new one about the lights going down before a concert.
That feeling is so amazing. I used to play open mics during the summer with a group of musicians, and every night we played, especially my first night there, I felt like I was floating off the stage. I was so excited. :)
Oh! I have some more.
1) Experiencing Deja-vu.
2) Being the subject of somebody’s magic trick. My brother does magic. It’s so fun not knowing what’s happening.
3) The feeling of not being able to move your body when you wake up for a second. I’ve heard them called ‘Having the devil sit on your chest”. My friend calls them ‘Mini Comas’. I don’t know what they’re actually called, but they rock.
Kind of weird that all of these have to do with your brain processing information and stuff…
1 Cutting the grass in the early morning and sitting down in in the sunshine and simply smelling it hearing no sign of modern life
2 Watching a film for 2 hours without any inclination of the twist at the end. Then when the twist is exposed having the hairs on the back of your neck stand up and going to bed excited and thinking about it for days after.
3.The cold side of he pillow.
4. A long lie in when you’ve got kids and your partner takes them out for the morning and says” be quiet don’t wake daddy” to the kids.
5 A birthday present that you really want, that you haven’t hinted at, after the age of 30.
6. Silence
7. New shoes when you’re 7!
8.Clean, crisp bed sheets.
9. Toast.
10 Finding a glass of water on the bedside table that you had the forthought to put there before you went out and drank far too much, and then forgot about. Discovering it and chugging it in the middle of the night. Then waking up with little or no handover because of it!! Awesome!
Come on at least one of these should come in from your Anglo cousins!!
- lazy sunday afternoons… it could be on the couch in front of a football game, or reading a book on a porch swing…maybe you’ll nap, maybe you won’t… either way, it’s awesome.
- the sound of sharp skates on a fresh sheet of ice
- when you’ve had the longest, most stressful, exhausting day ever and the last thing you feel like doing is cooking dinner, and you walk in the door and someone says to you “i just ordered take-out, it’ll be here in 10 minutes”
- old christmas movies – White Christmas, Holiday Inn, etc, etc
Getting an unexpected raise.
When you didn’t ask for one, when it’s not an annual thing, when your boss just says you deserve it.
Being in love. especially the beginning when you can’t go five minutes without talking to each other and everything else in your life suddenly seems less important.
the last one. YES. hard not to love the gooey sensation of a perfectly roasted marshmallow – or blowing it out. Then sometimes smashing it between graham crackers and chocolate.
For me, it’s Harry Potter, Big Fish, Transformers, Flicka, Bring It On, and A Walk To Remember. I own all of those movies and they aren’t even my favourites, but every time they’re on TV I have to watch.
Waking up in the morning, rolling over, and realizing you still have an hour or more to sleep.
Or, on a related note, waking up with your alarm, getting up, then being informed that you don’t have to go to work/school that day and you can crawl back into bed.
That feeling you get after having a moustache for years and then finally shaving it off. Running your bottom lip over the freshly shaven area is the best feeling ever!
This is so rare but it’s one of my favourite experiences in the world. And it’s really awesome when you discover this around strangers and they give you that look like “yeah, I know exactly what you’re experiencing”. It’s awesome.
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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
December 31, 2009 at 12:44 am
When your natural gait alternates perfectly between light and dark tiles in a grocery store.
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!
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!
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.
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!
November 17, 2009 at 2:55 am
Realizing you’re dreaming during a nightmare
December 10, 2009 at 11:59 pm
gelling your hair perfectly after just getting out of the shower
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.
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!
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.
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
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!
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.
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
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!
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 :)
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.
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
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
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
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!
September 3, 2008 at 1:39 pm
New socks…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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!
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!
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.
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!
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!
September 28, 2008 at 1:28 pm
1. The last day of a snowboarding vacation, on the last lift up the mountain, sitting at the peak with a bunch of friends looking over the amazing scenery and knowing that soon, the week will be over and theres another year until you do it again. Makes me happy every time I think about it.
2. Being on a summer vaction to the beach with the one you love, lying on the beach when there’s noone else around and the sun is going down, while talking complete nonsense and worrying about nothing.
3a Seeing snow fall for the first time this winter and being outside in it.
3b The noise that your footprints make in that fresh snow – nothing beats it.
April 13, 2009 at 1:42 pm
i agree, thats like one of the most important reasons why i want a dog in the first place
June 30, 2009 at 10:13 pm
I totally agree with 3b. Nothing is better than crunching through a fresh layer of snow :)
Except maybe riding through powder and spraying it up, and going through your powder-spray. That’s awesome :)
And the looks on your friends’ faces when they see snow for the first time is amazing. Especially when it’s the first time you’ve seen snow in years as well :)
Ohh and one more thing! Knowing that you’re in love with someone who’s in love with you too is the most amazing feeling. And it’s even better when you’re both so confident in your love <3
August 19, 2009 at 2:13 pm
I have to agree with the second one. I work with some girls who just moved to Canada last summer, and they had NEVER seen snow before. The look on their faces when it first started snowing was unforgettable.
AWESOME.
September 28, 2008 at 5:05 pm
Letting your dogs sleep in bed with you. Snoring and farting aside, they are warm and soft and are way better than hugging your pillow. Dog trainers listen up: You are wrong! Dogs belong in bed with their humans.
June 1, 2009 at 9:27 pm
Even when your butt’s not covered by the blanket because they won’t budge a smidge when you try to move them.
January 21, 2010 at 2:26 am
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September 29, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Drinking the left over milk from the bowl from your cereal.
September 29, 2008 at 5:18 pm
I have several of the awesome favorite things. Some of these can make me smile when I remember then, even several hours or days after
When you untangle the headphones to your iPod (or whatever) without looking and you get the one with the “R” in your right hand and the one with the “L” in your left hand several times in a row. It can really make my day.
Thinking you’re late for the bus (especially on a cold day) and starting to get cranky, but then spotting it rounding the corner and coming towards you.
The feeling you get right after you’ve cleaned your hopelessly messy room and then sitting down to read in your crisp, clean, made up bed.
Laying down in the snow in one of those full-body suit things you had as a kid and feeling warm in the soft, cushiony snow.
Waking up, thinking you’re late for school/work, realising you just missed the bus, jumping out of bed and… then realising you have the day off. The jump-start made you awake enough to be able to really savour going back to the warmth of the bed, but still sleepy enough to get to that wonderful near-sleep state quickly.
And on that note: Waking up from a really great dream, feeling sad that it ended, but then falling asleep again and continuing the dream right where you left off.
Finally having your ears pop long after flying or driving through a tunnel.
(EDIT 2/11/2009: Thank you, Trine! – Neil)
Receiving some new gadgets in the mail and hooking them up for the first time, all shiny and dust free.
Buying a new calender and writing the very first thing in it.
Feeling a little sad, a little fat and a little smelly and then having someone tell you how amazing you look that day.
Going into an exam all nervous and then getting the one thing you felt you would be able to able and acing it. Or for that matter, getting the thing you dreaded the most and acing it for some mysterious reason.
Doing your homework for once and then watching Simpsons or The Office on the couch with a clear conscience.
Trying to convince someone that you have psychic abilities and saying: “My phone is going to start ringing” and then it does.
I totally agree on the Q-tip thing. It’s like an eargasm.
One last thing: sharing all the awesome little things that happen during the day and smiling from ear to ear because of it. :)
Have an awesome day, everyone!
September 29, 2008 at 6:28 pm
I love these. Keep up the good work!
Some of mine:
-Finally peeing after you’ve waited all day and can’t hold it anymore.
-Microwaveable soup.
-Catching someone checking you out.
-Doing nothing all day/sitting around in your underwear.
-Hot nerd chicks.
May 25, 2009 at 4:17 pm
Aah definitely the checking-you-out one!!
December 13, 2009 at 12:12 pm
YES! the checking you out. it makes you feel really good knowing that someone is interested in you.
September 30, 2008 at 8:30 pm
shoe store smell. nuff said.
July 11, 2009 at 8:42 pm
Bookstore/Library smell
The smell of fresh cut wood
July 28, 2009 at 12:16 pm
definitely the smell of a bookstore…and the smell of books.
November 26, 2009 at 12:44 am
The smell of wet concrete.
The smell of pouring rain.
The crisp clean smell of the first snowfall of the year.
The smell of clean sheets.
Smells are pretty much awesome.
September 30, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Just wanted to say I love your blog. Totally relate to it. Don’t stop.
September 30, 2008 at 8:59 pm
…pay day.
I mean, comon!
January 25, 2010 at 9:36 am
*give this 2 thumbs up*
October 1, 2008 at 12:16 am
“The First Cut Into A Fresh Piece Of Construction Paper”
-Stewie Griffin
October 1, 2008 at 12:34 am
smelling farts.
boobies.
sleeping in on sundays.
being first in line.
remembering your dreams.
dating someone way out of your league.
laughing for no reason.
reading an excellent book.
discovering music that you love.
returning someone’s wallet.
getting free food.
not doing anything all day.
wake and bake.
lol.
April 1, 2009 at 1:18 pm
:l
May 16, 2009 at 1:46 pm
amen. TO ALL OF THOSE. But I only like smelling my own farts…
November 16, 2009 at 10:53 am
I love you.
wake & bake is even better when followed by more awesomeness like chocolate chip pancakes. and yay for boobies!
November 16, 2009 at 10:55 am
I love you :)
wake & bake followed by chocolate chip pancakes is euphoric.
January 25, 2010 at 9:38 am
wake and bake.
laughing for no reason.
smelling farts.
boobies.
sleeping in on sundays.
being first in line.
remembering your dreams.
dating someone way out of your league.
reading an excellent book.
discovering music that you love.
returning someone’s wallet.
getting free food.
not doing anything all day.
lol.
Dats my order :P
October 1, 2008 at 3:54 am
When kids show you a sore on their middle finger and hold up just that finger not knowing what they are doing.
Unpacking the last box after a big move.
Seeing an old man with a white beard dressed as Santa jogging down the street in July.
That first leap into a pool even though you know its going to be cold.
Laughing so hard for so long that you forget what your laughing about and still continue to laugh.
Falling asleep/waking up in the arms of the one you love.
Smell of a campfire.
(EDIT 12/9/08: Thank you, Kara! – Neil)
Banana chairs.
When you sit too far back in a banana chair, fall over and can’t get up. (that happened to my mom lol)
When you see a freshly puffed bean bag and can’t resist jumping into it.
Waking up, realizing you don’t have to be anywhere, and going back to sleep.
Jumping into a pile of raked leaves.
The overwhelming smell of brownies filling the house when they are cooking.
Getting your paycheck and its a lot more than you thought it would be.
October 1, 2008 at 2:04 pm
When you slow down to let a truck in front of you on the freeway and they blink their lights to thank you.
August 10, 2009 at 7:10 am
In Australia blinking lights means they are swearing at you. lol
ppl just give a wave here to say thanks
October 2, 2008 at 8:08 am
finally going to sleep after doing an all-nighter. the feeling that you can relax and sleep.
October 2, 2008 at 6:23 pm
Nice, warm idea. Thanks.
Here are some of mine –
A long, from-the-deep, oh-so-relieving, burp.
The first swallow from a new bottle of cold seltzer: The cold effervesense raking all the grime off your inside.
Waking up from the deep sleep and not knowing where you are.
A strong foot massage.
Getting the eyelash out of your eye.
(EDIT 10/10/08: Thank you, Mendel! – Neil)
Getting out of the car after a drive to the countryside (from your daily, crowded city) and that first whiff of countryside air.
A deep inhale of tires.
The huge exploding firework that covers the whole sky.
The perfect, crisp morning: cool air, sharp blue sky, one or two clouds for contrast. It permeates your being.
October 3, 2008 at 9:06 am
Finding an amazing song on an album that you’ve had for a long time. It was always there, but needed the right time and circumstances to be discovered.
July 28, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Absolutely. Drew, you’re fantastic.
October 3, 2008 at 12:15 pm
I love whenever I go shopping and I find something I want to buy. Then when I get to the cash register the item was secretly on sale!
AWESOME!
May 16, 2009 at 1:50 pm
BEST FEELING EVER.
October 3, 2008 at 4:31 pm
watching the guy in the mirror behing you rocking it out to a Britty Spears Song when he thinks no one is looking or even better Vanilla Ice’s Ice Ice Baby
October 3, 2008 at 4:43 pm
The smells at Christmas time (nuff said)
October 3, 2008 at 4:49 pm
Doing a random nice thing for no reason for some one else and they don’t know it
October 4, 2008 at 5:06 am
Beautiful list. Beautiful comments.
What is awesome?
Laughing in your sleep because your dream is so funny.
Slowly waking from sleep, smiling and reliving the beautiful dream you’ve just had.
When its hot and then you pass by the open doors of a big department store and you are hit by the cold, clean, new smell that belongs only to big department stores.
White curtains billowing in the wind.
A big bright orange sunset that colors the air red gold.
Patterns of sunlight on the floor.
Sunbeams.
The magic hour between night and day.
Listening to the sounds of crickets, frogs and other nocturnal animals on a cool tropical night.
A sky full of stars.
Finding a treasure in a yard sale, junk shop or second hand store.
Lying down on freshly laundered bedsheets.
The smell of shampoo on thick, long hair.
When a baby wraps its hand around your finger and holds tight.
The hug of a child.
A baby laughing uncontrollably. lol
The smell of dawn.
Your going on a trip and the excited feeling that besets you when your bus/car/van finally pulls out of its parking space.
Spaghetti.
Shopping.
AWESOME!
November 6, 2009 at 6:15 pm
Dear Mightymight, I love you…
October 6, 2008 at 2:00 pm
The feeling after that perfect golf shot during a round of golf that makes you forget all the bad shots and makes you want to come back and play again.
January 25, 2010 at 10:04 am
and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again :D
October 6, 2008 at 11:58 pm
Peeing in newly laden snow
October 7, 2008 at 12:09 pm
dancing in the rain. and not the light rain…but the kind that leaves your hair and clothes completely wet!!! it just makes you feel like…you’re a part of nature!!!
October 8, 2008 at 2:37 pm
helping someone you dont know and they expect or wish to reward you and you say no thanks and walk off. NICE
October 9, 2008 at 1:11 am
clothes pegs – an awesome as invention
the perfect hi-5 (if you look at the other persons elbows, you’ll never miss)
November 21, 2009 at 7:47 pm
OH MUH GOSHH!
makking a perrfectt hi-5 is serioussllly the most awesomme feelingg everr, not gonna lie!!!
January 25, 2010 at 10:05 am
ggeting a neww keyboardd cause the keyyyyys on the lastt one gott stuck randomlyy. lmaoo
October 9, 2008 at 1:12 am
laughing out loud when you’re alone in a public place about something that happened like a week ago, and seeing the weird looks you get
October 9, 2008 at 11:34 am
Police letting you off with a warning
Frozen thin mint girl scout cookies
being the COOL uncle
November 16, 2009 at 4:11 pm
all sound awesome indeed :)
October 9, 2008 at 2:21 pm
Thinking you lost your wallet, freaking out and thinking through all of the s*&t you’ll have to go through to remedy the situation, and then finding it.
-> This can be applied to losing your cell phone, thinking your car was towed but then realizing you parked somewhere else, losing your keys, etc..
November 25, 2009 at 7:16 pm
I think its awesome when you thought you lost your glasses but you were wearing them or they were on top of your head the whole time!
November 26, 2009 at 12:49 am
I once found my wallet in the freezer. It was very strange. It also gave me two good feelings: Finding my wallet and laughing to myself that I left it in the freezer.
October 10, 2008 at 12:03 am
I didnt read all of them, but stretching.
Stretching is the most amazing feeling..ever.
January 3, 2010 at 8:20 am
Absolutely!
January 25, 2010 at 10:07 am
hands down
October 10, 2008 at 8:48 am
When a bag of chips is hung up in the vending machine and you put money in and get two.
Poutine and beer at a dark bar.
October 10, 2008 at 10:47 am
Watching a TV programme from your youth and still enjoying it. Be it because of nostalgia alone or because it was actually a damn good show, you feel vindicated. And warm and fuzzy. :)
I also agree with Nicole re: stretching. That big morning stretch that loosens your whole body and makes you want to sleep again.
Even more awesome if it’s a weekend and you CAN sleep again.
May 21, 2009 at 12:01 pm
Yes! The Dick Van Dyke show!
October 10, 2008 at 11:16 am
Good point, Ian.
I’d love to watch the one with the softball game vs. WPIG.
Or any of the pranks wars vs. Gary’s Olde Town Tavern
October 10, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Here are some of my favorites.
-Being the first one to read a newspaper. You unfold it, and the pages are still crisp, and you able to hold up the paper to read it, instead of laying on the table to read. And the smell of the ink! Love it. And if your lucky enough, the center pages are still warm from the press. Awesome!
-Eating sour candy. You know its going to be sour, and it’s going to hit right right below the ears, in the back of your mouth, and you can’t help making faces. As soon as the sensation is gone, you have got to eat another piece. Awesome!
-New tires on your car. In my case it’s winter tires. Just the thought of knowing i have bought them makes me feel a lot safer. I knew i won’t end up in a ditch like i did the previous years because of the cheap ass tires i had been using, that were ideal for back east where i previously lived, but were a bad idea for the prairies. Now i can drive unto an unplowed street and know i will be able to get out, and won’t hit other cars or people who are shoveling themselves out. :}
-Going to the hair salon and having my hair washed before cut. My hair stylist washes her own client’s hair, and let me tell ya, it’s as good as getting a full body massage. Every one of her clients raves about it. She doesn’t just wash your hair, she massages your head, you neck, your forehead…honestly it and out of this world experience. I call it having my ears cleaned, cause i can hear so much better after. hehe! Janice, i’ll see ya after work at 3:45PM today!
And i second the stretching in the morning mentions above from other posters. The full body stretch is best. right before you have your am coffee, before the shower.
I think i need a nap now.
Bye!
November 15, 2009 at 11:57 pm
getting my hair washed at the hair salon is the best part!!!! it is the best therapy for headaches and breakups.
October 10, 2008 at 9:50 pm
Waking up right before the alarm clock goes off
Catching the bus just as you walk up to the bus stop
Paying for something with exact change
Getting caught in a thunderstorm
October 11, 2008 at 6:19 am
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October 11, 2008 at 7:34 pm
miracle berries.
October 12, 2008 at 10:56 am
Stephanie taking off her bra
The fight song on Star Trek
Getting the “wheel seat” on the bus
80 hair
The feeling you get after using the whiteboard a lot
Getting seated next to a pretty woman on a plane
Throwing and sticking cheese, lunch meat or pencils to the cafeteria ceiling
Your mom
October 13, 2008 at 6:08 pm
1) The first time you’re tall enough to be able to go on the scariest roller coaster at the park… and you feel like the biggest 12-year old stud
2) Eating lobster/crab, and getting out that perfectly shaped claw
3) Opening up gmail to a bunch of new bold messages – for a moment you feel like: “I’m popular!”
4) The look on a kid’s face when he’s watching magic/balloon animals being made. I just saw a kid getting a balloon had getting made for him.. he was so excited he was shaking/about to explode
5) When you think you’re going to run out of gas on a dark highway at night, and you manage to find an open gas station at the very last minute
6) No-questions-asked return policies
7) T-ball. I mean, you don’t even have to have the ball pitched to you. You hit it off a Tee!
8) Watching TV with a group of friends – the same show that would be mildly entertaining alone, can be downright hilarious when watching it with friends
October 15, 2008 at 4:42 pm
The moment after you PLAY a concert.
It’s one of the best feelings ever.
You kind of have to be in a band to get this feeling though, but I just thought I’d share. It goes along with the new one about the lights going down before a concert.
November 21, 2009 at 5:20 pm
That feeling is so amazing. I used to play open mics during the summer with a group of musicians, and every night we played, especially my first night there, I felt like I was floating off the stage. I was so excited. :)
October 15, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Oh! I have some more.
1) Experiencing Deja-vu.
2) Being the subject of somebody’s magic trick. My brother does magic. It’s so fun not knowing what’s happening.
3) The feeling of not being able to move your body when you wake up for a second. I’ve heard them called ‘Having the devil sit on your chest”. My friend calls them ‘Mini Comas’. I don’t know what they’re actually called, but they rock.
Kind of weird that all of these have to do with your brain processing information and stuff…
July 28, 2009 at 12:28 pm
Deja-vu, most definitely.
November 16, 2009 at 12:54 am
man, i was totally gonna say deja vu…it’s so cool. and even better when it’s reacurring.
December 5, 2009 at 1:36 pm
3 is actually called sleep paralysis. My friend gets them all the time, for hours on end. They terrify her
January 25, 2010 at 10:09 am
I call it latency :p
October 16, 2008 at 5:31 pm
1 Cutting the grass in the early morning and sitting down in in the sunshine and simply smelling it hearing no sign of modern life
2 Watching a film for 2 hours without any inclination of the twist at the end. Then when the twist is exposed having the hairs on the back of your neck stand up and going to bed excited and thinking about it for days after.
3.The cold side of he pillow.
4. A long lie in when you’ve got kids and your partner takes them out for the morning and says” be quiet don’t wake daddy” to the kids.
5 A birthday present that you really want, that you haven’t hinted at, after the age of 30.
6. Silence
7. New shoes when you’re 7!
8.Clean, crisp bed sheets.
9. Toast.
10 Finding a glass of water on the bedside table that you had the forthought to put there before you went out and drank far too much, and then forgot about. Discovering it and chugging it in the middle of the night. Then waking up with little or no handover because of it!! Awesome!
Come on at least one of these should come in from your Anglo cousins!!
June 8, 2009 at 4:59 pm
Number 10 made me laugh! It’s SO true :o)
October 19, 2008 at 12:55 pm
- lazy sunday afternoons… it could be on the couch in front of a football game, or reading a book on a porch swing…maybe you’ll nap, maybe you won’t… either way, it’s awesome.
- the sound of sharp skates on a fresh sheet of ice
- when you’ve had the longest, most stressful, exhausting day ever and the last thing you feel like doing is cooking dinner, and you walk in the door and someone says to you “i just ordered take-out, it’ll be here in 10 minutes”
- old christmas movies – White Christmas, Holiday Inn, etc, etc
- spontaneous road trips with good friends
October 19, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Getting an unexpected raise.
When you didn’t ask for one, when it’s not an annual thing, when your boss just says you deserve it.
Being in love. especially the beginning when you can’t go five minutes without talking to each other and everything else in your life suddenly seems less important.
new socks – saw it already but toooooootally true
cooking marshmallows and hot dogs in a campfire.
December 13, 2009 at 12:30 pm
the last one. YES. hard not to love the gooey sensation of a perfectly roasted marshmallow – or blowing it out. Then sometimes smashing it between graham crackers and chocolate.
October 21, 2008 at 9:54 am
You know those movies that you watch every time they come on TV (even if you own the DVD)?
Mine are Pulp Fiction, Shawshank, Midnight Run, Scent of a Woman, Fish Called Wanda.
The awesome thing is tuning in right when they start…I’ve seen the end of all of those movies dozens of times more than the opening scenes.
May 2, 2009 at 11:20 pm
Big, Center Stage, Where the Heart Is, any of the Harry Potter movies
Most awesome when they’re just starting! This needs to be added.
July 28, 2009 at 12:32 pm
Neil, you have to add this.
For me, it’s Harry Potter, Big Fish, Transformers, Flicka, Bring It On, and A Walk To Remember. I own all of those movies and they aren’t even my favourites, but every time they’re on TV I have to watch.
November 26, 2009 at 12:55 am
Seriously! A Walk To Remember is such an awesome movie, I can’t resist watching it.
November 16, 2009 at 4:17 pm
Terms of Endearment, Fried Green Tomatoes, Apollo 13, Forrest Gump …
December 11, 2009 at 12:37 pm
Sister Act, LOTR, the original Star Wars trilogy and Love Actually :)
October 21, 2008 at 9:59 am
I would also add Bull Durham, The Princess Bride, Office Space and The Usual Suspects.
May 2, 2009 at 11:20 pm
Thank you, The Princess Bride was in there, I just couldn’t get it out.
October 21, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Waking up in the morning, rolling over, and realizing you still have an hour or more to sleep.
Or, on a related note, waking up with your alarm, getting up, then being informed that you don’t have to go to work/school that day and you can crawl back into bed.
October 22, 2008 at 11:45 am
Building and lighting your own campfire.
October 22, 2008 at 11:46 pm
That feeling you get after having a moustache for years and then finally shaving it off. Running your bottom lip over the freshly shaven area is the best feeling ever!
October 23, 2008 at 2:01 pm
Hearing a song for the first time and knowing it will change your life after hearing the first note.
April 16, 2009 at 5:06 pm
I totally agree in that one!
July 28, 2009 at 12:37 pm
This is so rare but it’s one of my favourite experiences in the world. And it’s really awesome when you discover this around strangers and they give you that look like “yeah, I know exactly what you’re experiencing”. It’s awesome.
November 10, 2009 at 9:35 pm
I think we should include those songs that changed you…I will get back with mine
December 17, 2009 at 10:38 pm
Or just hearing it and knowing that you’re going to love it. It’s…well, awesome!
October 24, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Waking up in a panic because your late for work and then realizing its Saturday.
OHHH YEEEEES!!!!
November 16, 2009 at 3:48 am
Yeah! It happens to me often. Then you still have an extra hour to enjoy. Love it!