Friday, September 18, 2009

Pleasure (list in progress)

Pleasurable:
  • reading escapist/fantasy fiction (ie Twilight, Harry Potter, The Chronicles of Narnia)
  • drinking, then dancing
  • smelling roses (or most things that smell good, such as cake, good cologne/perfume)
  • feeling accomplished
  • doing some drugs
  • drinking good, dry, red wine
  • engaging in intellectually-stimulating conversation
  • having conversations that make me laugh
  • processing a really good philosophy/theory article
  • sleeping, sometimes
  • feeling loved
  • self-loving
  • having just ran (not the actual act of running, although I hope to add that soon)
  • smelling-while-folding clean, warm laundry
  • communicating on Facebook, sometimes
  • connecting with people, sometimes
  • being just-from-the-shower shaved and clean
  • flirting/being flirted with
  • watching good movies/TV shows (ie House, LOST, and of course, Twilight)
  • having intense conversations/interactions with intelligent (and attractive) people
  • writing, sometimes
  • finishing a task, sometimes (not finishing a good book, which brings me sadness)
  • riding my bike across campus
  • teaching, sometimes
  • learning, sometimes
  • shopping, sometimes (when I have money, but when I don't, it brings me sadness and stress)
  • cleaning, sometimes
  • texting
  • checking things off a to-do list
  • having an 'up' day (as opposed to a bipolar-like downswing)
  • driving, sometimes
  • warm, autumn days (or spring, or summer... but not hot, hot days)
  • waking up in a good mood
  • feeling like I'm working toward a good, healthy, happy goal
  • seeing others accomplish their goals
  • receiving stuff from friends/family in the mail
  • making good choices and seeing their results
  • being pain-free for a while
  • getting a massage
  • getting a haircut and eyebrow waxing

1 comment:

Lisa said...

I always slow WAY down when I'm nearing the end of a book that I really like and run on the sweet high for a few days (ludic cerebration!), but if I'm reading something that is required--say, a text for class, I feel enormous relief when I see the pages dwindling. For Mary Daly's explanation of ludic cerebration, searc for the term in her book: http://books.google.com/books?id=O4plzkPw52cC&lpg=PA49&ots=BHZwizs_f-&dq=ludic%20cerebration&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=ludic%20cerebration&f=false