REASONS

sneakers, glitter, the way british people pronounce "glimmers", little kids with huge heads, "kanish-k", sore feet, lost hope, wearing multiple layers, punching out, lingerie, window corners, eyelets, scarred trees, girls with wild hair, rice paper, couples holding hands, payphones, people intently stepping around cracks on the sidewalk, really crappy cars, couples in silent fights in public, bicycles not being stolen, biting your own skin, licking ice cream cones, stupid socks, treasure maps, the bass in cars cranked up wicked high, crappy xeroxed advertisements for crappy local bands, windswept hair, raging oral fixations, (and calling them that), how tiny baby clothes are, chocolate brown eyes, the way happy couples come out of no where on: the first sunny day in a while, thin wrists, eyes that appear to be naturally kohl lined, chewed fingernails, goulashes, dictionaries, poetic devises, inane babble, drooling, toothless babies, quarters, rice crispies boxes, honest eyes, prizes in cereal, happy meals, poking slugs, dirty fingernails, playing with your hair, sore muscles, the civil rights era, the promise of a new notebook, your lucky rocket ship underpants, cow-print tank tops, fuzzy duckies, dickies, freckles, code 10, commas, lists, irony, bracelets, scars, morton salt's helpful tips, playing with barbies, perfect pancakes, , snow falling, goslings, tissue paper, coolers, martha's vineyard, pancakes in the morning, biting lips,muddy fields that make a squish sound when you walk across them, really, really long showers, the beats!, "jingoes", saying "VHS" instead of "video", blank stares, a really good secret, complete confidence, green tea, hair ties, chopsticks, jon steward, the ultimate of non-kosher delights, sugar packets, pink lips, frozen lemonade, naked pictures of famous people, margaritas, the secrets of life, cheap rings, scarves, spotlights, analogue, 1980's kids cartoon shows, jeans with holes at the crotch, english manners, seeing things you're not supposed to see, antiquated language that doesn't quite resonate, 1980's songs by sting, countdowns, "forever", 1968, 3 a.m., thirty-three days, acoustic guitars, am�lie, american history x, black and white photographs, boston, broken hearts, chapped lips, brown hair, strawberry gloss, butterfly kisses, cathedrals, cigarettes, clear eyes, crying, the smell of skin, crying whilst kissing, curious hands and fingertips, deadjournal, dharma, drawing, drawing eyes, the Macarena..

.....driving fast, eyelashes, making a fool of yourself when no one is around to see, faith, open mouths agains: the beating part of necks and the hollows under collarbones, refering to the YMCA as "last call at every gay club in Amarica," fingertips, fireflies, slipping through a light right before it turns red, francesca lia block, hands, touch, high contrast, honesty, howie day, hurt, seeing your creations take shape, your convictions, vans (r), innocence, windups, introspection, apple and eve juice boxes, karma, barbies with close-shorn hair, kicking tomorrow, new shoelaces, lingering grass stains, wool socks, kissing eyes, trees growing crooked and wild, long curly hair, long eyelashes, long rides, climbing over fences, malcontents, moss growing up trees, manual cameras, flavoured lipbalm, matt nathanson, melancholy, my so-called life, nostalgia, playing in the spray of open fire hydrants, middle eastern mens eyes, long scarves, notebooks, putting your fingers to your lips, the cold, crisp smell of winter, flicking a lighter uselessly, swingswetsopen mouthed kisses, paddy casey, jumping from absurd highs on a dare, muddy knees on faded jeans, paper journals, prose, ramen, really deep thoughts, 3x5's, jungle gyms, safety, writing in chalk in the streets, something beautiful, tear filled eyes, not selling a single cup of lemonade outside of you house, but enjoying ever second of it, dawn breaking hot through clouds, the clash of armies, the last cigarette in a pack, the morning after, the wonder years, postcards, wish you were here's, really loud music, bruises, the way a person's skin smells with your cheek flat against it, stealing flowers out of neighbours yards to give to your lover, the mingled scent of cologne and cigarette smoke, "Guitar and Tambourine," by Stephen Kellogg, spraying yourself off with a hose after a long walk, running around barefoot, freshly vaccummed rugs, mocha Starbuck's Frappuccinos, being completely, totally, fucking exahusted for all the right reasons, Hershey's Squeezeup Orange Sherbet, pididdles, dilapidated shacks / the word "dilapidated," being line/order snobs (EI: watching other people stand in line/order and laughing because you are so much better at it), getting four scoops of ice cream for the price of two!, investing in Karma, making a wish on the last shot of a roll of film, that feeling when your soul is poetry and everything is just so cripplingly inspiring, floppy disks, peach lemonade, Viggo's poetry, lines and bruise-blue shadows under eyes, the feeling of someones lips on the filter end of shared cigarettes, your mum driving very fast with your older sister (It is very important that this is your older sister, not your older brother, With your older brother you feel ill, like you're going to die at any second, With your sister you feel drunk and invincable because she knows the good music and every road you are on, ) coffee milk, the fact that little kids don't know how to tickle, and it's usually just painful when they try, staying at home all day without even checking the post, simply sitting and reading, realising you just said something incredibly British and feeling really stupid, but sort of fun; Making a fool of yourself when no one is around to notice, appreciating your scars and knowing that everyone tells a story about where you have been in your life forgetting your bad dreams and remembering your good ones, ...