Not all that long ago, Brendan Leonard over at Semi-Rad published a list of 100 Favorite Things. Writing my own list was surprisingly satisfying, so I’m sharing it. Given how negative life can be, spending the time to come up with 100 positive things was a nice exercise that I recommend.

1. Frank Herbert’s Dune books. That’s only the Frank Herbert books and explicitly not the ones by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.
2. Fruit. Specifically, mangoes, raspberries, cherries, pineapple, and peaches. I hear India has the best mangoes and I kinda want to visit just to taste them.
3. Summer nights
4. Odd 13’s Humulus Kalecumber beer
5. Sherlock
6. James S.A. Corey’s Expanse book series and the associated television show
7. Picking up heavy objects and putting them down again
8. Photography – even when my only camera is my phone, I’ll never stop thinking like a photographer
9. This video about making things
10. This YouTube channel in general
11. Galloping a horse across an open field
12. Skiing – all the time, all types. I’m also a beginner snowboarder and I think I’ll like that too, once I’m better at it.
13. The Legend of Zelda. Specifically, the original The Legend of Zelda NES game, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, Wind Waker, Skyward Sword, Ocarina of Time, Twilight Princess, and Breath of the Wild. I never played any of the old Gameboy Zeldas.
14. Learning to cook Indian Food
15. Skyrim – yes, it’s old and buggy as hell, but I still love it. I also like to run to the soundtrack.
16. You Must Remember This
17. Disgraceland
18. Freakonomics – both the book and the podcast
19. The X- Files – the first five seasons in particular
20. The love-hate relationship that I have with the incredible-terrible phenomena that is running.
21. The very similar feelings that I have toward writing.
22. The very similar feelings that I have toward swimming whitewater
23. Brain Pickings
24. The Left Hand of Darkness
25. Giant snow storms. I want enough snow to have to dig tunnels.
26. This specific chocolate
27. All Miyazaki films, but especially Nausicaa
28. This short film
29. Kurt Vonnegut in general, though God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater is my favorite
30. Asimov’s Foundation Series
31. Drinking beer with my brothers
32. Gentlemen Broncos
33. Noisli – my favorite productivity site
34. Kanopy – all you need is a library card from a participating library
35. Also, the literary equivalents, Overdrive or Libby
36. Khan Academy
37. The Venture Bros is so good that it hurts.
38. Silflay hraka u embleer rah – the best book you’ll ever read about rabbits
39. I used to play a lot of Everquest II and I still kinda miss Norrath
40. I still have dreams of breaking through the pack and I quit roller derby in 2013
41. What’s better? Star Trek or Star Wars? The correct answer is Babylon 5
42. Whitewater rafting on the Gauley River
43. This podcast keeps me motivated to not give up on filmmaking
44. And this guy keeps me motivated in general
45. Castlevania on Netflix is amazing.
46. It’s been years since we moved away from Kentucky, but Dragon King’s Daughter is still one of my favorite places.
47. Shish Kabob Grill in Denver still has the best hummus I’ve ever had.
48. Rioja is my favorite for a fancy pants meal.
49. The trout amandine at Steuben’s in Uptown is so good that I never order anything else.
50. Strange Planet has me hooked
51. Best of the Worst has filled the void that MST3K used to occupy (no, I haven’t seen the new MST3K yet)
52. Watching bad movies with my husband
53. Star Trek Timelines – I tried deleting it from my phone. I failed.
54. This subreddit
55. Fooducate
56. 10 Barrel’s Cucumber Crush – I dig sours
57. DiNK Denver
58. Learning to cook Mediterranean Food
59. This is my favorite cook book, though
60. Pod Save America
61. iNaturalist
62. My favorite Star Trek TNG episode
63. WiFMCO
64. This class
65. The Best Thing on Facebook
66. The Oatmeal
67. XKCD
68. After years of dealing with white gas, I finally got a Jetboil and I’m a total convert
69. I like the Aqua Teen Hunger Force so much that I named one of my cats after it
70. Sealab 2021 was an underrated gem
71. Adding places to my travel spreadsheet even though I can’t afford to go anywhere yet. I like how optimistic it feels.
72. My friends sci fi synth band
73. Andy Serkis as Theresa May
74. The Colorado Sun
75. Obvious Plant
76. The Eric Andre Show
77. Reductress
78. Seed&Spark
79. Raspberry/Lemon/Strawberry Fruit Frenzy Popsicles from Trader Joes
80. NPRs podcasts. Basically, all of them, but especially Hidden Brain.
81. Nightvale Presents Podcasts – Alice Isn’t Dead, Welcome to Nighvale, and Within the Wires are my favorites so far. Pretty sure I’m going to like Start With This, too.
82. We’re Alive
83. Semi-Rad – gotta give a shout out to the inspiration
84. This video about faking a model
85. The Sagan Series
86. By the Book
87. Wild Ideas Worth Living
88. The happy hour specials here
89. My favorite bookstore in Denver
90. My other favorite bookstore in Denver
91. My favorite breakfast spot in Denver
92. My favorite bar in Denver
93. My favorite bar in Denver that has live music
94. Classical Art Memes
95. and then we’ll be ok..
96. This shirt
97. The fact that Final Fantasy VII is on switch
98. This shuttle
99. This cozy little bookstore/coffee shop/ice cream parlour in Nederland