one hundred!

can you believe it? today marks my 100th blog post! i don't know about you, but i totes didn't think i'd be at it for this long! whoda thought that i'd have this much to say (hold your tongues), or that you'd still be following along? i'm impressed. and humbled. thank you so much for reading.

i wanted to do something big and fun and splashy for my 100th...but was paralyzed under such pressure. instead, i give you '100 things that i heart'

for my 100th blog post.

1. my dog
2. live music
3. the candy drawer
4. when it feels like the sun is cooking my insides (yes, i like that)
5. gig posters
6. a hairy laugh (you know the one!)
7. my blazers
8. learning new things (aka stumbling my way through this blog and its design)
9. red nails
10. the sound of rain on my window when i’m in bed
11. david usher
12. sassing
13. watching movies on the couch under a blanket
14. making people laugh
15. puggle puppies (frig, i want one)
16. walking the waterfront
17. dressing up fance (though i rarely have anywhere to go to do that)
18. antique furniture
19. bright (fun!) colours (think: alarming)
20. thick cut ruffles cheddar chips (though i can no longer buy them for myself, because i eat the whole bag)
21. photography
22. my kitchen aid mixer
23. the smell of freshly baked anything in my apartment
24. being girlie
25. good song covers
26. tegan and sara (this vid made me laugh)
27. wave jumping in the ocean
28. my grams and all of her ridiculous ways
29. pears - pear smells, pear tastes, pear looks.
30. hammock naps (oh, if only every nap could be in a hammock)
31. having the same best friend since grade 1 (even though they made me, because she was the new girl)
32. costume parties
33. doing it myself
34. fun wallets
35. travelling and seeing new places
36. so you think you can dance
37. sangria
38. ridiculously long hot showers (i know, it’s not very green. but i can’t help myself)
39. useless facts
40. gin + tonic
41. buttons
42. metric, but mostly emily haines
43. the curious incident of the dog in the night-time
44. making things
45. christmas (it is my season, after all)
46. big rings
47. apartmenttherapy.com
48. reading things my friends write and write
49. smiling. it's my favourite (bonus points if you know where that’s from, also love that.)
50. fireworks
51. sunshine + lollipops
52. tweeting
53. and twitpics
54. the java hut (not house)
55. friends reruns
56. laughing my face off
57. miss congeniality (yes. i know)
58. hand holding
59. karaoke with a live band (words cannot describe how much fun this is)
60. dancing
61. singing ‘it’s up here’, ‘you’re down here’
62. glitter and sequins (it’s the ex-jazz dancer in me)
63. c.o. bigelow lip shine
64. strowbow (but only when it’s cold)
65. makeshift microphones (wine bottles, plastic rats)
66. picasso
67. anything with will farrell
68. songs with cowbell (i honestly believe there should be some kind of cowbell compilation)
69. eddie vedder
70. ikea meatlballs (i swear, if you’ve never eaten lunch at ikea, do it. you’ll love)
71. the ‘cheese’ level at kensington market
72. piano players (but not the geeky, competitive type. think: midway state)
73. making people speak french (as bad as they might be at it) with me
74. the outer layer
75. craft burger (so bad. so good.)
76. wink (mixed with gin. suuuch bad news)
77. patio drinks
78. and patio lanterns
79. my large, ‘manly’ watch
80. emporio armani for her
81. blue koolaid at the movies
82. harmonies that give me goosebumps
83. true blood (am beyond addicted. are you guys watching this? you must!)
84. celebrity gossip
85. well-produced porn (okay, not really. i was just checking to see if you’re still reading)
86. flippy floppies
87. wendy’s number one with cheese (only lettuce, tomato, ketchup)
88. napping
89. winegums (the new sour ones are to die for)
90. dq (or icecream in general)
91. the swedish bazaar
92. plopp
93. making dancefloors (hey, when there isn’t one, you have to start your own!)
94. the artsy rooms at the gladstone
95. unexpectedly running into people you haven’t seen in forever (minus exboyfriends and frenemies)
96. white tulips (though i will gladly take any other flowers if you want to send me some)
97. mr. sketch markers
98. re-enacting music teacher leg-kicks and air punches
99. getting mail (actual mail. not bills. not junkmail. things that people sat down to write and put in the mailbox.)
100. friends who help me come up with one hundred things i heart to celebrate my 100th blog post. love you.