Cynthetiq

1000 Awesome Things | A time-ticking countdown of 1000 awesome things

I know only a few of us will read all the 1000 things.

But what is something that is awesome?

Getting into the subway just as the door closes.

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I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not.

amonkie

Getting a free cab ride home to help carry my groceries.

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Calling from deep in the heart, from where the eyes can't see and the ears can't hear, from where the mountain trails end and only love can go... ~~~ Three Rivers Hare Krishna

uncle phil

sticking an 8-iron approach shot less than two feet from the cup, making the putt, and collecting a $46 skin...

(did it last sunday on #4 at timber greens in new port richey...)

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

BadNick

coming hard and fast into a turn, double downshifting heal-and-toe rev matching so smooth it's almost like I never shifted as I pass the Porsche GT3 exiting the turn.

Either that or Awesom-O

jewels

Probably not a fit with the book theme, but anyway ...

Being flagged down in a supermarket parking lot on Christmas eve to find out your car has a totally flat tire, thinking you've got to ride it home somehow, and then having those total strangers insist on changing it for you just because it's Christmas eve.

Then waiting a week for your only trusted mechanic to reopen from the holidays and fixing the tire at no cost because you had to wait an hour.

Awesomeness!

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We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess.
Mark Twain

clavus

Realizing you have EXACTLY the right tool for the job.

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Ass, gas or grass. Nobody rides for free.

ironpham

Exact change.

Shower beer.

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SIGNATURE.

noodle

Hulu in the bathtub
Turbo diesel injection
The smell of carbouretor cleaner
Oatmeal baths
Knowing how to change your own belts on a car
Library cards... and the addition of e-books to their collection

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paddyjoe

Having a magazine art director find one of your photos on-line, then call and offer you $300.00 to use it in their book.....

And then, having the check show up one week before Christmas!


Such sweet awesomeness!!

The_Jazz

This thread needs more Worldsking.

But since he's not here: me.

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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - B. Franklin
"There ought to be limits to freedom." - George W. Bush
"We have met the enemy and he is us." - Pogo

im2smrt4u

Getting off work and enjoying a world class brew and dinner made by a beautiful woman!

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Starkizzer Fan Club - President & Founder

noodle

The XX.
Okochim.
The taste of unadulterated dried hops.

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filtherton

Homemade pecan pie.

Charlatan

Making dinner for your friends and seeing that they actually enjoy eating what you've made.

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"My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars."
- Old Man Luedecke

snowy

And job interviews.

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If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Fremen

*Making a perfect steak (usually mine aren't)...
*As a kid, finding out it's a snow day...
*Finding a parking space right up front, no waiting...
*Driving down the strip, having some random hot girl flash you from the next lane over (happened to a buddy, who was with his mom. He said she didn't even notice)...

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Google

thedoc

When you go to the hardware store to buy the tool you know you have but just can't find, you might be a redneck.

Or according to my 5 year old grandson, 'What do you buy at Home Depot? "Big Boy toys".' .

dlish

the first time your son calls you "baba"

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...and MM's TE threads.

actually, all TE threads!

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An injustice anywhere, is an injustice everywhere

I always sign my facebook comments with ()()===========(}. Does that make me gay?
- Filthy

Willravel

Ted Williams.

cj2112

Good Beer.

The Oregon Coast.

Music.

Grancey

We call that the "Hello" spot.

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Quiet, mild-mannered souls might just turn out to be roaring lions of two-fisted cool.

jadangel

When you pull out the winter coat and find money in the pocket. You never missed it, but your sure glad you found it.

Plan9

The love of a pagan god.

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Whatever you can carry.

"You should not drink... and bake."

zenda

Jimi's "Voodoo Chile" .... the slow blues version on Elec Ladyland.
Finding something in the house I thought I might have lost forever.
An evening in the bathtub with someone I love.
Laphroaig
Christmas

Plan9

The lack of World's King in this thread.

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Whatever you can carry.

"You should not drink... and bake."

Fotzlid

Not getting a ticket.

snowy

Even better when you have them together.

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If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau

uncle phil

he really was awesome...

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

Baraka_Guru

Books.

Namely, poetry and fiction. Like photography and recorded music, they are a reproduction-based manifestation of art. You are meant to enjoy the reproduction as the experience of the art itself.

There is something to be said about visiting a painting or a work of architecture, or going to a live performance, to behold it with your own eyes or hear it as it's created. However, it's awesome to have shelves full of art in my own home that I can manhandle at any time.

Most of these works of art can be had for the cost of a meal, and they can be borrowed free of charge from your local library.

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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

thedoc

A snowy day, a fire in the fireplace, a nice glass of wine for both of us.

Manic_Skafe

The relief felt especially during those first few milliseconds of a song selected to mirror exactly what you're feeling.

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"Porn is a zoo of exotic animals that becomes boring upon ownership." -Nersesian

redwolf

Watching MST3K for the first time in ten years, I forgot how funny that show was. Knowing that I can still kickass in Marvel vs. Capcom and a day that is so great that nothing can bum you out.

canuckguy

I second finding money in an pair of pants or jacket pocket that was buried deep in the closet.

-Getting off work early on a Friday due to either high sales or a power outage. just awesome.
-Forgetting the time when I am running and going over my distance goal.
-when my wife puts a new bar of soap in the shower for me when the last bar was getting low.
-Any picture of Salma Hayek.

ellie

Walking in to find that she flushed.

Cynthetiq

reading for fun again.

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I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not.

Daniel_

Waking up to find it wasn't a dream, and she is there. Every day.

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Overhead, the Albatross hangs motionless upon the air,
And deep beneath the rolling waves,
In labyrinths of Coral Caves,
The Echo of a distant time
Comes willowing across the sand;
And everthing is Green and Submarine
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dlish

finishing the last paragraph of a book

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An injustice anywhere, is an injustice everywhere

I always sign my facebook comments with ()()===========(}. Does that make me gay?
- Filthy

Plan9

Dunno, finishing the New Testament is kinda depressing. "Wait, what? That's it?"

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Whatever you can carry.

"You should not drink... and bake."

bagatelle

Waking up relatively early and realizing, you did get enough rest and you can actually get something done during the rest of the day.

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Plan9

When you catch strangers throwing out Arnold Schwarzenegger movie quips in public. "Get to the choppa!"

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Whatever you can carry.

"You should not drink... and bake."