Bear Cub

The first cut into a fresh piece of construction paper.

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Living in the United Socialist States of America.

inBOIL

Being alone in the forest on a foggy day, with no-one around for miles.
Yes!

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And you believe Bush and the liberals and divorced parents and gays and blacks and the Christian right and fossil fuels and Xbox are all to blame, meanwhile you yourselves create an ad where your kid hits you in the head with a baseball and you don't understand the message that the problem is you.

Jenna

Working/going to school during second shift. I love sleeping until 10 every morning and going to bed around 2 every night.

Having a hot tub and pool that I can enjoy every night.

Ayashe

A hot cup of tea
A rainy night by a fire
A cuddle with someone I love
A hot bath with scented oils
A warm sun on my skin while I sit and relax in the yard
A good friend

mixedmedia

simple luxuries:

good coffee
good sheets
nag champra
bath oil
getting dressed up for masturbation...this a new one.

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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce

FelixP

A fresh can of dip, a hot cup of coffee, lunch breaks, the view from the mountains, warm clothes that just came out of the dryer. A gentle breeze. Ahhhh.

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Free will lies not in the ability to craft your own fate, but in not knowing what your fate is. --Me

"I have just returned from visting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world." --Douglas MacArthur

Xerxys

9 minutes to work.

12 minutes to work via McDonalds sausage biscuit.

I can get to work at 7, not take a lunch, leave at three, or at 7:30, or 8 ... l love my job.

genuinegirly

Sparkling water, starched & pressed clothes, mini carrots, comfortable shoes, cute fuzzy critter-pets.

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"Sometimes I have to remember that things are brought to me for a reason, either for my own lessons or for the benefit of others." Cynthetiq

"violence is no more or less real than non-violence." roachboy

Lindy

My shower head with no flow restrictor and plenty of hot water.
Spicy Texas chile with no beans.
Good coffee (NOT burnt Starbucks!) with real cream.
Morning sex with plenty of time.
A good highway with no traffic.
Western Swing.
Clean sheets dried outdoors on the clothesline.

Lindy

Plan9

Having exactly what somebody needs to fix their major crisis in my backpack or vehicle.

A: "If only we had X!"
B: *whips out X*

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Whatever you can carry.

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

ring

If only I had a storm-cellar.

Plan9

...you could use GucciLvr's mouth.

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Whatever you can carry.

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

YaWhateva

New Mexican green chili. When I have lived in Texas and on the east coast, the chili they had was absolutely ridiculous compared to New Mexican chili.

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“If the Americans go in and overthrow Saddam Hussein and it's clean, he has nothing, I will apologize to the nation, and I will not trust the Bush administration again.” - Bill O'Reilly

"This is my United States of Whateva!"

hunnychile

Fresh cotten bed linens, straight from the dryer. In Winter esp.

Sparkling water.

A new CD that has all great songs that I love.

A true friend for life.

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"I need compassion, understanding and chocolate." - NJB

noodle

Ice cold dasani water over clean ice. In a glass.
On the porch in 97 degree weather watching the storm roll in.

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Baraka_Guru

Looking and watching.

Looking at and watching clouds, trees, wet pavement, wet grass, people, cars, planes, cats, dogs, birds, moving water, still water, still shadows, moving shadows, and so on.

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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

YaWhateva

yeah! People watching is up there for me. One of my favorite pastimes.

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“If the Americans go in and overthrow Saddam Hussein and it's clean, he has nothing, I will apologize to the nation, and I will not trust the Bush administration again.” - Bill O'Reilly

"This is my United States of Whateva!"

lunxpress

400 thread count sheets. Quiet solitude without distraction. Freshly squeezed orange juice. A large healthy basil plant. The sky. Watching nesting yard birds. Moments that provoke side-splitting laughter. Not having to wait in any line, ever.

Plan9

Huh. I just realized many of us went:

Simple luxuries = simple pleasures.

...

I guess my simple luxury would be a motorcycle ride. I don't need the bike, but I bought it because it makes me feel like an astronautsamurai.

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Whatever you can carry.

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

Willravel

My favorite simple luxury is cooking all my own meals. I eat like a fucking king for less money than it would take to eat crap pre-made food.

Over the weekend I had:
Denver omelete with fresh California grapes
Stir fried bok choy, green pepper, onion, and garlic
Gourmet salmon cakes (nice and spicy) along with linguine in a pecan arugula pesto
Bagel with cream cheese and cucumber (I love cucumber sandwiches)
Mediterranean chicken panino with homemade potato salad and dark iced tea
Risotto

Wes Mantooth

The first cigarette in the morning...ecstasy

Sitting back on my lawnmower with an ice cold beer

First cast of the rod into a mirror like lake or pond at the crack of dawn

One of my absolute favorites that I miss so much since I moved was sitting around a roaring campfire at night, with friends, in the middle of the north Maine woods during the height of autumn. Yeah the end of your nose is always cold but the whiskey tastes great and the sky is so vivid! Almost no light pollution.

Night driving, anywhere, any route.

Bowing out some Dvorak or Bach on my double bass just for fun...if a thunder storm happens by, even better.

A hot summer night, a cold cooler of beer, a pouch of red man and a baseball game on the radio.

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lurkette

A hammock.

Dark chocolate.

Naps.

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"If ten million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing."

- Anatole France

Titan_Uranus

cooking & exercise.

Walt

Ice cubes. Showers. Window screens that keep the bugs out.

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Calmer than you are...

postpacific

a massage, new socks, having the windows open on a nice spring day, outdoor hot tubs at night, jamba juice, wired magazine.

mew

A nice shower before hopping into a fresh, clean bed.
Sleeping in
Yummy coffee
Chocolate/cake/pastry
Family cooking

canuckguy

A vacation day with nothing planned....got up early and nice long bike ride in the country. Quick BBQ at home and now heading to the beach for a swim. I love summer.

CaliLivChick

Having my own apartment, instead of just my own room (looking forward to when Mom doesn't need to be taken care of anymore).

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Don't trust anything that can bleed for a week and not die. Oh wait, that's me... nevermind... you can trust me.

Idyllic

Watching the boys sleep, and just listening to them breath, all is quiet, ahhhh, the luxury of peaceful moments.

My second luxury would be to hear them say, "Good morning mom" and give me their morning hugs, even sweeter, but as the day progresses, I am looking forward to the whole sleeping thing again, desperately, , ahhh quiet.

Also, reading all your posts at TFP, this is a luxury for me, being a part of this community, having the time and the guts to participate even when I doubt myself.

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you can tell them all you want but it won't matter until they think it does

p.s. I contradict my contradictions, with or without intention, sometimes.