some for me: -slowly stepping on a dried leaf and feeling it gradually crunch under my foot -when i put a cave or something like that in my fish tank and the fish actually swim through it -sniffing books. i'll flip the pages by my face making a booky smelling breeze under my nose
I like the smell of a new magazine. The leaf thing is also strangley satisfying. Something else even more so (this is less likely to happen than most) opening a book for the first time and realising it was a ltd edition. I bought a copy of Lunar Park by Brett Easton Ellis which came in a nice slipcase. It was only when opening it to read it yesterday i realised it was a ltd edition (first print, ltd to 1000 - i got no. 669)
during the winter when ice forms on the ground and melts a little, creating that little pocket between the ground and the ice...i like to crunch those when i step on them. similar to your leaf...
That was the best as a kid, except for every now and than when there really was a puddle underneath and I couldn't tell due to the blacktop and SPLASH cold-wet-foot. Soggy cereal for me. That's my big weird thing I guess that's kinda little.
it's funny how i hadn't really thought about that until i read your leaf comment... the little things i suppose... this is one of my favorite themes in "amelie". like the guy who likes to punch holes in the ivy leaves...hehe
the smell of gasoline watching fishtanks kicking pebbles down the street i am going to have to agree on stepping on things that crinkle (leaves/ice)
+1...also LOVE the smell of fresh cut grass and the sound of running water (brooks/streams/the ocean)
the sound of running water is a nice thing... I also like when I get brand new money at the bank...it has that fresh ink smell...
friday afternoon drive home from work.. smelling steak's cooking on tha grill.. sitting on the porch crackin peanuts & drinkin a cold beer.. hearing my 8yr old daughter sing hanna montana song's on her karaoke machine when she thinks I can't hear her..
here's a creepy one i like watching people that don't know i am watching them... like voyeurism in a non-sexual way i guess for instance, i used to have neighbors that would always hang out in their open garage with friends... playing darts and stuff. i could see them through my glass deck door. it was just intriguing to watch them doing boring shit out there i think it goes back to when i would lie in bed as a kid and watch the distant neighbors' house from my window. their lights would go on and off in different rooms, and it was relaxing to me to watch it
little things.. -I love fall and the change of weather in california. -hearing my 1 year old son laugh and finding the most monotonous things amusing -a pint of guinness
I like the sound of rain and wind against the windows while I'm warm and dry indoors. I also like to rest my head on my roommate's cat, as if he's a pillow, and listen to him purr. Very soothing. The smell of pine needles. A freshly sharpened pencil smells kinda nice, too.
If I see a coin on the ground, I'll turn it head side up for the next person. My girlfriend's ears poking out of her hair makes her look like an elf.
I like sitting in traffic on my way to work. It's especially awesome when I'm listening to a new CD. Waiting in line for a toy is pretty great too. I've met a lot of cool in toy lines. Also, being the first person to open a new book and getting to hear that crackling sound.
