raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens...

Oprah Winfrey has nothing on me...

these are a few of my favorite things:

NPR's Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me radio program
NPR on Saturdays (starting at 9am with Car Talk, followed by these back to back programs: Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me, Says You, World of Opera, All Things Considered, and A Prarie Home Companion)
Podcasts...especially Diggnation, This Week in Tech, and Brain Food
Diners
Chico in the Fall
A Diet Cherry Limeade from Sonic
The ice at Sonic
The Alamo Drafthouse
Tacos
The TV show House (and anything having to do with Hugh Laurie)
The sound made when I type on my laptop
Listening to music in my car
Films by Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Ang Lee, and Cameron Crowe
My pillow from the Club Quarters (a sophisticated hotel) in San Francisco
Writing letters and sending postcards
Wind
Driving around when it's cold outside, with my windows down
Going to see a Houston Ballet performance
Unexpected phone calls from someone I like
Films and TV shows where Justin Kirk plays one of the featured characters
Being able to download current episodes of Weeds the day after they air...especially since I don't have Showtime
Azureus
Anything pertaining to Charles Schulz's Peanuts
Reading books for leisure
My leather bound journal
Walgreens Apothecary lip balm
Walgreens
Target
Sweater Weather...especially when it's bright and sunny, but freezing at the same time
Low-top Converse sneakers
Men's Fruit of the Loom boxer briefs
Vince Guaraldi's music for all the Peanuts/Charlie Brown cartoons
My worn-in kids shearling boots from Costco (ca. 2005)
Volkswagen Touaregs
Movie soundtracks/scores
Printed socks, especially if the print is bizarre or crazy
The look and feel of Apple products
XM Satellite Radio...especially channel 28, OnBroadway
The Office
Laughter
Gene Kelly's films...they make me happy
Comedy CDs
Sara Lee Pumpkin Pie
C.O. Bigelow Mentha Body Wash
Sunsilk shampoo packets from the Philippines
Bedroom slippers and fleece pajamas
Oroweat 12 Grain wheat bread
Printed t-shirts from Threadless.com
Getting through a difficult part of a game on my Nintendo DS
Being five years old
Microsoft Excel
Archer Farms Monster Trail Mix
Kraft Caramels
Starbucks' seasonal coffee choices (Peppermint Mochas, Gingerbread Lattes, Pumpkin Spice Lattes...)
Brand-new Papermate felt tip pens or the discontinued Uniball Vision Exact pens
Blueprint Magazine
The whimsy of Pushing Daisies
American Apparel and Alternative Apparel plain tees
Sitting in the pit of a live John Mayer concert
Old-school Disney movies à la Winnie the Pooh or Sleeping Beauty
Steve Carell
Getting into a book written by Nick Hornby or Mike Gayle
Thursday night televsion
Project Runway
My current job

And last, but certainly not least, this film trailer: