Things you really LIKE

Stinkie

Nope, fortunately not. Although the getting wasted part was a bit of an exaggeration, that only happens at birthdays and arbitrary special occasions of my choosing.

lol. Careful, young man. Nasty drug. Had a neighbour once who drank himself to death in two years time. Shame, he was a sweet bloke. Not cut out for this planet, I guess.

I used to work at a wine merchant's, back when I wasn't independently wealthy yet. It's surprising how many people drink more than is good for 'em. One thing I learned there. Another thing: lift with your legs!

I think I'm gonna have me a wee single malt now. It's bad for ya (causes cancer), but it tastes so fine! I might have me a cigar too. Girlfriend's in Holland - I can stink up the place.

A votre santé.

boofredlay

**%(#408000)[My savior
My wife
My daughter
My family
My job
My friends
My cat (and our soon to be puppy)

Good customer service

Waking up without an alarm
A cool breeze in the morning
A cool breeze in the afternoon
A beautiful sunset
The sound of an owl at full moon

Good customer service

Clean clear water
The mountains of Tennessee
The occasional box of donuts that "shows up" at the office
Brown Basmati rice

Good customer service

A well executed SketchUp Model
A seamless rendering
Selfless help from someone you don’t know
Uninterrupted internet service
This forum

Good customer service

Racquetball
Squash
Badminton
Golf
Bocce

Good customer service

A clean house
A clean workshop
A clean vehicle
Taking pride in my work

Good customer service

Pilot Razor Point pen
The feel of good lead beneath my fingers
A blue Sharpie
Watching my daughter draw

Good customer service

A good book
A good movie
A good storyteller

Good customer service

Mexican food
Italian food
…… food

Good customer service

Calvin & Hobbes
Fresh cut grass
Lazy afternoons
A beautiful smile

Oh, and did I mention good customer service?]**

remus

Companies who manage to seem small and personal, despite the potential for being large and faceless. Giving their employees the power to think and make decisions for themselves also helps.

Squid tamer

CAFFEINE

I'm addicted and proud of it.

Stinkie

@unknownuser said:

[b][color=#408000]Selfless help from someone you don’t know

Yeah. And offering help to someone you don't know.

kwistenbiebel

....and world peace.

(originally invented by Sandra Bullock)

Stinkie

Tell me the missus rented that one.

kwistenbiebel

@unknownuser said:

Tell me the missus rented that one.

Off course...
Rumor has it Sandra was involved in a bus accident some time before that.
Oh well, hearsay...

nomicrowave

igor

wow, boofredlay is one happy person. and would stinkie please stop binging up the spyware thing? this is supposed to be about posistive things.

the one thing i really like: making something great after spending hours of work on it, and watching it work perfectly and complete its intended goal. such a great feeling

and yes, the cool side of the pillow. and to go with that: turning on my electrcic blanket about 45 minutes before i go to bed on a cold night and then when i get into bed, its all nice and warm. ahhh.....

oh, and lucid dreaming. only have them about once every 3 months or so, but they are great. i used to be on a forum about them, great place, but apparantly you had to be 15 and... well... you get it. heres a wikipedia link:

Lucid dream - Wikipedia

(en.wikipedia.org)

playing my drums and just listening to them. ive gotten so used to playing them that i can set myself on autopilot and just listen. and it sounds great (im so modest)

this forum, thanks coen and co.

steampunk. greatest. subculter. ever. such a great community and energy, everything is DIY, and you are constantly slaping youself on the forehead thinking "why didnt i think of that?!?!?!?!". wich for me, is a good thing. it means i can use or modify that great idea that i never would have had normally and use it in another way.

foggy days, where its just foggy enough so that i cant see the end of my street, but not so foggy that you need to rent a cane to feel your way around. on those days, is just the right tempature, the air is still, and nothing has a shadow.

i could go on and on (im a very happy person, ussualy), but i have to keep the posts short, so i'll continue this later.

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plot-paris

@igor said:

foggy days

one of the most beautyful things in the world - time for dreaming (black rider emerging from the fog on a small hill, then vanishing into the dark forrest...)

what I really like:
when Germany, after starting with a disappointing performance in the first games of Euro 2008, wins the quarter final (sorry portuguese ) by finally finding back to it's ordered and controlled style, combined with a constantly dangerous opponent who puts up a fierce fight to the last minute...

SteveCox

A dirty martini.
A good game of bridge.
Watching a building that I designed become a reality.
Canoeing and camping on rivers ... unfortunately, my camping buddy doesn't look so good to me anymore.
Hanging out at the leper colony at the 'plex.
The sound of crickets on a summer night.
Playing my guitar.
Shawshank and the Sound of Music.
These are a few of my favorite things.

pav_3j

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens;
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens;
Brown paper packages tied up with strings;
These are a few of my favorite things.

he he

Pav

remus

Listening to new music, especially if i feel like ive discovered it, ie no one told me aobut it, i just happened to stumble across it.

Stinkie

Sargent, baby! He painted alla prima. Cézanne said of Monet: "He's merely an eye, but my God, what an eye!" (paraphrasing - don't remember it exactly). The same can be said of Sargent. I cannot resist the "creamy" quality of his paint. The composition of this one is simple, but outstanding. Start by looking at the bottom left corner - you'll see what I mean.

Breuer needs no introduction here, I think. My second favorite architect. I have a nice Phaidon book on him. Whenever I leaf through, I start to smile. Unless I'm wrong ( ), he was born in the city where Gaieus lives.

Gaieus

@unknownuser said:

...Breuer needs no introduction here, I think. My second favorite architect. I have a nice Phaidon book on him. Whenever I leaf through, I start to smile. Unless I'm wrong ( ), he was born in the city where Gaieus lives...

Yup, you're right, here you go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Breuer
Also we have a nice amount of fine Bauhaus buildings in town.

Some other dudes born here: myself, Victor Vasarely, Ibrahim Peçevi or Maximinus if we go back in time...

Stinkie

Ah, Vasarely ... One of the very few artists that posess the strange ability to instantly depress me. His art has the same 'quality' some modernist architecture from the sixties and seventies has. It's modernist, sure, but without the air of promise and excitement 'true' modernism has. I cannot quite explain this in English, but his work (and the forementioned architecture) are more like memorials for modernism than modernist in the true sense of the word.

rant (*Edited. No whining in this thread.*end of rant

EDIT: as this, after all, is the "things you really LIKE" thread, I feel I should end my little rant on a positive note. Here goes. For years I looked for a way to realize the, err, "images in my head". Drawings, installations, models - you name it. But those approaches never quite gave me the dictatorial level of control I required. That frustrated me.

Now ... imagine how I feel with the combined power of SU, Maxwell, Indigo and Podium at my fingertips. The last year I spent accumulating hardware, software, knowledge, models and textures. Cost me a fortune and lots of time - but I'm almost done now. After I get the basics of V-Ray down, I'm good to go. Where's that "yeah!!!" smiley?

EDIT 2: the above brings me to an important point. Over time, I've gathered lots of helpful info off this forum. So, another thing I like: SCF. Thanks for all the input and info, people. Have a nice weekend.

cerevellum

Hi, how about:

Habanero
Fly Fishing

Zach