December

1: Matthew Hussey videos
2: NaNo withdrawal symptoms
3: cool banjo/folk mixes
4: being able to prove a teacher wrong
5: when only five kids show up to class, so you get to watch Hulu
6: the parody songs in the Rutles movie
7: dramatic History Channel specials
8: The Iron Giant
9: way too much awesomeness for the public to handle
10: "Troika"
11: taste-test reviewing
12: Gene Wilder in "The Young Frankenstein"
13: drawing the little Jason Voorhees mask next to the date on Friday the 13th
14: rereading books from your childhood
15: young trees that tower over you
16: last-minute creativity
17: being everyone's Secret Santa
18: studying with the smart kids
19: crocheting craze
20: Hermes/aviator slippers
21: setting up luminaria
22: chill, bowling-alley parties
23: actively trying to NOT be a procrastinator
24: weird Christmas movie traditions
25: the good, the bad, and the wonderful on Christmas
26: light & fluffy German chocolate
27: "Eleanor & Park"
28: lessons from a bad movie
29: seeing a plane fly into the clouds
30: IMing friends about a school dance
31: "French Kiss"

November

1: midnight start on NaNo(WriMo)
2: the music video for "El Verdadero Amor Perdona"
3: going outside
4: wearing my coyote/armadillo hat while reading Romeo & Juliet
5: an adventurer speaking of their travels
6: winning some, losing some
7: the under-the-stairs mini office
8: University of Puget Sound
9: Swedish films
10: yarmulke-style hats
11: getting away with being a (stylish) rebel
12: friends interested in your private writing projects
13: being called "sweet" (especially if you're a little demon)
14: a bat sock-puppet
15: being able to have both opinions
16: skills passed down for generations
17: NaNo plot advice
18: fitting yourself into artwork
19: teachers letting you work alone
20: hand binoculars
21: Eric Whitacre's virtual choir
22: clever Pictionary interpretations
23: your half birthday
24: snow melting
25: friendly, generic counselor-student talks
26: spy missions
27: things to make you smile
28: moms that make awesome Thanksgiving food
29: overdosing on cuteness
30: conversation days

October

1: giving (successful) directions
2: strongly emotional short stories
3: Arilus cristatus
4: The Avett Bros' energy
5: restoring energy through juggling
6: the equivalent to school, in someone else's house
7: laughing comfortably with a customer service representative
8: gourmet-flavor Oreos
9: "turn off the lights" pranks
10: morning Starbucks fix
11: creamy bruschetta
12: driving fast
13: Amy Poehler on Parks & Rec
14: kitchen models at Lowe's
15: juice-box days
16: start-of-winter cold
17: climbing a tree, especially when you know you probably shouldn't be
18: the warmth from the sun bestowed upon you like a lord's blessing
19: Professor Bhaer from Little Women
20: spoiling the hell out of a friend for a birthday
21: vegan Pirate Booty
22: finding songs that pique livelihood
23: adorable microscopic creatures
24: homemade Butterfingers (my friend's)
25: science shows that show crazy stuff happening to/in the body
26: pulling out pumpkin innards with your hand
27: the interactions with others at birthday parties
28: the total childlike innocence of a person sleeping
29: forest fairy/hippie aunt sweaters
30: diligently researching and taking notes for a fiction work
31: ADHD hyperness

September

1: cool story plot ideas
2: finally finishing long & drawn-out books
3: lifting weights
4: learning to play a song from just hearing it
5: someone speaking up for you
6: Rosalind Franklin
7: corny '90s horror books
8: cheering on Serena Williams
9: intermittent rain sprinkling
10: origami creations
11: someone remembering & paying attention to you
12: chilly, drizzly days
13: friends' accomplishments
14: so many Netflix choices!
15: a happily-ever-after Nicholas Sparks movie
16: transportable study havens
17: Yoko Ono on Twitter
18: mediocre auditions
19: grandparents
20: dark, creepy roads
21: "This Empty Northern Hemisphere"
22: family history stories
23: grandparents + friends
24: suppressing coughs
25: friendly acquaintanceship
26: rain sounds for sleep
27: cliche fortunes
28: experiencing the universe
29: memories & flashbacks
30: science pick-up lines

August 5 - 31

Aug 5: priceless faces
Aug 6: good tofu dogs
Aug 7: glimpses of the world
Aug 8: castle houses
Aug 9: avocado-spinach paninis
Aug 10: "The Long and Winding Road"
Aug 11: traditional church
Aug 12: random, hilarious movies
Aug 13: playing with stuffed animals
Aug 14: Christopher Eccleston as Ben Jago
Aug 15: overcoming nerves
Aug 16: second days of school
Aug 17: CinemaSins
Aug 18: "Hear Me Lord"
Aug 19: reliving the old times with friends
Aug 20: second impressions of people
Aug 21: drawing bar graphs
Aug 22: the Island
Aug 23: exercise bikes
Aug 24: the backyard wilderness
Aug 25: Disney movie marathons
Aug 26: ebullient excitement
Aug 27: "Barrio sin luz"
Aug 28: a new friend
Aug 29: "Spork," the movie
Aug 30: being missed by some of the Mainlanders
Aug 31: personalized understanding of science concepts

One Year of One Thing That I Love Today!

One whole year! One whole year of optimistic ends to my days. One whole year of appreciating the little things individually. One whole year where I did something new and unexpected and different and stuck with it. (Not that I'm not motivated - I can be. When I feel like it.)

Since I don't want to flood this blog with over-frequent posts (though too much love is never a bad thing), I will hold off on posting here as frequently as before. Hopefully, I will add my daily OTTILTs as the subtitles for my daily photographs on crayzinormal.blogspot.com. I'll still post here, but not twice a week as before. Maybe once every two weeks or something like that.

But, here are the OTTILTs for August 5, 2012 and August 5, 2013:

when you're in-between halfway and done with a book

priceless faces

Thanks to everyone who ever glanced at this blog! I hope maybe it got you thinking to yourself, "Dude! The smile of a guy you've gotten over is wonderful!" or maybe, "What in the world is bike-swimming?" or even, "What's so great about breakfast with Dad?" This might be a little out there, a little too hopeful, but maybe you even said to yourself, "What's one thing that I love for today?" Because that, my friends, is what gets you on the track to more positive thinking and living.

Signing off, and I hope I might see you on Twitter (@vinylgirl73 or #OTTILT)!

August 3 & 4

being at a rally

TEA