There are some truly wonderful things in this world and some things that make you cringe when you think of them. Sometimes I like to think of all of the good and bad and be happy that I am a human being that can think and feel and celebrate all of the incredible diversity of this planet.

So, I thought I would share some of my innermost, personal feelings about things.

Firstly, here is a list of things I absolutely love in this world:

My family

Whether you love your family or not, they are the people that make you who you are and are there for you when you need them. There’s something special about the fact that there are 6 billion people in this world, yet only a handful you can call your family, who were there when you (or they) were born and will be there until you are gone and know who you are intimately.

A hot shower

Especially on a really cold day when you come home from being out and about and you can’t feel your extremities. After the initial pain of hot water meeting cold fingers, there’s no feeling like it.

Tea cup pigs

OMG they’re cute! Almost as cute as baby hedgehogs and tarsiers. Actually, that is a close competition.

Beethoven’s 5^th Symphony

Makes me think of my grandfather every time I hear it. He lives on in me through Beethoven’s 5^th. You really should have a song that makes you think of me that will be your memory of me after I’m gone. And please don’t make it “The Hamster Song”.

Robots

They are really, really cool. Especially old robots.

Really soft blankets

Especially when you’re not feeling well or you’re cold and you snuggle up on a comfy chair with a hot drink and a good book.

When you put on an old pair of pants and find $20 in the pocket

Bonus!

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You have to take the bad with the good, and let’s face it, they make life interesting, so here is a list of things that peeve me off:

Toilet lids that don’t stay up when you put them up

This one is mainly a male problem, but it is a difficult juggling act to try to hold up the seat of the toilet and do everything else a bloke has to do when taking a wee.

Highway Hogs

When you’re in a hurry on a dual lane highway and there are 2 cars side by side doing 20 under the speed limit blocking the entire road and they stay next to each other for the next 20 kilometres.

The Hot Seat Belt

When you hop in your car on a really hot day and your seat belt is so hot it melts into your hand when you touch it. When I was a kid, cars had vinyl seats and non-retractable metal seat belts. You would jump into the car wearing shorts on a hot day and get 2^nd degree burns on the back of your legs from the seat with a nice seat-belt shaped 3^rd degree burn in the centre of one leg.

The Car Tune

When you’re driving along minding your own business and a great song comes on and you are singing it at the top of your voice, then you look around and there is someone laughing at you in the car beside you.

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Then, lastly, there are the things that people either like or hate with no in between:

Anchovies on pizza

If Mum ever gets even one hair of an anchovy on her side of the pizza she first lets a giant glob of chewed up pizza fall from her mouth onto her plate, and then proceeds to carry on like I’d fed her raw fish eyeballs.

Tom Cruise

A conundrum this one, and not so much that you either love or hate the man, but it’s pretty much universally accepted that you love his films and hate him.

Two and a half men

A sad indictment of how bad television has become in this world.

Modern Art

You either love seeing things that aren’t really there or think it’s a load of bullcrap that could have come out of a 3 year old kindergarten.

Cantaloupe

Cantaloupe cannot coexist in the same refrigerator without contaminating everything else in it. Or else you love it.

Raw Oysters

People either pay craploads for them or draw comparisons with giant, fishy lugies

Donald Trump

I saw a guy with TRUMP tattooed across the front of his neck.

One Direction

Nuff said