little joys

Joined Polyvore =) Here's one of the aesthetics of Paris:

Parisienne Postcard by outplanet-aether featuring a cut out mini dress

I'm making a list of the little joys I'm discovering while in Paris.

On the Métro...
#1. Swinging aboard like an urban Tarzan right as the doors are about to close.
#2. Finding that ONE station where that whole crowd around you decides to get off.
#3. Pretending to "force push" the automatic 'sorties' open.
#4. When you know the route so well that you don't have to look for the signs anymore... and can keep reading G.K. Chesterton instead.
#5. Letting the sounds of the rails on the tracks merge with the Kraftwerk music playing through your earphones.
#6. Finishing that one last level of "Cut the Rope" with a magnificent flick of your fingers WHILE exiting at the correct stop.
#7. That gypsy accordion player at the far end of your car.
#8. Watching the car ahead of you bump up and down like a prototype time machine.
#9. When the train makes such a sharp turn that the lights start to flicker as if you've veered into the Twilight Zone.

Being there...
#1. When your iPod automatically shuffles to JUST THE RIGHT SONG for that spot you're in.
#2. Getting to an appointment late, then realizing, "OH! I forgot... that meeting was actually TOMORROW!"
#3. When you find that perfect view (or picture) completely by accident.
#4. The day you realize that the hot chocolate in the vending machine is only 30 cents.
#5. Walking past a boulangerie early enough in the morning to smell the bread baking.
#6. Singing in French... and realizing you know the song!
#7. Walking by a church just as the bells chime.
#8. Walking into a huge cathedral like Notre Dame right as Mass is starting.
#9. Enjoying an omelette at a café... then noticing that some tourist is taking a picture of the café you're sitting at.
#10. Realizing that Montmartre is just as nice with tourists as without.
#11. Learning a new word without looking it up in the dictionary... and using it correctly!

But you don't have to be in Paris to make a list of "little joys!" What are some of the little joys in YOUR life right now? =)

Your friendly corresponding aethernaut,
M