In the grand tradition of bloggers everywhere, I offer up my first list of things I like and don’t like. I’m sure it’s incomplete and possibly, due to my current mood, heavy on the negative side. But here goes:

Things I Like:

• Music, specifically hearing a great song for the first time and straining to commit the lyrics and the tune to memory before it reaches the end
• My dog, Jake
• My cats, Hershey, Sidda, and Fred the Explorer (wherever he may be)
• Men in uniform
• Writing with my best friend
• Anything Joss Whedon touches, specifically Buffy, Angel, Firefly, and the upcoming Serenity feature film
• Surprises
• A good massage
• Making other people happy
• Mountain Dew, not Mountain Dew Code Red or Baja Mountain Dew or Mountain Dew Pitch Black or whatever other concoction they’ve come up with this week
• Learning, specifically learning ANYTHING
• Boys who play guitar
• Girls who play guitar
• Angelina Jolie
• Well-written television
• Inventive film making
• Kevin Smith
• Robert Rodriguez
• People who say what they mean
• People who mean what they say
• Sarcasm
• My wireless keyboard and mouse
• The hard disk recorder (yes, it’s LIKE Tivo but it’s not Tivo; it’s better)
• Being alone

Things I Don’t Like:

• Selfish people
• Lazy men
• Taking out the trash at work
• Reality TV
• People who don’t appreciate the people who love them or even the fact that somebody loves them at all
• Being taken advantage of because I like to make other people happy
• Liars
• Cheaters
• People who talk and gesture while playing Pictionary (yes, I know it’s an ancient game but we still play occasionally around these parts)
• Unfulfilled potential
• Bad grammar
• Misspelled words, specifically on signs in public places such as the grocery store
• People who do not understand the correct usage of the “cent” sign and write things like “Bananas .99¢”
• Stupidity
• People who smell
• Not being listened to
• Being interrupted
• People who talk during movies
• People who bring babies to movies
• Being alone