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(Mana)tea time - small joys

Welcome back to (Mana)tea time, where I let you into the inner sanctum of my mind while enjoying a cup of tea, only to be ruthlessly hammered by Sputnik for sharing. (As a note, I’ve recently discovered a tea company called Tea Pigs and their licorice peppermint tea is special.) Last installment, I told you about things that anger me, but this time we’re taking the positive route; I’m going to tell you some little things that bring me joy.
1Birds in Row
Gris Klein


Peanut butter cups. I will go the extra mile for peanut butter cups.
2Every Time I Die
Low Teens


Surprising my wife with something she likes. She haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaates surprises (seriously though, despises them) but I find it fun to surprise her, so when I manage to pull something off that she loves, it makes me happy.
3Taylor Swift
1989


Cooking. I get a huge kick out of cooking. Making a good meal is like art to me.
4Silent Planet
Everything Was Sound


I hardly play video games anymore, so when I actually beat a game it’s big accomplishment for me. (The last one I managed to beat was Hyper Light Drifter. My total playing time was six and a half hours. It took me a year.)
5Silk Sonic
An Evening with Silk Sonic


When I have to dress myself up to go to some occasion that I can't avoid, knowing that I’ve managed to not only be one of the best dressed people there, but also that I probably spent the least money doing it.
6Pianos Become the Teeth
The Lack Long After


When it’s just a bit too hot outside, but then a gentle breeze rolls in, and somehow the weather is so perfect that for just a few minutes I forget how much I hate LA.
7Fall Out Boy
Infinity on High


When it's really late and I need to eat and I happen to stumble across an operating taco truck/stand around the corner.
8Dance Gavin Dance
Downtown Battle Mountain


When I put on my jeans or jacket and find money in my pocket that I forgot about.
9Genesis
Foxtrot


When I randomly find a gas station that's like a full fifty to seventy cents cheaper than everywhere else. It actually nearly brings me to tears. Also finding a parking spot even remotely close to where you're trying to go in LA is practically divine providence.
10Dad Hats
Spill


Being semi-allergic to dairy and eating the fucking pizza/quesadilla/ice cream anyway. No allergy can stop my happiness.
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