1. Seeing people
2. The Whole Foods salad bar (specifically the spicy thai salad dressing)
3. Buying soy milk for less than $4/carton
4. Playing the piano
5. Being cold
6. Public transportation
7. Not smelling burning garbage
8. Shopping
9. Blending in
10. Busboys and Poets
11. Sitting in the living room at my house, holding a hard copy of the Sunday New York Times in my hand, reading Randy Cohen’s The Ethicist, sipping drip coffee with soy milk, while listening to a radio station that doesn’t interrupt a good song to broadcast an HIV/AIDS public service announcement
12. Being able to turn on a stove and oven on the first try, without the use of a match
13. Lake walking
14. Fast internet
15. Privacy