...Alliteration. (#22)

NUMBER TWENTY-TWO: Alliteration.

Whether you like it or not, you talk. You talk, and you listen. Every single day! It is actually pleasing to the ear to speak and to hear alliteration. It's undeniable.

Alliteration refresher course: When two (or more) consecutive words begin with the same sound.

Example: My merry magpie proposed profusely to terry tiger.

Seriously that sentence was FUN to read! I'm going to read it again. You try to make an alliterative (word?) sentence. I don't know, I'm a little weird, but alliteration is pretty awesome.

...Throwing a Perfect Spiral. (#21)

NUMBER TWENTY-ONE: Throwing a perfect spiral. When you release it and you just KNOW it’s going to be a good throw. And you stare in wonder as it sails through the air into your partner’s hands.

Okay, I don't know how awesome or spectacular YOU are at throwing a football, but I'm not all that great at it. I mean sure you can give me an A for effort, that's fair. I would say that if you and I were giving the good ol' pigskin a toss, I'd spiral about 3 of 30 throws. I would say 1 out of 10, because I actually can do basic math, but I say 3 of 30 because I feel like those 3 would definitely all be in a row. Kind of like, all or nothing.

I know how to throw a spiral, but sometimes (and by sometimes, I mean most of the time) I just can't do it. However, I can really appreciate it when my friend does it. I don't have the same appreciation for the guys on TV because they get paid to do it. When one of my friends throws a spiral, I'm like, YES!

But of course, it's even awesome-er (yes, word) when I can do it.

And yes, that's David Beckham's kid in the picture. Which kid is it? I don't know. Brooklyn? Romeo? Cruz? One of em.

...Rolling Doubles in Monopoly. (#20)

NUMBER TWENTY: Rolling doubles when you play Monopoly. Unless of course, it’s the third time in a row.


Monopoly takes a long time to play. A LONG time. Most people never even finish a game of Monopoly. But most people aren't people from Kappa, rooms 406 and 408. We love some Monopoly and we love monopolizing. And I can tell you, that when you're getting your butt kicked and Sarah is taking all.your.properties, and you roll DOUBLES!

YES! Yessssssss! And if you roll doubles and then you roll doubles again! Oh man. And if you roll doubles and you land on Free Parking!? What a night. Just...don't roll doubles three times in a row, then it's not awesome at all. Jail is not awesome.

...Beating Your Score in NFS. (#19)

NUMBER NINETEEN: Beating your lap record time in Need for Speed. Self explanatory.

Car: Maclaren F1. Color: Black.

Controls: Automatic. Handling: Classic.

Try me.

When I'm racing, preferably by myself, and I BEAT MY LAP RECORD. Oh man. Just, just watch out. I'm on fire. Can't stop me now. I'm sure most of you won't even understand what I'm talking about. So just think about beating any kind of record.

I mean obviously it's not the same feeling as beating some kind of world record, but beating your lap record IS pretty awesome. Especially when it's by like 1 second. Because as you're winding into the final turns, you're trying to watch the clock and the roads at the same time and your heart starts beating harder because you know you're getting close and you're just not sure if it's going to be good enough.

BUT THEN IT IS! Winner.

...The Perfect Cast. (#18)

NUMBER EIGHTEEN: Movies with a perfect cast. You know, no one who is actually annoying and no one who overacts or underacts their part. A movie with a totally solid, foolproof cast.

I'm a movie person. If you know me, you know I'm a movie person. I'm not about just watching movies. I'm about watching movies and figuring out how they got that shot, how they cut that scene, how they made that effect, how they thought of that line. I dissect movies at 100mph and it's something I can't stop doing. Especially figuring out how or why they edited it the way they did. That's my favorite.

But you know what else is my favorite? Perfect casts. I have scene some pretty awesome casts in my time. Some great casts off the top of my mind? Troy - Eric Bana, Brad Pitt, & Orlando Bloom. The Holiday - Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, & Jack Black. The Notebook - Ryan Gosling & Rachel McAdams.

I really, really, really dislike it when there's a movie with someone I LOVE paired with someone who I'm not the biggest fan of. Example: The Proposal - Ryan Reynolds (like) & Sandra Bullock (ehhh...). Okay, so I can't think of anymore right now, but that's because I'm really distracted. So my b.

What would be my perfect cast, you ask? Oh, well good thing I've already thought about this.

Well, main male role would definitely go to James Franco. If there was any doubt in your mind about that then you obviously don't know me! It's okay, if you don't. James Franco IS my favorite though.

Supporting female role, definitely Drew Barrymore. She's so funny! James & Drew would be so goofy! And then, just to throw in some more comedy, I'd get that Ryan Reynolds and Jim Carrey in on the action too. Those would be my four. I mean, I could always throw in some more if you asked me to. But those four would be MY perfect cast.

...Snuggling. (#17)

NUMBER SEVENTEEN: Snuggling. With the right person of course, and in the right situation.

Well I'm gonna straight up throw it out there: I'm not a huge snuggler*.

Some people are just born to snuggle and some are just like, not. Hey! Hey, my name is Kendall and I fall into that second category. But you know, it is a little weird because there are like ...three people in my life who I'd be perfectly content to just hang off all day. Granted, that would probably be really annoying, so I don't.

Of course I will usually snuggle with anyone if I'm sick or need comforting. But the problem with that is a) I'm sick and b) I don't want people to just think I'm using them to snuggle with if I'm having a problem. Lucky for me, most people don't judge my weirdo snuggling habits.

That's a funny word, snuggle. Just say it. Just look at it. Snuggle. For some reason, I'm just getting this mental image of two pugs snuggling...maybe wearing pug Uggs? Do they make those? Definitely not. I guess pugs wearing Snuggies would be more appropriate. I'm going to stop right there because I'm actually weirding myself out.

Oh, and the lion picture below is thee perfect connotation of me and my extremely snuggly roommate's idea of snuggling. Can you guess which lion is me.

*With of course one very important exception. I'm a huge snuggler with someone I like, like my boyfriend. Then it's like one of my favorite things to do.

...Covered Bridges. (#16)

NUMBER SIXTEEN: Covered bridges. Nothing says hometown USA like a covered bridge.

Now, I don't have too much to elaborate on with this one. There's just something about covered bridges! Maybe it's just me and I feel like I'm 1600's Virginia or something, and that's cool to me. And yes, I am aware of how much of a dork I am. But really, who can actually resist driving across a covered bridge?

I mean, unless you have an irrational fear of driving over bridges. Which is probably more common than I realize. Our dachshund doesn't like girder bridges...but that's a little different.

...Driving Down a Gravel Road. (#15)

NUMBER FIFTEEN: Driving down a gravel road. The way the tires kick up the rocks and noises that are produced.

You know when you're out driving down some back country road and it switches from dirt to gravel? Just that noise! Gravel roads remind me of camping trips with my dad in his red 1955 Ford pickup truck that we named "Blue". The back of the truck was weighed down with camping gear, but because the cab only sat three people, sometimes dad would let me sit in the back when he drove down the backroads.

There's a picture of me somewhere, when I'm sitting in the back of the truck and my hands are in the air and I look like I'm having the time of my life. Probably because I was. Some of my favorite memories have to do with that old truck and some of those backcountry [gravel] roads.

...The Successful Transfer of Music. (#14)

NUMBER FOURTEEN: The successful transfer of music; when you give your friend a really good song, or album and they love it just as much as you do. Then it is truly a success.

Sometimes you find a really good song, or a really good album. Of course, it's much more rare to find a really truly excellent album, you know the kind where you actually like every single song on that album? So when you find one, you want to share it with the world. But you need to start small. So share it with a friend.

Now the odds that your friend is going to feel the exact same way you do about that song or album, are pretty slim, lets be honest. You can't get em every time. But sometimes...sometimes you get it so that your friend is like, "Oh my gosh. This is an awesome song/album. I actually love it!" And then you can both just listen to it and text each other the lyrics and even go as far as to learn how to sing/play them together.

I mean, it's rare. But when it happens, it's like an explosion of awesome. Share your music. This kid loves sharing.

...Clear Night Skies. (#13)

NUMBER THIRTEEN: Nights where the sky is clear and you’re not in the middle of a city and you feel like you can see every single star. When you can just have a moment with yourself and the entire universe staring back at you. When time actually becomes an illusion.

This doesn't happen often, especially to people who live in major cities (like I do). But when you're lucky enough to be out in the middle of nowhere (basically) where there are really no lights and you look up and you can just see all the stars in the universe it feels like. That's awesome.

So then you're just lookin' up at the stars and your mind can wander a little bit and you can just have a moment. You lose track of time, you see a shooting star or twelve, you find constellations. Sometimes, you can even remind yourself that you're looking at the same stars that the people in Mongolia or the people in South Africa look at.

A lot of people do a lot of sharing. But something that we ALL share with each other are our stars. There aren't just United States stars. There aren't just Germany stars. They're everyone's stars, and everyone is entitled to just look at them and get lost for a little bit.