|muse:|

1. the word "sex" plus any of the following: sweaty, grinding, makeup, exculpatory, oral, and of course, hot monkey.

2. the sweet torque of a perfectly thrown ball: curve, foot-, bowling, doesn't matter.

3. your favorite band's next tour. why the hell didn't you go last time?

4. the new: people. places. tastes. sensations. profanities you haven't tried, like "balls!". gadgets. cars. players on your favorite team. blacktop on your street. information. instruction. friends. lovers. things that grab your imagination, even fleetingly, and make you hunger for more.

5. the surprise of receiving something unsolicited from a woman.

6. inception's release. don't know it? o brother, go forth and google.

7. midsummer, when you can slap an obscenely thick tomato slice on every meal for a week.

8. novels way better than their movies: the beach, by alex garland; a simple plan, by scott smith; and leaving las vegas, by john o'brien.

9. the morning after uninterrupted sleep.

10. sticking around to stick in the craw of those who cannot stand you.


- 'live like you're dying,' chuck palahnuick, written for men's health, april 2010