Our ‘100th’ Post: 100 Things We Love

Recently, we realised that we were coming up on our 100th post here at Lost in the Cloud.  It’s only been a little less than a year (and we are actually cheating in bringing some of our posts over from our time at Criticism As Inspiration, which account for more than 1/3 of this total), but we felt like it was an occasion we wanted to mark.  Being that we are incredibly fond (or freakishly obsessed) of lists here at LITC, we decided to simply post a list of 100 Things We Love (split about evenly, though there are a number of items that would end up on both of our lists, which are marked with an asterisk [*]).  We have decided not to list out all of our family & dear friends, as well as our favourite films/bands/theologians/etc. which we have previously made space for elsewhere.  This is just a stream-of-consciousness exploration of our affections, listed out alphabetically.  We hope you enjoy & thank you for reading!

Among other things, Elijah loves…

1. Amoeba Music, Hollywood*
2. &s (ampersands)*
3. Autumn-winter succession*
4. Baseball – Detroit Tigers
5. Being a member of God’s Church*
6. Building/repairing electric guitars
7. Burritos
8. Deuchars IPA
9. Disneyland (because in spite of the consumeristic lies it sells, it remains magical)*
10. Dressing up (especially in a kilt)
11. Dundee Contemporary Arts
12. Ecclesiastical architecture
13. Failblog.org
14. Finding creative ways to higher ground while in the wilderness
15. Football – Celtic FC
16. ‘Friscalating dusk light’
17. The City of Glasgow
18. Griffith Park (and all that’s within, such as the Griffith Observatory, Bronson Caves, Los Angeles Zoo, William J Mulholland Memorial Fountain, the Autry, Travel Town, etc.)
19. Tim Hawkinson’s artwork
20. Hiking/camping
21. The history of music in the recording era
22. Incredibly arid climates
23. Incredibly wet climates
24. Innocent Smith’s Musical Circus/Parkside Upper Quads Philharmonic Orchestra
25. Joshua Tree National Park
26. The City of Los Angeles
27. McSweeny’s
28. Millionaire shortbread
29. Moleskine journals
30. Nice ‘N’ Sleazy
31. The NRSV translation of the Bible*
32. The number ‘44’
33. The Parish Church of the Holy Trinity, St Andrews
34. People (especially those who are humble, patient and tender)*
35. Printed media (books/book covers, street literature, record sleeves, etc.)
36. Road trips in California
37. St Mary’s College
38. Sequoia & King’s Canyon National Park
39. Silence
40. Single malt whisky*
41. Space/aircraft
42. Thoughtfulness*
43. Typeface/setting
44. Urban exploration
45. Vegan Express, Los Angeles
46. The wisdom of my elders
47. Wormit Parish Church
48. Writing music with Greg & Justin
49. Writing utensils (STABILO point 88s; Dixon Ticonderoga Mediums; Staedtler Noris HB 2s; Pilot G-2 0.38s and 05s)
50. Handwritten correspondence*

Among other things, Greg loves…

1. Amazon(.com/.co.uk)*
2. American Romanticism
3. Archives Bookshop (In Christ is a close second!)*
4. Backyard time with an 18 yr. old bottle of Glenfiddich & thoughtful conversation with authentic men (whether in La Mirada, Long Beach, or Marina Del Rey)*
5. Banksy’s wit*
6. BBC adaptations of classic works of literature, particularly of Jane Austen, Elizabeth Gaskell & Charles Dickens
7. Bic black “round stic Grip pens”, fine point
8. Biola Residence Life & Hope North RAs
9. The BioLogos Forum
10. British spelling and punctuation
11. Cambria, CA (especially Supper Club vacations)
12. Close reading of the Bible, literature & pop culture*
13. Craig Thompson’s artwork, most notably in his graphic novel, Blankets
14. Deep bass notes and thick kick drum sounds
15. Delicious Library
16. Domenico’s Pizza
17. Drawings by and notes from my kids
18. Elijah Wade & PUQ performing at Punk N’ Pie (which I believe is the same as Elijah’s #24)…twas a most epic performance (x 2)
19. Extraordinary moments (car crashes, explosions, injury to the groin shots) caught on video, displayed on YouTube/Failblog.com/Spike TV
20. Footnotes (digressive comments or noteworthy book references)
21. Fuller Theological Seminary
22. God’s covenants (though not necessarily in a Reformed “Covenantalism” sense)*
23. Grace Brethren Church facilities crew, mid-90’s (including “crass Fridays” with Mark & Bill)
24. Indie music, in most of its hybridisations*
25. The iPhone (particularly playing Skee Ball with my kids and Words With Friends with Mark, David & Matt B.; and occasionally, Tim)
26. Libraries*
27. Magazine subscriptions (currently down to four since Paste went belly up – The Week, Entertainment Weekly, The Atlantic, Christianity Today – but once as high as fourteen)
28. Making mix CDs*
29. Mint.com
30. Mixing cereals (current favorite = Crispex & Honey Smacks)
31. Moby Books Illustrated Classics
32. The Muckenthaler Mansion (where I married the most wonderful girl)
33. Multiple-view books on theological topics
34. The number ‘22‘
35. The paintings of Patty Wickman & Mark Tansey
36. People who ask good questions in conversation
37. The Perry Bible Fellowship*
38. Postconservative evangelical theology
39. Powell’s Books (and Portland, OR in general)
40. Questioning things*
41. The Radical Reformation
42. Redeemer Church
43. Short story, novel, screenplay, lyric, or poem concepts & bits
44. Thinking about impossible endeavours (e.g. making a film of the whole Bible)
45. Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Caramels
46. Weather in the high 60’s-low 70’s & overcast/cloudy
47. A wide selection of beverages in the fridge (including Coke, Cherry Coke, Coke Zero, Peach Snapple, Arizona Green Tea & Henry Weinhard’s* root beer)
48. Wind rustling through tree branches
49. Writing on Lost in the Cloud*
50. Zappos.com (Michele hates that I love this…like 2 pair of shoes for $250 hates it)