TeenGreen

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I like going for walks and smiling at strangers.
I like eating on a train.
I like seeing the look on people's faces.
I like waving from the back of buses.
I like going to supermarkets late at night.
I like walking on the grass or gravel.
I like noticing things in front of my nose.
I like covers and remixes.
I like b-sides and a-sides.
I like pillarboxes and phoneboxes.
I like kids laughing and mothers hugging.
I like getting home and having a cup of tea.
I like Radio 4 and Woman's Hour.
I like guilty secrets and open pleasures.
I like towns Ive never visited.
I like people's opinions on things I agree with.
I like reading a newspaper in the wind.
I like the spray from the sea.
I like cycling on a windless day.
I like torrential downpours.
I like films where I don't understand.
I like people crying and people expressing.
I like live poetry and live music.
I like sitting in airports and drinking lattes.
I like stationary and pens.
I like getting letters in the post.
I like policemen in a rush.
I like sticks along railings.
I like tube maps and route plans.
I like other peoples stories.
I like songs with lots of words or none at all.
I like being out of place.
I like to belong.
I like seeing things on the news first.
I like cold pizza at 3am.
I like laughing in public places.
I like climbing up hills and looking into valleys.
I like motorways with lights.
I like service stations with echos.
I like shopping centres with tiled floors.
I like samples in shops.
I like libraries which are quiet.
I like paying in money at the bank.
I like finding out things the long way.
I like trails and tracks and hunts.
I like camping near to my house.
I like sitting in my garden on hot summer days.
I like kicking the leaves in the alley.
I like going back to where it all started.
I like museums with velvet rope.
I like National Trust shops with jam.
I like the quiet before the storm.
I like powercuts and candles.
I like music I didn't know I liked.
I like sketching ducks on riverbanks.
I like portable radios on beaches.
I like churches hidden from view.
I like backstreets and side lanes.
I like plate glass walls and open-plan offices.
I like potplants with big green buds.
I like escolators next to stairs.
I like getting the free papers in London.
I like doing Sudoku on a bus.
I like seeing my friends smiles when I laugh.
I like ordering lots of gherkins in Subway.
I like pretending I have enough money.
I like having a bath in the afternoon.
I like light getting in through the gap in the curtains.
I like hand-drawn labels.
I like second-hand bags and funny picture-discs.
I like feeling like Ive helped someone.
I like putting my pennies in the tin at the till.
I like taking my time to order in cafés.
I like sitting down after Ive finnished my coffee.
I like touching the manequins in shops.
I like running down slopes when you can't stop.
I like the little cans of CocaCola on airplanes.
I like the departure boards in stations.
I like Tie Rack and Sock Shop.
I like dim lights and lots of noise.
I like empty streets with fluttering litter.
I like jumping over speed bumps.
I like picking up the colour charts in Homebase.
I like trying to communicate in a different language.
I like lessons that end early.
I like laughing at my own jokes in my head.
I like loyalty cards when I feel Ive earnt it.
I like post-it notes and pritt stick.
I like replacing lightbulbs.
I like listening to an album all the way through.
I like polaroid pictures on walls.
I like using just enough blu-tack.
I like picking up leaflets in offices.
I like giving out business cards to strangers.
I like getting reccomendations.
I like finding what I want on eBay.
I like warm radiators and cold feet.
I like weddings outdoors.
I like watching ships pass from a window.
I like road signs when they make sense.
I like going round in circles.
I like the sound of old keyboards.
I like dictaphones and typewriters.
I like looking at adverts from 1987.
I like knowing how things once were.
I like snow on a sunny day.

I like the simple things in life.
I like my friends.
I like my family.
I like my life.