Beyond all Certainty

Things I Recommend:

Plato
Apple Products, Generally
Conversations With God, by Neale Donald Walsch
The Artemis Fowl series, by Eowin Colfer
Steve Buscemi movies
Movies in languages other than English
A logic class
A gender studies class
Selling old books to used bookstores
Making the most of your young nieces/cousins/etc.
Barbecued chicken
Barbecued tofu, for the vegetarians
Seeking spirituality in non-religious ways
Standing up, once in awhile
A debit card starting at 14 or 15 (not credit. Never credit).
Letting yourself be angry, funny, relaxed and kind
Letting yourself do (mildly) stupid things
Learning to smoke a pipe, even if you only do it once
Utterly leaving your comfort zone, once in awhile
Experiencing the beliefs and experiences of another religion, occasionally
Being creative whenever possible
Creating in as many ways as possible
Loving without passion and accepting hurt and vulnerability with dignity
Being as much like Dame Judi Dench as humanly possible
Almost anything that J.K Simmons is in
Bagels and Salad
Being brave enough not to hurt the people around you
Learning self-restraint and then abandoning it, when appropriate
Reading all the Sherlock Holmes stories in one beautiful, crime-filled weekend
Getting one, tasteful tattoo or piercing sometime in your life (it’s never too late)
Forgetting your aspirations for a few minutes and doing what makes you feel good (when not incredibly stupid or dangerous)
Awkward conversations
Awkward, sudden changes in perspective
Awkward, jarring realizations about the universe
Playing candyland, every few years
Tea. Tea and lions. Just once.
Good music, bad music, okay music, etc.
Rilo Kiley
Giggling like a schoolgirl
Ernest Hemingway read by Charlton Heston
The Dark Knight trailer, twice weekly