40 Things I Want, Selfishly

Inspired by the girl who I’m seeing’s list of 20, but much less thought out, and written in less than 20 minutes:

A house in the woods with nice lighting and a view
A home with a library
One of those free-public-library-take-one-leave-one things that people put in front of their homes
My very own book
To watch synchronized fireflies in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, catch one, then release it
Detection, Estimation, and Modulation Theory—Part IV: Optimum Array Processing by Harry Van Trees
To feel like I’m an expert in something
Confident enough to wear a suit comfortably
50 mL of Tobacco Vanille by Tom Ford
To like I have good mobility again, and look down on inflexible peasants
One of those credit cards that says I’m rich and better than you, and then never use it
A cat
To never have to go grocery shopping unless I really want something
Surrounded by friends wherever I live
To be able to sleep well next to someone
To win a performance award at work, and win the first contract with that agency out there in Maryland
Purple zebra silk boxers from Tom Ford
A Damascus steel chef’s knife
To get over that one person
A full body massage
To feel like I’m in shape again
Learn an instrument and how to sing somewhat competently
To really learn how to swing dance
Dye my hair and pull it off
Go to Japan, visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and be grateful for Kyoto
A magic 8-ball that isn’t broken
Get my friends as interested in The Wire as I am
To be better at apologizing and finish my novella story once and for all
A nice porch to sit on and do old people’s things
To feel close to my family
For someone else to do my dry cleaning that I’ve put off
To find a dentist who does more than the minimum
To get an extremely expensive fountain pen and really nice paper
To have a pen pal who consistently writes back
An emerald green velvet blazer (preferably—you guessed it—by Tom Ford)
To live in a European city for awhile
A microscope and a good-ass camera so I can take pictures to submit to https://www.nikonsmallworld.com/
To not feel uncomfortable around homeless people and avoid them
A wooden cutting board
Someone to go on walks with when I get old