1/100 things: Socks

I'm gonna do the 100 things thingie! I'm gonna list 100 things that make me happy, of course. There are easily more than 100 things in life that make me happy, so let's get started.

My first thing is the simple pleasure of wearing socks. I like the texture and pressure on my feet. It's like my feet are being hugged by something soft. I like to sleep in them, and pad around the house in them. If they're warm from the dryer, that's a bonus. It's not that I dislike being barefoot, but wearing socks gives my feet a much more comfortable and enjoyable existence. Sometimes I like tube socks for the sensation of the fabric around my ankles, but other times I like little footie ones. I don't prefer a color, but I do prefer cotton. I don't prefer the ones with grippy bottoms when I'l puddling around the house, but I do like the grips for when I go jogging.

So there's one. What a boring start. But I have 99 more to go, so.

2/100: Anatomy and physiology of the human body

I really love the human body. I love the systems and all the things they do and how they work together. I love how every blood vessel is named and graphed, now each bone and cartilage is mapped out and has its specific range of motion, how every nerve branched is named and innervates some particular structure. I love the muscles, and how they all work collectively to make you move, when really each muscle is a bundle of fibers that contracts but pushes and pulls against your skeleton. Each component is so simple and restricted, but everything together results into the mindblowing complexity of movement we can achieve with our hands, faces, eyes, feet, tongue, and larynx. I love that the body heals itself, and how it's constantly producing new cells and getting rid of old ones. I love how the lungs exchange molecules floating in the air into and out of your blood, incredibly efficiently and how the oxygen-replenished blood circulates through your body to where you need it. I love how an embryo develops from one cell to a layered plate thing, with the different layers of cells eventually differentiating and moving and becoming all the different things in your body, all in the first trimester. I love that we experience the world through our senses, and how those senses are tied to specific structures, neural pathways, brain regions... and then how we perceive that. I love that I'm lucky enough to study the anatomy and physiology of the human body.

I'm totally making a separate post about the brain one day. The brain deserves its own post.