Likes and dislikes

This list exists for no good reason except that I was thinking of these while I was swimming laps today and thought I ought to just write them down
Likes:
Murder mysteries
Puzzles, especially of the crossword and jigsaw variety, and to be specific, the Monday New York Times crossword because it's the only one I know I can solve without cheating
Swimming pools
Kids (most of the time)
Geckos
Ceiling fans, I was going to say air conditioners, but I'm thinking about trying to be more environmentally friendly, even if it's just in writing
Peppermint tea
Blue cheese
Wine, but not in a snobby way, I'm happy with even a top-quality boxed wine
Chocolate, I'm a little snobbier about chocolate, but I come by it naturally, my grandma taught me to taste for the waxiness, like in Hershey's for example, WAY too waxy, but of course, I'll eat it if it's around
Run-on sentences
Blogging
Iowa
Traveling
Christmas
Couches
Being under water, so calm, so quiet
Rain
Working out, I have to say this repeatedly, "I like working out, I like working out," the alternative is having complete strangers tell me I'm gordita
Ugly Betty
The guy at the pool who looks like an obese Mark Twain, not because I like him in a like-like sort of way but because he really boosted my ego by asking me if I'd ever swum in the Olympics, and I'm pretty sure he was almost totally serious
Baseball games
Libraries

Dislikes:
Pigeons, especially when they're living in my windowsill
The constant, relentless, sticky, stinky heat of the tropics
People who cut in line
Dried saltwater on my skin
Bugbites
People who call me naive
nebraska
Expert grammarians, but only because I find you intimidating
Catcalls, or maybe I secretly like them and start to wonder when a week has gone by and someone hasn't leaned precariously far out of a moving bus to shout, "Gringa, I love you!"
Car alarms
Car horns
The sound of a car backfiring, it always scares me
Dirty dishes
Sunburns
Slippery brick on the sidewalk
Thieves