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Fun Stuff => CHATTER => Topic started by: Lunchbox on 22 Apr 2009, 00:31
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Reading these forums lately has been a little bit depressing, you guys. I need cheering up, and there are so many wonderful things out there that need to be appreciated, can you help me? We've done this thread a couple times before and although it's a list thread really it never fails to bring a little smile to my face.
What are some things that you love? What little things make you happy? (Aside from old obscure Black Book references as thread titles?) What are we missing out on when we're not smelling the roses?
Let's start off with:
- Freshly washed sheets with the smell of sunshine in them
- Brightly painted toenails
- Finding money in the street
- The sky after a rainstorm
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- Good friends
- Good music
- Warm pants out the dryer
- Sunshine
- Cats
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- Piercings & Tattoos
- Meeting a new person I enjoy talking to
- Freshly cut pineapple
- Hanging out with the wife
- Pets, specifically Cats and Ferrets
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Rain upon a tin roof whilst lying in bed.
Also, the varying smells/feels of each season. I love the day when you get up and you suddenly feel like it is truly Autumn, or Summer - that the season has finally changed. It's something to do with the temperature, the different smells in the air, and how the sun is shining that day. I can't really explain it, maybe I'm imagining it, but I love it anyway.
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- Hugs!
- Spending the whole day in bed with someone!
- Buying myself a new toy and taking it apart to see how it works!
- My alarm (Belle and Sebastian - The Boy With The Arab Strap)!
- I think spring is my favourite season now, sunshine and blossoms and breezes!
- The general feeling that everything is awesome!
- Exclamation marks!
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I feel exactly the same way about the turn of seasons, Spluff! My favourite is most certainly the winter to spring transition.
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Waking up late, and knowing you don't have to worry about anything today.
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- Exclamation marks!
Interrobangs?!
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Crunchbangs#!
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- Exclamation marks!
I have a feeling you'd like my chest.
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Yes, HUGS!
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randomly going for a walk at night
drinking on the beach, under the pier, with mates.
and going on from the theme of the thread title, THIS (http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=3363301).
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- Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAMRTGv82Zo)
- Watching the play yesterday (I laughed and laughed and laughed)
- Happy tree friends (In a sick way)
- Webcomix!
- Cool people
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Watching someone who is much better than you play a game and make moves that you would have.
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-painting miniatures
and in that same vein
-playing a game with completely painted armies. (a rarity these days)
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-The feeling you get after you've been surfing/any sport you love doing.
-Wearing shorts and t shirts
-When a song you love unexpectedly comes on
-Watching someone who's an expert at something do something you have no idea about. (It sends shivers down my spine)
Also if you didn't look at this in the pointless thread, the blog 1000 Awesome Things (http://1000awesomethings.com/) is exactly what this threads about.
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When something goes wrong and you shake your head, force out a laugh, and carry on.
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-Watching tiny kittens run around and play.
-Playing catch with a small dog.
-Eating a good samich.
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-Sleeping with the dog on the bed
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- The feeling of relief when you've just finished something you've been putting off for a long time.
- Walking the empty streets of a city in the morning right when the sun rises and everyone else is sleeping.
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- Nice, long showers
- Reading an awesome book
- Waking up on the weekend, and being totally warm and content and not having to move
- Lying on the couch when my dog hops up and cuddles my feet (this is pretty much the most adorable thing ever)
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I love sitting outside in the early morning, with the sun on my face taking away the sharp edge to the coolness, drinking a cup of tea and watching the world around me wake up slowly.
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Final Fantasy.
I love you, Owen Pallett.
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-The feeling you get after you've been surfing/any sport you love doing.
oh man, snowboarding. Right after a long run you just did all in one go and you caught some air on that last jump and managed to do something neat without messing it up and your heart's still pounding and then at the bottom you fall in the snow waiting for all the others to catch up. This goes for skiing as well.
The other day I saw a dog chasing a butterfly through flowers. However cliche this may be, it made me extremely happy.
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-going for a particularly awesome walk/hike/run
-nailing the fuck out of a riff you've been trying to get right for years (fuck you, Mark Knopfler)
-MAKEOUTS
-listening to 60 of your favorite songs back to back
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- string cheese
- bedtime stories
- clumsy animals
- hot chocolate and a fireplace
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-Cuddling
-Angular Chords
-Playin' drums
-Laughing at memes people will kill me to not remember
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- The smell of fresh laundry out of the dryer.
- When people visit me at work and have lunch with me.
- My kitties.
- Snuggling under a blanket with a good book and some tea.
- Sunshine.
- Hugs.
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- Hanging out with my brother, playing video games and just having some dude-time.
- Cuddles with a pretty girl.
- Having a whole day off to just chill and watch movies.
- Pretty girls with matching painted finger and toenails.
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- Nailing something you've been trying to do for years (in my case, a specific ski slope)
- Running in the rain with a friend
- (random, but) standing by a lake on a cool/breezy evening and just taking off your shirt and letting the breeze just flow all around you watching the water wave in.
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-the cherry blossom tree in the front yard when it's in bloom
-looking at the stars
-finishing a paper/aceing a test
-sitting in a smoke-filled room the morning after a party
-being around my friends
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- Not noticing myself.
- Reading a nice book under a warm cover.
- A good film with good company.
- A bad film with good company and incessant jokes.
- The warmth in winter when you lay in a sunny spot on the ground.
- The After-Shower feeling of absolute purity.
- Waking up from a nap with Gina.
- Small furry mammals.
- Elderly couples.
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The dry click of a hammer striking an empty revolver chamber as I survive another round of russian roulette.
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- Spending a weekend barefoot in a field with a bunch of old hippies and very talented musicians (http://"http://www.sheltervalley.com/home.htm")
- Waking up to a house full of empty beer and liquor bottles and hung over friends, because you know it was a good party
- New books, binders and pens
- Buying a huge stack of CDs
- Being stupidly in love with someone and not telling anyone about it
- Finding out you have something strange in common with people like your love of cake decorating
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- Spending a weekend barefoot in a field with a bunch of old hippies and very talented musicians (http://www.sheltervalley.com/home.htm)
FYP
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taking a good long piss after having held it in for AGES.
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Warm food after having a crummy day.
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Cold rain on a warm day
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haha rachel you are such a mom, it's really cute.
- driving alone super late at night (early in the morning) after they've turned off the traffic lights
- record-store smell
- sundresses
- treehouses
- atlantic beaches on the last warm days of august
- finding a pack of polaroid film (bought before prices skyrocketed) in your underwear drawer
- glow-in-the-dark stars that stick on the ceiling
- spiral staircases
- borrowed champagne on a porch when a friend's parents are away
- banjo music
- colored glass bottles
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Not being home.
Finishing a good book.
Tanning by a river in the summer.
Spooning.
Being out of state.
Getting a new CD.
The last day of school.
Getting a new T-Shirt.
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reply to the snowboarding bit: The moment after you make your first turn.
-orgasms
-ice cream
-bubble baths
-puppies!
-towels out of a dryer
-hearing election results (when your desired candidate actually wins)
-compliments from strangers/children (A four year old girl walked up to me in a Dunkin' Donuts to tell me I was pretty once. It was so sweet.)
-unwrapping a present/undressing a person
-hearing a really good pun! (I might be alone on this one...)
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Conincidence.
The other day when I was walking to work, a man across the road from me pressed the button at the traffic lights. The instant he did that, the street light behind him came on, and it was beautiful.
Things like that are amazing.
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- A bath and a good book
- Having a quiet conversation with someone in a loud crowded room, where it seems like you two are the only ones there
- The return of squirrels to campus after a cold winter
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Waking up in the morning with sun coming through the window before going upstairs and having a fry up
Feeling I have actually said something funny in a conversation
Getting an 81/90 score in one of my speaking seminars
Reading reaper man again and still tearing up
getting back from the gym to a nice cold room and just lying on the bed for a few mins
The smell after rain on fresh cut grass
laughing till I cry and fall over at something on the radio
Singing in the shower
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The rare morning that you feel like getting up early and making breakfast instead of hitting snooze 3 times
The satisfying burn after working out or running
cooking
A nice beer at the end of the day
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Having a niece.
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Bicycles
Science fiction
Large hills of dirt
Lightning
Ice water
Bird song at six AM
Figuring things out
Exploring my suburb and finding things which are awesome ( huge abandoned construction site)
Flannel sheets
Milk and cookies
Seeing my Dad
Nerdy pastimes
Working with tools in Tech Theatre
The view from the catwalk
Finding neat things (silver spoon on the shoulder of a highway )
I could go on forever...
Edit: I just might.
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this thread is sweet! it's full of happy things and those are the things that i am all about!
rope swings
singing along
laying down outside
thinking you deciphered the meaning of a Black Moth Super Rainbow song when, really, you are just stoned out of your mind
reading
finding just the right song to listen to at any given moment
expensive whiskey
the sound a pump-action shotgun makes when you pump it
being in the presense of true genius
kittens!
(puppies too, i guess)
being around genuinely nice people
trees
falling down without getting hurt
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-the smell of wet spring soil on a rainy day
-cuddles!
-finishing an art piece after a long dry spell
-holding hands
-talking to someone who respects your thoughts and ideas enough to represent them without them putting you down, even if they disagree
-riding my bicycle
-putting the effort into doing things slowly. Using a kettle instead of a microwave, slicing cheese instead of grabbing pre-sliced. Basically going through with the effort to do things because technology/weird go go go styles made everything instant.
-bushy eyebrows
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I love red wine and sour cream and onion potato chips.
Being warm and cozy while it storms, taking shelter from the rain in odd places.
Riding a bicycle.
Baking pies, pastries, and bread; making soups and stews.
Marinating things in yogurt.
P.S. Damnit andy, beat me to the top of the page Bicycle high-five andy!
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-old book smell
-lilac smell (light purple kind, specifically--that smell means spring!)
-when someone you see all the time but don't know walks by and you're humming the same song (Two Gallants-Steady Rollin')
-cute boys finding you just to chat
-driving my car with the windows down and my hair flyin' all crazy
-the sound of rain on the roof of my lake cabin (each raindrop is like THWOMP THWOMP THWOMP)
-bein' all twitterpated at the beginning of a new relationship
-compliments from strangers
-coworkers who make you like going to work, because you get to see them
-hanging out with my mommy just to hang out
-birthdays!
-the part where you're almost done with the book but it's so exciting and fantastic and you can't put it down because you NEED TO KNOW what happens to the characters and how is it going to end OH MY GOD
-Riding my bike along the river path-you go under like three train tracks and it's so cool and there's animals all over
-tug of war with a puppy
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- Spending the whole day in bed with someone!
- cuddles!
These things. A million times these things.
- The nervous feeling you get before playing a show, and the satisfaction of overcoming that and kicking ass
- Being appreciated, recognized, or compensated for your art which you created for yourself
- Smoking a joint while taking a bubble bath
- Ice cold bubble tea on a scorching hot day
- Red velvet cupcakes
- Working up a sweat while biking in the breeze
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listening to sad songs at night.
kinda weird, but it makes me feel all warm inside. i've spent the last hour listening to all The Replacements' slower, laid-back melancholy songs.
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Having a niece.
Oh man yes. And all the fun things that go with a little kid.
helping her learn to walk
making funny faces
hysterical baby giggles
dancing to all the noise-making toys
replying to baby talk like it's a really serious conversation
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When it is a beautiful day around you but you are feeling a little down, and nothing in the world seems particularly great, but as you walk through the beauty unnoticing you see a pretty person smiling, and it is a real and true smile, and even though it might not be at you you are infected with their happiness, and suddenly everything that seemed a bit dull and boring and mundane becomes bright and cheerful and generally awesome, and all the crapness is forgotten for a moment and you just smile too. This is probably my favourite thing.
Actually, just smiles in general. When someone is smiling and they really mean it. That's pretty awesome.
Also, when you find your passport in the crisps.
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- The feeling of a rifle's bolt cycling after you fire (there is just something so very right about it)
- The feel of working a semi-auto rifle's bolt (probably has to do with the weight of metal shifting around and slamming forward once you let go)
- The smell of rain, whether through my window or out in the open
- Cloudy days
- Driving in the rain, watching the world outside and seeing the windshield wipers go back and forth
- Realizing that you are happy for absolutely no reason, and being genuinely glad to be alive in that moment (sure, it is being happy because you are happy, but it is rare and builds on itself)
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On the subject of clumsy animals, last night I was sat in the kitchen and my kitty started making spluttering noises. I looked round and she had somehow got the elastic part of her collar hooked over her front bottom two teeth. I unhooked them for her and then turned away, and five minutes later I heard more spluttering noises and she had done it again.
It is a little cruel but there is really nothing cuter than watching a kitten trying to pull their collar out of their mouth with their front two paws. She looked like she was applauding her immensely unlikely achievement.
The collar has now been tightened, by the way, so that she doesn't do it again and die.
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Finding out you have a medium-hard assignment due in 18 hours, reading through it for the first time and thinking "Cool I can do this".
Operators! Functionals! Residues! Harmonic functions!
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-Solving an immense equation on your own and getting every last bit right.
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-Drawing kawaii animals on the whiteboard at work, just because someone made the mistake to leave it blank.
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Having a niece.
Oh man yes. And all the fun things that go with a little kid.
helping her learn to walk
making funny faces
hysterical baby giggles
dancing to all the noise-making toys
replying to baby talk like it's a really serious conversation
These things...especially when she is not actually your niece but you know that no matter what you will always be her Auntie Allie, there to spoil her rotten and love her to pieces.
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- Driving in the rain, watching the world outside and seeing the windshield wipers go back and forth
Going on long car rides at night while it's snowing but it's warm and cozy in the car, eating something nummy and crumbly like cheese and crackers.
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You know those bouncy things that hang in doorways and the baby can bounce up and down in it? My niece once fell asleep in one of those.
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The internet
Cold yellow gatorade
My new puppy
Steampunk as a genre
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-Busking
-Sing alongs
-The feeling that everything is all right
-The apocalyptic red and gray sky during the summer fires
-Driving on a frozen lake
-Couch forts
-The Pacific
-Road trips with friends
-Reuniting with long lost friends
-Getting the perfect guitar sound
-And love, love is pretty feel good
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- creative things done well
- love, including, but not limitid to, the making thereof
- gooooood music
- good scotch
- bunnies
- chickens being chickens
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Stormclouds over the Swan River. Actually, winter in general makes me feel all poetic and romantic.
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- chickens being chickens
opposed to chickens that are not chickens?
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A 6 foot swell, a stiffening, offshore breeze, a nice, barrelling break with no one out. The sun out, one of those glorious 24 degree autumn days SW WA gets. It's hard to beat that feeling.
I too am a huge fan of storm clouds but that doesn't really get the same emotions going.
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A 6 foot swell, a stiffening, offshore breeze, a nice, barrelling break with no one out. The sun out, one of those glorious 24 degree autumn days SW WA gets. It's hard to beat that feeling.
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Except make it Scotland, make it a frosty morning in January and make it so that it's just a few people getting up at 5am to drive down to the beach. On the water by 7am watching the sunrise and waiting for the perfect wave. Time to pack up and you get in your giant jacket sit in the car and warm up till you have the most toasty contented feeling ever. Get back just in time for your lecture sitting there wondering why more people don't to this.
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Nothing better then lack of crowds, really. I imagine Scotland would be great for that. WA's got a lot more surfers/bodyboarders, but a lot more coastline, too.
I love the idea of cold water bodyboarding (yes, I'm a lidder). I plan on heading to europe in 12-18 months or so for a year and I definitely intend on heading to scotland and norway for some cold water slabs. Should be epic.
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- chickens being chickens
opposed to chickens that are not chickens?
Chickens being themselves is just a lot of fun. Trust me. I have three and they're an endless source of comedy.
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Yeah Scotland is excellent for lack of crowds but kind of lacking in waves. East coast doesn't really get a hell of a lot, you really have to go up to Thurso or out to the islands to get the best waves. Luckily in a weeks time the pro competition is on up at Thurso and the surf club is heading up there to watch some sweet surfers and get some awesome surfing in at the same time.
Give us a shout when your heading out to Scotland, Dundee Uni surf club would be more than happy to go out for a surf with you.