Topic: Fizzy-Make-Feel-Good (Read 9718 times)

Lunchbox · « **on:** 22 Apr 2009, 00:31 »

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

KvP · « **Reply #1 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 00:34 »

- Good friends
- Good music
- Warm pants out the dryer
- Sunshine
- Cats

ackblom12 · « **Reply #2 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 01:03 »

- Piercings & Tattoos
- Meeting a new person I enjoy talking to
- Freshly cut pineapple
- Hanging out with the wife
- Pets, specifically Cats and Ferrets

Spluff · « **Reply #3 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 01:10 »

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.

öde · « **Reply #4 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 01:15 »

- 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!

Lunchbox · « **Reply #5 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 01:18 »

I feel exactly the same way about the turn of seasons, Spluff! My favourite is most certainly the winter to spring transition.

MrBlu · « **Reply #6 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 01:45 »

Waking up late, and knowing you don't have to worry about anything today.

Jimor · « **Reply #7 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 01:58 »

Quote from: öde on 22 Apr 2009, 01:15

- Exclamation marks!

Interrobangs?!

MrBlu · « **Reply #8 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 02:01 »

Crunchbangs#!

Jace · « **Reply #9 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 02:10 »

Quote from: öde on 22 Apr 2009, 01:15

- Exclamation marks!

I have a feeling you'd like my chest.

Tom · « **Reply #10 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 02:15 »

Yes, HUGS!

spoon_of_grimbo · « **Reply #11 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 02:40 »

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.

snalin · « **Reply #12 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 02:42 »

- Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh
- Watching the play yesterday (I laughed and laughed and laughed)
- Happy tree friends (In a sick way)
- Webcomix!
- Cool people

McTaggart · « **Reply #13 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 02:53 »

Watching someone who is much better than you play a game and make moves that you would have.

Jace · « **Reply #14 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 02:55 »

-painting miniatures
and in that same vein
-playing a game with completely painted armies. (a rarity these days)

ledhendrix · « **Reply #15 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 03:12 »

-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 is exactly what this threads about.

Coward · « **Reply #16 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 03:20 »

When something goes wrong and you shake your head, force out a laugh, and carry on.

Malek · « **Reply #17 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 03:33 »

-Watching tiny kittens run around and play.
-Playing catch with a small dog.
-Eating a good samich.

JD · « **Reply #18 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 03:47 »

-Sleeping with the dog on the bed

Metope · « **Reply #19 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 03:49 »

- 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.

Dazed · « **Reply #20 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 04:18 »

- 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)

Eris · « **Reply #21 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 04:30 »

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.

snalin · « **Reply #22 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 04:33 »

Final Fantasy.

I love you, Owen Pallett.

StaedlerMars · « **Reply #23 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 05:34 »

Quote from: ledhendrix on 22 Apr 2009, 03:12

-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.

Patrick · « **Reply #24 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 05:58 »

-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

pen · « **Reply #25 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 06:12 »

- string cheese
- bedtime stories
- clumsy animals
- hot chocolate and a fireplace

Christophe · « **Reply #26 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 06:14 »

-Cuddling
-Angular Chords
-Playin' drums
-Laughing at memes people will kill me to not remember

Lines · « **Reply #27 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 06:15 »

- 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.

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #28 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 06:20 »

- 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.

Lila · « **Reply #29 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 06:21 »

- 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.

Dimmukane · « **Reply #30 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 08:06 »

-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

WriterofAllWrongs · « **Reply #31 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 08:18 »

- 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.

Gilead · « **Reply #32 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 08:23 »

The dry click of a hammer striking an empty revolver chamber as I survive another round of russian roulette.

allison · « **Reply #33 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 08:40 »

- Spending a weekend barefoot in a field with a bunch of old hippies and very talented musicians
- 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

ledhendrix · « **Reply #34 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 08:57 »

Quote from: allison on 22 Apr 2009, 08:40

- Spending a weekend barefoot in a field with a bunch of old hippies and very talented musicians

FYP

spoon_of_grimbo · « **Reply #35 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 09:49 »

taking a good long piss after having held it in for AGES.

JD · « **Reply #36 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 12:11 »

Warm food after having a crummy day.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #37 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 12:12 »

Cold rain on a warm day

Allybee · « **Reply #38 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 12:13 »

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

Avec · « **Reply #39 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 14:01 »

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.

mbb · « **Reply #40 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 15:18 »

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...)

Kylos · « **Reply #41 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 15:31 »

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.

StMonkey · « **Reply #42 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 15:58 »

- 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

Josefbugman · « **Reply #43 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 16:46 »

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

-Karamazov- · « **Reply #44 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 17:11 »

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

JD · « **Reply #45 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 17:13 »

Having a niece.

Scrambled Egg Machine · « **Reply #46 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 17:20 »

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.

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #47 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 17:40 »

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

Drill King · « **Reply #48 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 18:04 »

-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

Slick · « **Reply #49 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 18:09 »

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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