Things That Make Me Happy

[thomryng]

Forget whiskers on kittens and odd bits of string and whatever else might have tickled Julie Andrews.

I'm feeling kicked right now. These are a few of my favourite things:

• Robotic suits


• Ray guns


• Books. And Science

So cheer me up. What are a few of your favourite things?

Comments

[kingcadillac.livejournal.com]

The gothiest place on earth:
http://www.ludd.luth.se/~silver_p/kutna.html


this is especially good on crepes:
http://www.nutellausa.com/


coming at last to DVD
http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/b/bitoffryandlauri_7770745.shtml


Perhaps my favorite online artist:
http://www.brandonbird.com/

[crosstherubicon.livejournal.com]

1.The way that children will laugh hysterically when they see an adult frowning in a moment of lost seriousness has to be one of my favourite things in the world. Coming from a vast family of endless cousins and nephews I've seen this so many times before. My nephew five year old Thomas will catch me trying to understand the instructions ona microwaveable meal and will literally almost fall over laughing at the frown I pull, and ask, "Why are you making a funny face?!". I find that inability to take adults seriously extremely amusing.

2. World leaders falling over tends to make me laugh. The best has to be Boris Yeltsin when he fell into a bandstand in Ireland (after initially being unable to get off the plane because he was absolutely blind drunk).

3. But this is perhaps the funniest man I've seen in some time. The greatest impression of Al Pacino you would ever see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvymEadfPds&search=caliendo%20al%20pacino

one of my current favorite things

[chordam7.livejournal.com]

..is parodies of those awful, soulles motivational posters:

[darkphilodox.livejournal.com]

Driving around in a brand new convertable mustang the wind in my hair and a lovely girl sitting next to me.

sitting inside around a campfire while its raining and thundering outside with all the lights turned down low or just off.

Hanging out with Megan tends to put a smile on my face as well.

[dmb38.livejournal.com]

Remembering that whole week makes me smile!

[joyful-storm.livejournal.com]

The way the air outside my office, a few blocks from the sound, smells like summer vacation when I get out of work (we always went to the beach for vacation when I was growing up).

Salt air, lots of light left, life is good. :)

[cyclometh.livejournal.com]

Leaning into a curve, feeling the tires bite hard, the footboard dragging and throwing sparks, glancing at the road out of the corner of my eye without having to look down since it's beside me.

That's fun.

[cyclometh.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, and the smell of the first bit of rain after a hot dry spell.

[gaelfarce.livejournal.com]

Scarlett Johansen in a silk mens shirt with french cuffs...and a healthy relationship with not much else.

Creme Caramel coffee

Kitchen Blowtorches

Youtube cruisin.

[queen-in-autumn.livejournal.com]

Being seduced by the first paragraph of a new book.

Diet Coke with vodka accompanied by fresh-baked bread with oil and basil and garlic.

Making my daughter laugh.

Having another you're-kidding-you-mean-you-really-love-that-too?!? moment with my new love.

Writing a really satisfying passage, whether fiction or non-fiction.

Pirates.

[anniemal.livejournal.com]

My doggy behaving sweetly.

Plants flowering and setting fruit, like the tomatoes hanging juicy on the vine.

Baby pra(e)ying mantids. I know their nature, but they're cute anyway.

I liked the emergence of Brood X.

Designing and executing a dress in 23 hrs.

Quiet nights listening to the crickets and BBC.

Very cheap vodka.

Cuddling.

Jeez, I'm simple.

Cooking a really yummy meal that everyone likes. (Not simple or easy. Two omnivores and a vegetarian.))

Things I like:

[tura.livejournal.com]

The Kircher Society:
http://www.kirchersociety.org/blog/

Decadent furnishings:
http://www.michel-haillard.com/gb/fiche-dispo.php?p=51

The Chap:
http://www.thechap.net/

The way that downtown Seattle smells when the wind is blowing in from across the water.

The short film blocks at the H.P.L. film festival.

Things that make me happy

[chris-sapyta.livejournal.com]

-warm clean puppies exploring a yard
-warm clean babies in my lap that I can give back when they next need maintenance
-telescope looking at the rings of Saturn on a summer night with friends
-waterballoon catapults
-firework displays
-sailing at sunset
-skinnydipping at dawn
-group chant/song
-a good session with a personal trainer
-a good night of sleep
-hottubs
-hot caramel sundaes
-sun ripened, sun warm tomatoes with fresh basil and buffallo mozeralla
-a warm fire on a cold night
-poetry slams
-having my back scratched