Innocuous things that make you irrationally happy (a list thread)

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My bff/housemate singing xmas carols, Bing Crosby-style. Esp when it isnt xmas, but he just bloody well feels like crooning "Jingle Bells" while doing the dishes, dammit.

Oh shit I put this in the wrong thread. I HATE garden centres.

lol i thought that was enthusiasm out of character.

I like garden centres! All those plants and decorative doodads for the garden.

Wait, I have to contribute to the anger thread.

-smell of tea

First couple of brushes with a new toothbrush.

oh on a similar note, new pair of socks...feels so right.

27. Clean sheets on the bed

― VegemiteGrrrl, Thursday, September 30, 2010 5:44 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

animals on trains are also guarantee for endless lolz and aws, an old man man with a dog, both licking/kissing each other. (seriously)
or a girl with a little kitten in a cage, very early morning, kitten going 'meow meow' very softly (and a little scared) and the entire silent train wagon goin' AWWWW.

a few weeks ago, i was driving home from work and my car died in the middle of a three-way intersection. i didn't really know what to do. within a couple of minutes, a random guy stopped and offered to give me a jump. when that didn't work, he pulled his car around behind mine also used it to push me through the intersection to the side of the road. overall he spent about 10 minutes of his day helping a stranger in need. then a friend (who posts on ilx) drove out to where i was and let me sit in his heated car (it was very cold out) while waiting for the tow truck, then gave me a ride home. just two things that made a shitty situation a little less shitty.

boss wanted to change my schedule for next quarter. i try to be flexible but they've been changing my schedule every 10 weeks and i didn't really want to adopt the new schedule, so I was kind of passive-aggressive about it and blamed my other job, saying they didn't like me changing my schedule with them, but ultimately i left it open and said I would think about it. today my boss said that due to other issues, they now want me to keep my current schedule. so i got what i wanted without having to look like i'm "not a team player."

my daughter smiling and laughing all the time now, happy babies are a+++

boss for my newer job giving me a totally positive review, even though i feel like i slack off a lot and am still figuring lots of things out

going to parties and knowing lots of people there and feeling like i've now lived in chicago long enough to have a social circle or even multiple interlocking social circles

long enough to have a social circle or even multiple interlocking social circles

If we're discussing innocuous things that I wish were a reality for me in LA, and would therefore make me insanely happy, this would be one of them. Getting there, but damn if work don't get in the way.

it took a long time. but i've been here seven years now.

I'm moving to the 4th floor instead of the top in a little under a month. thank God.

a rare instance where I get to post in both innocuous threads simultaneously.

went to the mall (which I usually hate) to pick up a few rap albums with my gambling winnings, and stopped for lunch. ran into a friend of mine who I haven't seen in a while, who stopped me and we had a nice quick 5 min chat.

her sunny demeanor and the friendly conversation was a big lift for me and put me in a good mood.

The tick-tick of a nicely working derailleur when you're freewheeling along.

Sun is shining, nearly a weekend, and I was just briefly delighted by the sound of a (male, not particularly camp) coworker tittering like a naughty little schoolgirl.

(trying to make the most of being irrationally happy as my most irrationally-angry-making coworker has just got back from lunch, bah)

- hearing YMO (Technopolis iirc) in tacky chain sushi bar

Oh I love when ppl ask me for directions and I'm all like "Yeah! You're on X st now, you just hang a left and (etc etc)"

― (Simple) (Elegant) (Stevie D), Friday, 1 October 2010 16:01 (5 months ago) Bookmark

came here to post about this!

55. manic phase

56. making a St Patrick's Day playlist, Mr Veg and began dicussing the finer points over dinner. Mr Veg adamant that I should include Def Leppard's Pour Some Sugar On Me. Me going WTF? then reminding me that they recorded it while they were holed up in Dublin, Rick lost his arm etc etc...and then I lol'd and lol'd and lol'd

57. Youtube videos of babies laughing uncontrollably at dogs doing dog things.
58. Hockey hugs after a goal. And the handshake-line after a playoff series is won.

59. on the way home y/day, a boy of about 7 or 8 sat on a riverbank, staring contemplatively at a pair of swans right in front of him, staring peacefully back at him

(this would not be so <3 if I were not so distrustful of both children and swans)

60. My dentist is like a dude straight out of Mayberry, sweet and lovely and quaint, the whole office feels like a delightful time machine. Today, greatest thing ever. As I'm having work done, my Mayberry-esque dentist begins describing a scene from Cheech and Chong's Up In Smoke to his wonderfully square assistant. I had tears rolling out of my eyes as he describes in great detail the scene where the stoned motorcycle cop pulls the van over after it has caught on fire, his assistant looking on wide-eyed and not laughing really at all. It was all so surreal and hilarious and I have NO idea how my dentist even got onto the subject of weed or where Cheech and Chong fit in.

But it was great and made me happy despite being trapped in a dentist chair

61. Weaving through stopped bumper-to-bumper traffic on my bike
62. Secret passages and underground tunnels

non-rejected jbr screennames that probably should have been rejected but the urge to torture with puns is too great

My friend's very exuberant and ruffly dress today.

Buying a food and its expiration date is your birthday.

but that's sad :(

"Happy birthday!! YOUR FOOD IS DEAD NOW >: [ "

I think it's just that I'm vain enough to appreciate any reminder that I was born, even in the form of a memento mori (for the food).

"when does this cream expire – June 12? – how delightful, I am alive."

oh my god, that is p beautiful actually.

It's a totally little kiddish feeling. "My borthday is Important."

Noisy little bastard shouting the name of every car that passes the bus while his brother climbs on the seat next to me. All while the mum is browsing Facebook on her phone, completely ignoring their behaviour. Still half an hour of this to go before i can get off.

I get the birthday expriation date thing too. Also seeing a car commercial and the disclaimer says PRICES GOOD UNTIL [YOUR BIRTHDAY]!

I think not_goodwin is in the wrong thread.

For real, right now the crushing synth in Zombi's "Surface To Air" is making me irrationally happy.

oops. :-/

67 (I think) -- being done with the @!(#*&$I()^& weed-eating/edging. I hate doing it, but I love looking out and being able to say "yeah that looks a lot better."

new clothes.

Depositing a check via ATM

68. Old men wearing incongruous clothes. Like the old Chinese dude I saw the other day, wearing a sun hat and an awesome Morissey jacket.

69. Dogs that jump up and lick your face with affection no matter the time of day or how often you see them.

There is a young woman who works as an aide at one of the schools where I drive kids. She's somewhat pretty, but not a knockout by any stretch, and I have not had any lascivious thoughts about her. But she has a grade-A good-person's face and somehow just looking at her makes me feel happier about the world.

Which is to say, people whose innate goodness radiates from them make me happy.

otm

there's a tube driver in london who speaks with a really heavy caribbean accent, who says at every stop: "the next stop is....please take all your belongings with you and wherever you go, whatever you do, whoever you see, whatever the weather, have a NICE day!"

at every stop that exact same mantra! i turn off my ipod whenever he's driving just to listen to him.

he should get an award