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[nekokoban]

I just spent the past two hours reading depressing and terrifying news articles. Pandemics to come, parents dying, wars and the whole sad shaky unstable way of the world today.

And maybe it's a small and petty and pathetic thing, but hey guys?

Tell me something nice, or something that makes you happy. Please?

Comments

[tsaiko.livejournal.com]

http://icanhascheezburger.com/

no one can stay depressed looking at that site. Instant pick me up.

[lewdness.livejournal.com]

...damnit I knew someone would get to it first. :D
That site is made of happy time though. <3

[shadawyn.livejournal.com]

When I'm down, I just think of all my friends and how they accept me and understand me despite me being who I am, and how that can make just about anything bearable. Luckily, you have the same group of friends and then some!

Why do you think I keep all these pictures of you guys all happy and smiling in the sunshine at my desk? :)

[shadawyn.livejournal.com]

Okay, upon reflection, I know my response in corny.

BUT IT'S STILL SO VERY TRUE.

♥

[lewdness.livejournal.com]

Honestly, one of the rather mundane things that makes me happy is reading my flist. I have so many awesome friends on here, so many I've met IRL that I just trust and love, that it makes it so much better to talk to them. I know we're not like, really close friends and haven't known each other for very long but if you ever want to talk you can hit me up any time. ♥

Also, reading happyfic works too. :)

[nekokoban]

My flist is definitely a good pick-me-up when it's going, but recently it's been kind of ... dead in the water during the day? [handwave] But I'm also in the baby animals community, and that's really hard to NOT feel good about.

I appreciate the offer, though -- thank you. :) Even if we don't know each other that well or anything, that's very kind of you♥

... also I'd read happyfic if I could. D: But of my pairings of the moment, for two I've pretty much READ everything with them, and the last two ... are almost decidedly unhappy in the eyes of fandom. And yet I keep trying. D:

[lazulisong.livejournal.com]

I am not only allowed but encouraged and requested by my work to bring my dog in so he can terrorize the elderly.

[nekokoban]

I wish people could bring their dogs to my work. D: I have to live vicariously through dog owners, so having one around more often would be nice. ♥

[calintz.livejournal.com]

I love the smell of oven-fresh bread and just-brewed coffee that envelopes you when you step into a tiny local bakery. It reminds me that life doesn't have to be lived at breakneck speed.

[nekokoban]

Bakeries ... ♥

I haven't been to one-proper in a while, though I've gone to the baker stalls at the local farmer's market. Isn't quite the same, but it's still a nice change of pace.

--though now, I'm sort of thinking I should go, because yeah, bakeries. ♥

[coramegan.livejournal.com]

I think the happiest, most beautiful thing I've ever seen was a new dad holding his tiny baby girl for the first time. He wouldn't let go of her and he couldn't stop smiling. When the nurses had to take footprints, they stamped his arms with her feet too, so he could show off his baby's tiny feet like tattoos. It almost made me cry.

[jpegasus.livejournal.com]

aww, that's adorable ^^

[abby-sarajane.livejournal.com]

Babydove loves you! ♥

(http://photobucket.com)

[nekokoban]

omg, so tiny! Is this one you're taking care of, or just happened to be hanging around? :D

Warning: Oncoming Squishiness

[miss-arel.livejournal.com]

Something that makes me happy, eh?

Well, for starters, this icon makes me happy. XD I'm happy that I'm out of class for the summer. I'm happy that I get to game today, and I'm happy we got to have such a Who-binge this week. I'm happy that I'll be going home this weekend and seeing my family, but I'm also very happy that I have such a great group of friends (and such an awesome, funny, good-hearted, smart, and understanding roommate) to look forward to coming back to.

I'm happy that the sun is shining and that someone has already linked icanhascheezburger.com. I'm happy to be alive, even in this mixed-up, fixed-up, topsy-turvy world of ours, and I'm happy to be your friend. ♥

Re: Warning: Oncoming Squishiness

[nekokoban]

Happiness is the word of the day! Happiness, at least, keeps me from being paranoid and vaguely depressed. :p

Well, I'm glad that you're going to get to see your family and spend time with them, but I'm also looking forward to when you get back, so that I have my awesome roommate to harass with random macros and links and the like. :D (I promise not to take over your room while you're gone. ;))

Really, I'm happy to be alive, too. I just to sometimes be reminded. ♥

[white_aster]

http://www.babyanimalz.com/

The world is automatically 29374X better for having baby animals in it. :)

[nekokoban]

This is a very valid point! :D And also, a link I've never seen before!

Thank you♥♥♥♥

[jpegasus.livejournal.com]

What I love best is walking around Seattle, seeing all the neat architecture, and wonderful plant life (serious, is there anything that WONT grow here?) and then the sun comes out a little and that perfect song comes on and you can't help but grin.

As a stand by, yummy food and a favorite childhood movie always make my day better. With pajamas.

[nekokoban]

Seattle really is a gorgeous city, isn't it? I keep feeling like I should do more trekking around and exploring, so hey! Maybe I will! :D It's not like I'm NOT in downtown nearly every day, I can take an hour to get home and walk around more. :D

Though man, it's kind of ridiculous how much good food can improve my mood/day. Even if it's really simple, there's something so so nice about tasty foods. AND childhood favorite movies, though that would be tasty in a totally different meaning of the word. XD

♥

What makes the Katie happy

[kawaiigami.livejournal.com]

--Watching the cute shows on Animal Planet (not the animal cops stuff, but things with cute baby animals and stories about animals that have been adopted/been rescued/helped people).

--Making a bowl of popcorn and reading a book I've read so many times I know the characters like I know myself.

--Reading a fairy tale.

--Talking to people I haven't spoken to in a while and being reminded that even if we don't get to talk much, they care about me.

--Managing to do something I thought would be really difficult.

As someone has said, even if we haven't known each other too long, I'm here if you want to email/IM about stuff. My LJ name is my standard username most places, and I have both yahoo and gmail.

Re: What makes the Katie happy

[nekokoban]

Aww -- when I had cable, Animal Planet was one of the channels I had on constantly. (The others were Discovery Channel and Food Network, and I didn't see the need for any other TV. XD) The rest of it sounds really nice, too; it's a good feeling to accomplish something that you thought you wouldn't be able to!

Thank you for the offer, too. :) It's really nice to know the option is there. :)

[wakuchan.livejournal.com]

One of my superiors at work told me when I was leaving today that they really appreciated everything I did and that I was doing a good job. ...Since I work with kids and I'm terrified I'm going to do something terribly wrong every five minutes that made me feel so awesome.

Also the kids in general make me happy, when they're not trying to greviously injure one another/drive me up a wall/etc ♥

...my life this summer is basically work and bum around home reading, so that'll do for now |D

[nekokoban]

... ♥

It really is such a nice feeling to be appreciated by your bosses -- and hell, I did a stint as a camp counselor for a summer, I really admire anyone who can work and get along with kids well. :D

--and hell, your summer sounds a lot like my life, only you could replace "reading" with "writing and procrastinating" and it would totally be the same. It's actually not a bad life. :)

Thank you! ♥

[nightsinger.livejournal.com]

Other than the cat macros, llama song, etc?

I think about all the things I'm currently looking forward to.

For example... At the moment, the very-near to near (within the next several months) future contains:
* Getting a manicure and pedicure (today after work!)
* A week in Vegas (next week!)
* Getting kitties (July)
* Working the MS company picnic's puzzle event (July)
* Meet-up with a bunch of online friends (August)
* PAX, with another JoCo concert (August)
* Chris' birthday to plan (October)
* NaNoWriMo (November)
* Visiting my dad, and bringing Chris along (November)
* Visiting Chris' parents again for Xmas

Not to mention random fun weekends, spending time with people, etc. :D

[nekokoban]

I FORGOT ALL ABOUT THE LLAMA SONG. FOR SHAME.

And you're getting kitties?! I want to see your kitties when you get them. D: My apartment doesn't allow pets, so I have to live vicariously through others! Are you getting two, or more? :D

[lilisin.livejournal.com]

Urr.. don't read my post then.

happy?

[mitsuhachi.livejournal.com]

It's cool and foggy here for the first time since last august. It's almost like having seasons. <3 Also, my baby brother has learned enough writing to send me little letters. THAT HE WROTE HIMSELF. clearly he is the most remarkable child ever to have been born to man.

It has been posited that Arashi fans are the happiest people on earth. (http://darkeyedwolf.livejournal.com/226332.html)

You know arashi, right? (http://darkeyedwolf.livejournal.com/219056.html) (kind of picture-heavy, as a heads-up.)

Steven Colbert and John Stewart always make me feel better about being an american, when the fact that our government is made of morons gets me down. Cause hey! There are smart people with common sense here! <3 It restores some of my tattered faith in humanity, particularly after watching "real" news programs.

If all else fails, tea makes everything better. There's never a situation that's NOT helped by tea of some sort.

Re: happy?

[jpegasus.livejournal.com]

OOU YES. SC AND JS. They make everything better~

[cornucopian.livejournal.com]

My kitten like to sleep with her head resting on my keyboard.

[nekokoban]

♥♥♥♥♥ My old roommate's cat, he used to put his big ol' chin on my wrist when I tried to type. It's dreadfully cute when they do that -- lucky you! :D

[hiza-chan.livejournal.com]

Honestly? Secluded cafe's with freshly baked bread and pastries and coffee. At Christmas, with the Christmas music playing all soft.

I'm not a religious person, but there's something about Christmas time that makes me all happy and stuff. So whenever I'm REALLY down I go make myself some tea and play some Christmas music. Corny and nostalgic, but it makes me go all warm and fuzzy inside.

[nekokoban]

Fresh-baked bread and pastries have never failed to cheer me up. :) I've said before, it's kind of ridiculous how much good food can really improve my outlook, and really, fresh bread is wonderful.

And I'm not religious either, actually; it's not something I think very often about, though when I do, I think I'm rather agnostic more than anything else. But there's something really beautiful about the hymns that get sung at Christmas, I agree; I also play them year-round. :) Who cares if people look at me funny for having them in July, a lot of it is genuinely comforting, in my opinion; that's what I think a lot of it was for.

[byakuganchick.livejournal.com]

A. Two of my favorite books come out next month. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and Thursday Next:First Among Sequels.

B. I get paid tomorrow.

C.Due to some extra free time at work and my trusty friend Barnes and Nobles dot com, my reading list has just expanded to over fifty books AND I've found two new series/authors to read, Laura Joh Rowland and Jon Katz.

E. I get paid tomorrow.

F. icanhascheeseburger.com

G. I get paid tomorrow.

H. Starbucks has raspberry mocha frappuchinos.

I. I get paid tomorrow.

J. I have that comic I've been whining about for the past month.

K. I get paid tomorrow.

L. 300 comes out in July, too.

M. I get paid tomorrow.

N. Fuzzy puppies and kittens. And Benadryl, to go with the fuzzy kittens.

O. I get paid tomorrow.

P. George Lucas has decided NOT to make the three movies that were originally supposed to follow Return of the Jedi.

Q. I get paid tomorrow.

R. It's almost friday!

S. I get paid tomorrow.

T. There's a chance I might get an apartment with some friends. At any rate, we're having a blast mentally decorating it.

U. I get paid tomorrow.

V. Mom and I are going shopping Saturday.

W. I get paid tomorrow.

X. I'm about to go curl up in bed with a good book.

Y. I get paid tomorrow.

Z. And finally, a line from one of my absolute favorite hymns,

This is my Father’s world. O let me ne’er forget
That though the wrong seems oft so strong, God is the ruler yet.

Ta-da! There you go, things that make me happy.

[nekokoban]

Wow, that's a fantastic list. XD Thank you for it! :3

--and oh, hey, you've reminded me, I get paid tomorrow too. XD ALSO fantastic, because moving has done nasty things to my account and there's a lot of shinies that my magpie self is compulsively whining over. ;) I haven't tried the raspberry mocha frappuchinos yet -- I was honestly kind of disappointed by the orange ones, and I usually love oranged-flavored stuff. :\ Is the raspberry any good?

Apartments with friends are awesome! I think, at any rate; the trick is really to NOT FREAK OUT about things. Freaking out (on either part's side) tends to breed a lot of resentment that just builds up and turns ugly. But seriously, apartments with your buddies are great -- my roommate and I are slowly but surely turning our living room into a proper geek's den♥

Thank you again for the list! it was very nice to read♥♥

[gisho.livejournal.com]

1. http://www.randomkittengenerator.com/

2. The King Harvest song "Dancing in the Moonlight".

3. Re-reading books I like for the gajillionth time.

[nekokoban]

PS YOU ARE COMPETELY AWESOME I was serious about the dinner thing, if you're ever in the Seattle area. D: If not that, maybe something else?

Haven't heard the song, but the Random Kitten Generator is definitely love♥ It's hard to be depressed when there are cute fuzzy kitties hanging around, that's for sure. :D

[sjen.livejournal.com]

*Hugs*

BTW Kouhai, were we still getting together this weekend? Is Saturday good? 'Wanna come down? We can watch a couple eps of Supernatural or Doctor Who or whatever you want. *^o^* Oh, and maybe see a little gamez. I also have a couple more Shounen Onmyouji Radio for you.

See, happy things!

[nekokoban]

Saturday's actually not good for me -- it's already filled up, so unless you wanna do late-late afternoon/evening, I can't. But I can do Sunday, if that's all right? :D I'd need to burn Doctor Who if we're gonna watch that, but we can do either that or Supernatural, either/or!

Happy things are happy! I'm looking forward to hanging out. :D

[darkazriel.livejournal.com]

The fact that Theo Jansen exists. Looking at his sculptures is like walking into a miyazaki movie. :D

[nekokoban]

... dude.

I even made my roommate come out and watch that with me. That is seriously beyond awesome. :D ♥

[cinnamonblood.livejournal.com]

Things that make me happy:

- This icon. ♥

- Tea.

- Hot Japanese men.

- Rain!

- Ninja porn.

- Good books.

- Johnny Depp.

- Small shiny things.

- This song. (http://www.sendspace.com/file/ybpopj)

[nekokoban]

AH GETBACKERS AND THEIR NOT-REALLY-SUB TEXT. XD

The rest of the list is pretty awesome, too. :D I'll have to wait to download the song till I'm back home, but I will look forward to it! :D

Small shiny things win the WORLD. Ahh, I wonder if I should be embarassed by my magpie tendencies at times, and then I think -- nahhhhh. XD

[inarticulate.livejournal.com]

- I'm going to a museum with my mom today ♥ and seeing a real live person unrelated to me for non-work related reasons on Saturday! Madness!

- Tiny fandoms. I don't know what it is, but they just make me happy in a way larger fandoms don't. ♥

- Well, payday, yes.

- MY PUPPEH ♥

- My flist. All of you guys make me happy just by existing and doing your thing. Or talking to me. That makes me happy ♥

- chibimazoku ♥ bonus mention!

[nekokoban]

I ENVY YOU MUSEUMS ARE AWESOME I want to go to the Sci-Fi one nearby, I just need to bribe convince someone to go with me.

I ... confess, there are times where I wish my tiny fandoms were larger (if only so that there'd be other people to throw ideas at and make cute eyes to see if they'll write it), but. There is overall, I think, a sense of better-feeling in the tiny fandoms, because we're all sticking together♥

Puppies are AWESOME FOR CHEERING UP♥ I live vicariously through people on my flist with pets. T^Tb

Also, you two are hilariously cute. XD If I had a stamp of approval, I would give it to you -- since I don't, imagine that I would!

[anruik]

Having lived inland most of my life (and in a desert no less, regardless of how much of an oasis Las Vegas really is in many ways), coming here to Long Beach? Even if it was just for AX originally? That seemingly endless stretch of ocean reaching way beyond the horizon...

Standing at the edge, bare feet in the sand with the tide lapping at me so it was pushing me back and forth? Even if I knew there was still land far in the distance? I can see why it'd feel like coming home while holding one absolutely still at the same time.

[elanor-pam.livejournal.com]

Something that makes me happy? Ummmm....




My baby cousin always makes me grin like a brainless loon.