There's a ranting and raving thread here so I thought that I would take the time to add some positivity to The Lounge!!
I'll start off with this; I finally have internet again so I can post on DV :D. Forced hiatus, over.
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There's a ranting and raving thread here so I thought that I would take the time to add some positivity to The Lounge!!
I'll start off with this; I finally have internet again so I can post on DV :D. Forced hiatus, over.
I saw a really cute video of a cockatiel singing the totoro theme. X3 Just one of the things that made me happy today.
Also, its great that you got your internet back.
I just got woken up by my alarm at 4am so I can attempt a WBTB + WILD. Wish me luck! :offtobed:
Reading "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Urban Homesteading" by Sundari Elizabeth Kraft. It's a real Mother Earth News (that's a magazine) type book.
Favourite hockey team lost tonight...lol
BUT that means they finished the season in last place so they have the best chance of getting first pick in the NHL draft (first overall pick is supposed to be the next phenom). So I ended up happy with the loss anyways :)
I also had my fourth lucid dream earlier today
I'm a Canucks fan and I'm happy with our last loss. Being in the bottom 3 we have a very good shot at it!Quote:
Originally Posted by KJCannotSleep
As long as the Oilers don't get first pick again :pQuote:
Originally Posted by mooseantlers
Nothing made me happy, i woke up that way. :-P
I bought a pint glass earlier and it had a barcode sticker on the bottom. I scrubbed it off with hot water and a rough sponge but the sticky residue wouldn't come off. I vaguely remembered hearing alcohol can help, so I grabbed some isopropyl I had on hand an rubbed it with a paper towel. It worked so well and made me so damn happy for some reason. IDK why, it was kind of a silly reason but I still smile about it xD.
Oh my I think I'm catching feelings again
At my work I had a cute girl about 7 years old decide she really wanted to help me put stock up on the shelf, so she sat there organising colour and everything with me :)
Food, sleep, electricity, health, bewbs, and coffee.
Simple Happiness is so under-rated :lol: - I feel happy about this thread coz seeing the simple things that make us all happy makes me smile and realise " Hey I'm happy right now!" :cheers:
hahahaaa I can be just happy being alive sometimes :) I love this time of year now its getting warmer in England. Some people only like the sunny days, I figure the sun likes a little rest somedays or maybe its out shopping, so I like the rainy days too :p
Oh and I have lots of kids in my class who say random things or hug me :rolllaugh:
totoro tot-or-oh
Like bewbs! :>Quote:
Originally Posted by Patience108
Sure :D and funny accents :chuckle:Quote:
Originally Posted by sloth
Well I've been feeling really happy and positive lately! :)
How'd you know?Quote:
Originally Posted by Patience108
All that in one day, sounds productive!Quote:
Originally Posted by sloth
Hehe - in the uk we never write boobs like that so it always sounds funny to me :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by sloth
I woke up without my sinuses tormenting me.
Had lunch out with hubby.
Got an advance so I can get my meds.
Kittens :)
Watched an annoying but stinking adorable video of a little boy crying because he wanted to keep a (live) fish he caught as a toy. His dad kept telling him to throw it back, that it would get stinky. The little boy kept saying: "It will not." I don't know why, but his not saying "won't" just made it that much more adorable. :lol:
**EDIT**
This http://legacy.krem.com/story/news/we...park/31476545/ also makes me happy :)
Once I got to the flea market (why has it still been common to call it this instead of "Swap Meet" or something else more benign? "Stuff Market"... Um, nah...) I looked around, then bought some Amsoil Power Steering Fluid and also Slip Lock Additive. I wasn't expecting anyone to be selling that there, so I thought how nice it would be to get it changed (having no record of when it was last done) and then started changing the differential oil once I got home.
I live in the forest with the deer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Patience108
Sounds really good :) I hope it's something that makes you happy - that sure is simple pleasures!Quote:
Originally Posted by sloth
I went in the river for the first time this year :D It is amazingly cold but frrresh!
I was walking towards my house when I found that before I arrived, two cars crashed around the corner of the street. Some people like to watch the world burn.
But not me. 2 less cars to contribute to global warming for a short while. And their insurances will probably cover it anyway.
Re: the topic:
Answer: Reading this thread.
Nyeh! I may have something else later today.
nothing makes me happy today i miss my chance to try canwild technique :D wake up 15early then my alarm should wake me
Having some extra money to spend makes me VERY happy.
I FINALLY found a decent fanny pack to replace the one I've worn into the ground. Unfortunately, it's camo, but I can live with that. It's Mossy Oaks "Turkey Thugs" (:roll:) and has lots of pockets and lots of space.
I also bought 2 more items for my bug out bag- a 10 piece camping cooking set and an ER Poncho. I have 3 gallons of water, which I'm trying to grow by 3 every week until I have about 30.
Next week, I'm going to actually buy the bag for bugging out with :lol: I don't expect anything major to happen, but I'd like to be prepared.
The fact that I've caught up with the Mind Mastery series I put out on my YouTube channel is making me pretty happy at the moment. I got a bit behind on my releases since I was working on making a Lucid Dreaming audio course, so having had today's episode ready, uploaded, tagged etc all well in advance feels good. Can get back to my schedule now.
Also my muscles have stopped being so sore so I know I'll be able to get a really good workout in today, so that's another thing definitely making me smile right now. :D
Little troopers in my taekwondo class. Every Friday I teach the white belt kids class. Kids don't complain, are eager to learn, hardworking, and just overall good children. Little kid today, 6 years old. Just joined today and I already got him keeping his arms up when he kicks and doing the whole blocking set. :ninja: And that is what made me happy today. :D
Unlike a certain red belt class that I should be participating in and always get stuck leading the stretches for. Red belt class full of some of the worst teen brats, should be embarrassed how much better kids 10 years younger than them behave.
TKD Master: "Are you going to stay and warm up the red belt class?"
Me: "Nope! Sorry! Just remembered I have to feed the rug and vacuum the cat!" *Runs away*
A nice bowl of Organic Instant Quaker Oats Oatmeal (plain) with some cinnamon + sugar mix. Oh and the box cover for Trader Joe's Instant Packets of Organic Hot Cocoa Mix. It's kinda nice packaging "cover art".
Things that have made me happy today:
1) Down to like 13.5% body fat now, only got a few more % to go before I can start on my clean bulk and start building some muscle. After being super underweight (no muscle OR fat) last year, I basically piled on the pounds wanting to stop being underweight - but went to excess with it, and ended up like 27-29% body fat, fat, and with only a tiny bit more muscle. So to be 13.5% now with a flat stomach, took a while, and it feels good to finally be somewhere where I'm happy with my appearance. A couple % more and I should be able to see if I built any abs during the last year.
2) Just hit 10 weeks (70 days) of NoFap. I'm doing a 90 day challenge at the moment. Prior to this challenge the longest I ever made it was 8 days, and even that was a struggle. So having not even made it 10 days before, I've now made it 10 weeks. Pretty damn proud of myself, and I'm 100% certain I'll make it all the way to 90 days.
3) Worked out nice and hard today. It's funny looking back at how like 6 months ago I'd feel like I "worked out hard" if I did like 20 half-push ups (since I wasn't even capable of doing full pushups at the time), and I'd work out every day with no rest periods, and only do push-ups and no other exercises and wonder why my muscles were lacking. Now I do 3 sets each for about 11 different exercises, targetting my whole body each time, and totalling about ~45-55 minutes of exercise one day, then rest the next day. My body feels so much better for it, plus I feel way more fulfilled after a workout.
Finally had a pretty good lucid dream after starting again after a 4-month dry spell. Super excited for tonight!
Also I got the DVDs I ordered from amazon including:
-The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
-In Bruges
-The Deer Hunter
-Traffic
-Run Lola Run
Super excited to see these!
I'm happy with the fact that I am able to go to bed tonight knowing I have no real obligations to comply with tomorrow :D
I got happy of the notion that it's a new day..:)
Everything. Any of you remember back when you were less than 10 years old, and school would get off for the summer. Remember how you felt on that first day of summer? It felt like you had an endless amount of fun ahead of you, there was no stress or worry, school seemed too far off, and you just felt amazing.
Then we get older, responsibilities and stress take over, and that feeling vanishes, pushed to the depths of our memories, as merely a fond recollection of the past.
Or does it? Well, apparently not forever. I feel that genuine freedom I felt as a kid once again. I feel alive. I feel happy. Proud. Excited. Amazing. I can't sufficiently word just how happy I feel today, but it's great.
That said, some more specifics that made me happy today:
- Accidentally discovered a really high protein (and alright tasting) snack: Cottage Cheese mixed with Peanut Butter - it actually tastes kinda chocolatey, and the protein content is super high. As a result, I'm managing to get ~130g of protein in my daily calorie allowance today, which is real nice and more than I need.
- Been eating healthy and nice in general today.
- Worked out harder than ever before today.
- Got to see the new house my girlfriend bought today.
- Recorded two new videos for my YouTube channel.
- Got back into practising Zazen.
- Annnnd a whole bunch more..
Woo! :D
I got a pm for having a big gif again. Think this is the third time. Best day ever.xD
Discovered POP! Vinyl the other day. Have 4 now: 2 Hannibal Lecters, Ash from Army of Darkness and the Cheshire Cat.
I met a nice old man on a walk. He reminded me of my grandfather. (Not that my grandfather's dead or anything, but it was nice)
Well, I practiced happiness. Refusing to get angry at my Father over him just joking or whatever is helping me be not burnt out, yah. Oh and I'm listening to The New Pornographers' "Challengers" album as I type this (Yes that's a band) and I like listening to that. :)
One of my Working regimes - Managed 4 press ups yesterday and been doing some of Wim Hoffs breathing exersizes and 10 min cold showers or swims in cold cold river :alien: each day for about 2 months and feeling GOOD from it :cool:
And the fact that I am alive! Hope I am anyway ....RC ' Is this a dream?'
Lunch out with the family. :)
Starting my new job today at Quiznos, crafting the finest submarine sandwhiches in Abbotsford, British Columbia.
I enjoyed a nice organic potato.
Have you ever watched Kid President? Nice to see. That and (being a Brony) I still find Pinkie Pie's "Smile Smile Smile" song to be a healthy dosage - along with the other MLP: FIM song "A True True Friend". :)
Having a good end of work day. (Work has not been that great lately. )
As I'm sure some remember that know me well enough, I am adopted. In this phase of my life I've been reconnecting with my blood family. Im ecstatic to say my birth mom is arriving from Saskatchewan tomorrow for a visit, this will be my first time seeing her since 1997. I will also be meeting her boyfriend and my sister who is 7.
I got out of feeling stressed and feeling nice by listening to music. Does that qualify?
I remembered this song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lky6KocRb3Y
I noticed this typo in the Wiki. Though to be fair barking dorks are a huge problem in my area.
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Getting a membership at the local library for dozens and perhaps hundreds of free books :D
Found out I didn't get my planned roommate after all. I can keep WBTBing all night long! :woohoo:
Today I took my lucid dream and wrote a half-page story, changing it into something cooler
I just watched the last episode of the beautiful anime called Magi (both seasons have a different name, "magi: .........") and I made this beautiful screenshot and spent an hour or so editing to get the size just right. Now that I think back, I could've done it in 5 minutes but whatever :P
It's still today but some things made me happy already he he
I am happy coz you guys are happy! :laughtillhurts:
Honestly :lol:
Finding this site made me happy! :D
I finally found an Augmented Reality app that is actually free to construct your own basic info. "onvert" after looking through dozens and dozens :)
Taking the fuel rail and lower intake manifold off the dead Caravan. It's something my Father hasn't been helping me with so I feel like I'm actually doing something on my own.
My Colourpop Liquid Lipstick stash came today. *angels sing* :D
Watching "Orange" Anime and finding wild kittens in the street, one stripy grey and one black and white =^^-
Listening to "The Electric Version" by The New Pornographers. (yes, that's a band. Most of their lyrics aren't what you might think given their name.) It's the chorus, mainly, which does it for me. Those keyboards, yeah. Also, listening to "It's Nice To be Nice" by Pugwash!
5 LD in 3 days wohoooo
A song about beachgoing in Ireland. EDIT: Oh wow, that preview image looks so pixelated at least to me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkexapnTVJE
past, present and future people
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bzizsJfOlw&index=25&list=PLABD1A989F27F01 62
My cat snuggling next to me in bed this morning. She was so warm and was purring. <3
While in a bookstore, a man walked in and faced towards me.
Me: "I don't work here."
Man: "I know, (laughing) that's OK."
Me: "I'm just saying because I've been mistaken for an employee a lot."
Not word for word but that's close to how it went.
Drugs! JK.. just feeling silly on a sunday:]
Had cold pizza and hot coffee for breakfast. Made me soooooo happy :D
My psychiatrist decided to change my Adderall Extended Release prescription to an Instant Release without me even asking her. She is a lot more cautious about what to prescribe than my old psychiatrist, and even refused to prescribe me Adderall for a long time because it's got a higher abuse potential and somewhat more negative side effect profile than Vyvanse (what she was having me take prior to all this, before it started giving me terrible IBS and issues of the sort, and Adderall doesn't) even though my old psychiatrist had me prescribed to Adderall XR. I was afraid to ask her for IRs (instant release) because they have an even higher abuse potential, but I know from one time where I accidentally was given IRs that the only negative side effects I get from XRs weren't there when I took it. Not only that, but I found out it's significantly cheaper (my insurance sucks)! I was afraid to even push the issue on her even though I had always wanted to bring it up, so she really surprised me by asking if I would try it out... especially given how hesitant she was before to even put me on Adderall over Vyvanse or Focalin (I react terribly to Focalin, not good stuff). I know, it's something small, but the little things are enough to make you feel better sometimes. $40 a month can add up to a lot, and suddenly feeling hot and sweaty and my skin is prickly for about 30 minutes to an hour after the second half of the beads in the XR capsules kick in makes me pretty uncomfortable. I don't have to deal with it any more and save some money too.
Dunno why but I was feeling a bit down and then started listening to Seasick Steve - "Back In The Doghouse" and now I feel better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvbvAfA1qew
I slept until 10 in the morning. I haven't done this in years!
