Comment whoring & spreading some cheer - at the same time!

[dreaminghope]

It struck me today that is it sad that most posts that get tons of comments are drama-based posts. We need more happy posts! We need lots of happy comments! I need lots of happy comments - let's beat my record!* So: a game!

Here's the game: Comment on this post with something that makes you happy. Choose something that you think most people have experienced or should appreciate more. Then, comment to all the comments that are about happy things you have experienced with a story or observation about it. Be detailed! Engage the senses! Share the joy!

Even if you are seeing this post days, weeks or even months or years after it was posted, play anyway. I get comments emailed to me, so I may still get your happy notes.

*I think the most comments I've ever had on one post has been about 45, on a question and answer post. I don't have a lot of drama on my LJ.

Comments

[firerainchild.livejournal.com]

Everyday I am amazed by what I do for a living. I touch little ones lives. Today at my preschool we celebrated Dr. Seuss's birthday with story reading by parents, singing, and CAKE! I also got to read my favorite Seuss story, What I Was Scared of. (pale green pants with nobody inside them!)

there is one little guy, who I just love to death, he says thank you after every song we sing and every story read.

I am so blessed! and have so many reasons DAILY to be happy.

[iamfairydreamer.livejournal.com]

I have worked with children for 25 years, and I am still constantly amazed how wonderfully inspirational children are! I LOVE working with them and they are the inspiration for the stories I write!

[dreamhope.livejournal.com]

I don't work with kids or have a lot of contact with them, but I was working at a small bookstore when the fourth Harry Potter book was released. I remember very fondly the eight and nine year olds coming in to pick up this book. They would hug this huge book to themselves while their parents paid, then, if their parents wanted to shop at all, they would plop themselves in a corner and start reading avidly. I've never seen so many kids, particularly so many little boys, so thrilled to get a book! It was a wonderful memory that I still treasure.

[iamfairydreamer.livejournal.com]

I love it when it snows. It was supposed to snow here today, but instead we only got rain. So many people complain about the snow, and I began to wonder why I like it so much - it adds light to the world!

Last week when we had a dusting of snow, when I looked outside I could see the little red fox that came to see if there was any food(that I had put out earlier) left to eat, I could see the deer huddled in a group keeping watch while they ate the corn I had put out!

Snow makes the world a more beautiful place! :-)

[dreamhope.livejournal.com]

I miss snow! We mostly get rain here; it snows maybe once a year, and it rarely sticks.

I grew up in Ontario, and we used to have these gorgeous mornings with a sky completely blue and clear, and the sun reflecting off the snow would be almost painful to the eyes. Everything would sparkle.

I love spotting wildlife! At Salt Spring Island, we got to almost feed wild deer out of hand. They are so beautiful.

[dreamhope.livejournal.com]

I should do one too!

I love fresh sheets. One of my favourite things is to crawl into a freshly changed bed, especially if it has been made with soft, cozy sheets and it is a cold night. Then I like to pile pillows around me and pull lots of blankets and the quilt my Mom made me over me, and cuddle down into the warmth.

Bonus points if I can listen to the rain or wind outside while in my nest.

[koppermoon.livejournal.com]

Mmm, fresh clean cotton sheets. My mom used to bring them in off the line on a summer evening so that they were cool and smooth after a hot day in the sun.
And in the winter she would warm them up on the radiator.
I have to admit, my mom was a freak about not using the clothes dryer.

[dameelysia.livejournal.com]

Today, I laughed at a lot of things that would have ruined my life at 16 or 18. So is the joy of being 20.

Oh, and my therapist laughed with me.

(Background: Both of my recent unrequited lady loves have found love on the internet, both internet lovers hailing from Nebraska...)

"What's out there in Nebraska?"
"Corn. And lesbians."


"As long as my future career doesn't entail poking dead babies with a stick..."
"Better than poking live ones, isn't it?"

[cinnamonsqueak.livejournal.com]

Hey! lol Pullip ppl... in my non pullip friends LJ? how odd. ;)

[straw-berry-red.livejournal.com]

I saw a rainbow today:)
when i was little i would always run outside after it rained to try and find one. i havn't looked for one in years. today as i was leaving work i just looked up and there was a huge rainbow arching across the sky. it was completly unexpected, and reminded me that i need to look up more;)

[dreamhope.livejournal.com]

I love rainbows! I love the sky ones and I love the little ones in sprinklers and around waterfalls.

There was one day, when I was having a rough day at school, where I saw four rainbows in the sky at once! Three of them were one above the other, each one thicker but less distinct then the one below. The fourth one was opposite the others. It lifted my spirits so much to be surrounded by their fragile beauty.

[tareija.livejournal.com]

Amazing, hot, sweaty sex that leaves you collapsed in a puddle of joyous goo, unable to speak or walk but blissfully happy. That's always fun.

[catmcroy.livejournal.com]

Agreed!

[particle-man6.livejournal.com]

I love singing and feel lucky to be in a choir.

[iamfairydreamer.livejournal.com]

Me too! Singing makes me happy!!

[particle-man6.livejournal.com]

I love my cats. They are cuddly yet independant yet funny yet solemn yet demanding of Love yet curious about that window yet...

Oliver is purring on my lap right now.

[dreamhope.livejournal.com]

Cats are wonderful creatures. I didn't grow up with pets at all, so it took me awhile to adjust to the occasional foreign-ness of them, but now I can't imagine living without a cat in my home. Zoey just melts my heart and calms me right down.

[catmcroy.livejournal.com]

Kisses make me happy :)

[cinnamonsqueak.livejournal.com]

kisses are the best :) I like kissing my boy on the neck, right by his shoulder. Its all soft and smells like him...

[breklor.livejournal.com]

I like being a sparkly magic fairy!!!

[cinnamonsqueak.livejournal.com]

meeee to!

Spakrly fairies are the best!

[gunthera1.livejournal.com]

Laughing at an inside joke with a close friend or significant other.

[dreamhope.livejournal.com]

I love when you are close enough to someone that you know how to make them laugh with just a word or a sentence. For me, that is a crucial part of building a community or a family-of-choice.

[cinnamonsqueak.livejournal.com]

I love the smell of boys. Especially my boy. I steal his clothes to smell him, I cuddly with his pillow after he leaves... it makes me smile.

[gerimaple.livejournal.com]

when someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure ....

*takes her crying and swearing at Fate elsewhere since this is supposed to be a Happy Thread*

[dreamhope.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry about whatever is hurting you. ~Hugs~

[rythos42.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty jaded this week, so this will be an effort. And I'm not really feeling happy, so it's just things that I remember make me happy, rather than things that actually make me happy right now. You can tell I'm pissed off because I'm disclaiming my happy comment :P

- Purple clouds against the Orange sky at night from the street outside my house.
- White clouds against the yellow sky as I cross the Lions Gate in the morning. Have to arrive at _just_ the right moment to catch this.
- A good idea for a meal.
- Knowing that I'm loved.
- Loving in return.
- As Shannon says, that awesome sex that steals your ability to talk.
- Lego. Mostly Star Wars Lego.
- My ponies. My newest one is done :D
- My book collection.
- A job well done. In particular, I told my boss that I could have this project done by Wednesday. I finished it on Tuesday. I started Friday. Readers can take my word for it that this is impressive.
- Inline skating in the summer.

I'll see if I can't come back later and add more. Times like these it's best to remind yourself of your happy things. Thanks Melissa :).

[cinnamonsqueak.livejournal.com]

PONIES!

how could I forget them?

Ponies make me smile. When i'm feeling shitty I go and play with them or rearrange them or whatnot. :) They have so many happy memories associated with them

[rythos42.livejournal.com]

Learning something new. This morning I'm learning about C# XML Object Serialization (all capitals to emphasis the Seriousness of the topic :P). After I click Post Comment below I'm going to go see if I can't implement what I've learned in a project that could use it.

[rythos42.livejournal.com]

- Hanging out with my buddies from GW. Nerds, but excellent nerds.
- Snowboarding with Jake
- The feeling after you think you're going to die and dash your brains out on a rock that you can't quite see, but then don't and live instead.
- Thinking about the things that you have been working on for years that you didn't notice you were better at because it's been a slow progression. But then thinking back and realizing that you are better at them than you ever thought you could be.

[dreamhope.livejournal.com]

The feeling after you think you're going to die and dash your brains out on a rock that you can't quite see, but then don't and live instead.

Ummm... OK...

I understand your other ones, but I must admit that I don't "get" the appeal of danger. But, hey, whatever does it for you!

[braenor.livejournal.com]

Given my deeply black mood lately, this thread is fortuitous and well-timed, I can use the happy! Go you!

I was driving into Vancouver around sundown last night and was treated to a lovely sunset. It was mostly overcast, but with enough gaps to create beautiful abstract patterns in the clouds. The sun was a gleaming orange lump - not round, but distorted and oddly shaped by the clouds around it. The sky looked clean - that post rain washed freshness of Spring. Everything was dark pastel - blues, purples, pinks, oranges, and soft washed out greys around the edges. It was like a Hallmark Easter card in the middle of a graveyard - a spot of soft calm color surrounded by the grim bleakness of a wet grey world.

Hmm... other stuff that makes me happy... People. When I stop and think about things that please me, most of them are my people. My partner in her infinite patiences, love, support, joi de vive, and quirkiness. My mates who fill my life with strength, silliness, fun, and uncommon friendship. My family which I am so unbelievably lucky and blessed to have been born into. I have somehow managed to surround myself with truly exceptional people. Yay for my people!

Mmm... so much talk of snow. I love snow.

Geekdom. The joy of a shared game with my friends. Telling a really good story. Managing to get a paint job just the way I want it.

Helping someone.

Success. The feeling of accomplishing something, especially something new or challenging. Learning something new.

Hugs.

Really good sex of either kind mentioned above.

Beauty in all its forms.

[dreamhope.livejournal.com]

Given my deeply black mood lately...

Given that, you've done an amazing job of finding happy-making things.

...a spot of soft calm color surrounded by the grim bleakness of a wet grey world. [Beautiful description!]

You are that spot of beautiful colour in a hard world for someone. Hopefully some of the wonderful people in your life can be the colour in your black moods.

[bob-lazar.livejournal.com]

SLAYER!!!!

[dreamhope.livejournal.com]

Well, I prefer something a little less hard (Bif Naked, for example), but I also like some loud, pounding music to lift my spirits.

Poetry.

[east-gone-west.livejournal.com]

Reading, or writing, a really fabulous poem.

When writing - one that you can't seem to write fast enough because its just pouring out of you. One where it seems effortless. Yet when your done....you can't believe you just wrote something so great!

When reading - when you finish reading a poem...and you actually have to put the book down and think about what you just read, or you can't wait to re-read it. A poem when you just have to say....wow. That was a fantasic poem.

The world is better because poetry is in it.

Beauty in the Moment -being in awe.

[east-gone-west.livejournal.com]

Lately, when I look around I have 'moments'.

A second or two when I get to just look around me and say...wow. Be it because I'm building a house on a hill and the view is so amazing. Or when I look at my boyfriend and thing...holy cow. He is amazing. Or when its snowing such big heavy flakes out, and you just take the moment to be in awe.

I love moments of awe.

Re: Beauty in the Moment -being in awe.

[dreamhope.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean. Those moments where, in a flash, you see, or remember, the real beauty and grace of something. "Awe" is a perfect word for that flash.

I also get it sometimes when I look at my partner. I also get it when I see waterfalls or the ocean, or the mountains on a clear day.

Mousse on Crackers

[misselaineeous.livejournal.com]

Last weekend Justin and I drove out to Richmond's River Rock casino and ate at the buffet. On my first trip to the hot food I caught a glimpse of the desserts table. I got a little excited because they had water crackers with the cheese platter. It brought back a great childhood memory. When my family and I lived in Ontario we used to drive out into the country to this resturant in a very old building called 'TYhe Old Mill'. Every sunday they would put on a huge brunch. One time Melissa and I discovered that chocolate mousse went really well on the Carr's brand water crackers. After that every time we went to that Brunch I had to have chocolate mousse and water crackers for dessert. Last weekend I had my mousse and crackers and it was as good as I remembered. It made me smile.

Re: Mousse on Crackers

[dreamhope.livejournal.com]

I haven't thought about mousse on crackers for so long! I am so glad to hear that it really was a good thing, and not just our childish tastebuds. Note to self: Go to River Rock Casino buffet... soon.

[particle-man6.livejournal.com]

An odd one: Constructing a character for Dungeons and Dragons (or other games) where the mechanics of the character match precisely with my concept of the character (and in an odd way inspire each other).

[braenor.livejournal.com]

Ok, I have to cop to this one too - there's something very pleasing about getting a character 'just right'. Same goes for crafting a truly excellent plot peice, story arc, adventure, or whatever - one that totally fits the player characters, game world, and storyline. That little spike of glee when it Works.

[wonderbadger]

Waking up on a sunny Saturday morning and knowing that I don't *have* to do anything.

[dreamhope.livejournal.com]

Oh, I absolutely love that feeling! I love getting to contemplate all my options while sipping a coffee by a sunny window.

(Also, adorable icon!)