What makes you happy?

[emmagrant01]

Fuck it. I'm tired of being depressed. Sure, my life isn't perfect, but it's still pretty fucking good. I'm not going to mope around tonight and feel sorry for myself. I'm going to get off my ass and do something constructive.

So I'll do a meme-type thing, mwahahaha. :-P

What makes you smile when life is shitty? What will never fail to make your day a little brighter?

1. Spending time with my husband, even if it's just talking on the phone when he's thousands of miles away.
2. Playing with my cat. She's the sweetest thing, and there's nothing like the unconditional love of a fuzzy little creature.
3. Putting on something I knitted myself, opening a bottle of wine, and curling up with my laptop to read or write some smut.

What about you?

Comments

[veryshortlist.livejournal.com]

Whenever I feel crappy I read really kinky porn. Usually from Pornish Pixies.

That or, I re-read Sweet Home, by copperbadge

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

Porn, sweet porn!

[pauraque]

1. Sitting on a sunny patch of grass.

2. Gilbert & Sullivan.

3. The South Park movie.

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

I haven't watched the South Park movie in years. :-)

[dustbunnies710.livejournal.com]

Aw,
I'm sorry you've been feeling so down.
I hope things get better.

What makes you smile when life is shitty? What will never fail to make your day a little brighter?

1.Hanging out with my friends, they always make me laugh and make my life brighter.
2.Read Harry Potter and or fanfiction:)I'm such an addict.
3.Dancing with my cats, they chase the lose strings on the bottom of my jeans because I am to short for life:-P
4.Getting comments, and commenting on livejournal*hides face* comments make my life go around:-P

This was cute,
I smiled a lot while writing those things.
Smile!
You've got frenches.

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

Yes, getting nice comments on my fic is another thing that could have gone on that list! ;-)

[hazelhawthorne.livejournal.com]

1) Snuggling up with my daughter.
2) Snuggling up with my cat.
3) Crawling into my virtual pillowfort.
4) Talking to my friends.
5) Reading hot porn.
6) Watching George Bush's endless fall.

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

Dude, that was great! And you can click and drag him around too! So bookmarking that...

[mereol.livejournal.com]

1. Time with my son, there's precious little of it.
2. Coming home to a clean house with an empty sink.
3. Kicking my dog. (Ok, so I don't actually kick her but I think about it.)

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

Kicking your dog makes you happy?

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

Yes, you are. ;-)

[lauramcewan.livejournal.com]

1. Reading a book I love
2. going for a walk
3. finding sunshine

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

I guess #3 is a bit of a challenge where you are, huh? ;-)

[wook77.livejournal.com]

A good story, whether depressing or uplifting. A favorite cd, a diet coke with a shot of vanilla and/or cherry in it. a bag of popcorn. a snuggle with my dogs (any of the four of them). an open ear and a shoulder. writing angsty crap. a nice comment on one of my stories. mint-chocolate chip ice cream.

I guess it's not a short list but those are the ones I can think of.

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

If there are lots of things, that's good!

[-sana-.livejournal.com]

1. Writing. Anything. In my LJ or a story or whatever.
2. Drawing/Doodling.
3. Hugs. From someone. If I do the hugging, it doesn't seem to work as well.

That's about it. Oh, wait, I almost forgot: Candy.

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

It is great when people hug you, huh?

[fluffenbax.livejournal.com]

1. listening to copious amounts of music
2. just watching people/observing people
3. playing with my cat, Baby Duke
4. DRIVING....the saviour of boredom.....driving while blasting music...not very environmentally sound, but very chill

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

#1 reminds me -- I have some fun playlists on my iPod...

[xntrick.livejournal.com]

- Watching those stupid animal home video shows and seeing dogs and cats do the weirdest things.

- Seeing High School boys cheer when it's time to sing Gilbert & Sullivan, and proceed to really get into it.

- I watch Pride & Prejudice (Code Name "Mr. Darcy Dives into the Pond").

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

Animals are so wonderful in so many ways. :-)

[aidenfire]

~Marching band. *is nerdy*
~Season one Queer As Folk
~Reading my flist
~Chatting with my mom
~Playing random pointless word games and proving to myself how much my vocabulary kicks ass. *is not conceited at all, heh*

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

QAF season 1 is the reason I'm a slasher! ;-)

[duchessie.livejournal.com]

1. Brideshead Revisited

2. Getting the daily Dilbert cartoon (sometimes things are really nasty and being able to laugh at that is the only thing keeping me from eating myself...or anyone else near by)

3. I'll second you on the bottle of wine.

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

Cheers!

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

What kind of tea?

[didi75.livejournal.com]

What makes you smile when life is shitty? What will never fail to make your day a little brighter?

1. Great sex.
2. Laughing and hanging out with my husband.
3. My dog, he's such a sweetie. And my cat, not so sweet, but I still love him.
4. Reading HP, or any suspense/thriller novel.
5. Sleeping in.
6. Running, when I get the energy and motivation.
7. Watching a good show on T.V., especially when I record it and forward through the commercials.
8. Dancing with my girlfriends!
9. LJ, most of the time.
10. My family...also most of the time.

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

#9 -- I hear you on that. ;-)

[winstonmom.livejournal.com]

Things that make me happy

1. The child, she can be sweet when she wants to!
2. Watching one of my girly movies when it's raining.
3. Having some personal time after the child and the husband go to bed. Winstonmom/laptop new OTP

After writing these, I realized that most of the things that makes us happy are free....(not including the laptop)!
Cheers dear Emma! (toast with caffeine free diet pepsi)

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

most of the things that makes us happy are free

That's true, isn't it? At least, financially free. ;-)

[yaycoffee.livejournal.com]

1. A good cup of coffee
2. Talking to a good friend
3. Good Music
4. Cooking something that requires chopping (usually soup or a nice salad)
5. Harry/Draco or Remus/Sirius (pr0n unnecessary, but not shunned ;-))

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

#4 is scaring me. :-P

But oh, yes... #1!

[pombagira.livejournal.com]

lets see now...

1. would have to be getting book vouchers and then going bookshoping...yum,
2. Cataloguing books naked
3. playing with poi at the park with my friends

now the catologuing of books naked comes with a story.. once upon a time i used to live by myself in a wee flat which was just lovely.. and because of this on a saturday morning i would hang around air drying after my morning shower.. then one day i got a bit board.. and so spent the morning and most of the afternoon cataloguing my books... naked...*beams* and i was the most fun ever... the end...

maybe you had to be there...

*bounces around!*

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

Books! And what's poi?

[marciadanielle.livejournal.com]

1. Reading really angsty or really smutty HP fanfic.
2. Watching either The West Wing or Family Guy on dvd.
3. Driving in my car with my favourite cds, singing at the top of my lungs. (Or this could be in my house as well, but I would have to be completely alone!)

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

I'm singing along with some great songs right now... :-D

[spikeslustylove.livejournal.com]

Well, today hasn't been good, I lost my grandmother this morning.

But......

1. Spending time with my Grandma before she became sick.
2. My cat. He loves me for who I am, not what I wear, size or say.
3. Spending time with my friend Josh. He always seems to ruin my bad moods, and is a great protector.
4. Eating. I love to eat. Food is good.
5. Shopping. Always on the look out for new DVDs. Up to 150 now.

And I think that's it...for now.

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry about your grandmother. It's coming up on three years since my grandmother died, and I still miss her so, so much. *hugs*

[elizabeth-rice.livejournal.com]

Oh my, a very good question. If I answer this I should post my list on my journal & put it behind a lj-cut. :)
My favourite is reading Jane Austen's 'Pride & Prejudice'.

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

Austen, eh? You like commas?

[1-bad-idea.livejournal.com]

I'm feeling so angsty right now, that I had to talk myself into doing this. Today has been rough. I think I'll narrow this down to Things In Fandom That Make Me Smile, so as to avoid any syrupy crap that would just annoy me at the moment. *takes deep breath, needs to think positive*

1) Reading a fic with brilliant characterization.

2) Sending a thousand emails back and forth with sor_bet about ideas we have for fics. Especially the Trent Reznor/Severus Snape that we won't ever really write.

3) When someone says that something I've written has elicited a strong emotional response.

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

What is it with this week? It's been shitty all around.

*hugs*

[amy-leone.livejournal.com]

1. My kitten. Toby is my pride and joy. http://azureleone.tripod.com/id12.html
2. A hot bath with bubbles and candles.
3. A good read. Preferably fluffy smut, but anything will do, really.
4. Calling someone I haven't talked to lately and having a nice long chat.
5. Painting something angsty and dark.
6. Singing, preferably where no one else can hear me.
7. Margaritas, baby!
8. Taking a nap. (I always feel better rested, and since insomnia is a problem for me...)

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

#6 and #7, yes. :-)

[spacetweenears.livejournal.com]

1. Calling my best friend. She always makes me laugh and usually gets me out of the house to do something completely impractical.
2. Playing with my dog. She loves me no matter what, too.
3. Star Wars - any one of the movies. Always makes me feel better.

[kaitlyn142.livejournal.com]

1) music I can sing to. Lacrymosa, for all that the song is day of sadness, day of mourning, always cheers me up.

2) letting myself get an "extra" I normally don't. A Starbucks caramel macchiato with soymilk, for example. Something tasty and fattening.

3) Drinking said coffee with some fluffy HP fic. :)