The Happiness Thread

I went to eat at Wendy's with my mom. I love Wendy's on a cold night.

 

I'll get to put more money in stocks next payday. it's a wonderful life.

 

Wow, I looked it up to after seeing your post.
Sure does look amazing!

I'm glad you are all doing so well. I'm reading this thread trying to cheer myself up.

 

I'm having a great day!

 

Today I had a nice day because I drove to Portland (Maine) and walked around the city and ate lunch there.

Portland is such a pretty city, and in my opinion, the city is not too big or small. It's a small city, but there is a lot there, as it's bigger than the other Maine cities.

It's great having a city that I like that's only an hour away from where I live.

 

Today I sat on the side of a stony mountain under a cloudless sky and listened to the songs of the wind.

 

I went to "Medieval Times" on a class trip today!

 

Went to a poetry slam at the Nuyorican Poet's Cafe tonight. That place and the performers are incredible. If there's any NYC people here, I highly suggest you check em out.

 

Well, started my new life as a trainee college teacher. Moved in this week: flat is in a nice part of town, the people are friendly, everything I need isn't too far away, and I now know where the city gym is. Beer is cheap in this city, and there is a good book shop just half an hour's walk from my front door. Something tells me I'm going to like it here.

 

Some years ago, when I was young, My family and I went to LA to see the Lion King Musical live and I was amazed. I've wanted to see it again ever since.

(My memory is now a little tainted because I found out that the only reason my mom was the only one of us who did NOT go to the show was NOT because she had work, as I thought then. No one wanted to help her buy a ticket...)

Aside from the bad memory, I am fortunate enough to be able to see the play again this Oct. ASU is hosting it here in the Gammage and as a student resident, I got a discounted price and can now see the show for $14. If my family were still out, I would have ordered us all tickets. Ah well, now I just have to find a friend who's going on the same night ha ha!

 

I just returned home from several days in Acadia National Park in Maine. I took hundreds of photos, ate plenty of great seafood, and am blissfully exhausted and stiff from hiking and climbing mountain trails.

 

I got good news yesterday. It's still sinking in, but one of my essays is featured as a notable essay in the most recent Best American Essays anthology. I'm not sure what to do but I think it's going to involve wine this weekend and maybe some drunken dancing. Updates to follow.

 

That's great news. Congrats! What's the essay about?

 

It's a personal essay (yay, nonfiction) about a childhood experience. Short summation is that in involves guns, animals, and violence. I grew up on a ranch. Rural communities are rapidly shrinking in the US so my childhood is something of an oddity in this day and age.

 

My son came in as a runner up in a flash poetry contest. They don't have the winners posted yet but they sent him an email.

Sherman Alexie: FallsApart Poetry Contest #1

 

Had a fun evening yesterday. T and I threw a joint birthday party and friends came over. Okay, so, beer tastes better when it's drunk from an Iron Maiden & Motörhead bottles and fizzy red wine is suprisingly tasty. Got just a teeny bit tipsy, which was nice (I can't drink to deep drunkendom anymore, and I don't really want to either). My big brother came over as well and gave me awesome books for my b-day (one of them Born to Run by Christopher McDougall, our family has a bit of a tradition in competetive running) and all in all we had a blast

 

Starting my second year of my Creative Writing degree on Monday. Two of the three modules for this semester look good: The Business of Writing (publishing, TV writing, etc.) and Writing Poetry, which I'm really looking forward to! I'm sure it will broaden my horizons, as I don't read much poetry anyway, and I'd love to be able to write a more rhythmic poem!

 

Really? Seriously? You mixed a Vin Rouge with a pop? You'd be shot in France for High Treason - Or Madame Guillotine would await your head at Le Place de La Revolution!

Happy Birthday guys!

 

Those evil, evil Italians. This is the wine: Lambrusco grasparossa di castelvetro
I had never tasted wine like that before and I'd lie if I said it didn't taste good -- and I did feel rather sullied and unusual afterwards.

But yeah, thanks, it's fun to have birthdays only a few days apart

 

Probably a good reason for keeping the Franco/Italian border

 

I always put a tad bit of soda in wine if I don't like it. It's makes any wine drinkable.

 

I've often served Spritzers but with red? Blech!

 

I mostly drink red. It has the excuse of being heart healthy. Dr Pepper goes fine with red.

 

I've heard of people mixing soda with whisky, but I've never heard of soda and wine. I may have to try it out.

 

Ever hear of a Wine Cooler?