The Happiness Thread

That's awesome news! Do you know what issue it's going to be in?

 

Congrats, Ghost!

 

Heh, that's kind of awesome. Well done.

 

Should be the 8th issue in March 2013.


And, everyone, thank you for the support!

 

Awesome. I look forward to reading it.

 

The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill passed its second reading in the House of Commons last night.

We're on our way!

 

On your way to where

 

I have two dogs, Rue, a freaky smart husky cross and more recently, Zwi, a retired racing greyhound. Rue, whom I've had since he was a puppy, has been a quickstudy in everything. He now has a list of tricks longer than my arm.... Zwi, on the other hand is at the opposite end of the spectrum as far as brains go. (Not the brightest bulb in the box...). But what he lacks for wits, he more than makes up for in sweetness of disposition and patience. You would be hard pressed to find a nicer dog.

Anyway, to get to the whole point of this soliloquy, basic commands have been baby steps with Zwi, but he has figured them out finally. A few days ago, just to see what he would do, I placed a treat on his nose and told him to wait. Zwi waited, staring crossed eyed at that treat. Told him okay, he caught the treat on the way down. I thought it was a fluke, so we did it again. Same result. And repeated it a third time just to be sure. Zwi unwittingly taught himself a trick...One Rue has never had the patience to do. Patience is Zwi's virtue...

Sometimes it's the little things that can really make you smile.

 

This week I started on my Master's degree! With a bit of luck and a lot of hard work, I should be finishing university in a year.

 

It looks like a Winter Wonderland outside! It's a good thing I'm inside.

 

Everyone!

I just finished my short story revision for my Fiction Writing II class! Twenty-five pages! 5,552 words!!

Thinking of posting it on here for critique!

 

I'm glad that I'm having a good winter despite the cold and snow here in Maine. It's often a tough time of year for me. But this year has been enjoyable, even though this winter has not been unusually mild like it was in southern Maine last winter.

 

We might actually get a bunch of snow this week! I live in a place that's usually quite snowy in the winter but the past couple years we've gotten nothing. I find out-of-season warm weather horribly depressing, so hooray for snow! (And potential snow days!)

 

And so, as my final hour on this Earth as a 27 year old has come to a close, I take inventory of all that I have been blessed with and am thankful for. May the good times continue to roll and may better times take their place. Praise the Lord.

 

My roommate is baking cookies...I'm helping sample....

 

Yesterday I visited the Lakes Region in New Hampshire, which is about an hour from where I live in Maine. I couldn't afford to go on a long trip. So I went to the beautiful state of New Hampshire instead. I drove my vehicle to some areas I've seen before, as well as towns in New Hampshire's Lakes Region I've never been to before, such as Plymouth and Franklin. I enjoyed myself!

 

Listening to some awesome music, writing on the new novel I started, and playing minecraft on xbox while talking to my boyfriend all at once. Perfect night.
Getting my very first prom dress next week! Excited! Then I have to take my ACT and my four hour driving class and getting my first place district trophy. Busy week ahead!

 

So happy that I woke up and the world was still here... had a nasty dream that it ended! I never really appreciated things as much as I did today! I mean I even was happy that there was a man mowing the lawn across the street! Funny how much more you appreciate things once you realize they could be striped away from you in a flash!

 

I'm happy that in probably just three weeks or so from now, winter in Maine will make an exit, and warmer weather will be headed our way.

 

I'm happy that yesterday I received a check from my client. Now we're square, and I'm going to Georgia on Wednesday to complete the project! (Boy, I wish In-N-Out Burger had stores in Georgia ...)

 

I'm happy that the first play I have ever written was chosen for a drama festival, that I got to direct it (a first, as well), and that people laughed from the first line to the last at the opening night. It was a good morale boost and a confirmation that I have something of a talent at writing.
It was a feeling I had never experienced before; to create something out of my own mind and turn it into a tangible thing that hundreds of people will emotionally interact with.

 

Woo-hoo! I'm finally done with that five-paged essay for my history class!

Now to have to worry about the big major paper. So it's a happy and a sad all around, I guess.

 

I've written 103 pages of pure story in my notebook!

 

I'm happy because I volunteered at a food pantry for the first time today, and it went well.

I've volunteered a lot in the past. I've volunteered for a soup kitchen, a teen center, nursing homes, radio stations, libraries, a theater arts center, and more in the past. But I had never volunteered for a food pantry before until today. I enjoyed myself and liked meeting new people.

 

Super happy at the moment. I just completed a short story that I've been working on over the last 3 months, four hundred words under six thousand, and I've submitted it to a competition.

Am I confident in the piece? Yes and no. I'm confident that it's the best I've been able to produce since I started writing seriously, however, I'm not sure it's of the caliber the magazine accepts or is looking for.

But, the piece taught me a lot about myself and my writing in general, so many positive lessons. Definitely something I'm feeling proud about, for even if it's rejected, it was still a huge victory in the long run.