The Happiness Thread

Hey, no problem at all. It really brought back memories of when I first started going out on the town. Mostly funny memories of waking up in strange bathtubs, so that's never a bad thing. And it gave me some ideas for some things of my own.

 

Yea, thankfully so far I have managed to go out to town and still retain the majority of my dignity by the time I crawl in the next morning. Same can't be said for some of my friends though :')

 

One thing I will say: if you want to retain your dignity, don't go out on Paddy's day with an Irishman. Me and my friends ended last Paddy's day on the back on a milk-float, air guitaring and singing Whisky in the Jar at the top of our voices.

 

Lmfao!! Sounds like a good night

Mine have all been fairly tame in comparison - but then there's not an awful lot to choose from where I live. The nightclub we go to is dire, but it's the only option so we love it anyway :')

 

Ah nights in Newcastle... I'm teetotal, so the whole arriving home at 4am with a road sign thing passes me by, but I can be enough of a wreck without drinking, ingesting anything illegal into my system or finding some random lass to wile the night away with. Often people have said to me I was drunk on the occasion rather than alcohol - the advantage to that being I can sober up instantaneously when needed.

Right, my happy. I've been shortlisted for another anthology! No guarantees of publication, but making the shortlist makes me hopeful.

 

Congratulations!

I hit the 22K mark today. Will have 30K by next week at this rate. I'm soaring along.

 

@Mallory, You go girl! You'll have 30 k in nooo time
@Lemex, You shouldn't lose your dignity over that, that sounds like an amazing night!
@heather going out with friends is always fun, Hope ya'll have fun in the future trips ya'll take!
@Dante, Congratulations! Keep up the optimism, it gets you far in life
And me, I'm just having an amazing night..

 

I've never been to Newcastle for a night out yet, but I'm saving to go next month, so hopefully it'll be good

Congrats Dante, that's brilliant news!!
And well done Mallory - it's always good when you continue making steady progress.
Glad you're having a good night, Jayyy

 

Enjoy it. Newcastle is a fun city, and on a night out it is a little expensive, but awesome.

 

It's not the night out which is the expense, it's the mini bus there and back cos I'm about 45 minutes away from Newcastle.
How's sunderland for a night out?

 

Even better. It might just be because I live there, but Sunderland is brilliant for a night out. Pretty much whenever I go out something weird and wonderful happens that makes it memorable.

And it's cheap, almost insanely cheap. Shots are £1 at their most expensive. If you shop around you can get a bottle of beer for 70p, and an 'expensive' pint is £2.50.

 

May have to try going there then. Don't know if you've ever been to Boro for a night out, but it's not exactly buzzing - the club we end up going to looks like the most derelict building ever :')

 

Never. The furthest I've gone for a night out is York and I was disappointed.

Sunderland has some very modern buildings though, and they are usually nice and clean. There is this grungy club I go to on Mondays called Independent. But that more adds to it's charm as a place for really alternative music, rather than just making it just unpleasant to be in.

I know it seems like I'm just singing Sunderland's praises, but I do very much like the city. If I didn't I wouldn't have moved here to get away from my parents.

 

I've never been to York either - I only turned 18 in Feb, so I've only been to Boro and the town where I live, which is really bad but really cheap (I can go out for £20, including taxi fare)

That's one of the things that made me apply to London for uni though - I bet the nights out there are wild (albeit expensive)

 

We went because my then friend now housemate wanted to go. He was from Yorkshire, and wanted to go back. What he didn't tell us was how expensive it is.

London should be fun. I say that, I've never actually been.

I have reason to be happy. Not that I'm not enjoying it, but I'm quickly closing in on the end of Ulysses by James Joyce. I really want to read this book again, I'm already feeling I should, but that will not happen for a long time.

 

Nah, what's expensive is waking up the next morning with a half naked stranger next to you you find immediately and profoundly repulsive.

Not all costs are in coin of the realm.

 

Haha! My god. What a cost!

 

LMFAO!! Thankfully, I can say I have never been in that situation

 

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That is...a nice image, Cogito. Really pleasant...

 

I'm probably going to be that stranger someday. Gotta start waking up earlier, then.

ANYWAY, HAPPINESS;;
My uncle got me my first job and I'm excited - nervous, but excited! I'm basically gonna be a fax machine, running papers from one room to another during a TV broadcast of a soccer game that's going down later this week. It'll be a really long day, but I'm getting $150 for it, which is a lot for someone with absolutely no money at all. I hope I don't eff it up.

 

That's brilliant - well done! I hope you enjoy it, there's nothing better than a day working when you enjoy it, and feel as though you've earned your pay

 

Thank you!
According to my uncle, my boss is a really chill guy, and it's not a very complicated job, so I'm looking forward to it.

 

*Goes onto Netflix - Roku*

*Finds that Star Trek: The Next Generation is avaliable, all the episodes*

*Goes estatic and signs his name in the long-ass list of "Star Trek Fans"*

 

I am packing up my life again. Putting my life into boxes again is a huge chore, but I cant wait to be out of here. I get my key to the new place tomorrow (hopefully). I am kind of excited --this apartment I'm in currently, aside from being a total wreck contractually / physically, has been my temp housing for the past 3 months, so it feels like I've just been crashing at a friend's place since May. I never even unpacked my clothes or hung anything on the walls... I cant wait to really move in, unpack, and make my new home feel like a real home.

It's also a real treat to be able to live so close to my best friend that I can see his window from my front door and to be living on campus closer to my classes and work and have access to everything again. Cant wait!

 

Ever listened to White as Snow by the Maranatha Singers on youtube? Do it. Listen to it three times in a row. You'll leave feeling spirtual, hopeful, and at peace. It reminds you that despite all the relentless bad s--- that we see on TV, there is good in this world, and it's worth living for.

Watch it if you're ever depressed.