The Happy Post

There are few things in life that are better than a good deal.

 

The other day was completely epic. I went to the mall with Zack and Katie. Had a sword fight in Earthbound, got the newest issue of Psychology Today, went to the Lego store and got an Admiral Ackbar keychain, and heard a little girl say "that's a fail" in regard to some lego display to her friend.

 

How old do you think the little girl was? Because that is just to awesome for words.

 

She looked to be about seven. It was. lol it made my day.

 

I jumped on the trampoline at like 10:30 PM with my drunk uncle. He fell off the trampoline xD

 

Egad! Drunk people make me nervous.

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Okay, Twilight-haters, stop reading...

I "unconditionally and irrevocably" loved the movie, Eclipse! Haha. It had the perfect mixture of romance and action, and the photography and acting were great. The only weak link acting-wise was Jane (Dakota Fanning) and her crew.

 

I have a new idea for a short story. I was editing a recent short story I had written called My Suicide Note. It was written like a letter of sorts. Detailing why the character loved someone. Why she finally ended up wanting to kill herself. As I read it over, editing as I went, I noticed details I had added. Then the question popped into my head. Why did they break up? I had not given a reason, and even had the character being unsure and almost convinced that they had done something wrong, but unsure what.

It was then a short story began to form telling the other side of what happened. Then at first I wasn't sure how it could have worked. Then I remembered a small 'scene' I had written in the letter. Everything just clicked.

Tomorrow I get to have the fun of exploring the other side and why they broke up in the first place. Well as much fun as writing a sad story can get I guess.

I will never stop being amazed how small details I will add turn into bigger things or even take on a whole different meaning that was never intended.

 

That's really funny, because my creative process for writing short stories works/unfolds in almost the exact same way . After writing several pages (sometimes just paragraphs), I go back to edit my work (with new insight from future paragraphs) and discover that the seemingly unimportant details of the first draft could be connected/expanded upon (at a later point) to form clever new meanings/twists/key plot points for my story. Everything just seems to click in interesting and previously unforeseen/unintended ways .

I thought I was the only one who enjoyed reading about psychology . Admiral Ackbar keychain ftw Lol

 

I never post in such threads at these, mainly because nothing spectacularly happy occurs when I'm on my laptop.

However, I just found thirty pounds in my dressing gown pocket! There's nothing more satisfying than finding money you didn't know you lost - it's like getting it for free, though you didn't.

- Andy

 

haha... I completely agree... The other day I found 40 reais (about 20 dollars) on my jeans and it made my day!

 

I had a great few days in Brighton with Ashleigh I really do love studying in that city.

 

What studying?


Had a lovely time

 

Lol no I promise other people read it besides you.

 

Lol. I meant that because I'm studying at uni in Brighton, I have that house, and we could go there for a few days holiday.

In retrospect, I probably did oversimplify that...

 

I'm glad everyone's been having lovely times with everyone.

I'm happy because just moments ago I found that someone has been dutifully archiving tapings of my old favourite radio talk show on the Interweb! I just went crazy and downloaded about twenty shows from 2007 and 2008.

Yeee!

 

I'm curious--which radio talk show? I love listening to some of the "best of" shows of This American Life.

I had a nice night out and now just chillin w/the boyfriend. The drive home tonight from Fremont (a neighborhood in Seattle) going across I-90 was amazing. The sun had just set, and there was a bit of light illuminating the skyline of Bellevue.

 

I've had a few more entries for my werewolf anthology competition

(And if anyone else wants to enter, it's still open til midnight. Just saying... )

 

I had a great time at the wedding yesterday. Talked to people I had not seen in a long time, and I even danced!


Edit: And after reading about everybody's family and parents problems, (though I'm really sorry for them) I'm so very happy that I've got such an awesome family.

 

I'm taking meds that ruins my apatite, that is bad and i wont glorify it but it got nice weird side effects.

Since I don't eat much its important that I something that mean I get a really funny eating pattern, sort of like a pregnent women. Whatever i feel like, when i feel like it. I end up living on watermelon and cheese one day. orange juice some ham and cake the next etc at the strangest hours. There is a childish joy in eating whatever you want whenever you want no matter if it is appropriate.

 

Glad you had a good day.

Definitely cherish it. It seems to be so rare nowadays.

 

Finally bought a new album today. Sgt. Pepper, to be specific.

EARGASM.

And I found this AMAZING comic online. It involves an evil Dick Cheney, a telekinetic Anderson Cooper and plenty more.

And also I put in an order for a WS and IWC bracelet, can't wait for those 2 to show up at my door.

And we're having a fish fry today! And raspberry soda is DELICIOUS.

So yeah, today's a good day.

 

Recieved this beautiful necklace I had ordered from a friend (for a fundraiser so she can go to a missionary school in Italy) and it's pearls (which I kind of don't really like) but I love these because it isn't a string of pearls-- they're inlaid in sterling silver like an actual stone would and it's just really beautiful, it actually looks alot like my mothers wedding necklace so that's kind of cool to me.

And on a dorkier note, I've not only found an amusing Let's Play of FFT, but an amazing youtube person who has album after album of precious video game music that I can not seem to find a decent file of online. So Shannon is a happy girl.

 

I want to see a picture of the necklace! It sounds really pretty.

 

I've been wanting to take a picture of it, my new shoes, and some other stuff lately but I can not find my camera D:

 

Booo! Find it!