Cream colored ponies and crisp apple strudel.

[hackthis_archive]

After some discussion sparky77 and I have decided we're vetoing this month. (Did I not tell you, Q? Executive decision, baby!)

So, while we await the changing of the tide/moon/karma and the proliferation of male!skating!slash (don't front I know y'all are gonna turn this stuff out), I thought to myself, "Self, all is not flaming poo and Sarah Palin. There must be some things that make you happy."

So, this post is to talk about happy things.

Jeff Buckley bootlegs make me happy. So do puppies. Christina Hendricks (shocking). Really anthemic work out music (feel free to share if you've got some!). Finding new artists. Quality public transportation. Disney movies make me happy (except for, like, Snow White which freaked me out in my formative years). Old movies with Marilyn Monroe or Paul Newman. Musicals. Double whammy of The Daily Show and Colbert Report. My guitar. Bacon. Good stories fanfic or pro. Books.

I could go on all day. And I possibly will, but now it's your turn, we all know what pisses us off, but what makes you happy? Is it a story? A song? A photo? An old shirt? A movie?

I bet you'll feel better just talking about it!

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[prysmicdork.livejournal.com]

(Because I failed to speak up and say hi on lurkers day) This week it's Damian Lewis that is making me happy, first in Band of Brothers, and now I'm working my way slowly through Life (which has the added bonus of Sarah Shahi, who is also the awesome, and random happy making Michael Cudlitz guest starring, except his neck tattoo kind of freaks me out).
Also, cheap former Valentines candy, yay heart shaped Dove chocolates! (except for how they come with weird advice from Martha Stewart of all people)

[lambourngb.livejournal.com]

I adopted a cat from a shelter two years ago. While she's always been friendly, she's never been a "lap cat". Two weeks ago she decided, on her own, that climbing down to sit on my feet on the couch was pretty cool. The next day she decided that perhaps sitting on my shoulder while I napped on the couch was even cooler. Now she's pressing herself against my neck, squirming into my lap without a by-your-leave, and doing her best to mold herself into my space.

I have no idea what has prompted the turnaround, but it makes me happy. ( Geez, just figured out that kittens and rainbows make me happy- gotta go watch a car chase/explosion to recover from this. )

[meretricula.livejournal.com]

I'm waiting for the skateslash from you, just so you know. you got me into the Olympics with swimslash in the first place! in the meanwhile, this (http://tyrannicides.livejournal.com/390.html) makes me pretty happy - Weir/Lysacek with some very sexy powerplay. =)

[serialkarma.livejournal.com]

Sushi! The sound of ropes hitting the mast on a sailboat (or on a flagpole, since it's almost the same sound). Sparkly stones, particularly expensive ones. Cute things falling asleep. Stories where people make out against a wall. Penguins!

This post!

[alethialia.livejournal.com]

Crisp apple strudel makes me happy!

[slashpile.livejournal.com]

This musical about Poe:

[romanticalgirl.livejournal.com]

PORNSWAT. Panera's cinnamon bagels. Icy cold water. Warm socks and slippers. Monkeys. The smell of stuff baking - breads, cookies, whatevers. The way the light sparkles off my ring when I get it cleaned. Hearing my kidlet read to me. Email from my friends. Jane Russell. Rosalind Russell. Rosemary Clooney. Smart, snappy dialogue in old movies. The warm powdery smell of baby skin. Having my hair petted. Carnations. Puns. Tight, one-shaped hugs that make you feel surrounded and loved. Laughing with friends. Sleeping in. Banter. Kissing. Hot boys who are also complete dorks.

[chicklet-girl.livejournal.com]

1. Cooper calling Ben "boo."

2. Ice cream. (Almost) any kind.

3. Waffles! (Yes, an exclamation point.)

4. Prince's guitar solo in "Let's Go Crazy."

5. "You're normal people the way the people in Ordinary People are normal people." (Tony to Ziva, NCIS)

6. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, especially what happens after "Oh, you can't do that with a ping pong ball!"

7. Strictly Ballroom, especially what happens after "That's the future of dancesport!"

8. James Bond theme songs, but especially The Man with the Golden Gun by Lulu.

9. Yarn stores. So much potential!

10. Anything baked by my mom.

[bibliokat.livejournal.com]

Olympic spoilers for tonight ahead!









SHAUN WHITE, BABY! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! (especially after watching the USA teams curl:(

[redheadaholic.livejournal.com]

This makes me very, very happy:

http://www.youtube.com/user/eskimokissproject

Seriously - it's hot gay boys. And ice skating. In German! If I could somehow work the GK and BoB boys into this universe, I would happily live in this fictional land forever.

Oh, and redheads make me happy, too. Did I already mention that?

[sparky77.livejournal.com]

I did not know you had a guitar!!!!

Ray makes me happy. And grilled cheese with bacon. And crack. And the ocean. And Pornswat. And the vetoing of February. And This.

[lembeau.livejournal.com]

"Self, all is not flaming poo and Sarah Palin. There must be some things that make you happy."

I kinda <3 you.

Florence + The Machine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da6bBKLPEGg&feature=related). The new Massive Attack album, which I somehow did not know about until you asked for it a couple posts ago. The String Quartet Tribute to Massive Attack, fuck, I love it so much, which got me listening to other String Quartet Tributes. Diana returning to White Collar (http://www.tvfanatic.com/2010/02/marsha-thomason-promoted-to-series-regular-on-white-collar/)--I'm waiting for the scene where she makes out with Natalie Morales. Sherlock Holmes and while I loved the boys, I loved both the girls just as much. Kalinda (http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3359803648/nm0659544) from The Good Wife, she freaking pwned everyone's collective ass last ep. I'm half in love with her. Frozen raspberries. My blanket, which is gorgeous and soft and warm. Salted peanuts with Twix, trust me. The tv option on the elliptical machine that allows me to watch TDS and TCR instead of monitoring my heart rate and calories lost. The Manpain Flowchart (http://walkingshadow.dreamwidth.org/1431.html). The water pressure in my shower. My small accomplishments, whether anyone knows about them or not. Discovering and marathoning Kitchen Confidential (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460654/) while laughing my ass off. Awesome fic recs from fandoms that I don't follow. Feist and her flying toast (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYF0qU5WSew). Baking. Having a working washer and dryer in my apartment.

[lembeau.livejournal.com]

LIFE!! How were you so awesome? I miss having Dani and Charlie on my screen. Are you on S1 or 2?

[snarkaddict.livejournal.com]

David Tennant. generation_kill. holmesian_recs. Sherlock Holmes. My flist. YOU! ♥

[shaney.livejournal.com]

Having a good and peaceful day at work where the kids are relatively good and generally cooperative. WHITE COLLAR (my largest source of happiness now). Hanging out on Saturday with good friends. Music. Reading good fics (porn or otherwise).

[sequinedfairy.livejournal.com]

butting in here, so sorry, but: HOW FREAKING ADORABLE WAS HE, OHMYGOD. I THINK MY OVARIES EXPLODED WHILE WATCHING IT.

[veryshortlist.livejournal.com]

Tim Horton's anything. Easy access to good cheap coffee. Rudy's book. Rudy Reyes. Crazy bastards. s2b2. Hugs.

[jenna-thorn.livejournal.com]

Thank you for linking to the news about Diana/Marsha Thomason. I was disappointed to not see her after the first couple of episodes, because I thought there was a lot of potential there.

Lovely timing, this.

[jenna-thorn.livejournal.com]

Men carrying babies or toddlers. It hits a nerve that traditional feminine caretaking doesn't. There's nothing sexier than a man with broad shoulders with a sparkly magic wand in one hand and a sleeping fairy princess, her deelyboppers askew, sound asleep and drooling on his shoulder.

Holding hands. Romantically, platonicly, maternally. Comfort in touch.

Sitting on the sand and watching the waves roll in.

Walking between trees.

Witnessing strangers being happy. So thank you for this post.

[confide.livejournal.com]

Reading books, the breeze, *NSYNC songs (don't LAUGH), spending time on my computer, working out, my pug Lucy, and awesome pictures like this:

(http://s576.photobucket.com/albums/ss201/marcinators/?action=view&current=tumblr_kxfxp9Qqoa1qzy6ogo1_500.jpg)

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Geez, just figured out that kittens and rainbows make me happy- gotta go watch a car chase/explosion to recover from this.

HAHAHAHAHA!

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

I am not writing this one, darlin', don't hold your breath on it.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

You like penguins? I am shocked to hear this. I did not know that at all ;-)

As for liking shiny stones I have been singing this song for weeks now.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

What about doorbells, sleighbells and schnitzel with noodles?

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

PORNSWAT is most defintely of that happy :) I have never seen Rosemary Clooney in a movie, I shall have to rectify this, huh? What do you recommend?