What made you happy today?

[Mackay]

Well, it's around Thanksgiving time, and people are, obviously, giving thanks for things. We don't do that in Australia, but I've been asking people what they're happy about today. I've received some truly heartwarming answers - everything from "the sweet potato and apple thing my mom makes" to "starting a new book to read" to "waking up in my own bed".

We all focus too much on things that make us unhappy. Tell me something that happened today that made you smile.

Hmmmm... as for me... well, my little sister went out and bought me lunch for no reason. That's a start!

[The Ragin' South Asian]

how come my answer wasn't included among the truly heartwarming? HMPH!

[Mackay]

^ made me smile

[zorT Kitty]

Seeing my Dad.

[Mackay]

Here I am already flooding my own thread, but I had to "Awwwwwww" at that one. *hugs zK*

- Being reminded why you love someone

[casinopete]

There's a salami shop here in Seattle, called Salume, run by the father of Mario Batali (notable TV Chef (one of the US Iron Chefs in the upcoming adaptation)). They. Have. This. Meat. Called. Mole.

My brother bought me a stick today.

[Jedo the Jedi]

Ah, cinnamon rolls. Enough said.

[Internet Stranger]

What if I have nothing to be thankful for? Does that make me like evil?

Then again, I guess I could just be thankful that I have nothing to be thankful for, but then the universe would end.
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[dethwing]

I'm happy that Dream On is losing to Losing my Religion.

Yay for coolness.

[Guest]

[Guest]

oops.. well you get my point (stupid non-UBB)

[Pablo]

Seeing LeeAnn getting voted off in "Survivor". I'd have been even happier had it been Ami.

[MatthewV]

I didn't die yesterday :)
But I also didnt get stuffed :(

And today I enjoy the leftovers :)

[Courk]

I'm getting a sewing machine!

[Mackay]

About 10 minutes ago my niece looked up at me, grinned and said "Ell-wa" while Mum was trying to make her say "Nan"

[Mackay]

(for those who don't read my VSN rantings, my name is Ellen, and Emily has learned to say my name recently. "Wa" substitutes for syllables she can't pronounce yet.)

[Eykir]

Cheesy Meatloaf!

and door springs.

[zorT Kitty]

Big-Ball-Bash-Groza's-Car

[Travis]

No news is good news and I received no news today so I guess I'm happy that I received no news today.

[AcidFast]

I finally beat City in Terror, a difficult (to figure out..) homemade mission for C&C:Zero Hour !! I have been working on it for a week!

[Courk]

Travis, shouldn't you be a bit unhappy that your newspaper didn't arrive, your TV doesn't work, your radio apparently broke, and that the only internet site you can access is the GL?

[austinap]

I'm happy I'm who I am, and that I have the family and friends I do. And even happier that I got to see my family over the weekend!

[Neo]

I'm thankful that in a couple years, I can spend xmas someplace else.
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[Travis]

[Mackay]

I made friends with a telemarketer!

She was trying to raise money for a cancer charity, and I have a soft spot for those, so I was very friendly to her, even though I have no money. I joked about how sucky it must be to be a telemarketer, and was amazed at just how accurate that is... I heard some pretty bad stories. Then we just, um, kept talking! I promised I'd give a donation sometime in the future when I had money (I will, too - like I said, I'm a sucker for cancer charities), so she made arrangements to send me a pledge sheet or whatever it's called, and then we talked some more. And then we exchanged emails. She said I was the best thing that had happened to her all day.

Later she called back... said she'd been too busy laughing to confirm my address.

Making someone else's day totally made mine.

Oh yeah... and try to be nice to telemarketers! (At least the ones who are doing it for a good cause.)

[Mackay]

BALEETED!

(it was more fun that just deleting the post)

[Jedo the Jedi]

I'm home again, and I got to see this girl I like.

[Samadhi]

Did she see you?
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And he lived happily ever after. Except for the dieing at the end and the heartbreak in between.

[Jedo the Jedi]

Yeah, we're good friends. Just not good friends yet. I'll win her over, someday.

[Courk]

(Mackay, why did you quote yourself from the entire post before?)

[Mackay]

Weird! I shall delete that now.

(I got my RSA today, and start work again tomorrow morning. Yay!)
(100% on the exam! Yay!)

[Stuie]

[Agamemnon]

I got a copy of the December 2004 Playboy.

[Courk]

I saw a rainbow today!

[The Doctor]

[Mackay]

My little sister was in a good mood today! (trust me, it makes the world a better place for everyone )

Doctor Who reruns!

Pay day!

LoudmouthLee's contagious smile made me smile, too. Go look at the picture thread, you'll see what I mean!

And this toy cow I've got here next to me which moos Christmas carols when you squeeze its belly.

[Eykir]

Well, I didn't leave work today until 11:45pm when I got off at 9pm.

That's because I was sticking around to hang out with a friend of mine who had locked her keys in her car and was waiting for help to arrive. We got to spend some quality time laughing and telling stories with the two of us and my supervisor. So even though the reason was lousy, the company was great =)

[Jedo the Jedi]

It's Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Courk]

My team (team planet) not only got the correct solution to tonight's murder mystery, but our answer (which mentioned manatees) was read out loud.

[Travis]

Seed catalog in today's mail, Totally Tomatoes 2005