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When is Your Happy, Happy?

Daily writing prompt
When are you most happy?
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As daily writing prompts go, this one is pretty lame. I could answer this in all the depth required with one sentence. I guess I’ll try to expand a little and give you a little list. Will that work for you all?

A list of things that make me the most happy. The first two are the important ones (can you guess what they’ll be?) and the rest are in no particular order…

  • Being with my wife, Jen
  • Being with my step daughter, Bellana, and/or being with my step son, Harry
  • Playing guitar
  • Taking photos
  • Visiting with my extended family
  • Traveling
  • Live music, both watching/listening and playing
  • A good book
  • A good movie
  • A really good TV show
  • Cats, when they are in a particularly friendly mood

I could add more. Probably hundreds more. These will do for today though. Enjoy.

(Not Even Close to) Daily Haiku for You #109

Today’s haiku for you is a sequel to the Journal screen shot post from earlier. The cats were hissing at each other this morning. How are they behaving eight hours later?

Things are okay now.
The cats refrain from murder.
Just for the moment?

Fun Times

Daily writing prompt
What was the last thing you did for play or fun?
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There are varying levels of fun, right? Last night I watched some Star Trek. I did that for fun. I hung out in the living room with my beloved bride watching that show about Julia Child (which is surprisingly wonderful so far) and that was fun. Any time spent with her is fun.

The last major-ish event was going to Vermont to see a hockey game with my step son, Harry. Before that was Thanksgiving and putting up a xmas tree with Jen and the kids. Before that was the Letters to Cleo/Gigolo Aunts show at The Paradise with Mike.

I can’t overlook last weekend when Jen and I went shopping for little pieces of furniture for our home office spaces, and then rearranged everything in her office. That doesn’t sound like your typical fun activity, but it really was. Like I said, anything Jen and I do together will qualify as fun.

Of course the next big thing for us is xmas. I am ready for the holiday to get here so that it can be over, but that doesn’t change how much fun it will be. Xmas day with my wife and step kids followed by dinner at my sister’s, then the next day will be xmas-continued with my in-laws. All three events will be excellent fun. HoHoHo and stuff.

Lost

The Bruins lost 4-3 in overtime.

I guess I wasn’t the jinx today. They blew this game without any help from me.

Unrelated, I’m watching my second episode of Deep Space Nine tonight. Season five episodes four and five. In both episodes a post-religious human being mentions god. Bashir sees Jake alive and says thank god. O’Brien realizes he can’t stop whatever is possessing his wife and says god help me.

These star fleet human cats are supposed to be atheists living in an atheist society that’s a few hundred years removed from religion. As a fellow atheist, though not a Federation citizen or a Star Fleet officer, I’m a little bummed out by the references. Like… hast society come up with new sayings yet? Come on, writers. Let’s get creative, shall we?

Back to the original subject, the next Bruins game is Friday. Hopefully no one will jinx them. Fingers crossed.

Bad Luck Charm

The Bruins lead the Wild 2-1 half way through the third period.

I want to listen to the end of the game on the radio but I’m afraid the Wild will score twice within seconds of me tuning in.

It’s happened before. I’ve been the Bruins’ bad luck charm. If I don’t listen and they hold on to win then they should thank me for staying way.

Or something like that.