- The sound that toasted oats cereal makes when you pour it into a ceramic bowl.
Oooooh, I thought you went litterally...
...Umm...puppies!
Doctor Manhattan: Thermodynamic miracles... events with odds against so astronomical they're effectively impossible, like oxygen spontaneously becoming gold. I long to observe such a thing. And yet, in each human coupling, a thousand million sperm vie for a single egg. Multiply those odds by countless generations, against the odds of your ancestors being alive; meeting; siring this precise son; that exact daughter... Until your mother loves a man she has every reason to hate, and of that union, of the thousand million children competing for fertilization, it was you, only you, that emerged. To distill so specific a form from that chaos of improbability, like turning air to gold... that is the crowning unlikelihood. The thermodynamic miracle.
Laurie Juspeczyk: But... if me, my birth, if that's a thermodynamic miracle... I mean, you could say that about anybody in the world!
Dr. Manhattan: Yes. Anybody in the world... But the world is so full of people, so crowded with these miracles that they become commonplace and we forget... I forget. We gaze continually at the world and it grows dull in our perceptions. Yet seen from the another's vantage point. As if new, it may still take our breath away. Come... dry your eyes. For you are life, rarer than a quark and unpredictable beyond the dreams of Heisenberg; the clay in which the forces that shape all things leave their fingerprints most clearly. Dry your eyes... and let's go home.
Fapjack: Than I'll say Cammy. Cammy. :3
Crowning Moment of Heartwarming
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You know, the things you usually don't notice, but make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside
Like hot tea with mold in it?
I'm in a rare mood right now for no particular reason, so just blurt out what little things in life make you happy. You know, the things you usually don't notice, but make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside (in a non-libido-satisfying way, if you please).
- The sound that toasted oats cereal makes when you pour it into a ceramic bowl.
I said this a bit ago in the parlor, but it seems apropriate here as well.
Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, like eating baby squirrels!
I remember the first day after my husband was well enough to stand for an extended period of time after his back surgery. I came home after a hard day's work, psyched out to wash the dishes, feed the dogs, cats and fish, clean the front room and make dinner. I walked in to see the kitchen light on and plates already on the table. What he said was unbelievable: "Since I'm home all day, I figure I'll help you out by making dinner while I'm off work."
Granted it was only one task out of many, but it was the biggest one on the list. So, just knowing that not only are there really guys like that out there but that I got one of them, yeahhhh, all warm and fuzzy inside...
I also cheer up when my cats both try to nuzzle my hand after I've plopped down into my chair when I come home from work. They always know how to make me feel better.
And the dog. No matter how hot it is, no matter how miserable he feels (he's really old), he always comes trotting across the yard to welcome me home like it's the moment he's been waiting for all day!
Brace yourselves, ye of the feminine gender, there really are guys like this
:headexplo
:headexplo
I don't know if you're mad because of the stereotyping or just irate that it would be so hetero-centric, but I agree. :PHmmm ... reasons to be cheerful ...
I like the post above from The Watchmen. It really is a miracle.
Another reason is nice warm beds on a rainy day with soft comfy sheets.
(I hate sick days, I'm never sick
)Oooh, ooh another one; when I wake up in the morning and my girlfriend has made me a cup of tea.
Got a couple more to add:
-new CDs
-freshly sharpened pencils
-sombreros
-finding an old video game I'd misplaced
"I am hope."
~ Choronzon and Dream, playing the oldest game ("Preludes and Nocturnes")
-Pooky's Grooming Ritual; shave, cut, tweeze body/head hair, all nails trimmed/cleaned, warm (never hot) shower w/ the hardcore japanease washcloth & whatever else she can torture me w/, 20-30 minutes of rolfing (deep tissue massage), in warm season low fan evaporates beaded water, perhaps peripheral extras, go to sleep in bed w/ clean, pressed sheets. What a luxury. Think it's the clean, treated, bare skin on the clean crisp sheets and air current. Loved that since I was a child.
-Filing/dremmeling off snags & rough edges on minis or sculpture pieces.
-Working on my Wild Empathy ;); feeding deer in back yard. They get closer each day (are getting friendlier or closing to sneak attack distance. Unsure.).
-Utter silence in a cinema (apart from the speakers that is).
-Watching an image manifest slowly on film paper in a bath of Dectol.
-Rabbit "binkies"; the sudden vertical vault for no apparent reason. Hilarious.
-Strange mix of cool water from the surf evaporating & warm sand underfoot.
What the hell is that?
It's a Geoduck
. Isn't it cute?Which reminds me...
-talking in different accents (especially pirate)
I don't know.
What the hell is a geoduck?
It's just a clam, mate. A very large one.
I don't know.
What the hell is a geoduck?
Pronounced Gooey-duck, they are magical and majestic creatures. They bury themselves in the sand and extend their protuberance (which can be up to three feet long) up to filter microorganisms out of tide water. There's a bunch up here in the Puget Sound area.
Next wizard I make, Geoduck familiar.
looks like an alien to me.
Yeah, or, uh, strinkingly familiar so to speak. ;)
Template is definetly Abberration if anything. Bit creepy.
-The "Watchmen" bit was very illuminating. Nj.
I cry every time I read that.
D&D
These forums (seriously, it's kind of sad, but surfing these forums and designing crap for D&D is actually one of the most enjoyable aspects of my daily life.)
I agree about the Watchmen quote.
Watching a few episodes of House.
Eating a good, medium-rare steak.
-Finding a teddy bear in a super mutant complex.
-Stealing everybody's room keys in Rivet City
-Finding a teddy bear factory after trudging through one of the countless horrible subway lines.
-The AntAgonizer and the Mechanist! (Best quest ever!)
-Standing atop a meter high pile of teddy bears, gazing at my collections of garden gnomes, billiards balls, and fancy hats.
Fallout 3 related moments of happiness (recently completed the game)
-Finding a teddy bear in a super mutant complex.
-Stealing everybody's room keys in Rivet City
-Finding a teddy bear factory after trudging through one of the countless horrible subway lines.
-The AntAgonizer and the Mechanist! (Best quest ever!)
-Standing atop a meter high pile of teddy bears, gazing at my collections of garden gnomes, billiards balls, and fancy hats.
I totally walked around with the AntAgonizer's helmet on for most of the game. It was awesome! :D
Conan O'Brien taking over the tonight show with musical guest, PEARL JAM!
The rush of happy goodness from that first cigarette of the day.
Petting a purring furball till she passes out at your side.
TOAD FAMILIARS!!!
donuts and jon stewart in the morning....
pancakes and Colbert.
Suffice to say, the only interest I have in butter involves actual food, and mostly with baking, pancakes, or baked potatoes.
being full of butter is much more rewarding than being sticky is annyoing.
It's a ... joke. Stay with me here. You said:
anything with butter :D
So I ran with it and stated that it makes me sticky. Me + Butter = Sticky. See, you said anything with butter in response to a chain o' posts fully exhibiting the spirit of the thread title: Reasons to be Cheerful. Make more sense now? Man, that was a ton of work for such a terrible one liner. :P
Everything is better w/ butter :D
Everything is better w/ butter :D
Underwear is not better with butter.
Every food is better with butter :D
This one inspired me to post my preferred version of the song (performed by the bob rivers band).
And he was.
*teary-eyes*
(No spoilers plz)
