The Happy Thread V - Page 9

***Tessar*** · 12-06-2010, 11:16 PM

GAH, VIOLIN IS THE BEST!!!!!!!

Havin' soooo much fun now that I've got my "Essential Elements 2000," book!! It's really basic stuff and, since I'm not having to learn how to read music, I'm flying through the examples. Went through 32 tonight, so I've learned to pluck the pitches for three of the strings. According to my sister's digital tuner, which I use to check my pitch, I'm actually doing a good job of hitting the pitches dead on, although I suspect it's mostly luck at the moment.

I've stopped playing using the bow (I'm just plucking, like the book suggested), since he didn't actually "show" me how to do it and I would hate to spend all week using the bow and being all proud of myself only to show up for the lesson and have him say, "Yeah.... no.... now we have to fix EVERYTHING YOU'VE EVER DONE!!!"

Nerdanel · 12-07-2010, 10:58 AM

i just had an awesome, long weekend (independence day on monday), with everything one could ask for.

wishes/dreams coming true, loads of food, relaxation, good friends and good discussions..

aah, could have more of those; i certainly wouldn't complain.

***Jonathan*** · 12-09-2010, 06:19 PM

The contract is signed.
Next year I'll have a rather big tenement with a real kitchen, only a minute's walk from my job. Also, the current tenant might be willing to give me some of her furniture

I'm pretty satisfied with this arrangement.

***Earniel*** · 12-09-2010, 06:25 PM

A minute's walk? Dude, and I thought I was lucky with twenty.

Congrats.

***Jonathan*** · 12-09-2010, 06:29 PM

A minute. That's life quality, I tell ya!

edit: Of course with time optimism and all that, I'm surely bound to turn up late for work everyday

***Earniel*** · 12-09-2010, 07:12 PM

However, if you live so close to your work, then your colleagues can come and poke you out of bed if you oversleep.

***Tessar*** · 12-09-2010, 07:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jonathan

A minute. That's life quality, I tell ya!

edit: Of course with time optimism and all that, I'm surely bound to turn up late for work everyday

Oh, the disadvantages of having advantages.

Congratulations on your good news!

***Rían*** · 12-09-2010, 07:42 PM

That's fantastic, Jon!! Congrats!!

***Varnafindë*** · 12-09-2010, 09:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jonathan

A minute. That's life quality, I tell ya!

edit: Of course with time optimism and all that, I'm surely bound to turn up late for work everyday

When I went to teacher training college, I had five minutes' walk from where I lived. I wasn't usually late, but I was often the last student to turn up

Andúril · 12-10-2010, 03:19 AM

I suddenly feel happy and I want to walk up a mountain.

Gwaimir Windgem · 12-10-2010, 10:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jonathan

A minute. That's life quality, I tell ya!

edit: Of course with time optimism and all that, I'm surely bound to turn up late for work everyday

I have faith in your ability to do the walk in negative ten minutes.

**Mari** · 12-10-2010, 10:27 AM

Yay Jon! Is it also anywhere near the centre of the town or is the hospital outside the town?

***Jonathan*** · 12-10-2010, 03:13 PM

The hospital is very near the town centre.
Of course, it's a quite small centre

The hospital is quite small too, meaning part of my employment will take place in another hospital some 30 mins away by bus. So I won't have the luxuary of 1-minute-walks to the job every day, but oh well

**Mari** · 12-10-2010, 06:13 PM

Can't have everything of course. A man'd get spoiled that way

Linaewen · 12-10-2010, 06:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jonathan

The contract is signed.
Next year I'll have a rather big tenement with a real kitchen, only a minute's walk from my job. Also, the current tenant might be willing to give me some of her furniture

I'm pretty satisfied with this arrangement.

Woohoo! Congrats!

I am living in a house that's 30 seconds from the place I intern at. It's super convenient.

Happy - it's almost the weekend. I have Christmassy festivities, hanging out with some cool people and shopping to look forward to. And my first NFL game on Monday!

BeardofPants · 12-10-2010, 07:58 PM

NFL = Niggarz for life, right?

The last sane person · 12-10-2010, 11:11 PM

Essentially, yes.

***Tessar*** · 12-13-2010, 03:08 AM

You guys, I met the most awesome girl tonight. My sister called me at 11 saying her car was totally broken down, so I drove out to pick her up... apparently in the meanwhile she went into the restaurant and asked for some help getting her car into the parking lot.

So this suuuuuuuper nice girl, who was just getting off of her shift, helped my sister get her car into the lot, and then used her AAA thing to call us a tow truck. Then she stuck around for about 25 minutes waiting for the tow truck to show up... seriously nicest person ever.

The downside is that in about 5 hours I need to go pick up my sister to drive her in to work, so I wont get much sleep. But on the plus side I had an awesome day of singing today, made friends with a former old 'enemy', got told I was "the funniest guy ever," by a nice guy at choir (

), and this evening could have been ruined but nice girl made everyone's day 10000+ times more awesome.

It's always nice to meet nice people. ^_^ They're the best.

***Rían*** · 12-13-2010, 10:04 AM

I love my cute little dog so much! Well, he's 70 pounds, so maybe not little, but he is soooooo sweet! Everyone who meets him loves him. He's getting old, though - he'll be 10 in February

but he is just so sweet-natured and fun. He always looks like he's smiling

The last sane person · 12-13-2010, 01:34 PM

Horse. Dog. Bow & Quiver. Wide open plain and woods.

On a day off, I can't ask for anything better. Happiness is a rare blessing.

What sort of dog do you have Rian? I've got two giant mongrels, and one massive pitbull.

12-07-2010, 10:58 AM	#162
Nerdanel Spammer of the Happy Thread Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 3,512	i just had an awesome, long weekend (independence day on monday), with everything one could ask for. wishes/dreams coming true, loads of food, relaxation, good friends and good discussions.. aah, could have more of those; i certainly wouldn't complain. __________________ "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. " - C. Sagan My (photography) website My Flickr page

12-09-2010, 06:19 PM	#163
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	The contract is signed. Next year I'll have a rather big tenement with a real kitchen, only a minute's walk from my job. Also, the current tenant might be willing to give me some of her furniture I'm pretty satisfied with this arrangement. __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

12-09-2010, 06:25 PM	#164
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	A minute's walk? Dude, and I thought I was lucky with twenty. Congrats. __________________ We are not things.

12-09-2010, 06:29 PM	#165
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	A minute. That's life quality, I tell ya! edit: Of course with time optimism and all that, I'm surely bound to turn up late for work everyday __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

12-09-2010, 07:12 PM	#166
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	However, if you live so close to your work, then your colleagues can come and poke you out of bed if you oversleep. __________________ We are not things.

12-06-2010, 11:16 PM	#161
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	GAH, VIOLIN IS THE BEST!!!!!!! Havin' soooo much fun now that I've got my "Essential Elements 2000," book!! It's really basic stuff and, since I'm not having to learn how to read music, I'm flying through the examples. Went through 32 tonight, so I've learned to pluck the pitches for three of the strings. According to my sister's digital tuner, which I use to check my pitch, I'm actually doing a good job of hitting the pitches dead on, although I suspect it's mostly luck at the moment. I've stopped playing using the bow (I'm just plucking, like the book suggested), since he didn't actually "show" me how to do it and I would hate to spend all week using the bow and being all proud of myself only to show up for the lesson and have him say, "Yeah.... no.... now we have to fix EVERYTHING YOU'VE EVER DONE!!!"

12-09-2010, 07:42 PM	#168
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	That's fantastic, Jon!! Congrats!! __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

12-10-2010, 03:19 AM	#170
Andúril The Original Corruptor Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,881	I suddenly feel happy and I want to walk up a mountain.

12-10-2010, 10:27 AM	#172
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	Yay Jon! Is it also anywhere near the centre of the town or is the hospital outside the town? __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

12-10-2010, 03:13 PM	#173
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	The hospital is very near the town centre. Of course, it's a quite small centre The hospital is quite small too, meaning part of my employment will take place in another hospital some 30 mins away by bus. So I won't have the luxuary of 1-minute-walks to the job every day, but oh well __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

12-10-2010, 06:13 PM	#174
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	Can't have everything of course. A man'd get spoiled that way __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

12-10-2010, 07:58 PM	#176
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	NFL = Niggarz for life, right? __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

12-10-2010, 11:11 PM	#177
The last sane person The Black Númenórean Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,773	Essentially, yes. __________________ Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

12-13-2010, 03:08 AM	#178
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	You guys, I met the most awesome girl tonight. My sister called me at 11 saying her car was totally broken down, so I drove out to pick her up... apparently in the meanwhile she went into the restaurant and asked for some help getting her car into the parking lot. So this suuuuuuuper nice girl, who was just getting off of her shift, helped my sister get her car into the lot, and then used her AAA thing to call us a tow truck. Then she stuck around for about 25 minutes waiting for the tow truck to show up... seriously nicest person ever. The downside is that in about 5 hours I need to go pick up my sister to drive her in to work, so I wont get much sleep. But on the plus side I had an awesome day of singing today, made friends with a former old 'enemy', got told I was "the funniest guy ever," by a nice guy at choir (), and this evening could have been ruined but nice girl made everyone's day 10000+ times more awesome. It's always nice to meet nice people. ^_^ They're the best.

12-13-2010, 10:04 AM	#179
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	I love my cute little dog so much! Well, he's 70 pounds, so maybe not little, but he is soooooo sweet! Everyone who meets him loves him. He's getting old, though - he'll be 10 in February but he is just so sweet-natured and fun. He always looks like he's smiling __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

12-13-2010, 01:34 PM	#180
The last sane person The Black Númenórean Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,773	Horse. Dog. Bow & Quiver. Wide open plain and woods. On a day off, I can't ask for anything better. Happiness is a rare blessing. What sort of dog do you have Rian? I've got two giant mongrels, and one massive pitbull. __________________ Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

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