Little Things

[calissa]

Incandescently angry right now. I am reminded of why I shouldn't check my email before bed. It is going to take me some time before I can calm down enough to sleep.

So I'm going to take a page from jjhunter's book and am asking you to share something little (or big) that makes you happy. It could be a cute picture, a song you like, a poem you've read, some moment in your day, something interesting you have been thinking about.

And I am going to share three good things:

1. In an effort to cheer me up, my sweetheart bought me Within Temptation's new album. I love listening to new music and there's nothing quite like some gothic rock to brighten the day.

2. The album includes a cover of "Radioactive" which, while lovely enough doesn't quite live up to what I consider the definitive version... which I went and relistened to once or thrice.

"[Official Video] Radioactive - Pentatonix & Lindsey Stirling (Imagine Dragons cover)" (Watch on YouTube)

3. Lemon balm or melissa is meant to be one of those calming herbs like lavender. I don't know whether that is true or whether it is the simple act of having a cup of tea that helps. Whatever the case, it is a wonderful thing that it grows like crazy and I have a giant jar full of homegrown lemon balm in the cupboard. I'm going to make a cup now, then go to bed.

Comments

[lynnoconnacht]

My story is cooperating. Your photo posts. Friends. Friends' posts. Friends' stories. Reading. Gaming.

I am easily pleased, though friends sharing their happy things makes me happiest of all.

*good thoughts*

I leave you with a kitten meme too. Because kitten.

[jjhunter]

Have a video: Vi Hart, Mathemusician - XOXO Festival (2013)

Using little more than a Sharpie and a sheet of paper, Vi Hart breaks down topics like Fibonacci sequences, binary trees and hexaflexagons, turning doodling in math class into entertaining, thought-provoking videos. [...] Recorded in September 2013 at XOXO, an arts and technology festival in Portland, Oregon celebrating independent artists using the Internet to make a living doing what they love.

Also, the storify linked here about fictional honey badger shenanigans is side-splittingly funny (and the related art it's inspired is, well, inspired, especially in the titling).

[cxcvi]

On a much lower brow note, I've started playing Pokemon Crystal, after my partner found her cartridge of it in her parents house last week.

[onewhitecrow]

Things that make me happy include:

Jiang shi who know kung fu (lookit the stiff little guy go!)

Monsters on post-its

and terrible subtitles/

[sine_nomine]

the little thing that makes me happy right now is watching my friendships here develop, particularly with someone who lives half a world away. ;-) Hating that life is being so challenging for you! and wishing I could make it better.

Other than that, the piece "Show Me Your Fire Truck" from the movie score for Backdraft always makes me feel lots better. I'm sure there has to be a YouTube out there for it.

[lynnoconnacht]

Because I just came across this, an artist collaborating with her four-year-old daughter.

[wispywillow]

Grr, people suck.

Well, here's one thing for you: Lazy Kitty