I’m sorry that I’m such a dull LJer lately. It will get better, I promise. Meanwhile, I figured why not add a new feature to Photo Friday and Button Sunday. I’ve decided to call it Hump Day Happy in honor of Wednesday, and you get to play along. Here’s how.
Years ago, when I was an assistant manager at a bookstore, I picked up this little item:
I recently rediscovered it when shifting books around. It’s 612 pages long, and every page has a list of 15-30 items to be happy about. If you want something to be happy about, in my comments, give me a page number between 1 and 612, and an item number between 1 and 30. I’ll locate that particular “thing” to be happy about and tell you. It may be silly. It may be something you’ve never thought of. It may give you an idea for a story or a post or a blog entry. Or it may just make you giddy with happiness on a Wednesday. If not–what the hell is wrong with you, do you just LOVE MISERY?
Comment if you please.
page 18, number 27
OMG, you have NOTHING to be happy about! There are only 23 items on that page. Please try again.
(If I go to the next page and count four more, it’s “wet babies.”)
hahaha. that’s so the story of my life
pg. 333, no. 3
“trunk lunches”
well…alright then!
See, if you didn’t already KNOW that, maybe you should check it out. Here’s a stylish tip. I’m feeling all Martha Stewart suddenly.
there you have it.
how cute!
page 118
the 11th … and the 18th
If that is page 118, no. 11 is “boutique candy stores” and no. 18 is “buying your first expensive dress.”
However, if that is page 11, no. 18, it is “archaeology buffs.”
Can I have all three?
If it makes you happy, of course!
you know me I horde the happiness
Page 433, # 11, if you please.
“dark and cushy carpeting”
[giggling]
It’s like the book is speaking directly to ME.
Page 271 number 17 please.
“stabbing a block of frozen vegetables to make them cook faster”
WOW it’s amazing! I am that fried today, I would so DO that.
page 7 number 21 please (and if no #21 then number 14) I am hedging my bets! LOL
Put some happiness on me.
“Copenhagen”
Hmmppfff. that didn’t do it for me. All I can think of is “Copenhagen snuff” and I have never been to Denmark..so hit me with another one
Page 49 number 9 please.
I fear I must teach lessons in the ways of happiness… such as the way the ring of white left on the rear denim pocket of a man who likes a pinch between his cheek and gum draws the attention to his perfectly denim-clad butt, e.g., the cover of He’s the One. Or, failing that, an online trip to the art museums of Denmark to find paintings that one has never seen… Or perhaps a fantasy of one’s favorite actor in the role of Hamlet, the melancholy Dane, only this time, Hamlet is in love with Laertes and they run away to Copenhagen to open a bed and breakfast…
But, if that doesn’t do it for you, then okay, Page 49, no. 9:
“a trip to the old neighborhood”
I do love a denin clad butt..but the ring from chew turns me OFF. (just me sorry!) BTW He’s the One cover model does NOT have that ring on his pocket. I have enjoyed that cover any number of times!
Sigh–I am a product of my culture… I wanted “instant happiness”
the grasshopper begs your forgiveness Master.
page 79 number 8 please?
“rotisseries: Ferris wheels for chickens”
(Possibly the reason why the book wasn’t titled 14,000 things for chickens to be happy about.)
Oooh, that does make me happy. Not the rotissery part but thinking of chickens getting dizzy on carnival rides.
Page 8, Number 20, if you will, O Joy Luck Goddess.
“pasta with prosciutto and peas”
I make that a lot, and it’s fabulous!
Well, it made me smile, anyway.
DO ME!
Guh, that would make me happy. If only. -winks-
Argh… forgot the instructions. : )
Page 7, item 13, please?
Having one of those “I’m too hot to think” days? (Hmm, we all know them well.)
“floating poinsettias”
Thanks! I am a little happier, now….
is that a command?!
DO ME!
Look how worked up you’re getting everyone.
It’s my humps. My lovely Wednesday humps.
Haaaaaa!
What you gon’ do with all that junk, all that junk inside your trunk?
according to this post, he is, “considering the manhood I’m planning on stuffing into that youngster cotton.“
do you just LOVE MISERY?
….why do you say it like it’s a bad thing. >:(
If my life must be gothic and ironic, you’re going down with me.
*grabs your wrist and mood swings violently downward*
*and your little dogs, too!* ~grin
[By the way, thank you so much for the add — it’s an honor, Becky.]
What the hell — page 66, #6. It’s a theme.
“toolsheds”
Do with that what you will. 😉
It’s a sign. My first novel shall be called “The Devil’s Toolshed.” If that doesn’t catch a reader’s eye, nothing will. The graphic shall be an extreme close-up of scaly, muscular, red hips in a teensy black satin Speedo, silver 666 at the most strategic point. And flames. For the win.
It will have nothing to do with the actual content of the novel but who cares.
It will have nothing to do with the actual content of the novel but who cares.
Oh, hell, it never does.
The honor is all mine. =)
Yikes. 🙂
Cool idea! Page 418, #11
“walnut = intellect”
That sent me right to Google.
You learn something new every day! That one made me happy just because of it’s sheer randomness.
I thought maybe it was because walnuts sort of look like little brains.
The sixth one on page 67 please!
“turkey cooked over a wood fire”
That’s all very well but I don’t eat turkey!
Hmmm, maybe you can just enjoy the smell of the wood fire.
page 503, number 18
“eyeteeth”
Wow . . . this might keep you busy for a long time!!
Okay, then . . . 501 and 12, please.
“knowing the names of your senators and representatives”
Which would be a neat trick for you in the UK, no? Take our Texas senators…please.
*giggles*
Only if you’ll take some of ours in return . . .
I need happy today, please! Page 162, number 28.
Thank you for this oh so generous service.
Since there weren’t 28 on that page, I continued on to the following pages, which gets you:
“pulling out some old favorite games: Monopoly, Clue, Parcheesi”
Thank you! I love board games.
It’s getting harder and harder to find someone to play them with me. People don’t seem to miss the simplicity of sitting around a table with a beer, some munchies, and good friends and beating the tar out of each other.
Low tech? Yes. But I agree. Some of the best times in my life with family and friends have involved playing cards and games and laughing my ass off.
13; 13.
“breadfruit”
Another one that sent me right to Google. =)
Well, the’re green. That’s something. 😉
OK, it’s long past wednesday, but I need to something to be happy about since I haven’t had computer access since wednesday am.
No time right now to see what other people requested, but how about page 36, number 12?
“singing to your favorite music”
And now I have something to be happy about–you surfaced! I’ve missed you.
That’s a great one! That’s me driving in my car, singing away.