Bryan said at 4:39 PM 03-25-2003: My girlfriend bought me new shoes; I found a cigar sale; I'm pretty sure now I don't have cancer; I saw a tiny bit of new muscle; I scored two appointments to network in the city.
nathan [email] said at 4:48 PM 03-25-2003: 1. laughing for two minutes until making squeaking noises watching Eddie Murphy run across the interstate in Bowfinger 2. enjoying reading All the King's Men 3. Jeanne's parrot climbing on my head 4. finding lots of job opportunities 5. discovering a cool dock while skating for the first time in years
Lisa T. said at 4:51 PM 03-25-2003: 1. Watching the Oscars
2. Laying on the couch watching Mallrats with my cats curled up on my stomach
3. Sitting in the park drinking beer and making lists with Sarah F.
4. Eating lunch on the Riverwalk yesterday (reading a book and trying to get some sun on my transparent skin)
5. Trying on jeans that are a size smaller and realizing that they actually fit – and then buying them!
Art said at 4:51 PM 03-25-2003: I had waffles for breakfast. My friends have a cool new baby boy. I built a bar in my basement. I got some new power tools. Its warm and sunny.
Woody said at 5:14 PM 03-25-2003: 1. My son said "Daday"
2. Leaving for work this morning, my daughter screamed "WAIT WAIT WAIT!!! (long pause) You have to hug me."
3. Tennis weather
4. Chapters.ca mispriced a Microsoft book set from $250 down to $100. Advangate: Me
5. New P4 2GHz on my desk at work.
josh [email] said at 6:56 PM 03-25-2003: Seeing VPOPDM play at the Tree Swing.
Doing keg stands at a party with my friends from VPOPDM.
Eating dinner with Sonny and Katy.
The weather being nice enough to sleep with my window open.
Living at the dirtfarm with some of my best friends.
Ferris B said at 7:01 PM 03-25-2003: 1. Finishing a huge school project with two days to go.
2. reading that Livan Hernandez was traded to the Expos.
3. Finding $10 in the laundry and not having a CLUE as to where it came from.
4. Feeling my unborn child kick in my wife's womb.
5. Having my 3-year-old tell me "Daddy, you're my favorite dude" on his way to school this morning.
cricket [email] said at 7:15 PM 03-25-2003: 1. spending the night with my family and snuggling with my nephews.
2. way long talks with the guy i like.
3. finding a little balled up turd on the floor today while my nephew pointed and said, 'hey, that's my poo-poo!"
4. erin seeing willie nelson.
5. finding four bucks in my gym bag when i was about to run out of gas.
ed [email] said at 7:27 PM 03-25-2003: 1) Attendin a spring training game in Orlando. The fact that the Braves beat the Mets was a bonus.
2) Getting home from a weekend trip and having two kittens snuggle with me for hours.
3) Sitting on the patio, shoes off and drink in hand, listening to the wind chimes as the breezes kicked up wavelets on the lake.
4) Driving a freshly-repaired truck which once again has air conditioning. Yes, we set record high temps here for like 15 straight days.
5) Watching kids playing at work. Especially the 3, 4 and 5-year olds. They don't know Dubya, they don't know Saddam ,and the joy they exude is quite a wonder to behold.
gen [email] said at 8:48 PM 03-25-2003: In the last seven days:
1. Being notified that two library books that I've been wanting to read have finally become available.
2. Watching the Oscars, especially Nicole Kidman winning for her performance in The Hours, and Adrian Brody for The Pianist.
3. My brother enrolling in the International Baccalaureate program at Upper Canada College, and receiving a huge scholarship and a mentorship from an alumni employed at Lyndon B. Johnson mission control. (He didn't get in at MIT, and that leads me to think less of MIT for passing up a student as promising as my brother.)
4. Obtaining encouraging results in a sub-study of my thesis (validation of algorithm for identifying comorbidities from administrative data), and having a very positive meeting with my thesis supervisor.
5. Getting promoted to examination office assistant for the upcoming final exam session.
angele [email] said at 9:24 PM 03-25-2003: 1) Being around my family who all go out of their way to help me. (unconditional love, free ultra-sounds, really good advice, etc.)
2) Catching up at Rue with my old best friend who is in love with someone who appears to be a really great guy.
3) The kids. They are so cool. Especially Gui who told me that I didn't have to say "excuse me" if I burped or farted because he loves me "just the way I am."
4) The fact Gui was listening when I went into a vague description of the difference between digital and analogue. When he talks about his keyboard to strangers, he makes sure to tell them that it is "digital" unlike a wurlitzer. (we saw a man playing a wurlitzer at the zoo.)
Emmaleigh said at 9:32 PM 03-25-2003: 1. getting a postcard from jeff.
2. getting an elvis mix tape from tallulah, losing it, and having tallulah find it for me.
3. Ashlee purring in my lap while she actually lets me pet her.
4. watching the mafia younger daughter get her new car.
5.watching the 1/2 troll girl in my class get rejected by the guy she likes in class.
Emmaleigh said at 1:35 AM 03-26-2003: oooo I have more!
-spur of the moment "drive bys" that have saintly surprises.
-when the creepy guy finally left my house (3 hours after he finished work on our stupid class project).
-seeing a sign on the interstate that reads "emergency parking only" and then noticing a truck parked on one side of the sign and an old guy fishing on the other. (apparently fishing is an emergency.)
I've actually had a pretty happy week (as long as I dont turn on the radio or tv).
anotherben.. said at 9:33 PM 03-25-2003: having orange juice in the morning:gonzaga almost beating arizona in double-overtime:finding cookies outside my door from the cute neighbor:planning my trip to ny to get my car inspected:throwing frisbee at audubon park on a beautiful day this weekend
mary [email] said at 11:17 PM 03-25-2003: 1. realizing my 22-month-old nephew, tyler, was still cute even though he puked on me.
2. overhearing my sister stand up to her ex-bf (my nephews' dad) and slyly getting him to agree to take a paternity test, which will mean the state will be able to go after him for child support.
3. my mom made a strawberry pie, and she sent josh a piece.
4. making piles of leaves, rocks and sticks with my nephew. teaching him the words "stick", "leaf," and "rock."
5. when josh picked me up at the airport, realizing that we really are going stay friends even though we're not dating anymore.
norton said at 11:49 PM 03-25-2003: 1. Watching Fight Club over and over after reading the book last week
2. playing my guitar and thinking "man, I'm going off!" and having my neighbor come over and say "man, you are really going off!"
3. meeting with my boss at the hotdog cart to discuss baseball season (I sell dogs, corner of sharp and conway in Baltimore, stop on by before a game)
4. extra sleep this weekend
5. making plans with my cousin to see her in NJ this weekend
Shell said at 12:35 AM 03-26-2003: Milky, this is a sterling post! Thank you :). These are my top five happy things today:
1. Teaching my friend to ride her bicycle. Her joy was contagious.
2. Ben accepted my apology for an untimely response.
3. Responding to Jeffmail.
4. Finding out it's not as expensive as I thought to send things to Kaycee.
5. Writing an essay contrasting Hank Williams and Tennesse Williams.
Baby Duck said at 1:11 AM 03-26-2003: 5. Finally remembering I saw on an episode of Sports Night the exact same Tiki mug that was LSMSA's prom glass for 1993.
4. Making a pilgrimage to Archie McPhee in Seattle
3. Best bj of my life
2. Best fuck of my life
1. Realizing #1 and #2 was shared with the same girl in the same night
anotherben.. said at 2:58 PM 03-26-2003: you were ousted by the ruling regime before babyducks rise to prominence in the city of lights. watch the stadium..when the N turns red the door at the base of the great erection will open and lead all who dare enter to a world free of the ever present stench of fried chicken. potato log potato log. vaxvaxvax. prudhommecaddo. charlie tango. zulu tango charlie.
Shell said at 9:03 AM 03-31-2003: Based on an email I received, I think I should clarify that I don't know Baby Duck. I read about him here: http://www.killoggs.com/log/post/2592486
sonny [email] said at 1:17 AM 03-26-2003: 1. Taking bowling for college credit.
2. Talking on the phone for hours to a girl i met at a summer camp who i have reconnected with after 10 years (we've been talking for months now but it's still real special and stuff).
3. Knowledge that my new metal band will be the Harbinger of the Apocalypse.
4. I now have enough money for toiletries
5. I KIcked Josh's ass at Bust-a-Move 4 and now he's scared of me
6. That i have 2 nieces (so that's a 7. also)
8. I'm not dead
9. soup
10. I Know My Math Facts
11. Cliff Burton
12. I have more than 5 things i am happy about yay yay ya y horayy!!!!
milky [email] said at 10:02 AM 03-26-2003: Some pics are in my gallery...
1)Michelle and I hiked in the hill country
2)I finally got to take pictures of the Buggy Shop. I think it's a graveyard now.
3)All the stir fry I've had in the past few days...tofu, eggplant, ginger squid.
4)Taking Lulu for a walk.
5)Sending and receiving mail.
6)Watching Chris Cooper win for 'Adaptation.' Actually, we snuggled and watched the whole show and enjoyed all of it...
Keep 'em coming folks! Happy moments are fun to share
milky [email] said at 11:45 AM 03-26-2003: oh, c'mon. I'd rather have a post where there's no religion, no gub'ment, no war, no politics, no ill will, no "I HATE COPS." I can't take the other stuff, so that's why I posted this.
Other than that, yeah, it does sound kinda gay. *shrugs* I sound a bit like Mister Rogers.
Except Mr. Rogers wouldn't over-feed the fish, steal Mr. McFeely's mail and throw Trolley at small children. ;)
meenk said at 1:05 PM 03-26-2003: 1. Talking to my older sister for the first time in 7 years, and mutually figuring out The Whole Story of why things turned out how they did.
2. Teasing my step mother for getting her nipples and hood pierced, and turning 50 tomorrow, because when I got my hood pierced, she said "You're gonna regret that when you are 50"
3. My puppy sleepin in my lap.
4. My puppy not howling through the night.
5. Soft taco and bean burrito.
Joey said at 1:08 PM 03-26-2003: 1) Angela's dad shaking my hand and saying "Congratulations" after I told him I am planning on asking her to marry me and wanted his approval.
2) "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" finally coming out on DVD. Picked it up and watched it yesterday.
3) Watching "Memento" in Chronological order.
4) Talking to Milk. One of the few real friends that I actually keep in touch with.
5) Thinking about my life with Angela. [Thinking about my life with a different job is a close runner-up to this one.]
amanda b said at 11:52 PM 03-27-2003: *watching a movie called "The Lost Continent" which involves man-eating seaweed and stupendously endowed women
*seeing Bill Cosby host the Late Show
*being able to wear a dress because the weather is nice
*throwing away a stereo that hasn't played a cd in the last two years, but has been sitting in my room, taunting me with its flashing red and green lights
*being able to think of at least one happy thing that has happened to me recently
rrrob [ url ] said at 1:00 AM 03-29-2003: 1. getting a cool mix CD from xmeredithx.
2. Seeing Spirited Away win an oscar.
3. Finding out I don't have to work tomorrow night. Although, that's kind of a fake type of happy: finding out that something bad isn't going to happen shouldn't count.
4. Rocking out in my living room in my pj's at noon on a Friday.
5. My dog smiling at me when I took him for a walk immediately thereafter.
No face here said at 4:37 PM 04-03-2003: 1. My girlfriend's four year old cousin telling me I was fat with a ph (he then went on to say truck with a ph but it was still cool)
2.Getting all my Bonnaroo plans in order
3.Trey at the Chicago Theater
4.Signing up for the Illinois Center for Broadcasting
5.Watching Mike Tyson co-host with Jimmy Kimmel all week
milky [email] said at 5:01 PM 04-03-2003: 2.Getting all my Bonnaroo plans in order
Ohh...I evny you sooo much. I wish I had the time and money to go...it's going to make SXSW/Lollapalooza/Jazz Fest, et all look very lame. It's resetting the bar pretty high.
No face here said at 5:08 PM 04-03-2003: I went last year and it was madness so there was no way in hell I was missing it this year. Plus James Brown is gonna be there, and I ain't passing up the godfather! They (being Superfly and AC Entertainment) are in the process of putting together a Bonnaroo NE in New York so I think they are gonna try and make this a huge fest everywhere. Who knows maybe they'll come to your town next?
Baby Duck said at 1:40 PM 04-30-2003: Talking to a 60-something US pilot in San Jose, Costa Rica, who is about to retire there, about family, benevolent dictatorships, common decency, guns, the ABCs (CIA, FBI, etc), foreign policy, Ayn Rand, computing (he insisted he had Windows 97 installed on his computer), and a myriad of other topics.
Walking down a poorly lit road in Costa Rica with white-green fireflies blinking sexual overtones to one another, swarming all around you.
All of my skin tingling with life-reassuring sensations as an aura of sweat thickens from the humidity. As it more and more deeply envelops me, I realize had I not been born and raised in New Orleans, I would be complaining every 15 minutues. I am physically delicate, but the childhood memories flood back to me, reassuring me everything will be all right, no matter how much I drench in moisture or itch from mosquito bites. It beats the dry flying dust of north Texas any day.
Speaking of Texas, I am painfully reminded that I live there now every time I mistakingly order red beans and rice. My friend, Marino, has an uncle on a farm in Costa Rica. The anachoristic fusion of 21st century water-pumping technology and 1st century housing is intellectually amusing. The water systems use the simplest principles of physics, yet use advanced plastics. My eyes light up when the uncle offers red beans and rice, tastier than any to be had in Texas. I compliment the chef by offering wafers I bought in a pharmacy for dessert.
Typing this very minute on a Spanish-oriented keyboad. It is QWERTY with a numerpad, and F keys and number keys going across the top, but all similarities end there. All the special characters are in different places. Shift 2 is not a '@'. I have to Alt+6+4 for that. It makes email addresses annoying. Typing markup is grrrrr! heh! The backtick is more prevalent than the apostrophe. Which is odd, since Spanish only has a forward accent mark.
Baby Duck said at 2:11 AM 05-02-2003: What are we talking about? VW? Where? I got your package the day I left, btw. Excellent reading when I had to stay a delayed night in San Jose.
Milky Milkerton said at 11:57 AM 05-02-2003: We had a conversation about a license plate on a VW. And about accounting, something like that. Via someone, can't remember.
