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#1 | Back to Top06-04-2009 07:05:47 AM
- dlaire
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35 things which always make you smile
So, which simple actions/things cheer you up?
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#2 | Back to Top06-04-2009 09:22:47 AM
Re: 35 things which always make you smile
Rolling around in soft sheets after a nice hot shower, if I know the next alarm I hear isn't for work or school. Scented body mists, lotions, or oils are a must. 
Akio, you have nice turns of phrase, but your points aren't clear and you have no textual support. I can't give this a passing grade.
~ Professor Arisa Konno, Eng 1001 (Freshman Literature and Composition)
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#3 | Back to Top06-04-2009 01:41:48 PM
- Nanami's Rose Groom
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Re: 35 things which always make you smile
Rose scent, iced green/red/white tea, buying new medieval clothes, dreaming about things, cuddling, reading IRG, speaking with other forum members... and much more.
"Get back to the surface, where the sunlight is so dazzling"
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#4 | Back to Top06-04-2009 05:31:12 PM
- Lightice
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Re: 35 things which always make you smile
Reading intelligent and thought-provoking texts (even better if they're humorous at the same time), seeing and experiencing beautiful things (I love the Japanese garden near my parents' home), meeting genuinely nice people I have something in common with...
Hei! Aa-Shanta 'Nygh!
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#5 | Back to Top06-04-2009 07:16:53 PM
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Re: 35 things which always make you smile
Watching the rain/snow fall, writing a good line in my poetry, being told hello by Prince, walking out into the cool air after a steaming hot shower, reading Dante's Inferno, the Monk, or anything like that, smelling the scent of my deodorant...and I'll think of some more later.
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Faithfully failing at feminine tasks, gender roles, and the conventionality of femininity since 1990.
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#6 | Back to Top06-04-2009 08:37:01 PM
- PrinceoftheLostEternity
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Re: 35 things which always make you smile
Not feeling inadequate, sweating during a workout, a good pudding, a phonecall every once in a while, those surprise text messages...
I want your love and I want your revenge, you and me can write a bad romance.
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#7 | Back to Top06-04-2009 09:06:20 PM
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Re: 35 things which always make you smile
Playing peek-a-boo with babies
bear hugs
when a song really, like gets to you...you hear it and you're like "thats exactly how I feel!"
watermelon flavored candies
dancing until my feet hurt
tickles
watching Anna Faris movies.....
the list could go on
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#8 | Back to Top06-04-2009 11:29:23 PM
- Riri-kins
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Re: 35 things which always make you smile
A lot of things do: getting a text message from my best friend, my kitty nuzzling against me, discovering extra change in my pockets, hearing my favorite song on the radio, getting the latest issue of Shojo Beat, payday, Government Class, etc. 
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#10 | Back to Top06-04-2009 11:55:11 PM
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Re: 35 things which always make you smile
... booze. :/
The first time you looked at her curves you were hooked
And the glances you took, took hold of you and demanded that you stay
And sunk in their teeth, bit your heart and released
Such a charge that you need another touch, another taste, another fix
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#11 | Back to Top06-05-2009 02:30:00 AM
- PrinceoftheLostEternity
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Re: 35 things which always make you smile
When people actually know what SKU is...and they participate in my well though-out RPs...
I want your love and I want your revenge, you and me can write a bad romance.
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#12 | Back to Top06-05-2009 12:25:53 PM
Re: 35 things which always make you smile
Nature walks near trees/water.
Sharing inside jokes.
When somebody makes me a cup of tea - even better when it's exactly how I like it.
Drawing.
Friendly people.
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#13 | Back to Top06-05-2009 02:12:31 PM
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Re: 35 things which always make you smile
My cat, a good story in any form, a compliment, a genuinely funny joke, a really tasty meal, a sunny day with blue skies but it's not too hot, a trip to the beach
20 threads dead so far.
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#14 | Back to Top06-05-2009 05:12:42 PM
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Re: 35 things which always make you smile
listening to the rain, agravating cats, one of those good sketches- the kind that won't stress you out and you can keep at for hours; very theraputic.
Whenever I hear the words 'ara ara' I can't help but giggle, it makes me feel good deep inside...and it always works...
laying in the middle of a lake on a warm day... warm hugs... but in moderation.
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#15 | Back to Top06-06-2009 01:25:30 AM
Re: 35 things which always make you smile
*Spontaneous hugs from peoples in my "hug-zone".
*Editing AMVs. No really. I love it when I'm feeling it. Not the effects part (ick you get so stuck), the actual chopping up editing part.
*Writing new bits to fanfic. It makes me happy. Editing the new bits compulsively makes me frustrated though. 
*A well thought-out fan comment/review. What creator isn't a review-whore? If someone's being affected by my work it makes me grin.
*My cat being mean to me. It makes me laugh. He's so cruel, soooo cruel.
Fanfic: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/385676/sharnii / New AMVs: http://www.youtube.com/user/sharnii2 / Old AMVs: http://www.youtube.com/user/sharnii
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#16 | Back to Top06-07-2009 10:44:30 PM
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Re: 35 things which always make you smile
Stupid people trying to be intelligent. It amuses me and makes my day a little brighter.
...I probably shouldn't have said that, but whatever. It always makes ME smile, at any rate.
Roses have thorns to stop those who would dare deny their right to live.
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#17 | Back to Top06-13-2009 05:51:43 PM
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Re: 35 things which always make you smile
MissMocha wrote:
... booze. :/
and the sense that someone actually understands me
Whatever you find worthwhile in life, is worth fighting for!
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#18 | Back to Top06-13-2009 06:12:34 PM
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Re: 35 things which always make you smile
Rolling over five minutes before my alarm would normally go off and remembering that it won't go off because it's my day off. Having a drink (or four) with a buddy. Remembering something colossally stupid that I did and laughing because everybody else there was just as bad as me.
Pride is not the opposite of shame, but its source.
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#19 | Back to Top06-13-2009 08:42:46 PM
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Re: 35 things which always make you smile
Listening to good music, preferrably something that I can blaze to. If it's relaxing while I'm sober, then it's a plus and will probably be added to my list of songs I listen to while chillin'.
I want your love and I want your revenge, you and me can write a bad romance.
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#20 | Back to Top06-13-2009 11:45:51 PM
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Re: 35 things which always make you smile
Thought-disrupting moon, watching my cat sleep, giving gifts that are appreciated and appropriate, when people call sex "making love" [well, it makes me laugh...], my girl's boyfriend [ironically], when I cry during dumb movies, waking up to find I can go right back to sleep, dressing up for no reason, and getting smashed.
"Reason I know is only a drug and, as such, its effects are never permanent."
--Hope Mirrlees, Lud-in-the-Mist
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#21 | Back to Top06-14-2009 01:42:26 AM
- PrinceoftheLostEternity
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Re: 35 things which always make you smile
Blazing until I can't sit straight.
I want your love and I want your revenge, you and me can write a bad romance.
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#23 | Back to Top06-14-2009 05:41:37 PM
Re: 35 things which always make you smile
MissMocha wrote:
... booze. :/
I am drinking right now, and heartily concur. 
Discovering a new anime
Getting piercings, especially painful ones
Daydreaming
Emoticons
Spotting autistic people (and there are many)
Girlfriend
Spending time with my mum
Finding new music
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#24 | Back to Top07-20-2009 12:45:46 PM
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Re: 35 things which always make you smile
Ozymandias
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#25 | Back to Top07-20-2009 02:28:25 PM
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Re: 35 things which always make you smile
Seeing people in love.
Setsuna wrote:
Ozymandias
You mean the poem by Shelley?
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