Cheer me up, please.

[flvegan]

How was your day? Give me a positive story, or a pleasant "well, today I..." post, if you're willing.

I could use a lift around here.

Thanks in advance!

:hi:

[LeftyMom]

1. .

:hug:

[flvegan]

5. 2 strikes.

Not going to be easy.

[Deja Q]

2. I'm starting the Mediterranean diet.

Is that a positive thing?

:hug:

[flvegan]

7. I think so.

If it helps you meet your goal, then yes, it is. I understand that the intake of WINE is a big part of it. Thumbs up!

[Deja Q]

45. I thought it was select vegetables and fish...

But if wine's a component, great. Maybe I'll meet a nice Mediterranean too! :9

[GoddessOfGuinness]

3. I really don't have great news, but

I hope you feel better soon! :hug:

[flvegan]

8. Thank you.

Just a little down in the dumps right now around here. That's all.

We need a :hug back: smilie, I think.

[KitchenWitch]

4. I was able to get pseudoephedrine without showing ID and signing the book!

:woohoo:

[flvegan]

12. I have to admit

that I have a good stash of the real thing. Tablets, totally vegan (for my sake). I'd tell you where it was, but then, you know...

That IS good news, though. I hate how they're treating folks over such a silly thing. I mean, if you're going to make meth or whatever, you'll be buying it in BULK, right?

[KitchenWitch]

14. What they need to limit is the other chemicals used to make meth

not pseudoephedrine.

[flvegan]

23. Agreed.

But the ephedra ban had little to do with meth. It was about Big Pharma and their weight loss dope. Wouldn't want folks doing that without help from an herb used for generations that Big Pharma couldn't capitalize on, eh?

Phen-Fen, anyone?

[KitchenWitch]

25. I know, do not get me started on big Pharma

They dictate to the FDA, when it should be the FDA dictating to them.

[flvegan]

26. Oh, I hear you...

I know of a number of drugs that got denied then passed during "midnight sessions" rehearing them. Totally agreed, there.

[ZombieNixon]

6. I totally kicked ass in animation class today!

I AM FREAKING GOD! (I built a photorealistic human being with only two months experience in the application :D)

:hi:

[flvegan]

15. Dude

I have no idea what you just said. I got "animation class" but then you lost me.

However, I'm led to believe that you have an artistic gift, and that you nailed it. That is a kick ass, positive thing. Also, being God, that would be pretty kick-ass, too.

[ZombieNixon]

16. Being God is cool!

:bounce:

You should try it sometime! :D

[flvegan]

27. I don't think that

any of us want that. Me? God? Nah, trust me...

[Dangerously Amused]

55. Wh...wh... what?! You're NOT a god?

Then where the hell have all my prayers and chants and sacrificial rituals to you been going then? Huh? HUH?!?

[Mutley]

9. Today I aced my transitional grammar test

even though I think transitional grammar is bullocks.

:bounce:

[flvegan]

17. Who did what?

Transitional grammar? To me, that's my mother's mother making a passage to another form or state.

[Mutley]

19. I don't think you want to know.

It's enough to make you want to pull all your hair out. :D

[flvegan]

30. Promise me

that you won't tell my mom. She taught English (mensa, all that crap) for decades. However, this: "The purpose of this course is to learn complex grammatical structures which can be used in academic writing classes, and to insure that students are capable of producing these structures independently."

I don't think so.

[Mutley]

39. I won't tell her, I promise.

Sounds like she taught traditional grammar, which is more in line with my own preferences. :D

[bertha katzenengel]

10. Today was shit -- BUT THEN, I came home to two icy cold beers,

a fine meal cooked with love, kisses from my beloved, laughter from her niece & nephew-in-law, here for a week, and the appreciation - if not love - of several animals.

:hug:

Oh - and I have just a week to go on my job, then I'm free for a month.

Best to you, dear one.

[flvegan]

18. There it is.

Well done.

[bertha katzenengel]

28. Wish you could be here

to see the critters I'm lucky enough to care for. One of my ferals has a broken leg - she is too wild to get near. :( Fortunately she knows where to go for food (Maryland Pushover House!). Niece & NIL saw one of our foxes today. Rocky Raccoons are out there fighting over their dinner. I love living out here.

The critters would cheer you, I think.

I gotta go to bed but best wishes - yet more - heaped on you. Wish I could pick you up more.

[flvegan]

32. You did.

You did...thanks.

[xmas74]

11. I ordered a couple of lovely tie-dyed hemp shirts for

my daughter.

She's gonna love them when she sees them!

[flvegan]

20. Oooh, where from?

C'mon...give us a good shameless plug.

Cool hemp shirts dyed in such a fashion aren't as common as we'd all like them to be.

[xmas74]

22. An aquaintance (from college) is making them for me.

She's experimenting for now. I've encouraged her to start her own business online-I informed her that I could send a link to hundreds of people!

If I talk her into it I'll put up the link. She's mailing them to me from IL in about two weeks. I paid only for the materials-no labor.

[WindRavenX]

13. I found a cool tie-dye dolphin tapestry

I like dolphins.

Go watch something with dolphins--they'll cheer you up :hi:

[flvegan]

21. Bad idea with me.

The only thing I have here involving dolphins is based on Ric Barry's work or "Lolita: Slave to Entertainment" from Rattle the Cage
http://www.slavetoentertainment.com/ric.htm

Maybe I can find something with a more positive vibe online...

[WindRavenX]

24. there are many good nature programs on dolphins

That simply show them swimming and playing...those fun types of things :D

[yewberry]

29. Good news for one of my students

I work with "at risk" kids, doing one-on-one and small group literacy tutoring. I have several that are not exactly success stories, but there was a hopeful sign for one today.

This little boy, all of 7 years old, has been really struggling and his teacher and I have been worrying about his chances in the larger classroom setting. This boy is a hard one to reach, and despite 8 months of daily one-on-one work, his scores have been low. The new tests were today. At the beginning of the year, he tested at K level, and today he tested at grade 2 + one month.

Yes, it's only one test, but it's really heartening that he was able to focus his energies long enough to take the test in the classroom and to do so well!

Cross your fingers!

[flvegan]

35. And here

I am, pissing about my mood. That's perspective. Good for him, and much thanks to you and your colleagues working through issues with kids like this.

Fingers. Crossed.

[yewberry]

37. That's okay.

You're probably just not getting enough protein.

:evilgrin:

[flvegan]

41. That was

snap-tacular. My personal post of the day. Excuse me, I need to go wipe the tears out of my eyes...

[Guava Jelly]

31. you are so cool

I suck in comparison..does that help?? :)

[flvegan]

38. Um, hmmm...

No, it doesn't, as it's not true. I'm not "so cool" and you certainly don't "suck in comparison"

However, since I know it's comedic, it did make me smile. Thanks!

[Guava Jelly]

46. i have been told i am a gigglelo..

oh well.
some days just suck ass..Just do your best to endure :)

[newcriminal]

33. Well, today I

found a vacation spot in LBI for only $500.00 for 5 nights, for me my dear husband and 5 kids. A great deal! I can't wait we could use the vacation.

[flvegan]

40. 2 things: 1. Welcome to DU!

2. LBI? $500 for 5 nights sounds cheap for 7 folks in a labor camp.

[newcriminal]

49. Thank you

Long Beach Island, the Jersey shore. Saw pictures, two houses from the ocean. It's an older lady renting and since she couldn't rent it for the whole week she made a special deal. I was so lucky.

[Redstone]

34. Hey, I'm walking again. And if that's not enough, there's this:

Tell me THAT didn't make you feel better, I dare you!

Redstone

[flvegan]

42. Is that

a chicken on a boy's head? And he's laughing about it?

Okay, you got me. I feel better. However, you walking again did it more than the picture, which was kind of the icing on the cake.

Nice. Very nice.

[Redstone]

48. Yes, it is. My son and his pet chicken. She's SEVEN years old, which

is goddamn ANCIENT for a chicken, no doubt because she's livin' the life, as chicken lives go.

She hasn't even given us an egg for over a year, but no matter...this isn't a farm, it's a family household. And Chiquita is part of the family.

Furthermore, thanks for the good words. I was so damn proud of myself today when I drove to the bank and walked into and out of it, with no crutches. I told Mrs R that I'd beat this like I've always beaten it. I may be old and damaged, but I'm still the toughest son of a bitch in the valley.

Glad to hear I helped cheer you up.

Redstone

[wildhorses]

36. I slept pretty good today and my back is not hurting and

things at work are going so well that I am finding time to pop off a post or two on occasion:)

[flvegan]

44. Sounds like things are right in the world

right now for you. That IS a positive thing.

Thank you!

[Redneck Socialist]

43. Two on, one out, Big Papi up

Sox down by three. Rivera pitching. Bottom of the eighth.
Exciting stuff! :bounce:

[flvegan]

47. So? What happened?

[Redneck Socialist]

50. He flied out

Manny drove in a run, Nixon fouled out to end the inning. Paplebon starts the ninth and gets two quick outs. Sheffield up...

[Shine]

51. Well, today I drove on an all-day field trip for my third grader's class

40 kids, 10 adults. I'm still wiped out, but it was a fun day, all in all. We were visiting a local strawberry ranch (Driscoll), so we got the full tour and they even fed us a catered lunch for free, which was pretty cool! The kids REALLY liked going into the cooler units, where the temp was 28degrees. BRRRRR.....

:hi: Hope tomorrow is better for you, flvegan! :hug:

[flvegan]

52. Very nice.

40 kids...wow.

Thanks!

[bigwillq]

53. All I can offer is this:

:hug: :hug: :loveya: :hug: :hi: :pals: :hug:

I've had a shitty day too. Make that week.

[flvegan]

54. Thanks, and

right back at you.
:hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:

[Random_Australian]

56. Fixed a big falling out with a DU friend.

As regards to all that, it could be summed up with
Me: "I thought you weren't kidding!"
You:"I thought you were kidding!"

Btw, the tone of my first posts on the subject was not angry,
just confused because I just didn't get what you were doing,
because I thought you weren't kidding, because I never did
find the post you were responding to. (Until pointed out to me
by another DU'er).

In sum total, I am (1)Sorry about that - I am already planning
the next one so no worries about the first one. (2) wanting
you to return to the SSP group. (3) Calm and not at all angry
for the past few days. Even in the incident I was neve angry
- ok I did cry once but never angry.

Look, your friends are waiting, come back! It would break my
heart again to have you dissapear!

(and now that we can get back to kidding)

Bmus come hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooome!

;)

*smiles now*

Cheers,
R_A.

[kiraboo]

57. Today a man I love said he loved me

and I believed him. I'm floating.

[Dangerously Amused]

58. Okay, good stuff here:

Today I took the final step and overcame a personal challenge which has been stressing me out on a daily basis for well over a year. Doing so lifted my spirits tremendously. Presently I am reflecting upon this difficult journey and toasting my great success with a nice foamy root beer and some good doggie and kitty snugglin.'


BUT... I am so sorry to hear about your day, sweet. Here is my biggest, bestest hug for you:

[Ava]

59. here you go flvegan

[Monk06]

60. How about some sage advice from Danny?

Danny:

• (the Camberwell carrot) I invented it in Camberwell, and it looks like a carrot.

• I don't advise a haircut, man. All hairdressers are in the employment of the government. Hairs are your aerials. They pick up signals from the cosmos, and transmit them directly into the brain. This is the reason bald-headed men are uptight.

• The greatest decade in the history of mankind is coming to an end and as Presuming Ed here has so consistently pointed out, we have failed to paint it black.

• London is a country coming down from its trip. We are 91 days from the end of this decade and there's going to be a lot of refugees

• Change down, man. Find your neutral space. You gotta rush. It'll pass. Be seated.

• They're selling hippie wigs in Woolworth's, man.

• This'll tend to make you very high.

• This doll is extremely dangerous. It has voodoo qualities


Danny: Why trust one drug and not the other? That's politics, isn't it?
Withnail: What are you talking about Danny?
Danny: Politics man. If you're hanging on to a rising balloon, you're presented with a difficult decision; let go before it's too late, or hold on and keep getting higher. Posing the question, how long can you keep a grip on the rope?