Three Good Things Happened To Me TodayThree Good Things Happened To Me TodayThree Good Things Happened To Me Today. No matter how bad the day - and yes, some days it's really hard - I will document something good! A personal exercise in positive thinking. A daily journal inspired by UPenn's Positive Psychology branch. 
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08 March 1: Skates
2008-03-04 02:26:00 1. Green jolly jelly beans in sour apple flavour.2. One, 4 yrs old; one, XX yrs old. Both new to ice hockey skates. ?You're doing a great job, Matthew!? ?You're doing a great job, Auntie Julia!?3. Fresh green salad beside the soft shell pasta. More About: March
08 Three Things: Disco
2008-03-02 21:38:00 Three things to love this leap year:1. Now Magazine's annual Love & Sex Survey. 2. The pain and pleasure (hate it! love it!) of Pilates.3. Disco Pigs, now on stage in Toronto, which asks:What is the colour of love? More About: Things
08 February 29: Reunion
2008-03-02 21:38:00 1. Reunion . Snowy night. Cozy café. Guitar music.2. Conversation. Slushy night. Honey lemon tea. Ideas.3. Pick-up? Chilly night. Flattery. University students. More About: February
08 February 28: Together
2008-03-02 21:37:00 1. Labour of Love: Dad and daughter put aside their differences to work together.2. Love of Labour: Gift of time and opportunity to work through another To Do List.3. Labour, Love: Someone likes me enough to offer me work, which I gratefully accept. More About: February
08 February 27: Glass
2008-03-02 20:48:00 As a sick-winter-flu person, I love:1. catching up on a proper night's sleep;2. sipping tea, warm and dry at home; and3. watching, with great fascination, hot water running over my outreached hands, fingers like glass, in the steamiest of showers. More About: Glass , February
08 Bonus: Trevor Mills
2008-02-27 23:36:00 Trevor Mills is a gifted - and very funny - local musician whom I have had the pleasure of hearing live. I cannot resist songs titled:1. Karaoke Cowboy2. Waltzing Country Song3. I'm My Own Grandpa More About: Bonus
08 February 26: Something
2008-02-27 01:46:00 1. Loving Ideas - Creating something out of nothing.2. Loving Atonement - Why didn't this win Best Picture?3. Loving Loving Men - ?I apologize; I was wrong.? More About: February
08 Three Things: Time
2008-02-26 23:18:00 1. Love strained, time running out: holding hands, seated on a narrow and dangerous cliff edge overlooking the Greek Islands below at sunset.2. Fleeting love: eyes glued to each other across a crowded room, phone number pressed firmly in pocket, separated in a sea of impossible chaos.3. Washed over with love: walking into grandma's living room, setting eyes for the first time on the newborn, on his back, looking up calmly. More About: Time , Things
08 February 25: Women
2008-02-25 23:19:00 I am incredibly lucky to work alongside women who listen to (i) my stories, (ii) my neuroses, and (iii) my paranoia. Thank you!1. W2. J3. R More About: Women , February
08 February 23: Ballet
2008-02-25 23:09:00 Supportive. Elegant. Fraternal.1. Before hockey: Company of a good friend.2. During hockey: It truly is ballet on ice!3. After hockey: Bond amongst teammates. More About: Ballet , February
08 February 24: Body
2008-02-25 23:09:00 My nephews have a game called ?Human Body .? This post is dedicated to Lukas, who is two years old. He has just discovered talking. He loooves it.1. ?Auntie Julia, do you know how to play human body??2. Auntie: ?Who is that??Lukas: ?That's my girrrl.?3. Auntie: ?What's your favourite part of the human body??Lukas: ?PANTS!? More About: February
08 February 22: Queen
2008-02-25 23:08:00 1, 2, 3 lovely meetings . . .. . . in our beautiful, historic Toronto. I love Queen Street West, a portion of which was ravaged by fire this week. On the bright side, watching people come together is a testament to the love that lives in our city. More About: February
08 Three Things: Crushes
2008-02-22 06:36:00 Three media crushes, in no particular order:1. Pierre Karl Péladeau2. Leonard Asper3. Edgar Bronfman, Jr.Bonus: James Murdoch . . . More About: Things
08 February 21: Fingertips
2008-02-22 06:35:00 Feeling it in my fingertips . . . rat-a-tat-tat-tat!1. Writing emails; receiving responses in kind.2. Requesting appointments; getting commitments.3. Typing typing all day; progressing progressing.Rat-a-tat-tat-tat . . . feeling it in my In Box. More About: February , February 21
08 February 20: Feeling It
2008-02-22 06:27:00 1. At the warmly lit booth, Japanese food set down.2. In the swimming pool, sun piercing through glass.3. Under the lunar eclipse beneath a clear, crisp sky. More About: Feeling , February
08 February 19: Breathless
2008-02-20 23:22:00 More Acts of Love on the Subway.1. Driver pausing to hold the door for a breathless commuter.2. Young man offering his seat to an older woman on the train.3. Passenger trying his darndest to give away his beloved paper. More About: Breathless , February
08 Bonus: le BigSpy
2008-02-20 04:12:00 J'aime l'Internet!1. le chatting: http://www.jajah.com/2. le networking: http://mashable.com/ 3. le digging: http://labs.digg.com/ More About: Bonus
08 February 18: Brother
2008-02-19 05:45:00 Teaching is Love. My brother:1. taught me to think just a little bit differently,2. taught me to look and see things as they are,3. taught me the finer points of shooting pool. More About: Brother , February
08 February 17: Effort
2008-02-19 05:40:00 1. Friends come out . . .2. Friends stay out . . .3. Friends feel better . . .. . . even in the shitty weather! More About: February
08 February 16: Four
2008-02-19 05:35:00 1. To an auntie: ?Auntie, I have four letters for you.?2. To a nephew: ?Habibi, I have four hugs for you.?3. To a sister: ?Sit down, I'm preparing us dinner.? More About: February
08 February 15: Steady
2008-02-16 04:31:00 1. I love my ladies for giving me an on-the-spot pedicure.2. I love my doc for the drugs, even if it took some begging.3. I love my workplace for the steady supply of free food. More About: February
08 February 14: Design
2008-02-16 00:34:00 Today, Kat and I love InDesign .1. Embedded files allowing non-destructive editing.2. PSD and AI integration for greater productivity.3. Lots of transparencies and other robust features!(Ok, I'll say it: Happy V-Day.) More About: February
08 February 13: Sunshine
2008-02-14 04:08:00 4pm, Toronto. Walking west on Richmond Street at Portland. From behind, a stumpy yellow Short School Bus.A sweet young voice hollers out the window to no one in particular: 1. ?I love you!?Then, even louder and with greater enthusiasm, in a sing-song kind of way:2. ?I looove cheese pizza!!?The Short School Bus drives past. A girl of about 10 wearing thick Coca-Cola-bottle glasses is sticking her head out the window, fingers curled over the edge. She reminds me of Olive from Little Miss Sunshine . She looks directly at me, eyes and mouth wide open with glee, and nearly screams, red in the face:3. ?I loooooove meatballs!!!?The Short School Bus turns South on Bathurst Street a block ahead. All I can hear, fading into the distance:?I ... love ... pepperoni ... pizza ...? More About: February
08 February 12: Txthug
2008-02-13 00:17:00 I messaged my friends:?My alumni mug has shattered all over the bathroom floor, I have been rejected for four jobs ? what does it all mean?!?They responded to me:1. ?It means pick up the pieces, dust yourself off & try again. Godspeed! U have my support.?2. ?It means ? after da rain comes sunshine! Sorry about yer shitty luck. I'm sure it'll get betta soon. I send u a txthug!?3. ?It means you and I need to hookup.? Ha!I love my friends. More About: February
08 February 11: Titles
2008-02-11 23:07:00 Tracks I listened to this afternoon:?Until We Burn In The Sun (The Kids Just Want A Love Song)?Bedouin Soundclash?You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You're Told)?The White Stripes?Love In the Greater Toronto Area Takes Public Transportation?Evalyn Parry More About: February , Titles
08 February 10: La Bomba
2008-02-11 00:51:00 Tonight I celebrate Love of Writing with Love of Food.1. Crisp and thin wheat germ crackers topped with:a. aged cheddar cheese (?sharp and crumbly?),b. salami (with cracked black peppercorns),c. La Bomba Hot Antipasto Spread (mmm),2. next to Spanish Marinated Artichoke Hearts, and3. finished with a glass of Niagara Peninsula red wine. More About: February
08 February 9: Kindness
2008-02-11 00:24:00 We are all on a spiritual journey, whether we like it or not.1. Love for Another: waking up self-aware.2. Love for Housework: cathartic, as always.3. Love for Meditation: The Metta Bhavana (Development Of Loving Kindness ) - Bodhipaksa. Falling asleep self-aware.I actually typed ?Medication? there at first. More About: February
08 February 7: Minutes
2008-02-11 00:23:00 ?I would like to see you again sometime soon.??I would like to see you again in five minutes.??I would like to see you again in ten minutes.? More About: Minutes , February
08 February 8: Vibrant
2008-02-11 00:23:00 Music, The Love of:1. Party: Musical world travellers, united.2. Pub: Vibrant live folk music performance.3. Train: Young man moving to the music. More About: February
08 February 6: Me-Day
More articles from this author:2008-02-10 16:23:00 Some days, you look outside at the blizzard around you (literal or figurative) and you realize, today's the day to call in a Personal Health Day. For the Love of Self!Me-Day 1: love of learning (reading)Me-Day 2: love of resting (napping)Me-Day 3: love of friends (phone) More About: February 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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