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. Articles
08 February 5: Uplifting
2008-02-10 16:22:00 1. Appetite: Lee loved her Chilean salad so much, she ordered a second one. I was too busy working on all the other good food at Jumbo Empanadas.2. Harmony: I and two other swimmers respectfully shared a single pool lane. There was a mutual love of water between us; it was uplifting to swim alongside each other.3. Rescue: My colleagues and I love each other in good times and bad. This was one of those help-each-other-complete-the-dirtiest-of- tasks kind of times. More About: February , February 5
08 February 4: Adolescent
2008-02-10 16:22:00 1. Employer Love: I took an extra-long break, with blessing.2. Academic Love: I met my teacher and online class in a library session, where we shared our passion for learning and extensive online resources.3. Adolescent Love: I was delighted to learn that my friend's daughter actually broke the bed she inherited from me a few years ago! More About: February
08 February 3: Lovely
2008-02-10 16:22:00 1. My sister called me from the West Coast.2. My new friend called me from Toronto...3. ... and we had a lovely, late conversation.It's nice when someone cares enough to call. More About: Lovely , February
08 February 2: Chomsky
2008-02-10 16:22:00 1. Love of People: Organizing, editing, reminiscing and sharing trip photos with my travel companions, and they sharing theirs with me.2. Love of Italian Food: Paying a much-needed visit to my local bakery.3. Love of Humanity: Watching the 15th anniversary edition of Manufacturing Consent, featuring Noam Chomsky (who, unfortunately, is a little old for me). More About: February
08 February 1: Holds
2008-02-04 23:31:00 Feeling the love in TORONTO, CanadaMany good things happen on the subway:1. A young man holds his girlfriend protectively as people sway back and forth.2. A father spends time teaching his young daughter some important life lesson.And when one gets off the subway:3. Julia welcomes herself home with a pint of Guinness, solo - but not really solo, as girlfriends are with her, chatting on the phone from the other side of town. More About: February , Holds
08 February: Love
2008-02-04 23:29:00 On the New York subway the other day:?Hey man, your bag is open.??Thanks, man.?I was reminded of the film Love Actually (?love, actually, is everywhere?). This is going to be my theme for February .
08 January 31: Oatmeal
2008-02-04 23:29:00 QUEENS, New York1. Yariv prepared the best-ever oatmeal breakfast.2. Local flat rate taxi to the airport - yay, Queens!3. Airport security didn't take away my lethal hairpin when it beeped - but he did tell me that I looked pretty with or without it. Just a regular Casanova!I love the traffic and the honking in Queens. It's got its own characteristic buzz. All of New York is an aural experience. Look up a track by Moby called ?Extreme Ways.? Listen carefully to the opening music - those tones sound just like sped-up versions of the New York subways pulling out of the stations. More About: January , Oatmeal
08 Bonus: Chimes
2008-02-04 23:29:00 QUEENS, New York 4am, from a fourth-floor apartment: a distant soundtrack directly below me. As one subway train geared up to pull out of the station, another one came to a halt, with a high-pitched squeak, from the opposite direction. Chimes. I felt so connected in that moment to the city - a living, breathing organism. More About: Bonus
08 January 30: Queens
2008-02-04 23:29:00 QUEENS, New York1. TV: Being fed dinner while watching bad, predictable prime-time television with my two lovely Israeli housemate hosts.2. Sink: Washing dishes in hot, soapy water, all the while sweating over dirty pots and pans - and feeling good about that.3. Bed: Three more shots of that Hennessy cognac (i) to cure the still-present Utah Plague, and (ii) to drift into deep sleep. More About: January , Queens
08 January 30: Manhattan
2008-02-04 23:28:00 NEW YORK, New York1. The New Museum on Bowery2. The new MUJI store on Broadway3. Tea with Marcello at Think CoffeeBONUS: Persepolis at the Angelika More About: January , Manhattan
08 January 29: Cinnamon
2008-02-04 23:26:00 QUEENS, New YorkIn Astoria, dinner at Telly's Taverna:1. three appetizers before main entrée2. warm honey and cinnamon dessert3. plus three shots of Hennessy cognac More About: January , Cinnamon
08 January 29: Constellations
2008-02-04 23:26:00 NEW YORK, New York1. The best flight wake-up ever, as I lifted the window shade next to my head and looked down upon constellations - no, galaxies! - of lights upon lights, stretching all the way to the horizon.2. At Bloomingdale's, I met a principled sales woman. A kindred spirit who lost a very big sale to me. I, on the other hand, was grateful for her honesty over what I suspected what a dubious product.3. Through the streets of Manhattan, I was never in my life so happy to feel the drizzle of rain. More About: January
08 January 25: Directors
2008-02-04 23:25:00 PARK CITY, UtahTwo directors and an MC at the Egyptian:1. Olly Blackburn, director of Donkey Punch.2. Yung Chang, director of Up the Yangtze.3. Justin MC This Hammond said hi again. More About: January
08 January 23: Biscuit
2008-02-04 23:25:00 PARK CITY, UtahI've caught the Plague. From bed, three good memories:1. I've been invited to quite a few parties (not that I can attend in this condition). It's nice that so many people reach out to each other.2. In my North Face Triple C coat - I only mention it because it deserves to be mentioned - people tell me I look like a full-sized ?biscuit,? ?croissant,? ?scone? ... soda cracker?3. My favourite film so far: The Linguists. See this film! More About: January
08 January 24: Green
2008-02-04 23:25:00 PARK CITY, Utah1. In a teacup: I discovered Amazing Airborne.2. In a sweat: I felt like I may be getting better.3. In a compliment: I was told I looked a lovely shade of green - and ordered to return straight home. Where my brother called me. Which made my day.Health is wealth! More About: Green , January
08 January 26: Anvil
2008-02-04 23:25:00 It was a beautiful day in PARK CITY, Utah.1. Film took place. Fabulous festival closing party.2. Meetings took place. All were equal in the eyes of the bus, shuttling around into various directions.3. Anvil took place. I caught the end of Anvil. If you see just one Sundance 2008 film, this should be it. It was universally adored. This film is not about heavy metal; it's about following your dreams. More About: January
08 January 27: Comfy
2008-02-04 23:25:00 PARK CITY, Utah1. Wrap: Farewell on Main to friends old and new.2. Timing: Trolley uphill, saving ourselves a walk.3. Wine: Ladies chatting it up on comfy couches. More About: January , Comfy
08 January 28: Waive
2008-02-04 23:25:00 SALT LAKE CITY, UtahA Park City blizzard caused many travellers to miss their flights. I missed mine, ironically because it was the only one that left on time (good for some people).1. Airline waived what could have been a $2200 re-route fee.1a. Squatters in Concourse C served me an ace smoothie!LOS ANGELES, California2. Free body wash from LAX The Body Shop. Free sauna, too, inside my Triple C coat, surrounded by warm California.3. Just before settling into sleep on an empty red-eye flight, a text message from Toronto made me feel less lonely. More About: January
08 January 15: Laptop
2008-02-02 01:50:00 PARK CITY, Utah1. Tucked into bed, sipping homemade chicken soup, thanks to first housemate.2. From a tall bar stool in the kitchen, web access, thanks to second housemate.3. In the bathroom, brushing my teeth with toothpaste, thanks to third housemate.We are in white, snowy Utah. Home to Polygamy Porter beer. ?Why have just one! Take it home to your wives.? More About: Laptop , January
Bonus: 3 P'tits Cochons
2008-02-02 01:45:00 ?Mom said married men are like library books ? you have to return them.??Who starts to smoke at 36 anyway???Me, a debt collector, being hounded by a debt collector!? More About: Bonus
08 January 14: MC This
2008-02-02 01:13:00 In Transit, USA1. Over America: 3 P'tits Cochons, this year's French-Canadian film sensation2. Over Colorado: my seatmate Justin, aka MC This, reached over and played United Airlines Channel 7 in my ear - silly, nonsensical reverberations 3. Over Dinner: ?How are you? I haven't seen you in minutes!? More About: January
Bonus: USA
2008-01-14 01:47:00 I'm off until the end of the month. I will do my resolute best to blog in my notebook every day, to bring you lots of good things from Park City, Utah and Queens, New York.?Each moment is a place you've never been.? - Mark Strand More About: Bonus
08 January 13: Streetcar
2008-01-14 01:45:00 1. Wrapped in my long coat, tea in hand: streetcar ride home.2. Back home: Joe lent me his passcard, helped me with laundry.3. Leaving home: Helpful emails circulating in preparation for. More About: January
08 January 12: JDate
2008-01-14 01:35:00 1. Tableful: two-puck air hockey2. Boothful: secret foot massages3. Pillowful: soft, buttery kisses More About: January , January 12
08 January 11: Frings
2008-01-14 01:23:00 1. Brewing ideas in a morning meeting (tea, cafe table, the creative manager).2. Accepting ideas in a phone call (crepes, restaurant table, the university prof).3. Sharing ideas in a quick bite (frings, dinner table, the creative professional). More About: January
08 January 10 (pm): Salad
2008-01-12 01:27:00 1. On the way out the door, a call to the West End.2. On arrival at the pub, new acquaintances pointed out that ?thank you? in Somalian sounds like ?my hot salad.?3. On J's face, sparkly eyes were smiling. More About: January , Salad
08 January 10 (am): Mc
2008-01-10 19:46:00 1. McKitchen: assembled a simple Swedish ensemble.2. McCafeteria: saved by savoury Swedish meatballs.3. McGregor: socks outlet discovered in Etobicoke! More About: January
08 January 9: Towards
2008-01-10 19:45:00 1. Leaning against a concrete column, legs crossed,2. in a secluded corner at the top of a tower, looking3. west over the city towards him, in conversation. More About: January
08 January 8: Tommy
2008-01-10 03:02:00 1. Damsel in a vehicle hummed through a successful exam.2. Damsel in distress, stuck in suburbia, made an emergency call to Tommy , who immediately rescued her.3. Damsel in sadness cried to Jung on the phone - and Jung listened because she is a First Class Lass. More About: January
08 January 7: Worklace
More articles from this author:2008-01-08 04:38:00 1. On my hands. Folded, prayer-like, in front of me, the lingering scent of saltwater.2. On Facebook. An invitation to coffee from someone I had a crush on 20 years ago.3. In-box. Typos I rather like and will certainly adopt: (i) Rubway, and (ii) Worklace. More About: January 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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