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 May 26: Whooshing
2008-05-28 02:15:00 The sounds of the first hot summer wind whooshing,1. pushing down Bay Street in the financial district on my bicycle,2. driving on the freeway, through the open car door window, and3. seeping in through open cracks in the bedroom windowpanes.
08 May 27: Pick-up
2008-05-28 02:15:00 ?Hello??1. ?One man, 2. a big heart, and 3. a pick-up truck,at your service!? More About: Pick
08 May 25: Emanuel
2008-05-28 02:15:00 Flash forward to the future:1. ?You're like on the wrong side of a James Bond movie.?2. ?Yanni is very close to Yoni, the Indian word for pussy.?3. ?Down East, we say, ?It's colder than a witch's titty!??And, naturally: ?40 is the new 30.? Bless You, Emanuel !
08 Bonus: Tagged
2008-05-14 10:32:00 I have finally tagged my entries on 3 for 365's sibling blog. 1 for 365 is where I post one new thing I've learned each day. Only one tag per post, so let me know what you think - it's a work in progress. More About: Tagged , Bonus
08 May 14 (AM): Fish
2008-05-14 09:46:00 Taxi drivers are a huge inspiration to me in Toronto ? bike neatly folded in the trunk at 4am.1. ?Sneaky Dee's ? ah yes, sneaky disease!?2. ?The people go too soon from camel to Cadillac.?3. ?Your bicycle, young lady, looks like a fish.? More About: Fish
08 May 13: Alright
2008-05-14 01:06:00 1. ?Everything's gonna' be alright.?2. ?Everything's gonna' be alright.?3. ?Everything's gonna' be alright.?Heard in no fewer than three songs today. This has got to be up there with the world's most popular musical refrains... but when I asked my colleague for more, ?Don't give me brain tumours!? More About: Alright
08 May 12: Hum
2008-05-12 17:07:00 1. Peeps: ?* is the one airline where its employees are so sure about everything, especially when they are wrong.?2. Peeps: ?Was that your son who called, or your husband??3. No peeps: The soothing whirr of the bathroom fan and the hum of the DVD playing in my laptop on my lap.
08 May 11: Savages
2008-05-12 05:41:00 Heard and seen on film. Another kind of learning.1. ?I don't want to play in your yard if you can't be good to me.?2. ?We're not in therapy right now, we're in real life.?3. ?I'm not betraying anyone.? ?Only yourself.?
08 May 11: Suggestive
2008-05-12 03:17:00 Heard and seen on film. One kind of learning.1. ?The largest check-cashing chain in the US is funded by Wells Fargo, the 4th largest bank.?2. ?This year, more Americans will go bankrupt than will divorce, graduate from college or get cancer.?3. ?The #1 qualification for working at a bank is suggestive selling experience.?
08 Bonus: Maxed Out
2008-05-12 03:06:00 ?Do you know who one of the most popular customers of credit card companies is right now? People who have been through bankruptcy. The reason ... is that we know two things about them. One is that they can't file for bankruptcy again. And the second is they have a ?taste for credit? ... they are willing to make minimum monthly payments forever. And that's where we make our money.??I just watched Maxed Out : Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders. What a valuable film! More About: Bonus
08 May 10: Pierogi
2008-05-11 16:28:00 1. ?Cleo [the cat] loves Chanel.?2. ?She keeps her professional pierogi table in the basement, right next to the meat grinder.?3. ?Don?t be an ant bully!?
08 May 9: Paths
2008-05-10 08:28:00 1. On the street (in the city): ?I just got a drive-by compliment!?2. On her mind (in the pub): ?I discovered my first grey hair. I've got to make an appointment to get that taken care of.?3. On the radio (in the night): ?Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run, there's still time to change the road you're on.?
08 May 8: FedEx
2008-05-09 02:44:00 1. Made me smile: ?Oh look, you dropped your smile today.? That is one charming FedEx guy!2. Euphemisms: ?I have some quick business to dispose of in the porcelain department.?3. At the 29th floor: ?Must be your age.? Oh look, it's that charming FedEx guy again! Maybe my dentist needs to meet the FedEx guy.
08 May 7: Reward
2008-05-09 02:25:00 1. ?Bite. Hold. Grind.? My dentist quickly fixed my (gasp!) cavity. Which I felt earned my sweet (drilled) tooth a chocolate reward.2. ?You've lost weight. You used to be like this.? [Arms measure two feet of air.] Now there's a compliment. Shouldn't my dentist be looking at my teeth? 3. ?New Kids on the Block are touring in September. It goes online Monday at 10 o?clock. Guess what she wants? She wants floor tickets.? More About: Reward
08 May 6: Date
2008-05-07 01:18:00 2am text message: ?Call me.?1. ?Hey, would you be my date on Thursday?? (Flattery)(?Of course. Only if I don't have to make out with you.?)2. ?Of course not. Plus, you're not my type.? (Relief)(?You?re not my type, either. Glad that's settled.?)3. ?Good! You're like my sister. I love you.? (Affection)(?I love you, too. Go to sleep before we have phone sex.?)
08 May 5: Flow
2008-05-07 00:28:00 1. Surprise, surprise! ?I'm pregnant.? 2. ?In the face of continual change, Taoism suggests we be as adaptable as water, which flows over and around rocks, bending its shape to flow on. If we can let go of the beliefs we are most fond of, then we can open to the new, to paradox and the absurd. This is creativity. This attitude becomes a way of life, even a spiritual path. We are able to let go of old models, and we become humble enough to start all over again.?3. ?If you're the rock, the water will wear you down.? More About: Flow
08 May 4: Mitochondria
2008-05-07 00:20:00 Over drinks in good company:1. ?Not a talented bone, cell, mitochondria in her body!?(?Can I get you another round??)2. Appended to every sentence: ?... but dreaming is free.?(?Can I get you another round??)3. ?I can't compete with crazy.?(?Can I get you another round??)
08 May 3: Helicopter
2008-05-03 04:50:00 1. ?If my business doesn't work out, my exit strategy is to move to Saskatoon.?2. ?It?s a phone!? ?It's a camera!? ?And (in a Swedish accent) it's a helicopter!?3. ?There ain't nothin' as clean as Hogan-cider.? More About: Helicopter
08 May 2: Soled
2008-05-03 04:47:00 1. From Forgetting Sarah Marshall: ?Just went from six o'clock to twelve o'clock.?2. In the sparsely-filled theatre, laughter not from a crowd, but from individuals behind and all around me, making for an intimate matinee.3. The gentle steps of flat, rubber-soled shoes walking along a carpeted corridor ? the only other pair of feet left in the office.
08 May: Heard
2008-05-03 04:45:00 ?If the eyes reveal the soul, the ears would seem not to reveal anything about us; they are the least expressive part of our face. Yet observe their shape, curiously complex, and you will see an extraordinary image of receptivity ? the receptivity we often risk losing in our hurried, convulsive lives. The ear is the image of our openness to the world.?Piero Ferrucci, The Power of Kindness
08 Bonus: Remembering
2008-05-03 04:43:00 Captured in draft posts and tucked away between painful memories, the best of April will soon be yours to share with me. Thanks for your patience as I catch up. April is never made easier by the fact that Toronto doesn't ease into Spring ? it gives birth to it. What a mighty long labour!?Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem to be more afraid of life than death.? James F. Bymes More About: Bonus , Remembering
08 April 29: Bubba
2008-05-01 02:52:00 The Toronto Transit Commission is my never-ending source of inspiration.1. The really big, soft-looking guy over here smells like Hubba Bubba .2. In a sea of rush-hour commuters, someone smells like baby powder.3. A woman over there smells like cherry gum, with a dash of Tabasco. More About: April
08 April 30: Pizza
2008-05-01 02:52:00 The three most prominent and recognizable foods in any downtown Toronto food court:1. Pizza 2. Burgers3. ChineseTempting as I sit there eating my crunchy white salad. More About: April
08 April 28: Laden
2008-05-01 02:52:00 1. ?I love to smell flowers in the dark,? she said. ?You get hold of their soul then.? Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne's House of Dreams2. ?The air came laden with the fragrance it caught upon its way, and the bees, upborne upon its scented breath, hummed forth their drowsy satisfaction as they floated by.? Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop3. ?Don't you love heavy fragrances, faint with sweetness, ravishing juices of odor, heliotropes, violets, water-lilies,--powerful attars and extracts that snatch your soul off your lips?? Harriet Prescott Spofford, The Amber Gods More About: April , April 28 , Laden
08 April 27: Sanitizer
2008-05-01 02:51:00 In a crowded auditorium:1. light, pleasant perfume,2. alcohol hand sanitizer,3. freshly washed hair. More About: April
08 April 25: Glossy
2008-04-26 04:29:00 1. Nature's salty tears in April rain.2. Unstuck pages of a glossy magazine.3. Leather seats in a cozy car interior. More About: Glossy
08 April 26: Elevator
2008-04-26 04:29:00 1. Stepping on: the clean smell of post-housekeeping.2. Stepping in: the clean smell of the polite young man.3. Stepping off: the clean smell of the little old lady. More About: April , Elevator
08 April 23: Twins
2008-04-26 04:28:00 In the spirit of my 1 for 365 blog:1. Women are born better smellers than men and remain better smellers over life.2. Smell function falls off dramatically in men after their mid-50s, a decade earlier than in women.3. Everyone has a unique smell, except for identical twins. More About: Twins , April
08 April 24: Lavender
More articles from this author:2008-04-26 04:28:00 I asked my friend Rehan what her three favourite scents are. She didn't skip a beat:1. lavender, 2. vanilla, and3. pot pourri blends.I never realized how popular and beneficial lavender is. (Even retailers and casinos circulate scents, including lavender, into their ventilation systems to enhance our moods.) More About: April 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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