the happiness, excitement, and general contentedness thread

[dubkitty]

i've been overspending like a mofo in the last few weeks, but as a result i have a bunch of new clothes i'm really happy with. having lost 40 pounds in the last 2 years, i've had to Marie Kondo the fuck out of my wardrobe, and it's really nice to have clothes that fit me and which i really like. right now everything i'm wearing is brand new other than my jeans, which i can't replace right now cos i'm still about 25 pounds from my target weight...a wonderful North Face flannel shirt that's hella thick and floofy and warm enough to wear as a coat down to 45°F, a Patagonia mountain-biking top that's comfy as hell and has 3/4 sleeves which i love cos i hate stuff around my hands/wrists but still get cold, and Adidas trail runners. the one Kondo thing i've adapted is "what brings you joy?" which is actually the header on my running list of things to purchase. i've also been going deep on the band tees. i've actually been discovering new music from some of the shirt sellers...the guy with the Durutti Column shirt had shirts with interesting artwork which turned me onto Swell Maps and the utterly brilliant This Heat. i'm only buying stuff that i think i'll love.

[BitchPudding]

Lots of good recently. Worked through a lot of old trauma and finally got closure. Felt like closing the book on a dark part of my life.

I'm also seeing Daughters on Sunday and I'm hype as hell for it. Can't wait.

[dubkitty]

i'm hoping that a similar thing will be part of the road trip in September. i haven't done a long trip by myself without poverty or emotional turmoil in decades, and i'll finally be able to have three weeks where i can go anywhere i can afford, do pretty much anything i want, and have loads and loads of time to ponder. i want things to be different after i get back, but i need to try to understand exactly what and how.

[moid]

Watching two young badgers play in our garden this evening, having a great time munching the peanuts we put out for them. Badgers are awesome

[Chankgeez]

Dachshunds like 'em too.

[dubkitty]

fun fact: dachshunds were bred to go down the burrow and drag the badger out by the face. you may have noticed their, erm, attitude; now you know why.

[PanicProne]

FINALLY got own to doing demo recordings with my band, after years of not finalizing anything it feel amazing to be able to just listen to something while not playing it at the same time. 6 out of 14 songs done. Hopefully we can keep it up and do the record this summer.

[TraceItalian]

Met up with my dad's best friend the other day, seriously thought this man was dead, as I haven't seen him since around the time my dad died 15-16 years ago. He asked if I wanted to help finish up some songs that my dad and him half-assed in high school, which is a cool project, and he offered to let me use his shop for building/repairing acoustics, which is pretty great.

[neonblack]

I listened to my own music on vinyl for the first time the other day. Fucking weird experience.

Soon, you too can experience my music on vinyl!

[BetterOffShred]

Met up with my dad's best friend the other day, seriously thought this man was dead, as I haven't seen him since around the time my dad died 15-16 years ago. He asked if I wanted to help finish up some songs that my dad and him half-assed in high school, which is a cool project, and he offered to let me use his shop for building/repairing acoustics, which is pretty great.

That's pretty cool man.

[Dapper Bandit]

fun fact: dachshunds were bred to go down the burrow and drag the badger out by the face. you may have noticed their, erm, attitude; now you know why.

Loved Daschunds before, adore them now. Thanks for the fact, it truly was fun!

[dubkitty]

never mess with a dachshund; they will fuck you right up.

[moid]

I'm ignoring you all and continuing in my adoration for cute badgers They ate three pears this evening (I thought some fresh fruit might go well with the peanuts)

Are dachshunds larger in the USA? They are tiny pathetic things in the UK that you can tread on without noticing; I really find it hard they would last more than a few seconds against a badger... or maybe British badgers are much larger than American ones? Or have UK dachshunds have been bred into miniature sizes? The ones I've seen have been about the size of a cat...

[Chankgeez]

I like badgers too… and skunks… and other woodland creatures!

My joke was just that dachshunds were bred to hunt the badgers. So, they "like" 'em.

[Dandolin]

Woodland Creatures: an bande nayme.

Whenever I hear that phrase I think of filligreed folkerie a la Anthony Philips' 'Private Parts and Pieces 37'
'Woodland Creatures' could be an instrumental edit from 'Now What {Are They Doing to My Little Friends'
also-I saw a standard dachshund next to a miniature once--the standard was like 3x the size of the mini Maybe that's why there are so many badgers in the UK? (or is it because they aren't obsessively hunted down by gun-totin' slappies?) I would not personally want to be involved in cornering a badger bc badger would win. Mustilidae: do not fuck with. Mad respect for Dachsunds.