Since my Uncle Norman died, I have felt like I was floating around place to place. Truth be told, it didn’t really hit me until I started talking to my Aunt Judie about it and replying back to an email on the 21st of February (and Young Love – Close Your Eyes, just happen to come and that didn’t help matters). You can be the happiest person alive, but a death of someone you cared about will always get you thinking about what makes you happy. Hell, it just may be someone you know, or a death you read about that just gets the gear turning.
And mine got turning.
Everyone loves Top 10 lists (maybe that’s why David Letterman is so popular), and there are apps on Facebook to help you create various lists. And I’m also very sure that with a simple Google search you’ll get around 230,000 websites devoted to such lists. Lists can rank your priorities, they can be just a simple way to remember what to do, or it could be what song you listen to first on each day of the week. They are a great way just to give information.
This is going to be a two part post. First part is of ten (10) things that make me happy with no explanation. Then, following some time, I’ll follow up the post with an explanation as to why the item makes/made me happy. Why they make me happy is not really important, some/most are a release for me, while others co-inside with each other and then lead to some of the better memories I have. But that’s gonna come later, for now though, just the list.
a. Standing behind my camera.
b. A good piece of music, preferably classical or ’92 to ’94 Rock Alternative.
c. A good, long drive.
d. An interesting book.
e. A warm night, a clear sky and a half moon.
f. Legos.
g. A real conversation.
h. A B-movie, whether it be kung-fu, sci-fi, horror, or a combination of all three.
i. Baseball.
j. Being able to write.
