0164: INTERSPECIES FRIENDSHIPS

Animals of different species can be friends. Humans too, surely can all be friends - at least we have the advantage of being the same species! Animals being kind to other animals puts a smile on your face and a warmth in your heart.

Check out more interspecies friendships here:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/chelseamarshall/most-touching-interspecies-friendships-you-never-thou

0163: LOOKING THROUGH PHOTO ALBUMS

On the weekend, I went to a funeral of someone very close to me. When we back to our friends' house, we looked through dozens of photo albums. I saw all of my family and friends past and present in black and white or seventies film filter. It was just beautiful.

0162: BUTTER

Is there anything better than butter?
Think it over.
Every time you taste something that's delicious beyond imagining, and you say, "What is in this?" the answer is always going to be "butter." It's incredible. It's been whisked into submission, that's why. The day there's a meteorite heading toward the earth and we have 30 days to live, I am going to spend it eating butter. Here's my final word on the subject. You can never have too much butter.
Julie Powell, Julie&Julia

 

MMMmmmmmmm. the smell of frying butter. Just like in my grandma's kitchen.

0161: THE BEATLES

Paul, John, George and Ringo.

Wikipedia says:

The Beatles have had more number-one albums on the British charts and sold more singles in the UK than any other act. According to the RIAA, they are the best-selling band in the United States, with 177 million certified units. In 2008, the group topped Billboard magazine's list of the all-time most successful "Hot 100" artists. As of 2013, they hold the record for most number-one hits on the Hot 100 chart with 20. They have received 7 Grammy Awards, an Academy Award for Best Original Song Score and 15 Ivor Novello Awards. Collectively included in Time magazine's compilation of the 20th century's 100 most influential people, the Beatles are the best-selling band in history, with EMI Records estimating sales of over one billion units. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked The Beatles as the best artist of all-time.


They are immortal. And I can't think of any normal person who doesn't like and know one of their songs. Well done boys. 

Probably the greatest rock and roll band in existence. No doubt about it. They taught us everything, from how to twist and shout, to what love is really all about. Listen to their music if you need a little pick-me-up!

0160: EPIC RAP BATTLES

 



Oh my dear lord!! I could choose just one so I've posted four - they are that good. If we get past the swearing, these are so funny, but particularly clever. Anyone can rap about seeing a girl in a club and wanting to take her home to your cribs and condos with your king sized mattress where you can lay, or about how angry you are, but making argumentative raps - now that is truly a skill. So choc full of information, debate and hilarity. If you can deal with the language (they are not all offensive) they are the best mood lifter!! Soooooooooooo good.

 

P.S who do you think won in each one??

0159: REALLY GREAT EMAILS

Those really cute emails about animals, amazing pictures, funny little stories, tear jerking inspiration, or forward to x people or you no-one will ever love you/you will die/something possessed will appear and tear out your lungs and eat your appendix. Gotta love 'em.

0158: KNOWING ALL ALONG

So basically being a good friend. Fo shiz though, I can be so blind sometimes, but every once in a while, I know something. I don't often pick up on the way people feel, or what they "really mean" but when I really care about someone, I know things about them that they don't even know.

So to those people out there who I love, I know, and have known all along. I'm here for you. And always will be. You know who you are.

0157: BUFFETS

Breakfast buffet, dinner buffet, lunch buffet, dessert buffet. All-you-can-eat, obesity encouraging, go to the bathroom heaps to make room for more food, go home and not eat for days afterwards buffets. You get the idea. The complete sensory overload - visual, olfactory, aural, oral, intestinal...

Note: wear something-loose fitting around the waist.

0156: THE MINIONS IN DESPICABLE ME

It's strange - I saw Despicable Me 2 last night (I loved it by the way), and I laughed pretty much non-stop, but was one of few doing so (everyone laughed on-and-off, but few laughed without an interval). However, whenever the minions were a part of the action, everyone absolutely lost it. I guess it means that everyone finds them funny. Seriously everyone. They can't not make you happy.



0155: SOUR CHERRY JUICE

I love sour cherry anything, and unfortunately, where I live, it's not something that is widely available. Being the good European girl that I am, I will buy whatever I see that is sour cherry flavoured - which I don't see everyday. Now I'm sorry Ocean Spray, but you just don't cut it. Well today, the local supermarket, for some reason, suddenly had Dimes Sour Cherry juice for $2 for a litre bottle. Naturally, I bought 30. Literally. Now I don't need to go to Eastern Europe to get some decent cherry kapow.

0154: MENTAL HEALTH DAYS

I'm not condoning faking sick, but taking a day to pick up your nuts is highly necessary sometimes. Watch movies, read books, bake something, clean your pantry, study, sleep...



Just a little p.s. blogging=page views/happy readers and not blogging=all-round moroseness. So, in order for the later not to take place, I ask for comments!! Please readers! Please!! I am running out of ideas! Tell me, do you like this post?? Do you hate it and think I am a sloppy hippopotamus??? Let me know! I want to hear from you. I want to know you're there!!! Tell me, what do you think and what makes you happy? Seriously, I'm on 154 and no-one has commented yet. Please guys. Please.

0153: CARE PACKAGES

Have you ever received a care package? Have you ever given one? They are super cute, super adorbs and super lovely. If you have a sick friend, celebrating friend, upset friend or want to be a friend indeed, make a little package to show that you care. And what goes around comes around....

0152: ITALIAN FANTA

It may not be something you would think of, ever! But honestly, it's not like what we have in Australia and from memory unlike the American one. It's, as you can see in the above diagram, slightly lighter in colour, less effervescent and in a way less sweet (obviously not seen from the diagram above). I think, that Fanta Italia is a conspiracy - I believe them to put San Pellegrino Blood Orange into the Fanta cans and bottles. It's just so sophisticated-tasting and delicious instead of unbearably sweet, cavity causing, artificial yuckness.

Those Italians have us beat.

0151: ADVENTURE TIME

Adventure Time, c'mon grab your friends, we'll go to very distant lands with Jake the dog and Finn the human, the fun will never end it's Adventure Time.

I can't even say anything else about it. I t makes me happy beyond words. Shmowzow! The Astral Beast cometh. I read about it in the Enchiridion.

Ok. I'll stop. Starchy's a beezlebub!! What the math? I'm so sorry - poo brain.

0150: FLOWERS

The earth laughs in flowers. Personify your happiness by growing some flowers. Wild flowers are beautiful, but by growing some, you create, nurture, enjoy and are rewarded.

Get a seed catalogue and decide what flower you love most. Buy the seeds or seedlings and plant them in your garden, balcony or window-box. Consider colour and scent. Plant bulbs, flowering trees and bushes. Let flowers make your world more beautiful and fragrant. Enjoy sharing them with others.

0149: STARS

The stars belong to everyone, they gleam there for you and for me.

So grab a blanket and some hot beverage and have a little look-see tonight. Because they really are beautiful.

0148: CUPONK

 

I don't know what to say. I'll let the video's speak for themselves. Basically, I'm leaving you to it while I go and play some Cuponk.

0147: BEING HOT IN COLD AIR

It's so nice when you are hot and a bit pink in the cheeks, to go outside in the cool, crisp air and having the icy atmosphere nibble at your exposed skin. Maybe not to the extent of this poor little cherub. You can run, you can jump and not even get hot because its just so chilly outside. I love not getting red in the face or sweaty when I jog. And then, ironically, isn't it nice to come into your warm house, discover how ice cold most of your skin is - clothed or not - and getting all toasty warm again.

0146: LOOKING UP GOOD LOOKING PEOPLE

Oh my god, oh my god you guys. Man-cake overload!! Some bad aqua-man-cake up there ^ and then, let's not even  get me started on this hunk right down here. Ahhh...

Look up some mother father gentlemen if your sad. Yummy.

0145: BREAKFAST

It is the most important meal of the day. And it doesn't have to be boring Cheerio's and old milk - you can have Fruit Loops and bananas or cake!!

Here are some slightly less loopy ideas:
http://whatshouldieatforbreakfasttoday.com/

0144: ORANGE JELLIES

Tricky and tasty. Oh-yeah! I don't even know how to explain how delicious they are.

0143: FIREPLACES

So cozy and warm. You can toast some marshmallows with convenience and safety. And they are apparently a mode of transport. We humans just like fire in general really. Except when it unintentionally burns things, like that new Persian rug or those people's houses - in which case it is terrible.

0142: DANCE TROUPES

The inside and inter-schools cattiness, the dance mums, the jazz faces, the fat kids, the eisteddfods, the smell of hairspray, immaculate buns, lots of eye-shadow, the awkward boys, the prim donnas, that one person who is out of time or forgot the steps and the G-strings. Oh! the world of dance - and all that jazz.

0141: KIDS CLOTHES

Cute kids clothes makes me want to force my brother to have kids so I can dress them up. I was in Pumpkin Patch today, and the kids section of Myer and I nearly cried the clothes were so nice and cute. I wish I fit them :(

0140: BROADWAY MUSICALS

The true sign of a great Broadway musical is when you sing the first thing you say after watching them. It is good if you feel weird talking and hearing other people talk. It's amazing if both these things happen and you sing the songs for the rest of the month.

P.s. this one's for you Rima!!

0139: COOL TATTOOS

Cool tattoos are great fun, but for those of us who are concerned about millions of injections and the wrinkly years, there are temporary tattoos - which are off the chain, by the way, because you can rub them off and change them! All the hardcore-ness of tattoos without the permanent-ness?? Yes please!

And these 'Pepper Ink' tattoos are pretty spiffy. http://www.etsy.com/shop/pepperink

0138: RIFF-OFFS

Have a go. It takes a bit to get into, but it's a true source of happiness. Make sure your around people who you are 'comfortable' around.

0137: NAPPING

It is a sure-fire way to wake up in a better mood. After all, it is possible to sleep away your problems :)

0136: DANCING IN YOUR UNDERWEAR

It's seriously fun. Just make sure no-one can see you.

0135: YOUR FAVOURITE MEAL

Favourite food + eating it = happy. Not much more to it than that.

0134: CARTOONS IN THE MORNING

I believe this to be the essence of childhood. There is nothing like it, really.

0133: MAKEOVERS

A bit of makeup here, some bobby pins there and a crazy outfit - although maybe we don't always end up looking as good as Anne Hathaway. 

0132: INCENSE

I'm not actually allowed to burn incense in my house because my dad can't stand it, but that means I go nuts everywhere else. I also really love when you go into those shops that just smell like incense and then all the things in the shop smell like incense. Ahhh... Pretty good stuff.

0131: PLAYING AN INSTRUMENT

Now we can't all play like Chico and Harpo Marx, but we can all experience the glee of playing an instrument. How many people when they see a drum kit, want to just go and smash out some rockin' beatz, when they see a violin want to play it and pretend to be Andre Rieu or when they see a guitar just want to strum the hay hay out of it?? Everyone. I have, since I started learning piano, wanted to learn Sabre Dance by Khachaturian and now that I am good enough, I play it all the time. And when I play guitar, I pretend to be the Emanuel Brothers. Why? Because playing an instrument is just wonderful.

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.  ~Berthold Auerbach

0130: DANCING

Dancing is fantastic, it feels fantastic. Even if you aren't a fantastic dancer. But these eight year olds, I mean, they are very suggestive, but they are such good dancers, I could never hope to be as good as they are at age eight, so keep with the boogie little ones!!

Anyway, I've said already, the best dancers are the ones who don't care what they look like. Let go and feel the beat. Worst case, just dance at home when no one can see you.

0129: REALLY WEIRD PICTURES

They are super duper strange, but guaranteed to make your day just a bit happier.

Type in something like "really weird animals."

0128: LITTLE OLD LADIES

Would you like a cup of tea dearie? How about a biscuit?? And those old ladies with sass. Gotta love 'em. They knit, they cook, they were once not wrinkly and amazingly beautiful, they reminisce, they are cute or totally want to do things themselves. I love the elderly women of the world.

0127: WISHING ON DANDELIONS

Some people hate them because they are a weed but blowing them away or seeing one float by is really lovely. We all need a bit of luck and something to believe in.

0126: HANDSHAKES

They are how you greet your favourite people. It takes a dull "hi there" to awesome hand actions that only a select few know. Oh yeah.

0125: BUMP-INS

The picture doesn't really work, I just thought it was super cute. Anyway, when you see an old friend after years and years (or a few measly weeks for those social butterflies out there), it's really quite nice to have a little catch up. Obviously if you hate the person and are avoiding them that could be quite an uncomfortable meeting and a failed attempt at evasion.

Today, I saw my piano teacher from primary school. It was the most adorable meeting and there were smiles all round.

0124: AMAZING CATCHES

When you just put your hand out and a thrown object magically lands right in the centre of your palm. Ahh...wow. Or perhaps a spectacular dive. It doesn't matter which. They are both pretty awesome.

0123: THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

It is my favourite thing. EVER. I love it more than life itself. If you think it's a bit lame - which I do not understand - you can at least smile at the crazy entries.

0122: AWESOME FAMILIES

Those families with a crazy mum, an amazing dancer dad who plays the banjo, super bohemian older brother, etc. They are the families who make up dances together, break at least one thing a day, turn the stereo up full ball in the car, throw parties of 300 hundred people on their balconies and spontaneously play 'the floor is lava.' You guys rock.

0121: POST-DENTIST CLEANLINESS

How good does it feel to come back from the dentist, knowing you have no issues happening in there. But that minty-fresh taste and ultra-clean feeling is even better.

0120: WEARING YOUR FAVOURITE CLOTHES

You feel like a rock star when you wear your favourite clothes. It gives you confidence and gets you compliments.

0119: BEING RIGHT

Sometimes, you come across as a bit of a bum-face, but it makes you fell pretty good about yourself.

0118: SURPRISE PRESENTS

I could really use one right about now, actually...

All the oh-yeah-ness of presents, but with the added woo-hoo-ness of a surprise. What more could you possibly want??

0117: DICK VAN DYKE

He was fabulous in Bye Bye Birdie, the Dick Van Dyke Show, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Dick Tracy, Diagnosis Murder, Night at the Museum. But nothing beats this smiley, for some reason father-like, and perhaps quite the looker in his performance as the lovable chimney sweep Bert in Mary Poppins, who performs one of the best dance scenes in movie history. I adore you Dick Van Dyke, I cannot look at you without becoming instantly happy and you...well, you just rock.

0116: FISH

Fish are beautiful to look at.






And beautiful to eat :)