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Thoughts on the Day (3/19)
Mar. 19th, 2007 11:25 amToday is:
Act Happy Day
I'm good at acting happy. most of the time, I am happy, mind. But even when when I'm not, I can still go through the motions of acting happy. In the end, acting happy usually helps me feel happy. Since I'm naturally upbeat, it's kind of like priming the pump.
And today, damnit, is full of stress. I will act happy, anyway, in the hopes that I will be happy by sheer force of will. Because the stress will be there if I'm happy or not. Of course, there may be intermittent periods of ranting and crying. Kinda sounds like a weather report, no?
National Chocolate Caramel Day
I love days that deal with chocolate. In fact, I think there should be a chocolate themed day at least once a week.
Poultry Day
Poultry Day? Poultry Day? I suppose it's better than Fowl Day, but still. Is this a day to celebrate living poultry or the cooked kind? Chickens are by far the foulest, nastiest, and most vicious of all farm animals. They are cute chicks for about a month then they turn into something completely opposite of cute. Ducks are only slightly better, as are geese; but geese are damn mean. Based on that, I will go with celebrating cooked poultry.
Swallows Return to San Juan Capistrano Day
I am slightly curious as to the scientific explanation as to why these birds (as well as the Curlews, earlier) always arrive back on the same day. I would also like to know what nifty legends and folklore surround the return. If they have been doing this as long as one can remember, I'm sure there are some wonderful stories that surround it. Alas, I am way to lazy to look them up right now.
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Our community has given a great deal for Operation Iraqi Freedom, including the lives of two of our young men. I currently work with a young woman who served over there. Just before this job I worked at the County Veteran's Office and got to meet a great many of the returning reservists as they came in to file there discharge papers.
The one thing I've discovered is that, whatever their personal feelings about why the US is over there, every single vet I've talked to is proud about the job that they, personally, did over there. They have mixed (and occasionally vehement) feelings about everything else, but each one, to a soldier, believes that they did a good job while they were there. And they all wished that their good work would be recognized.
So, today, I salute everyone who has served in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Act Happy Day
I'm good at acting happy. most of the time, I am happy, mind. But even when when I'm not, I can still go through the motions of acting happy. In the end, acting happy usually helps me feel happy. Since I'm naturally upbeat, it's kind of like priming the pump.
And today, damnit, is full of stress. I will act happy, anyway, in the hopes that I will be happy by sheer force of will. Because the stress will be there if I'm happy or not. Of course, there may be intermittent periods of ranting and crying. Kinda sounds like a weather report, no?
National Chocolate Caramel Day
I love days that deal with chocolate. In fact, I think there should be a chocolate themed day at least once a week.
Poultry Day
Poultry Day? Poultry Day? I suppose it's better than Fowl Day, but still. Is this a day to celebrate living poultry or the cooked kind? Chickens are by far the foulest, nastiest, and most vicious of all farm animals. They are cute chicks for about a month then they turn into something completely opposite of cute. Ducks are only slightly better, as are geese; but geese are damn mean. Based on that, I will go with celebrating cooked poultry.
Swallows Return to San Juan Capistrano Day
I am slightly curious as to the scientific explanation as to why these birds (as well as the Curlews, earlier) always arrive back on the same day. I would also like to know what nifty legends and folklore surround the return. If they have been doing this as long as one can remember, I'm sure there are some wonderful stories that surround it. Alas, I am way to lazy to look them up right now.
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Our community has given a great deal for Operation Iraqi Freedom, including the lives of two of our young men. I currently work with a young woman who served over there. Just before this job I worked at the County Veteran's Office and got to meet a great many of the returning reservists as they came in to file there discharge papers.
The one thing I've discovered is that, whatever their personal feelings about why the US is over there, every single vet I've talked to is proud about the job that they, personally, did over there. They have mixed (and occasionally vehement) feelings about everything else, but each one, to a soldier, believes that they did a good job while they were there. And they all wished that their good work would be recognized.
So, today, I salute everyone who has served in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
