(points if you started humming Blink 182)
There are a few small things that make me really happy. For one, when I'm getting cravings for lots of sweet and fatty food, a smoothie and pretzel from Jamba Juice always hit the spot (and without all the guilt) since the smoothie is sweet and cold and the pretzel is warm and savory. Mmmmm.
Even though it takes a lot of willpower to get up and going, I really like how I feel after I've gone for a jog in the morning. Afterward I feel awake and productive, and love how it feels to go just a little farther than last time. Plus it's nice to have some time to myself to zone out and think.
I really enjoy being laid on by my sister's cat. She's come to be pretty attached to me, and while it can be annoying that she always likes hopping on my lap when I'm trying to do something else, but she's fluffy and soft and great to cuddle with.
And finally, and I'm sorry to be mushy here, it always makes me really happy and warm inside to see the look on my boyfriend's face when one of us comes to visit each other. :)
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So just a quick update on the Nerdfighter gathering this week. I was disappointed with how our positive pranking/nerdfighter notes portion of the night went. The Barnes and Noble staff asked us to remove the wrapped candy we'd put in some books, which we were fine with since it made sense that they might damage the books. But then staff continued to come up and rudely tell us to remove them, though we'd already immediately complied.
One of the girls had been planning on buying books, but after how we'd been treated she went to put them back, which caused even more staff to come and tell us to have our friends in the other sections stop as well (which was just the one girl putting books back). We realized that even if we just put notes in the books, if any people working there saw us put something in a book we'd probably get chewed out again so we gave up and left.
The rest of the night went well though, it was fun to get to hang out in a group of people with common interests and vernacular (i.e. getting to reference memes without being looked at strangely) and I may have found a new Dungeons and Dragons group, which I'd been hoping to find.
All and all, despite the unfortunate incident with B&N, it was a good evening and I think I've made some friends.
Cats are always nice to cuddle with, even when they mess with your current activities. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry the gathering didn't work out to the very best. It's tough because you know what you're doing is fine, fun and harmless, be the employees are on strict regulations and are afraid that some incident will happen that they'll be held responsible for and then get out of hand themselves.
I'm glad the rest of your night was good and that you got to make a bunch of friends. I didn't really meet many Nerdfighter friends at the Boston Tour de Nerdfighting event, when there's so many people just focused on John and Hank, you don't get to really pay attention to the people around you, who you may have a ton in common with. I'm a little jealous of your gathering.
I think with a large number of people anywhere people get suspicious which is a shame. But nerdfighter gatherings are always awesome, I met some nerdfighters at a gathering last year and now they're really good friends.
ReplyDeleteAh, cats are definitely a good source of joy :)
ReplyDeleteThat's too bad about your gathering, but at least the rest of it went well and you got to meet some people!