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[annwfyn]

I just saw Iron Man.

Apologies to those I was with. I was in a bleak mood, and therefore became Dark and Brooding (tm). I'm trying to sort out a load of junk in my head. I have a lot of insane emo-crap that I could bore you with, but tonight I shall spare you.

Instead I shall list five things in this world that makes me cheerful.

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Five things

[adze]

This might be a bit of a struggle, as I always have trouble coming up with lists like this, but here goes.

1) Planes - This is an odd one, I'll admit, but I love watching planes. My parents house is one of the legs of the landing pattern for Newcastle Airport, and I have a really clear memory of watching Concorde fly over my grandma's house, blocking out the sun. When I was a kid, we would occasionally go up to Newcastle Airport, and just watch planes take off and land. We'd go to the Sunderland Airshow every year without fail, and on the day we didn't go, we'd watch the planes fly over the house on the way there, or go back to the airport to watch them. Or the fantastic time we got down onto the taxiway to see another Concorde power up and take off - it felt like the world was ending.

Basically, I love looking at these enormous things muscling their way into the air. I love what humanity has managed to achieve with air travel, and I wish we could take it further. But watching them take off always makes me smile.

2) Bouncy ska-punk music - Reel Big Fish, The Mighty, Mighty Bosstones, Less Than Jake, I could go on. Basically, pretty much anything with that sounds bouncy, and has horns. The next time RBF are playing anywhere near me, I'm grabbing everyone I possibly can, and dragging them along, because the buzz from one of their concerts is indescribable.

I don't know what it is, but my mood lightens whenever I hear the right kind of track, whatever the situation.

3) Hatfield Park. Given that it's up at the top of the hill, I don't get up there nearly as much as I should. It's like being in the middle of the Countryside, and only a few minutes from the house, but it's nice to get away from everything up there. I've wandered it in the middle of summer, and the depths of winter, although spending an hour walking through six inches of snow up there possibly wasn't my best move. But I always come back much happier than when I left.

4 & 5) Farmer's Markets & Charity Shops - I've lumped these together, as they're vaguely similar. I love pottering through either of these, never quite sure what I'm going to find. Most of the time, I'll find something obscure, or a bargain, or both, and it gives me a real sense of achievement to do so.

And a bonus one:

6) annwfyn, when she's in a good mood. I think I've mentioned this before, but when you're happy and bouncy, and in a good mood, you're infectious. It's obvious however you communicate, whether it's in personal, on the phone, or even over e-mail. I find it very hard to be in a bad mood when you're in a good one.