Things you Own that Simply Just Make You Happy

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Things you Own that Simply Just Make You Happy

Posted: 2/23/08 at 10:06pm

I know, I know...people say that material, artificial things don't bring happiness, there is no such thing as real happiness, etc... But I'm sure that all of us have at least one posession that they treasure.
What is yours?

Mine is my really antique copy of SENSE AND SENSIBILITY. It's one of my favorite books, and I really love old, old books that smell like......old books. All of my friends think it's ugly and say I should sell it..maybe I'd get a good price on ebay, blah blah blah, but I think it's so pretty. My mother bought it for me on my 13th birthday. She found it in some obscure little bookshop in France. It was a very random English book in a store of old French books that were published but no one really cares about, I suppose.

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Updated On: 2/23/08 at 10:06 PM

#2

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Posted: 2/23/08 at 10:08pm

Mine is that Barbra Streisand voodoo doll. I can't describe the thrill I get every time I use it!

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re: Little Things you Own that Simply Just Make You Happy

Posted: 2/23/08 at 10:08pm

Yup yup. Whatever does it for ya.

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I mean, Denzel Washington? Gun to my head..of course.

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Posted: 2/23/08 at 10:22pm

I don't know if this qualifies as 'little', but I own a few paintings by a relatively obscure Russian impressionst. I bought them at auction about ten years ago, and his works go for $5k to $30k in galleries. The value is nice, but I bought the works because I loved them.

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Posted: 2/23/08 at 10:25pm

Yeah I shouldn't have written "little". Ah well.

That's good for you, madbrian. I know TONS of people who would sell it immediately.

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Posted: 2/23/08 at 10:28pm

My mom and dad gave me a lot of their old concert tee shirts. I love wearing them. They're fun and unique, and I just feel happy when I have them on.

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Posted: 2/23/08 at 11:12pm

The half-empty bottle of rum in my fridge, for starters.

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Posted: 2/23/08 at 11:14pm

My cousin said the same thing.
Well, no.
He said his cabinet of liquor....

He's a doctor..
He works long hours.

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I mean, Denzel Washington? Gun to my head..of course.

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Posted: 2/23/08 at 11:44pm

The seven Chinese slaves I bought through mail order.

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Posted: 2/23/08 at 11:51pm

My John Denver Albums, All the camp tshirts/waterbottles/blankets/etc I've accumulated over the past three years.

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Posted: 2/23/08 at 11:52pm

My 3 little kitties .......

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Posted: 2/24/08 at 12:00am

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Posted: 2/24/08 at 12:04am

All the hand written notes I've received over the years are up there too.

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Posted: 2/24/08 at 2:10am

my cherry red record player, and my still in the wrapper copy of toys in the attic.

my singing freddie mercury and john lennon dolls
the videos of the first few major productions I was in.

my colm wilkinson concert ticket

all my pictures with/of band members

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Posted: 2/24/08 at 2:20am

Our puppy makes me happy!

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Posted: 2/24/08 at 2:34am

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

I LOVE!

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Posted: 2/24/08 at 3:00am

My Veronica Mars Dvds.

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Posted: 2/24/08 at 3:07am

My headboard from the "Threepenny Opera" revival. It's the most ridiculous thing I own and it's so cozy to snuggle against at night!

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Posted: 2/24/08 at 4:05am

Actr! That is glorious.

I think my dogs are the only things that truly qualify.

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Posted: 2/24/08 at 4:32am

My tattered and torn baby blanket.

If there was a fire, this would be one of the first material items that I would take.

Also, very important are my pictures. Specifically the ones of me and my friend who committed suicide.

IMO, the most irreplaceable things are considered "Little things that simply make me happy"

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re: Little Things you Own that Simply Just Make You Happy

Posted: 2/24/08 at 7:49am

I have a few. I have like an 120 year old book "The History Of Australia" which amuses me since Australia didn't have much of a history back then (but it does include New Zealand and Fiji).

Actually I have quiet a collection of antique books but that has always been my favorite.

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re: Little Things you Own that Simply Just Make You Happy

Posted: 2/24/08 at 11:23am

My Avenue Q Trekkie puppet that was given to me by someone special.

Updated On: 2/24/08 at 11:23 AM

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Posted: 2/24/08 at 11:45am

Actr, that is quite a wonderful furnishing!


Mine are rather simple;
- a few programs (one signed by Sally Struthers, one signed by Jon Peterson, and another signed by Raul Esparza)
- a little lamb my father got while he was in rehab after his surgery (which gave to me as an Easter present)
- a black/white boa that the costume designer from a production of The Music Man (that I was in) let me keep.

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re: Little Things you Own that Simply Just Make You Happy

Posted: 2/24/08 at 1:17pm

Since my baby blanket and stuffed lamb are back home in storage, in a fire, I'd probably also have to save my Angela Lansbury signed "Sweeney" poster, my Stephen Sondheim letter, and my copy of "King Lear" personalized to me by Ian McKellen.

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Posted: 2/25/08 at 8:33am

- llamas
- the song "You Are My Sunshine"
- the idea of someone walking a cow on a leash
- imagining people bald
- duct tape
- Stephen Baldwin's church of extreme sports
- daisies
- daffodils
- Canada
- Martin Van Buren's hair


ETA: Whoops. I missed the phrase "you own" somehow.

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Updated On: 2/25/08 at 08:33 AM