Imago made me think of this...


What would be your "good day", what would it consist of?...I'm not talking about your "perfect day", so no "Win the lottery, fly to Hawaii" type responses lol....Just a really good, normal day, full of things that are in your immediate vicinity...a day you could go out and experience now if you wanted. What would it be like?

Mine:

Get up early
Go out for breakfast
Go to my favorite mall and just look around (maybe even buy something)
Hang out in a bookstore for a bit, buy a new novel
Hang out in an art store for a bit, buy some new supplies
Buy a Coke
Glance at attractive women with nice legs
Hang out in a record store for a bit, buy a CD version of an old vinyl lp I own but haven't listened to in 20 years
Go out for lunch
Call up my daughter, smile as she says "I love you...MUAH" (that's our 'thing' )
Text message friends
Go back home, hang on the Org for a little
Talk in IMs with a friend
Buy a Coke
Grab my camera, and head out someplace to catch the sunset
Rent a few movies on my way home, and buy some beer
Order a pizza when I get home, extra cheese a must
Watch the movies, eat pizza and drink beer
Text message friends during the movie
Call my daughter to say goodnight, hear her say "I love you...MUAH!"
Download my photos and see what I've got
Go online and read the L.A. Times
Hang out on the Org for a few before going to bed
Go to bed


There are obviously different things I could add/delete (go to the ocean instead of going to the mall, for example)...

So, what would your Good Day be like?

wake up at lunch time
hit the shower
hit the gym
shower again, i like showers
eat
dress
drive my car, listening to something funky
relax at my club
play some cards, lose some money
make sure the music is up loud
eat some more
hang with my people
people watch
home to fall asleep

dreaming today was a good day

turn off internet browser & music player
go 2 bed
wake up & search for clock
pack lunch & have a snack
go to designated work station
find friends 2 hang out with
if none available - go home & continue designated work on computer
procastinate
nap
wake up & procastinate some more
eventually be productive
if tired - sleep

whatta shitty way 2 live

I'm in no way meaning to point fingers here, but isn't it a little perplexing that buying more crap to clutter our lives with is such a "happy" activity?

My IDEAL happy day would be..
* to finally just appreciate the crap I have,
* come to terms with, and get rid of as much of the crap I'll never use as I can,
* buy NOTHING... except maybe a huge plate of vegetarian sushi

NoTime2Hate said:

Funny story, we made one of the guys have sushi for dinner (but he didn't like it much) only to find out that the place we going to already made a huge serving of sushi. I tell u, those hicks don't know crap about living in the city!

NoTime2Hate said:

Not sure if you mean me, but I don't think buying music, buying something to read and entertain my mind/imagination, and buying something to create with would fall under the catagory of "crap".

Nor would buying a Coke.

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Byron said:

i wouldn't worry too much
i think they are both confused

they can't help it
its an affliction

Today has been a pretty good day so far. I got up and went out for my favorite weekend breakfast (egg and cheddar on a rosemary olive oil bagel w/red peppers, onions and chipotle sauce and a nice english breakfast tea with milk and sugar) and read the paper. Then I went shopping at target and got a kick ass pair of skinny jeans, a CD (on sale!), a web cam and some other needed household items. I came home and set up the webcam, orged a bit. I walked to the little store by my house and bought a yummy mango naked juice. I talked to my upstairs neighbor who is working on all the landscaping in our shared backyard and he put down seeds and mulch and stuff for a whole bunch of wildflowers to grow all along the walk to my private entrance to my apartment. How sweet!! He also mentioned he and his roomie are gonna grill out tonight and invited me up for dinner. I like nice neighbors. I'm gonna call a few friends soon and take a walk around the lake (with or wihtout them. lol.). I'll likely watch some tv later and read a bit before bed.

Nice day.

CarrieMpls said:

...Nice day, indeed.

I've been ultra-lazy so far today... ...I've showered, shaved, dressed, and ate breakfast (two eggs, two pieces of toast, and a Coke..lol). Other than that, I've done little beyond check on my photo ratings at a photo site I belong to (I can put photos up to be critiqued and rated), and come back here from time to time...oh well, it's still been a pretty good day cuz I'm in the mood to do abso-stinkin-lutely nothing..lol

Byron said:

OK, let's change the word "crap" for "stuff."

After having worked a retail job for a couple of years and acquiring so much stuff -- books, music, DVDs -- really good stuff, the best fiction, non-fiction - the most well-rounded music collection I know of... I now work a boring office job. Yet, still when I think of ~the weekend~ and what I'd like to do on my off-time the urge to splurge on MORE stuff seems unavoidable. Yet, in my 30s, I don't think I have enough time left to fully enjoy the stuff I already have. Just chilling out seems so uncomfortable.

Maybe I'm just nuts, but I don't think I'm alone on this.

NoTime2Hate said:

touchy touchy

NoTime2Hate said:

I can understand what you're meaning...with me, I've never been the type to buy a lot of stuff (or crap..lol), so when I do buy something as simple as a CD, It's only seen as something that can help set the atmosphere in my home when needed. I also draw, so when I buy art supplies, it's not seen as unnecessary or just more of the same...quite the opposite. Art supplies don't last indefinitely, you always need to replenish them. As for books...I'm a ferocious reader when I let myself take the time to do so...I'd love to have my own library filled with hundreds and hundreds of books, with only half of them read. Lock me away in there and I'll be good for the entire weekend...lol...so buying another book to bring me closer to that goal isn't seen in my eyes as a waste of time.

twister6 said:

twister6 said:

the sun is shining!!

my huband offers to make the boys lunches and take them to school (actually

this would be more of a fantasy, it has never happened yet!)

I do an amazing design for a client within an hour and the client LOVES it - this one actually happens!!

I visit the library and they have some CDs and magazines I like, and a book I've always wanted to read. I go to Brotherhood of St Laurence and they have practically new jeans that fit as if they were made for me, and school shoes for the kids.

I have the right ingredients in the cupboard without needing to shop to make a great dinner everyone will love.

My middle child will enjoy said dinner without moaning and repeatedly sliding under the dinner table

I fall asleep straight away and sleep 8 hours without waking up once.

This day would be so great!!

Just what I did today....

Got up at 3:00 pm...
Took a shower...
Started playing on the internet...

wake up early
make love to the mrs
go outside to skip rope with the mrs
work out in the room
shower
walk to the local restaurant for breakfast
internet time
into town for shopping and lunch
home again, sit out on the balcony and read
walk to the market, buy food and drink
sit out on the back balcony playing cards, drinking and eating
internet or watch TV for a bit or a movie
shower
sleep

twister6 said:

.....ok?

BucketOfBouncyBalls said:

whatever dude

charlottegelin said:

Caffeine
Get up
Go out for breakfast
Go to my favorite mall and buy something with my ass hanging out or cleavage on
a shelf type deal
Hang out in a bookstore for a bit, buy a new novel
More Caffeine
Text message friends
Go back home, hang on the Org for a little
Play with my new Vivitar camera (If I don't figure out how to download the thing it is history!)
Dinner and a alcoholic beverage
Attempt to put my too tight outfit on to go to this jazz/reggae spot around the corner
Sitting on the couch struggling to breathe in my new clothes and deciding to stay in the house
Put on my pj's with the feet in them and play on the computer
Hang out on the Org for a few before going to bed

ShySlantedEye1 said:

Your good day is similar to mine, I see...

Well, minus the cleavage and butt hanging out part, that is...

Byron said:

I can dream can't I!

Byron said:

I would love to see you in something with your ass hangin out!!!

wake with a stunning sunrise

drink coffee watching the fog lift from the river and listening to the birds sing

take a long relaxing bath ( and wash my hair too )

go on a long walk in the mountians taking beautiful black and white photos to ener in a local contest

pick up my kids from school/sports and share laughter with them

cook an incredible meal to share with my family

sit out on the deck and watch the sunset and the stars begin to shine listening to the night sounds

soak my feet in a mineral bath and have a foot massage with essential oils

slip into bed ... make incredible love with my husband and fall asleep intwined

wake up some time between 10a & noon...

go for a walk/jog...

take a bath...

make "breakfast"...

check email & Org, have coffee & a cookie from my fave bakery (always on hand )...

clean the kitchen...

get dressed in something cozy...

walk to the movie theater in my neighborhood, see a great flick or two...

grab some Thai on the way home...

eat dinner, watch Grey's Anatomy while I eat

go to a basketball game w/ a boyfriend, good seats, hopefully my team wins

come home, have sex, sleep...



Now if only I could find a decent guy already...