YAQ (well, sort of): Ten things that make me happy...

[vakkotaur]

In almost no particular order:

1. LJ quizzes and such with repaired terms of propagation.

2. Big band music, especially Glenn Miller tunes.

3. A dark, clear night sky with only the stars for light. This is all too rare and getting rarer still.

4. Siouxland Renaissance Festival, and the people who make it happen.

5. Rocket City FurMeet and the people who make it happen.

6. Cool, but not necessarily cold, weather. I feel more awake and alive when I'm not struggling against the heat of Summer.

7. Telecommunications, especially the internet. This allows virtualization of community, and association by interest rather than only by geographic happenstance.

8. Parody tunes. At least some of them. I like them better than the originals on which they are based. They're more fun than the originals, at least if they're done right.

9. Cartoons. Not anime, cartoons. Max Fleischer, comedic WB, early Disney, and some other stuff too.

10. Analog indicators. Digital is nice, but not for everything. Sometimes a needle can tell more than a bunch of LED or LCD segments. And sometimes it just looks better.

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If you'd like to list ten things that make you happy or such, go ahead. Otherwise don't.

Comments

[melissasutton.livejournal.com]

(hugs) I'm honored to make your list hon - thanks! =)

[jcw-da-dmg.livejournal.com]

re: #2;

I rather like Glenn Miller, (i suspect) mostly as a result of records by him being among the few I was allowed to play on my sister's record player as a child. What I really wanted to play were the classical records.

But other than GM, big band jazz (or most jazz in general) simply doesn't hold my interest. I can listen to a good guitarist playing in any style, probably because I view it as an educational experience. But jazz just doesn't push my buttons.

Disco & hip-hop, OTOH, push my "Blecch!" buttons.

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

Glenn Miller music was the first music that I really liked. Before that, music was pretty much just stuff in the background. I've found that Glenn Miller is my favorite for Big Band swing, but I also like others. I've found that jazz after the Big Band era really doesn't do all that much for me and the more recent it is, the less listenable it is. The "sweet jazz" before the Big Bands was nice, but I can see how it's best in smaller doses. The "hot jazz" doesn't do as much for me. The "sweet and hot" seems to be a very short-lived transition and might be a good second to Swing, if there was enough to be recognizable.

I suspect that I prefer Glenn Miller's stuff as I heard or noticed it before any other similar music.

[verypinkygirl.livejournal.com]

I guess that's kinda like me liking Michael Jackson and The Beach Boys, that's what was played in my home when I was little... <=o) I'm such a little kid.

[verypinkygirl.livejournal.com]

#9, woo yes! It always makes me happy to know I'm not alone in geeking over classic cartoons. At the same time though, its general obscurity in today's world means I get Betty Boop DVDs for $1.99 at Toys 'R' Us. ;P