Hey everyone!

Since we have a 'what makes you mad' thread going and since IBN suggested it, we need a 'what makes you happy' thread.

What makes me the happiest is playing with my 4 year old son. Doesn't really matter what we are playing (baseball, legeo's, spray daddy with the hose...) it's just so much fun to be with him and see his energy. :bounce:

Another thing that makes me happy is reading. It allows me to escape from what ever is bothering me.

Things that make me happy.

Techspot when it`s running smoothly.

People who post in the correct forum.

People that give their threads a proper and descriptive thread title.

People who don`t post their problems in someone elses thread(particularly in the security and the web forum). :p

People who read the stickies before posting.

People who use the edit button effectively, rather that making a new post.

People who don`t flame others.

people who don`t spam.

Bacon and eggs.

A few pints of beer in my local pub with friends and family.

Watching Liverpool FC play football.

Taking the dog for a walk in the countyside.

Peace and quiet, when I can get it. :p

Regards Howard :)

Being able to sleep in without interuptions..

being able to use my own PC without my sister kicking me off my own PC untill midnight..
thank God i got the ADSL and the wifi router working happily.

when i can chill out and just listen to music, and when i can play those pieces of music too..

Chilling out with friends

what happens when you mix a computer geek, some degree of a musical background and some audio gear? an audio tech dude. Gotta love mixing music...

Hanging here at TS

Satisfaction that i did my best in helping people

Smiling :D :)

I love it when a plan comes together!!!!

Techspot makes me happy, and sleeping nearly 12 hours makes me even more happy :)

Also, my LCD makes me happy, my AMD CPU, and my internet too (just upgraded from 512kbps to 1Mbit :) ).

All the stuff on wolframs first line
My newly upgraded Broadband (apparently 8meg- on average nowhere near that, but who cares!!!)
CHocolate bars
Chocolate Cake
Chocolate Ice- cream
Chocolate biscuits
Chocolate icing
Cheddar Cheese
Lincolnshire Poacher Cheese
Reading
Great exam grades (dont fail me now!)
Excessive Gaming

And incase I didnt make it clear enough CHOCOLATE

A good long gaming session (in excess of 24 hours)
some good luck.
Payday
good news :D
Price drops on AMD processors.
Thursdays (because it means its giong to be Friday, which means that weekends are coming)

what makes me happy is kind of similar to what Howard said.

Whenever everything at school and home goes well, then i can go to sleep at night not worrying about something that happened the day before.

...AMD

Having my wife and kids love me
Swimming in my pool
Drinking beer
Having a bonfire in my backyard

Thats all I need :)

Something that really makes me happy, is Half Life 2 and Far Cry running smoothly at 60 FPS :)

Walking down the road to the potmac and fishing. Relaxing as hell.
Hanging out with buddies
Fall mornings where you walk outside and see the trees that have turned.
Laughing
TS threads like this in the meeting spot. (opposed to the flames)

Sean

No one else wants to say what makes them happy?

I know what made me happy this weekend was having my 4 year old out fish me 5 to 1!

What make me happy??

All kinds of things, mostly gaming...

It's having the time to do these things is when/where you find true happiness :)

Playing piano

HL2 to NOT crash for a gaming session

Watching a good action flick in the theater

Getting invited to eat out at THEIR cost :)

Successfull completion of a job on my to-do list

Sleeping in with no alarm going off

Roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, buscuits, corn on the cob, fruit salad and pistaccio pudding

My famous egg burritos and sosage breakfast with chocolate milk

My cats

A laughing baby

A pretty girl and her smile ;)

Another day without some freakin psychopath trying to kill more people. Another idiot off the streets.

Surplus cash to make another PC upgrade, latest being a 20.1" LCD widescreen :) :) :)

A pretty girl and her smile ;)

That makes me happy too. Until my girlfriend kicks my @ss... :)

A woman is a thing of wonder and beauty.

But sometimes just wonder, or beauty, and sometimes just a thing :)

and sometimes just a thing :)haha :haha: :haha: :haha:

This picture makes me happy. I wish I could find the place this picture was taken and just sit there for awhile to enjoy the vibrance of the forest and the sound of the waterfall [sigh].
http://www.techspot.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/792

I have some pictures that make me happy!!!

Not a good idea to post them up tho, too many under 18's.

Not a good idea to post them up tho, too many under 18's.

I wouldn't mind :stickout:

Things that make me happy, let see...

Sleeping in

Getting new parts for anything (car, computer, bike, etc.)

Photography

Anything with an engine

Music

Hanging out with friends

I have tons more but I don't want to bore anyone :o

Spending time w/ my family.

Caring for and showing my rabbits.

Baby bunnies, man is it neat to come home after a crappy day and have a litter of bunnies just a few week old lil furballs happy to see me!

I love women. I love money. I love computers. I love friends. I love getting smashed. Did I mention women?

#1: Kids (like me) who aren't snotty, snobby, so damn stuck up that they don't want to talk to you, etc.

#2: Fast comps

#3: People who can spell

#4: People who try to help themselves

#5: Thinking about current events and writing

#6: Playing a game I'm good at

#7: Just having a good feeling when you wake up in the morning...

I also love revenge...

Whoa Dude....

My new 3360x1050 resolution :hotbounce
http://www.techspot.com/gallery/data/2/comp1.jpg

Another thing that makes me happy, looking at SNGX's pic and dreaming that it was mine!

* my PowerBook G4
* Italo Disco (Kano, Albert One, Les Rockets, Scotch, Desireless, Miko Mission... there are *too* many artists, but there is no way to be sad when listening to it)
* Mr. Show
* Eddie Izzard
* dry cleaning
* movies: The Big Sleep, American Psycho, The Big Lebowski, Vertigo, Citizen Kane, The Manchurian Candidate, Amelie, Snatch, The Killing Fields...
* 80s Commercials, especially the Ecto Cooler and McDLT commercial
* Korean food (bibimbap, kimchi chiggae)
* atheists
* the smell of new computer hardware
* my Jaguar XJ6 (the 97 is bulletproof, the best car they ever made)
* Target
* ties from Express
* Serengeti Aviator sunglasses
* cats
* HiJackThis, CCleaner, VCleaner, Adaware, Spybot
* Steinberg Nuendo and Propellerheads Reason
* Bauhaus architecture and interior design (who cares if it is an object of ridicule these days)