A confession and a quiz

When I'm feeling blue, or flat-lined or having a hard time motivating myself to do anything meaningful, there are a few tried and true things that instantly improve my mood. I suspect we all have these little mood-ticklers, and many of them, as mine are, might be just a tad bit embarrassing to admit. So come on, join me. I'll show you mine if you show me yours!

Instant mood-lifters

--Talking trash about American Idol!
--Checking Veritaserum for Harry Potter book/movie/celebrity updates.
--Anytime a new six feet under disc arrives in the mail (formerly it was the X-Files)
--Reading good pulp fiction in one fell swoop. Most recently, Tess Gerritsen's Body Double.
--A NEW email! Oh Joy! Oh, damn it's nothing interesting. Wait, another NEW email! Oh damn, it's just another announcement. Yay, there's that little gold envelope icon again! Damn it, who cares about a flipping coupon for Alibris! And so on...
--Eating almond butter from the container with a spoon (or that good dulce de leche goo my cousin sent me. Yum!)
--Praise! (this is in the category of "don't hold your breath.")
--Checks in the mail! (Same category as above).
--Communing with the neighborhood gang of cats-- Scout, Wally, Punkin and our very own Figaro.
--Reading articles about naked men causing traffic jams...
--Shirking work!

Hmm. These seem neither very exciting nor very shameful after all...

J