Foo - Who or what makes you the happiest??

Is there a special someone or just a special thing that you do??

Bike touring.

Thor

it's not my job - i can tell you that.

The deep quiet breath just before doing something challenging.

Thor
:lol:

Happiness shmappiness.

i like those days where i wake up and have absolutely nothing planned for the entire day. nobody to meet up with, nobody to call, no work to do, nothing. just a free and clean slate for the next 24 hours.

i don't get to do those nearly enough...

1 girl, 2 dogs, 2 turtles and 1 lizard, they make me happy.

Happiness shmappiness.

Whats a matter no one showing you the love???

my daughter

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my kids
my dogs are pretty funny as well
riding and running
my best friend is absolutly a riot
foo makes my day at work go by with so many smiles and laughs
ohh and emails! I LOVE emails!! lol! not the junky kind, or chain letters, I love receiving emails, I know, it's VERY corny, I never got sick of it, to me it's like opening a christmas present! :) I always found it neat to be able to talk to people I would never talk to or encounter in my life time because they are so far.

Dancing, cooking, drinking and partying with my friends. :)

The deep quiet breath just before doing something challenging.
ohh god yeah and the butterflies in your stomach

Dancing

hey, did you ever figure out how to write down those salsa moves?

Whats a matter no one showing you the love???
Love shmove.

ohh god yeah and the butterflies in your stomach

i don't like those...they usually give me diarrhea. :(

time with my wife, our kids who are all in their late 20's
my grandchildren.
no problematic days
riding
and health

Dancing, cooking, drinking and partying with my friends. :)

OMG, I just put 2 and 2 together....Danno is FoulMouthFool's daughter!

i don't like those...they usually give me diarrhea. :(
:lol: awwww you have to control those butterflies!

A lonely trail, comfy shoes, a light pack, a cool day, and nowhere in particular to be, but where I am :)

Pinning it during a crit, the reaping is magnificent.

Heck...just breathing is pretty alright.

OMG, I just put 2 and 2 together....Danno is FoulMouthFool's daughter!

well she does like to party with friends

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A back rub with baby oil.


Questions: How many babies are squeezed to make a pint of baby oil?

Questions: How many babies are squeezed to make a pint of baby oil?

Well ever since that darned "Child Labor Act" it's hard to find a quality, American, Baby Distillery. Anymore, you're going to need to import from Thailand, or homebrew from samples you're able to collect on the street.

;)

A back rub with baby oil.


Questions: How many babies are squeezed to make a pint of baby oil?

ohhhh, BACKRUBS. Oh how nice that sounds indeed. :)

looking at an empty wide road, picturing yourself taking it on is one great feeling of happiness too :)

hey, did you ever figure out how to write down those salsa moves?Yah, I got the template you guys posted with feet-position per beat and made it the background in an Illustrator file. Then I just draw in feet & arrows on top of it. To the side of that I also make body & hand-movement diagrams.

In the end, posting the video was the easiest way to get the message across without being there in person to show them the moves. There's so much non-verbal communications going on with your body, eyes and subconcious that trying to convey that in words in email is impossible. I guess that's why we dance in the first place, eh? ;)

I was trying to show some folks on the east coast the LA-style salsa that we dance here; which is a little younger, flashier and more exciting than the traditional Cuban salsa. Demonstrated in the 2nd half of this performance we did last year at Fiesta (dangerous moves):

SBfiesta2005.avi (http://dannoxyz.videobloggers.org/blog/dannoxyz/resource/dancing/download/SBfiesta2005.avi) (14mb, requires DivX codec (http://www.divx.com/)*)
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RubioSolange060819e.avi (http://dannoxyz.videobloggers.org/blog/dannoxyz/resource/dancing/download/RubioSolange060819e.avi) (6mb)
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e346/DannoXYZ/Latin060819/RubioSolange060819.png (http://dannoxyz.videobloggers.org/blog/dannoxyz/resource/dancing/download/RubioSolange060819e.avi)

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* Grab the FreeDownload and install just the "DivX Codec" component, uncheck everything else. DivX/MPEG4 videos will play in your default Windows Media Player

ohhhh, BACKRUBS. Oh how nice that sounds indeed. :)
if you manage to be able to receive a back rub with no expectations attached, let me know!

if you manage to be able to receive a back rub with no expectations attached, let me know!pay a therapist and the only expectation is a professional rub down for a price.

if you manage to be able to receive a back rub with no expectations attached, let me know!

I give em all the time! Well maybe not...the expectation is that I will get one myself, hopefully, at some point. You are soooo cynical, no wonder people mistake you for me! :p

I can never listen to Eric Clapton without a smile comming to my face. Even if it's a sad blues song.

Looking down the slope of a gigantic hill and thinking...should I? and then realizing that you already did.

if you manage to be able to receive a back rub with no expectations attached, let me know!

Yeah I'll let you know it would be nice though just to hear "Can I give you a back rub?" Yep I'm waiting for that day. :D

What makes me happiest? Boyfriends, boyfriends, and more boyfriends! I won't name them all...that would take all night long! they know who they are!

:love: :love:

Yeah I'll let you know it would be nice though just to hear "Can I give you a back rub?" Yep I'm waiting for that day. :DHuh? You ladies are missing out! Imagine yourself having one of those lonnng days at work... where you haven't had a single moment of rest. Your arms are sore, your shoulders are tight and aching as you clench your teeth while fighting the impulse to rip your co-worker's eyeballs out and shove them down their throats! The hours drag on as you feel yourself getting more tired and sluggish. Your arms must've gained 10-lbs as you feel their weight and your shoulders have suddenly cramped ,sending sharp tingles up your neck. Tick... tock...tick... tock... goes the clock, HAH !!! Einstein was WRONG, time does slow down even when you're not traveling at the speed of light!

You finally get out and just in the nick of time too, one more minute in that stuffy office and you would've suffocated to death. Take a deep breath... ahhhh.. refreshing as you feel the cool, crispy air move deeply down and filling your lungs... It's HAPPY HOUR!!! The bartender disappears to make your favorite drink and you can feel the tight muscles throbbing in your neck and back... thump... thump.. thump... with each heartbeat. "Hurry up with that drink!" you quietly mutter to yourself.

Suddenly, you feel the hairs on the back of your neck rising... Your body tenses and squeeze the barstool. You sense a slight brush behind you, it didn't quite make contact, but you felt something. Before you can respond, you catch a wiff of the familiar scent, a combination of aftershave, musk and sweat...

"Ah... it's you." you smirk as a warm breath carresses your ear lobe and a pair of big, soft, firm hands wrap over your shoulders...

"You know... you're in perfect position..." the deep soft voice gently rolls out the words...

"Oh yeah? For what?" you quib in wonderment...

"For a back rub of course!"

.... AAhhhh.... and you feel the firm squeeze knead your sore tired muscles... OOOohhhh, the strong fingers rubbing the tight spots out of your neck, shoulders... the heat from the palms penetrating deeply within... :)


Of course in return you can always buy me a drink! Might get you on my good side for future back-rubs... heh, heh... ;)

my wife's laugh and/or smile. Hugging. my dogs running toward me when I get home. a painting when it does just the right thing. coasting real fast on the bike on a perfect day.

danno - i feel completely violated now that i read that whole thing!! i'm going to slink out of bike forums now for the evening before it goes any further :lol:

speaking of which (makes me *happy*!):

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speaking of which (makes me *happy*!):

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That makes me the opposite of happy...:mad:

Danno, That was well-put. Although I'm not big on the bar thingy. :)

pleasure and happiness are two very different things...

Oh, but they are so closely related intertwined. Pleasure can be physical sensations of the body, touch, feel, food, drinks, drugs which results in certain combinations of chemical cocktails running through your brain, resulting in ... happiness! Google oxytocin (http://www.google.com/search?q=oxytocin&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial) to see how our "feelings" are so directed by hormones and chemicals. Also this article was a pretty good summary: Washington Times - Women and Brains (http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20060918-095951-9549r.htm).

We have so much control over our moods & happiness. But it's a cause & effect thing. The moods & feelings are only the result, the "effects", of something ELSE that's happened first, and we certainly have a lot of control over the "causes" of our moods & feelings. :)

danno - i feel completely violated now that i read that whole thing!! i'm going to slink out of bike forums now for the evening before it goes any further :lol:Oh, I know your kind. YOU don't get a back-rub unless you buy me a drink FIRST!!! ;)

My daughters.

That first swig of Corona after you squeeze the lime through the bottle opening.

The thwack of a bass drum.

Hard call. Depends on my mood. Bikes rides are always up there. Four events when I feel the happiest are; riding by myself up in the moutains, riding to the beach with my wife, dream vacations, snuggling with the wife at movies, concerts.

Being out in nature.

Sleeping in and cuddling all morning.

Dancing to my heart's content.

Thunderstorms.

Life with my lover and best friend. :)

This little buddy brings me tonnes of joy every day. :)

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Lower right: Don't fart, don't fart, don't fart

My bike, my mom, my dogs, my niece

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I give em all the time! Well maybe not...the expectation is that I will get one myself, hopefully, at some point. You are soooo cynical, no wonder people mistake you for me! :p
great mind think alike :)