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mmmagic June 19, 2009

Posted by brandy in Josh Lyman needs his own tag, and now you might know everything, confession of the day, hello universe? I love you, hey it's Friday! let's say something nice, i should be a cheerleader, i wrote this just for the picture, it makes sense to me, no i haven't gotten laid, pretty hair makes me happier, so egan will LOVE this, so sappy it hurts, this might be why I'm single, vague is vogue, when i say it anyway, who needs a self help book?, you're skimming this one.
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I’ve mentioned before that I swing wildly between complete happiness and utter despair in a single swoop. It’s both a blessing- sad days can often be easily thrown away when I make the choice to be happy and a curse- happy moments mean nothing once sadness invades me. (And for the record ’sadness invading me’ can occur over something as small as watching a sad car commercial). I am an emotional roller coaster. (That last sentence? Yeeeah. That might be why I’m single. That and the fact that I refuse to date someone who doesn’t love Josh Lyman and indulge me by talking about him like he’s a real person).

Despite missing out on a fantastic job opportunity last week, I find myself all sorts of happy lately. Like, the kind of annoying happy that other people have to roll their eyes at. Ned Flanders happy. And it’s the grown up happy- the kind that is dependent on myself, not solely on the acts of others. A happiness I can claim complete responsibility for, which is nice.

I saw this the other day and it made me smile. I have to end this post before I choke to death on all the sap.

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1. Jenn - June 19, 2009

I love the tags you used for this post :)

brandy - June 19, 2009

Thanks!!

2. sizzle - June 19, 2009

Happiness from inside yourself is the very best happy.

Love the image.

brandy - June 19, 2009

I 100% agree with you. Or happiness that comes when you see pictures of Ryan Gosling without a shirt. That’s a good kind of happy too.

brandy - June 19, 2009

Or Ryan Reynolds on the new Entertainment Weekly. Sweet mother.

3. kristinblakely - June 19, 2009

so happy you’re happy. see, happiness is contagious!

brandy - June 19, 2009

I’m glad!

4. Liam - June 19, 2009

Speaking of West Wing…

If you haven’t read it already, pick up George Stephanopolous’s book “All Too Human”… EXCELLENT read (so far)…

brandy - June 19, 2009

I have read it actually and really loved it! I read a while ago that Bradley Whitford actually read it to understand how close a relationship between a staffer and a President could be. But I do give you extra credit for spelling George’s last name correctly. I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t have been able to pull that off!

Liam - June 19, 2009

I have the book right next to me…

Usually I call him George Snuffalapugus…

5. Kyla Roma - June 19, 2009

lol Vague is Vogue? I love your tags.

And I love that you’re oozing happy. I need to get back to that place myself.

brandy - June 19, 2009

That’s one of my favourites too! It makes me feel like it’s acceptable to not elaborate on anything if I use a fun tag. ;)

6. extemporaneousexpressions - June 19, 2009

Glad to see you’re happy right now, and have a Mmmagical weekend :)

brandy - June 19, 2009

You too!

7. brookem - June 19, 2009

YOU make me happy.

brandy - June 19, 2009

Awww! YOU make me happy too! I owe you a big ol’ email.

8. Paula - June 19, 2009

Haha, i can sooo identify with you in this post!

brandy - June 19, 2009

That’s good news!

9. Justrun - June 19, 2009

Your happy is making me even happier! How about that?

And yes, Josh is a real person. Don’t listen to anyone who disagrees. Which you obviously know.

brandy - June 19, 2009

AND Bradley Whitford is getting a divorce! Which means one of us will (obviously) have the chance to role play being Donna with him and having to stay late at work. Wait- did I take that too far?

10. Kat with a K - June 19, 2009

So I found your blog via my Google Alert for Bradley Whitford, which… well. Might tell you enough right there. But I just wanted to say hello! And I’m glad you are happy. And I’m enjoying your writing and will be reading.

brandy - June 19, 2009

Anyone who has a google alert set for Bradley Whitford is going to be a very good friend.

11. Gany - June 19, 2009

Reading about your mood swings made me think about cyclothymia but I guess that would be exaggerated. Well, as long as happiness overrules sadness overall…

brandy - June 19, 2009

It does.

12. Red Squirrel - June 19, 2009

Are you sure you didn’t get laid then?

brandy - June 19, 2009

You know, I didn’t but I can’t definitely see why people would think I had.

13. Bridget - June 19, 2009

I love the fact that you love Joshua Lyman. And that you’re happy.

Love is in the air!

And thanks to Liam, I am about to go buy a new book.

brandy - June 19, 2009

Let me know what you think of the book when you are done!

14. Katie - June 20, 2009

You happy=me happy.

Check out that cheesy ass line =)

15. Felisa - June 20, 2009

I understand about being an emotional roller coaster. Completely.
On the flip side, when you’re not single anymore, you’ll at least have enough personalities to keep someone on their toes. :P

16. Essentially Me - June 20, 2009

“And it’s the grown up happy- the kind that is dependent on myself, not solely on the acts of others.”

Best line ever.

17. Peter DeWolf - June 20, 2009

I feel like I already commented on this in our 9 million word e-mail exchange.

18. geekhiker - June 20, 2009

Glad to hear it, fellow blog-erino!

19. Dingo - June 20, 2009

The grown up type of happy is almost dizzying, isn’t it? It’s like, “I made this and no one can take it from me!” Except for maybe Hallmark or a commercial about old people in nursing homes.

20. Kristina - June 20, 2009

Thank you for your comment on my blog! It’s been a long, nasty road, but things have a miraculous way of working out. (That’s kind of a Ned Flanders thing…)
I love what you said about being “grown-up happy”
“And it’s the grown up happy- the kind that is dependent on myself, not solely on the acts of others.” Perfectly said!

21. Andhari - June 21, 2009

I do think you’re magic :)

22. Marie - June 21, 2009

That’s the best kind of happy. I hope you have tons more of happy days to come. :)

23. Just Playing Pretend - June 22, 2009

I love sappy happy! This was great.

24. La Petite Belle - June 22, 2009

happy is good! I’m happy you’re happy.

25. wishcake - June 23, 2009

“I’ve mentioned before that I swing wildly between complete happiness and utter despair in a single swoop.”

So, if we ever hung out on a regular basis, it would be a hot mess because we are basically emotion twinsies. Although, maybe we would just balance eachother out, who knows? I’m willing to find out.

In any case, I totally get it – and I love all the sap in this post. Makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. Well done, you!