Goodness...

I lied. Again. I've got nothing. I've just been completely unproductive and I'm just exhausted. I definitely need to put school work first right now, so I'm not going to probably put anything up until Monday. Tomorrow is always a possibility, but I'm not going to give a definite answer. I'm really sorry about flaking, but the concert is tomorrow then I won't have any more choir until next semester. I do hope everyone has a good weekend and I'll hopefully have something up soon.

Happiness,

Angela

Friday, November 13, 2009: I'm sorry, again!

I won't be posting anything again today. I'm really, really, really sorry. I'm hanging my head in shame, so you know. I've been so busy. I have two tests next week and a concert on Sunday. So I'm really just rushing around trying to get everything in order. Other than work, I didn't do a lot of strenuous activity today and when I got home after work, I just passed out because I was so tired. In any case, I'll hopefully have a bit of time tomorrow after work to get some shots done between studying and such. Anyways...I'll update tomorrow. I'll have something. I promise! Hope everyone had a great Friday the 13th!

Happiness,

Angela

Thursday, November 12, 2009: Oopsie daisy!

So I'm really sorry for skipping out on yesterday (and today as you'll find out). Yesterday, I was running around all day singing my brains out since our concert is Sunday. And then today I spent all morning working on my radio ads and then after class just sat on my butt since I haven't had much of a break in a while. SO! I do have 8 photos on my camera. They are nothing exciting, but I'll call this the dew and face-behind-the-camera and eye installment of Happiness a Day and I'll owe you two more photographs tomorrow (hopefully I'm cool enough to get it done). So without further ado, meet the dew on my car, my face, and my eyes.

Happiness,

Angela

Tuesday, November 10, 2009: Clouds, Buttons, Tucked Away Berries, Cleaning Up, Yellow Leaves

Clouds: I must admit that I love clouds. No matter what form they take, they're always fascinating to me. Puffy awesomeness.

Buttons: Come to find out that I'm one of those people who go through a hardware store like Lowe's and walk down the doorbell aisle for the sole purpose of pushing all the buttons even if they don't work. I think I tick a lot of people off that way, but how do you resist a button!? It's so...button-y!

Tucked Away Berries: I'll be honest. I wasn't sure what to call this. There's just so much I love going on here. Red berries. Contrasting leaf colors. Red/pink leaves. Berries almost looking safeguarded by leaves. It's just great.

Cleaning Up: The chore is never done. Yes. Those bags are full of leaves. And this is at least the second time they've raked that area alone. And leaves are still on the trees. I giggle at them. But there's something about those bags. They're just so appealing. Maybe because I want to rip them open to get to the leaves and then jump around in them?

Yellow Leaves: I'm not the most inclined to yellow. Don't get me wrong, I love all colors, but yellow is one that I'm just not fully in love with. Except in this situation. When leaves are yellow, they're gorgeous. Almost makes me feel rich.

Happy Tuesday! I will admit today was not my best day, but I survived and I didn't kill anyone. In any case, I do hope you enjoyed these. They were actually taken yesterday, which I'm glad I did, because it was way too wet today for me to feel comfortable carrying my camera around. I did get one shot though that I'll use tomorrow. However, as a little prelude to tomorrow, I think I'm going to take my camera with me to Wal-Mart. See what I can find there! Have a great evening!

Happiness,

Angela

Monday, November 9, 2009: Squirrel!, Red Berries, Graffiti, Leaves to Jump In, Sunset

Squirrel!: I love them. Their twitchy tails make me smile and the ones here are so friendly!

Red Berries: Not that the other colors aren't as awesome, but red is just so appealing to me. I love these little things!

Graffiti: I don't know what it means and it's not like some of the epic graffiti, but I love it all the same. The middle one looks like "Placebo" and the top is obvious, but I'm stumped on the bottom part, so if anyone recognizes it, do comment! I love this stuff.

Leaves to Jump In: You have to admit, fall is amazing because of the massive quantities of leaves. There's actually so many leaves that they're already gathering them to throw away and there's plenty of trees that have yet to shed a significant amount of leaves. Fall is epic here.

Sunset: I don't believe this really deserves an explanation. No one in their right mind cannot love sunrises or sunsets unless there's a horrible reason for it. They're just gorgeous. Always.

Welcome to the beginning of week 2 of Happiness A Day! Hopefully anyone who happens upon here is enjoying the photography. I so enjoyed taking the pictures, especially the puzzled looks of people who don't understand why I'm carrying a camera around with me to class. I'm enjoying not having or feeling the need to edit the pictures. I'm enjoying myself and I hope you are as well. Hope everyone has a great day!

Happiness,

Angela

Sunday, November 8, 2009: Random Findings, Cute Glasses, Looney Tunes, Bruises, Conquering Hunger

Random Findings: I was about to crack open Canterbury Tales and look what I found! An unfinished Sudoku puzzle. Now, I'm not a big Sudoku fan, but I love it when things like that happen.

Cute Glasses: I've always hated myself in glasses, but I do love these. I even wear them more often than I've ever worn glasses because I think they're cute. And to think I only spent $25 on them!

Looney Tunes: There's no way you can see that and not be happy. Bow down to the CartoonNetwork gods for sending us a Looney Tunes Marathon. BOW DOWN, I SAY!

Bruises: Not so much anything but how cool they look because it hurts quite badly. But how awesome are the colors? It's like a green-purple. How royal!

Conquering Hunger: Defeat, thy name is Sonic cheeseburger and fries! I like food, if you didn't know. And I love Sonic. If I didn't control myself, I'd eat there all the time. And I'd be fat. Very, very fat.

Well, this ends the first week of Happiness A Day. So far, I've had one comment and one follower (thank you ninja buddy!). So I'll emphasize. Please do comment. Even if you hate it. Even if you think it's the stupidest idea ever or that I'll fall on my face and fail. I want to hear it. Otherwise, I'll just keep chugging along and keep getting discouraged because no one told me how to improve. So please comment and invite others to see. It'd be greatly appreciated. Anyways, I hope you all enjoyed your weekend and enjoyed this first week of Happiness A Day. Hopefully I'll have success this upcoming week. Have a good evening and see you all tomorrow with more photos!

Happiness,

Angela

SORRY!

I won't be posting anything today, but I will briefly tell you about my day.

Woke up and went to work. All went fairly well. We were busy, but it died down around 2 before we closed, so we were out within 15 minutes or so after 3. Then I came back to my apartment, took a shower, got all prettied up, and went to a dinner that work paid for without tip money. It was nice. I'm not extremely fond of some of the people I work with, but it was nice to socialize a bit, but I'm now exhausted and contemplating going to bed early. Hope everyone had a great Saturday!

Happiness,

Angela

Friday, November 6, 2009: Soft Things, Shoes, Pretty Oopsies, Damselflies, Black and White

Soft Things: I'm always happy by soft things. Not just to touch, but to look at.

Shoes: I love shoes and I love seeing other peoples' shoes. Because...it makes me happy to see shoes. I'm a total shoe fiend. Like my shoes?

Pretty Oopsies: I always like it when I aim for something and it doesn't happen, but it still turns out pretty and interesting.

Damselflies: I love damselflies. I think they're beautiful. I could be surrounded by a flock of them all the time.

Black and White: I love black and white photos, especially of nature. I think of a wedding when I see this one I took.

Apologies for using non-current photos. The Black and White and Damselfly and Shoes photographs I did not take today. I suppose I could do a "blast from the past" on Fridays, but the reason I did it like this today was because I've been a little too preoccupied with other things today to really do any photography and I apologize for my personal life affecting me too much. The purpose of this is to list 5 things that made me happy every day. This isn't it and it's a failure on my part. I'll try to avoid this in the future. Well, the first week of Happiness A Day is almost up. I do hope you've enjoyed it so far and I do hope this weekend goes well. Have a great day! Go Pokes!

Happiness,

Angela

Thursday, November 5, 2009: Reflections, Half-Turned Leaves, Pain, An Abundance of Flowers, More Abstract Art

Reflections: I think reflections are one of my favorite natural occurrences of all time. I love them. Until they reflect in my eye. Then it hurts.

Half-Turned Leaves: I like how it's like the tree isn't sure if it's ready to give up its leaves yet. It's almost pleasantly awkward.

Pain: One of the things I love about pain is that it lets you know that you're still real. I must note though, I didn't do this to myself. I accidently cut myself on a tea urn at work. Only I can accomplish something like that (which I might add that I love as well).

An Abundance of Flowers: One thing you will find as this blog progresses is that I love nature, especially flowers. I just find happiness out of all flowers. Big, small, colorful, ugly, and so on. There's a comfort here.

More Abstract Art: As I said in the last entry, I love art, especially abstract like this. It's thought provoking and I love thinking.

Here's the end of Day 4. It's been difficult keeping up with pictures, but do-able as long as I have the motivation and because of certain circumstances right now, I don't have the exact motivation I need. I will certainly manage though. Hope everyone had a lovely Thursday. See you tomorrow.

Happiness,

Angela

Wednesday, November 4, 2009: Interesting Statues, Trees on Fire, Signs, Naked Trees, Condensation

Interesting Statues: I'm always happy when I see statues, especially the more conceptual and different ones like this. It's obvious what it is, but it's not realistic and that's why I love it.

Trees on Fire: It makes me really happy when I'm just walking around and the sun is just perfect on the leaves and it looks like the trees are on fire (which my camera didn't do much justice for).

Signs: I've always loved seeing this sign. There's always a conceptual, underlying meaning that I immediately think of and since it's such a simple item, I just like that it somehow means more to me.

Naked Trees: I must admit that while many people don't like how the trees lose their leaves so quickly, I just love how a naked tree looks. It's like a skeleton. And I love how the branches look like waves or something perfect for Halloween.

Condensation: There's something about these lights. They always seem to have condensation on them. And I love it. I love how it's almost random and is always there every day.

Well this once again concludes the third day of Happiness a Day. I wish I knew of a way to promote my site. I would really love to see it grow or at least have a lot of people visit and comment even if they're all criticisms and I end up not continuing the site. I just need some feedback on how everything looks and if it's enjoyable, so I once again urge anyone who visits to comment (even if it's bad) and if you enjoy it, subscribe and invite your friends and leave comments. Hope everyone had a great Wednesday!

Happiness,

Angela

Tuesday, November 3, 2009: Accidents, Leaves in Green Grass, Seemingly Backward Signs, Fiery Leaves, Dizzying Stairs

Accidents: From last night. An attempt at capturing the moon led to this rave-ish picture. It makes me happy how even accidents can be a good thing.

Leaves in Green Grass: There's something about the idea of it being autumn with the leaves turning brown and falling to the ground while the grass is still a lovely shade of green that's just great. I smile every time I see the contrast.

Seemingly Backward Signs: Call me naiive, but I'm pretty sure that the wheelchair typically faces the other direction. I think on campus was the first time I saw handicapped signs like these. All of the ones I've seen have been the other way, but I love the almost awkward difference.

Fiery Leaves: My happiness is very easily found in sunlight capturing the fiery orange of autumn leaves. It's just so passionate.

Dizzying Stairs: I'm a sucker for stairs, especially in spiral form. I walk past these every day to class and love to look and smile at them as I stroll by. I think my home will have gorgeously carved spiral staircases, assuming I need a home with a second floor.

I hope you've enjoyed day two of Happiness a Day. So far, I've quite enjoyed keeping an eye out for things that make me smile and it's been a treat to take photos that I don't have to bother editing. Please remember to comment and invite friends. I really want this site to grow! Have a great Hump Day and we'll see what happiness we find!

Happiness,

Angela

Monday, November 2, 2009: Hope, Peace, Mystery, Strange, Ducky Butts

This will be a one-time thing only, but I will explain how my posts will work. The picture will come first and then the explanation. Some photographs will not be straightforward, others will. The title of the post for obvious reference will include the date and what is included in the photographs. Pretty simple, but I still felt the need to explain just in case. These first photographs are solely night photography since I figured I wouldn't have much of any time to get many and it's a fun way for me to start off. So without further ado, welcome to the trial run of Happiness a Day!

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Hope: The moon, so far off in the distance and yet still shining, is a glimmer of hope for me and makes me happy every time I see it and regardless of its current phase.

Peace: Happiness is the peacefulness of a chilly, dark night, almost eerily illuminated. There's almost an eerie comfort that surrounds it. I could've stood there for hours, quietly humming a tune.

Mystery: The mystery of the tower is a source of happiness. There's no real mystery behind it that I'm aware of. It's more the way it looks. Illuminated in the dark as if it holds secrets. I'm constantly found staring at this building. It's beautiful.

Strange: Happiness is the strange and weird things in life. I will admit that I don't know what these are. Roots of some kind? Regardless, they're fascinating to look at and a source of happiness every time I walk by them. The strange and unique always makes me happy.

Ducky Butts: A less moody photograph seemed like a must, so I must introduce the ducky butts! Granted, these are geese, I believe. Either way, feathered bottoms are always cute and make me smile and I'm one of the lucky few whom the fowl of our pond don't feel the need to attack. You know you can't help but smile at them and their deviousness.

I hope you've enjoyed this first look of Happiness a Day. Remember to comment and invite your friends if you enjoy this blog.

Happiness,

Angela

Welcome to Happiness A Day!

Naturally, an introduction to this site is required.

Hello! My name is Angela. I commonly go by Kyra Eden or sugarytears on other various accounts I have on the Internet. I'm currently 20 years old and an advertising major in my junior year. The purpose of this blog is to share 5 things per day that make me happy in photograph form. This number will likely change to 3 if I can't find the time to take that many pictures in a day or if I get enough fans and regular viewers, I might take others photographs of things that make them happy to use. It all depends on you to invite your friends to see this blog and make sure they invite their friends and so on and so forth. When that time comes, I'll be sure to let everyone know that I'm taking photographs and I'll only post one a day of my own and a majority of those I get sent in.

So why am I doing this? Originally, I got the idea from my counselor who suggested I keep a journal of 5 things that make me happy each day. Instead, I got the idea to do photography instead of merely writing them down. I love taking photographs and my edited photography can be found at kyra-eden.deviantart.com if anyone would care to take a look. All the photography I use on this blog will be unedited. The only changes I might make are slight cropping and shrinking the size of the photographs, but that will be touch-and-go as this blog starts out.

Hopefully that answers all the pertinent questions anyone will have. Feel free to comment with questions and make sure to invite all your friends and let me know of any improvements to this site you can think of!

Happiness,

Angela