EPTso the happiest day of my life was probably some day when I was a young kid and got some video game I really wanted.
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Deleted User 3420
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so the happiest day of my life was probably some day when I was a young kid and got some video game I really wanted. | ||
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Bowdz
United States202 Posts
So for the past 2 years, running has been my passion and was pretty much my only focus during the fall. After racing in the 2006 State meet and coming up 4 points short, I knew what it felt like first hand to be so close and yet so far away. In 2007, our XC team was close, I mean really close, and we had a great friendship between everyone. We ran together, ate together, hung out together, everyday and they almost became a second family. The XC coaches were also the nicest, most informed, and inspirational people I have ever met and they seemed like step parents to everyone on the team. Throughout the season, we continued to lose to our rivals and win every other meet, just as we usually did. When it finally came down to State though, we had a different mindset. We were no longer giong to be complacent and yet we were not cocky. I remember the night before, our coach giving one of the most inspirational speeches I have ever heard (I mean this is the kind of speech that shows up in a Coach Carter like sports movie). It was not about taking it to our rivals or proving we were the best, but more about how he believed in us wholeheartedly. After hearing the speech, the team of 8 boys converged on my room and we all discussed the race and the season. We knew we had a strong 1,2, and 3 but me and my friend (the 4th and 5th runners) would have to step it up. By the end of the night, we all had a sense of peace and knew what had to be done. The the race rolled around, we were all calm and began to stay relaxed by quoting Superbad and 40 Year Old Virgin. For the first time ever, I was not nervous before the race, but more in a focused state of mind. We would hear the other racing going on behind us, but our team was too focused to care. Finally, we were up to the line; the primetime event that everyone in the state had been waiting for. I remember the gun going off and sprinting out like usual as we all fell into place. Our team's colors are green and our rivals are red (it is ironic in New Mexico that we are know for red and green chilis) and for most of the race I stuck with a group of red which I had never been with before. There were at least 4 red runners around me and I knew they already had 2 up ahead. I remember thinking "damnit Tom (5th runner) I need you up here now!" In the last 800m, when I thought all was lost, I heard footsteps behind me. I just kept telling myself "whatever you do, dont like the red past you. Push it Bowdz, push it." Then sure enough, I see a lanky green figure come up beside me. I was stunned and gave Tom a vacant stare for 1 second and then we took off. We were stride for stride up until the end. We rounded the final turn and came roaring into the football stadium and pushed it across the finish line and at that time, I knew we had done it. We had beaten our rivals and it felt like we had done the impossible. I just remember Tom and I coming out of the shoot and meeting up with our teammates before a hoard of supporters cheering for us. We stood there for probably 30 min, getting interviews, talking to each other, and just soaking up the feeling. We had done it. after 4 years of working everyday at practice, we had done it. | ||
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Fontong
United States6454 Posts
I would talk to my cousin from Hong Kong who took his junior/senior years of high school here and he was like "Yeah, I learned all the stuff they taught before I came here." So yeah, American primary schools suck. I'm so glad to be in college now. | ||
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Tien
Russian Federation4447 Posts
Happiest day of my life. | ||
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GHOSTCLAW
United States17042 Posts
On November 11 2008 03:18 Tien wrote: I just bought an xbox 360 with gears of war II. Happiest day of my life. starcraft >> gears of war 2. Unless you had a traumatic experience with sc or bw. greatest day of my life? the day that they announced sc2 xD | ||
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Oxygen
Canada3581 Posts
In response to the original statement, this is going to be extremely meaty: Right here, right now. | ||
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iNcontroL
USA29055 Posts
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decafchicken
United States20020 Posts
On May 20 2008 08:46 decafchicken wrote: Grand Blanc touches the ball down in their try zone for a twenty-two. The kicker brings up the ball and I frantically jump up and down the 22 line, only to be hit square in the face by the ball. I could care less, it’s now our scrum at the 22. Approximate time left: 30 seconds. Weather: Pouring rain. Score: 10-12. Game: semi finals in the state playoffs. Win or go home. Their weak side winger is cheating in, and their back line is solidified in the strong side of the field. “MARY MARY MARY” I call to the scrum half, our codename for the fly-half to go weak side. The scummie puts the ball in, and we successfully hook it. Our weak side winger cuts across the scrum to the strong side, bringing their winger with him. I cross the other way, and receive the ball.
Nothing short of pure extacy courses through my body as my team and I cry our joy at the top of our lungs. Our coaches are in tears. The game is over and we conquered the odds, the #5 seed triumphing over #1. We’re going to the ‘ship. /end e-brag. | ||
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Hypnosis
United States2061 Posts
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Archaic
United States4024 Posts
On November 11 2008 03:12 travis wrote: happiness is fickle and every up comes with a down. these days I am not happy so much, more peaceful and joyful. so the happiest day of my life was probably some day when I was a young kid and got some video game I really wanted. I'm going to have to agree with you on this. Happiness is completely overrated. Happiness isn't the only positive emotion that people can feel, and that is pretty much what defines my life. I can probably think of certain events, but none come to my mind right now. P.S. I was just about to post the N64 video =\. | ||
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TeCh)PsylO
United States3552 Posts
When your young (I'm thinking teenage years) you change quickly, you learn about life fast, your experience new things relatively frequently, and happiness seems to be tied in with those changes and experiences. For me personally, as I have gotten older (27 now), happiness is not as much a product of continual change and new experience, but sustaining the day to day life of raising a family, building a career, and trying to balance that consistency with the changes that I go through personally. I go through phases where I want to act like a bachelor again, be selfish, and do all the things that I've always wanted to do, but never had the time and energy for because I am committed to my family and job. All those things I haven't done or are not doing often frustrate me, but I see my family grow and my kids happy, and I know that my sacrifices of not indulging in my own self centered-ness have paid off. Whenever that realization strikes, as it does now and again, is when I am really happy and feel like I have grown and have accomplished as a person. | ||
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Racenilatr
United States2756 Posts
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
On November 11 2008 08:57 TeCh)PsylO wrote: It's hard to think about a specific day or event rather than a phase. I think growing up you have a lot of firsts- first beer, first serious relationship, first time at a party, first time getting high, just getting a sense of freedom with a drivers license and a car, etc... These all seem like things that would stand out as a spike in your sense of happiness. At some point, "firsts" start to come a lot more seldom. You graduate college, you get married, you have kids, you get a big promotion. In hindsight, those experiences of youth pail in comparison to the significance of those things that come later on in life, but somehow they still seem to have stimulated a greater sense of excitement and lasting memory. When your young (I'm thinking teenage years) you change quickly, you learn about life fast, your experience new things relatively frequently, and happiness seems to be tied in with those changes and experiences. For me personally, as I have gotten older (27 now), happiness is not as much a product of continual change and new experience, but sustaining the day to day life of raising a family, building a career, and trying to balance that consistency with the changes that I go through personally. I go through phases where I want to act like a bachelor again, be selfish, and do all the things that I've always wanted to do, but never had the time and energy for because I am committed to my family and job. All those things I haven't done or are not doing often frustrate me, but I see my family grow and my kids happy, and I know that my sacrifices of not indulging in my own self centered-ness have paid off. Whenever that realization strikes, as it does now and again, is when I am really happy and feel like I have grown and have accomplished as a person. QFT, Hero. I know op said not to do this but I think the happiest time of my life is when I first smoked weed and kept laughing uncontrollably for 30 minutes with other people who were doing the same. I would pay so much to relive this moment. Next one was probably when I first got a bj/laid. | ||
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Hollow
Canada2180 Posts
On November 11 2008 03:12 travis wrote: happiness is fickle and every up comes with a down. these days I am not happy so much, more peaceful and joyful. so the happiest day of my life was probably some day when I was a young kid and got some video game I really wanted. going to have to agree with travis' post as well. well said. | ||
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bluemanrocks
United States304 Posts
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azndsh
United States4447 Posts
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Steelflight-Rx
United States1389 Posts
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Tensai176
Canada2061 Posts
Transport me back into the summer of 2006. The summer heat had started to gain momentum and the strong rays of heat battered into my room without relent. Like a plague of stagnation, boredom struck me every day, drifting in and out of the internet, completing fable I (i.e buying all the houes in every town) and eating cup noodles for breakfast, lunch and dinner. My cousin lived with me then uploading anime into our modded xbox, where he would leave there and not even watch, perhaps enticing me to start the hobby. I did not take it. I'd rather rot in my pointless activities. Pointless they were pressing up and down on the Televison to the same old T.V shows, the re-runs that drowned good programming. Meanwhile, the WC3 use map setting games were getting to the point of breaking from being played so much (this was before my realization of starcraft) and I could see my empty coke cans and empty cup noodles form a castle around my desk. There wasn't a smell but the heat came in droves now, with no mercy it was to the point where i wet myself with water and sat in front of the fan all day. Then I gave in. I was dying from the boredom and I could feel my muscles dissipating. Have you ever felt like you just stepped into another world? The first time you played starcraft? The first time you found Team Liquid? The first time you surfed the internet? My hunger for anime after the one my cousin uploaded was insatiable. Left and right I downloaded as much as I could, watch days on end in the summer sun. Delete, find 10 more series, watch. My days went on like this for two months: Sleep -> Eat cup noodles -> watch. My dad, brother and cousin went to Korea for vacation so no one to disturb me in my practice. Sure I was probably happy, I did not feel it so much then but now I know how truly happy I must've been. Watching the greatest series' for the first time entering a whole new world and a brand new community. My whole life changed. From the way I view women (more than looks), the way I look at my life, my philosophies, my ideals and morals, yes it's pretty sad but it was really a turning point. It was like drugs. So maybe anime > girls, but I'll still get flamed? Haha, was one of the most happiest times of my life. | ||
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kdog3683
United States916 Posts
On November 11 2008 03:12 travis wrote: happiness is fickle and every up comes with a down. these days I am not happy so much, more peaceful and joyful. so the happiest day of my life was probably some day when I was a young kid and got some video game I really wanted. Same WHenever i'm not down, i feel happy . There is no happiest. WHenever i accomplish somthing i feel really happy. I guess happiest is in HS just fucking around with my friends randomly. | ||
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