Are you happy?

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

Poll question: Are you happy?

'Nuff said.

Keep it kicked, this could be interesting.

[ulysses]

1. personally? politically?

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

2. Overall. Encompassing both.

[ulysses]

8. then yes.

Mad on some levels, frustrated and bewildered on others, but fatherhood trumps much. :D

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

11. There's not much than can trump that.

I am so happy for you guys!

[TomInTib]

3. I'm happy. Pissed off, but happy. nt

[NMDemDist2]

4. despite all the stress of daily living

the mess that is DC and the tragedies that are going on in so many places of our little blue ball I'm happy. or perhaps content most days is a better description.

remember, it's an inside job and serenity is not the lack of storm, but rather the calm within the storm

peace

[madokie]

5. mad assed happy okie here

[rosesaylavee]

6. Today - yes. n/t

[PWRinNY]

7. YES!

Personally, yes. Politically - YES! Why? Because I'm a Dem and I know what I stand for, what I vote for, and HOPE ENDURES.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

9. Interesting factoid at this point... It's pretty even, but all the posts

are from "happies." Why?

[PWRinNY]

19. Oh just try this poll on freeperville

You'd have very few happies. All licking their wounds over there, fueling each other's hatred. We're happy here because we ARE here. :)

[HysteryDiagnosis]

10. Don't I "LOOK" happy???????????

[dubeskin]

12. No, not really happy

Mad at the administration, amd at everything and everyone.

Well, lookee here. This poll is as close as the 2000 and 2004 elections. It's just a good thing we aren't using Diebold to run our internet servers.

[Deja Q]

13. I'd like to be happy.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

15. All of us would.

peace.

[Deja Q]

22. 25 people might disagree with you.

As of 20:39 on 12 June 2006.

[badgerpup]

14. At the moment? Not at all.

But there's times when life just sucks...and those are the good days.
:shrug:

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

18. If it weren't for the bad times...

we wouldn't know the good times if they slapped us in the face.

Better times to ya' Badgerpup!

[BlackVelvet04]

16. Yeah, I am happy.....

it's nice. I went through a long period that I wasn't and it's really nice to be happy. A good marriage covers a multitude of sins.

[cspanlovr]

20. at this moment, im soaking in a hot bath with hubby =he's rubbing my feet

sp i guess im happy! sorry, its hard t9 ty-e th9s way...

[H2O Man]

17. Yes. n/t

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

21. Right now 25-20 in favor of happy.

I'm going out to walk my dog now and I promise, I will be reasonably happy during that time.

Small things.

You have to notice.

[Breeze54]

23. I'm dissastisfied which means I'm not happy.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

24. Fuck no!

My country is descending into fascism and religious zealotry. I feel as though we are advancing into the 12th century, Religious whack jobs are getting more media attention than science, People who think hurricanes are sent by an imaginary friend in the sky to smite certain sexual mores get more press than global warming. We live in an insane asylum and the inmates are in charge! I am not happy.

[OwnedByFerrets]

25. I am happy personally, but terribly angry

politically. My partner makes me unbelievably happy. My so-called administration make me :puke: .

[dysfunctional press]

26. even moreso since paying off the mortgage...

and booting the tenant.

life is good.

[Lilith Velkor]

27. I'm not dead yet!

I'm actually feeling much better! I...FEEL...HAPPY!! :P

[Raine]

28. No

I'm taking care of my father who has Alzheimer's and everyday is a struggle.

Edit: Spelling

[cboy4]

47. Raine, I justed wanted to send a note telling you how so sorry I am

to read that your dad has that vicious, cruel disease.

People who are not familiar with Alzheimer's really can't understand first hand the agony families go through.

I certainly wish you, your family and naturally your father only the best. :)

[Raine]

51. Thank you

:pals:

[damntexdem]

29. I had to answer 'no.'

Never answer 'yes' to a question like that. The gods are just waiting to take you down a peg if you do. ;-)

[Swamp Rat]

30. Yes, I survived Katrina

I enjoy life... making art, music, food, love... and beating the crap out of RWers whenever they come within arm's reach. :D

[lyonn]

32. Good one Swampy

Me too, I have survived to this elderly age with lots of good stuff along the way, bad wasn't that bad. Politics now are unbelievable and the thoughts of where this country is right now can put a pit in your stomach. We Dems are generally positve thinkers or at least eternally hopeful.

[Swamp Rat]

35. And we are SURVIVORS!

... ready to "fight the good fight" against the New Amerikan Fascism.

:hi:

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

52. Nicely done banner, Swamp Rat!

[Gregorian]

31. Yes.

No.

[Kurovski]

33. Yes! Joyous, even.

I worry, I get pissed, but it all moves quickly. Up and down on the ride. It's pretty fun. it always has been, even in the midst of some nasty, wretched shit.

Lots of it, actually.

No meds, self or prescribed. (yet!)

Well, the occasional cigarette and vodka.

A lot of vodka on my last birthday.

Laughing is my favorite.

It's true that I'm kind of an idiot. but lifelong friends (and the occasional sailor) can rely on more than just a good time.

[conflictgirl]

34. Not now, but I have hope for the future

My husband's months of unemployment following years of under-employment and layoffs are getting me down, in addition to my health which sucks way more than it should for someone my age.

But I have hope for the future nonetheless. I'm finishing my bachelors degree next year and going on to grad school, so maybe things will turn around then.

[lyonn]

36. Tom, in an earlier post didn't you complain about school

loans? Give them a few scheckles a month, or have they changed the penalties for not paying as set-out in contract? In the old days they were pretty good about giving former students a break, silly me, of course that has changed. Anyway, they can't take that education away from you so cheer up.

[Doc_Technical]

37. Axis II 301.22 Schizoid Personality Disorder (Premorbid)

DSM-IV.

I'm getting bette; I now am beginning to care that I don't care.

[upi402]

38. Hell yes I'm happy! I got another day -WTF!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[jen4clark]

39. Yes. Happy.

Not deliriously happy and yes, I get angry, frustrated, pissed off at the lies, crimes and horrors of the greedy pigs running the country (world?)... but somehow I wake up each morning feeling blessed and happy. It's a circle. I feel blessed and happy for being blessed and happy... I send good thoughts and light to any and all darkness I'm aware of. That includes the lying, criminal pigs who piss me off. LOL!!

[shanti]

40. most of the time

:shrug:

[snot]

41. I'm usually happy but depressed.

I feel lucky in my circumstances and level of awareness and even enjoyment of the good things in life (truth, beauty, goodness, love, friendship, etc.) I can't shake anxiety and underlying angst. I think the latter have more to do with my own internal workings than with circumstances.

I do think my level of anxiety etc. contribute to my liberalism (never sure I've got all the answers; best to consider other points of view and whether changes might be helpful) and my tendency to notice negative trends that might need attention (i.e., I think depressives may be helpful to the survival of the species, even if they're not so helpful to themselves, as "canaries in the coal mine").

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[TahitiNut]

43. (grin) Of course.

It's my choice and mine alone ... and I'm pro-choice. O8)

(FWIW, Frankl was right.) :thumbsup:

[NuttyFluffers]

44. i am a jovial form of bitterness, the friendliest evil, the sweetest venom

so you really leave me outside the poll in this, which makes me unhappy -- with a wistful smile.

:P

[StellaBlue]

45. Yes.

In debt, single, slightly overweight, unemployed, powerless.

But happy? Very.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

46. Nope -neither personally or politically

N/T

[Richard Steele]

48. No. I am one seriously unhappy fellow. nm

[Nutmegger]

49. Neither

I'm not skipping down the street but I'm not soaking in my own tears either.

Life is okay for the time being.

[cherokeeprogressive]

50. I think it happens because of my blood type: B+

I'm in my mid-forties. I've got a county job. I'm going to school (completing my 7th semester at CSULB, part time). I just married the most awesomely awesome woman in the entire world who's 11 years my senior, and live in South Orange County, not 5 miles from the Pacific Ocean.

Add to that the fact that my Ex-Wife just got re-married and is no longer calling me at all hours demanding money and attention.

Plus, I just got rid of my crotch-rocket Kawasaki Ninja and bought my first Harley-Davidson.

I could SAY I was unhappy, but I'd be lying.

I forgot to mention that I work for the Orange County Registrar of Voters... I can guarantee you that in MY county, no valid votes are uncounted, miscounted, lost, denied, or hacked.

[marions ghost]

53. where is "other" ?

on this question I'd prefer to avoid the extremes either way. Accepting that happiness is fleeting in this life but at the same time using every trick in the book of mental gyrations to avoid depression.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

54. It's there...

but you have to be happy to see it!

:hi:

[marions ghost]

55. Oh OK

Looks like I am handicapped in Happyland which I didn't know was such an either/or place. I shall remain invisible then. :hi: