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Sat 14 Jul, 2007 12:40 pm
Laughing is good for your state of mind. Have you ever just stood in a room with a couple/few friends and started laughing, on purpose, for no real reason? Even a fake laugh can't help but make you happy. No matter what mood you're in, if you do this, within minutes you'll be happy.
Go ahead, try it, you'll see.
we do it in theatre. you can't help yourself but start really laughing eventually.
...haven't tried it alone at home though. that would feel odd. maybe i should.
Remember when you ran away
And I got on my knees
And begged you not to leave
Because I'd go berserk?
Well. . .
You left me anyhow
And then the days got worse and worse
And now you see I've gone
Completely out of my mind
And. . .
They're coming to take me away, HA HA
They're coming to take me away, HO HO HEE HEE HA HA
To the funny farm
Where life is beautiful all the time
And I'll be happy to see
Those nice, young men
In their clean, white coats
And they're coming to take me away, Ha-haaa!
You thought it was a joke
And so you laughed
You laughed when I had said
That losing you would make me flip my lid
Right. . .
You know you laughed, I heard you laugh
You laughed, you laughed and laughed
And then you left
But now you know I'm utterly mad!
And. . .
They're coming to take me away, HA HA
They're coming to take me away, HO HO HEE HEE HA HA
To the happy home
With trees and flowers and chirping birds
And basket weavers who sit and smile
And twiddle their thumbs and toes
And they're coming to take me away, Ha-haaa!
I cooked your food
I cleaned your house
And this is how you pay me back
For all my kind, unselfish loving deeds?!!
Hah. . .
Well you just wait
They'll find you yet
And when they do they'll
Put you in the ASPCA, you mangy mutt!
And. . .
They're coming to take me away, HA HA
They're coming to take me away, HO HO HEE HEE HA HA
To the funny farm
Where life is beautiful all the time
And I'll be happy to see
Those nice, young men
In their clean, white coats
And they're coming to take me away, Ha-haaa!
To the happy home
With trees and flowers and chirping birds
And basket weavers who sit and smile
And twiddle their thumbs and toes
And they're coming to take me away, Ha-haaa!
To the funny farm
Where life is beautiful all the time
And I'll be happy to see
Those nice, young men
In their clean, white coats
And they're coming to take me away, Ha-haaa!
Hmm, you're Henry the Eight, I suppose, Region.
And do you know the B-side of that record as well (I liked it more
)?
I've referred many times to the cool research on microexpressions -- one thing that I thought was really interesting was that when the people who were researching did certain expressions, it affected their mood. They would just cycle through them with no particular rhyme or reason, practicing making them and reading them. A certain grimace made them really grumpy and out of sorts, for example. Some smiles made 'em happy.
Makes you rethink the cause and effect of it all.
Ok everyone in the Starbucks is now looking at me like I am completely insane...
It's like smiling. Just put a smile on your face and after a short while, you'll feel great!
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