The last few months I have felt drained, defeated and jaded, among a few other pejorative moods. Yet in spite of this, I desperately began searching high and low for a little bit of Happy.
In Ad Land it has become tiring to hear of people and brands being over positive, claiming to be serving up a slice of this so called ‘Happy’ on a silver platter for us all to enjoy. Well, I’m not talking about discounts or those ‘special moments before the purchase,’ I’m talking about those stupid tiny purchases you can only buy for yourself and share with the closest person to you. I call them Happy because they are the rare things that remain just as Happy long after the first moment you saw them.
My first piece of Happy was uncovered in Covent Garden at All Saints. It was a small brown tattered leather wallet with an arcane piece of leather string hanging from it. It was £40 but I had to have it just to make the queue that much more annoying for those behind me as I would unravel it for a simple Fiver, and that much more easier for the local pick-pocket to yank the string and run away with my life. All in all, 8 months in and still, I love it!
As those of you who know me, moving home has been a roller coaster of emotions only matched by the uncertainty of the job hunt, and my pursuits for tiny pieces of Happy slowed down…that is until recently!The biggest piece of Happy was more of a conscious thought-after purchase, my new iPhone 3G S!! I needed this tool of the future for my travels out to San Francisco for the Planningness conference and my week working for Euro RSCG. I even rewarded its companionship with a black Air Jacket case with a matte finish and matching screen cover. I treat those I love very well ☺
More recently, my Lady and I have finally realigned ourselves and celebrated the pre Holiday season gallivanting around NYC, mixing cocktails with old friends and new ones with accents, topped off with the much anticipated visit to Chop’t, the creative salad company, it may seem like an errand but after almost a year in the making this lunch was definitely a piece of yummy Happy.
Sure enough, when it rains, it pours … hence the dual meaning for the title of this posting. My Lady of course makes her debut, but more importantly and on a more relevant note, my feelings at the moment can be aligned to Liza Minnelli’s Cabaret number, ‘Maybe This Time.’
OOH almost forgot! After a trip out to Marshall’s I discovered some more Happy!
A green OGGI travel coffee mug, and the softest, most snuggliest green throw!
But I digress…Speaking of pouring, I am also in the process of interviewing with Anomaly in NYC and DraftFCB out in San Francisco! Even a wee bit of action on the job front is enough to help shift my energies. (wow I sound like my mom, minus of course the fancy new nails, layers of colour fused into her hair and her plethora of new coats! The wonders of what one can afford after sacrificing heat during the winter!)
My final piece of Happy, aside from finally feeling like I can write about something other than advice about how best to ‘hang in there’ during tough times, is the Moleskin Storyboard journal I found today along with a small green pen. (Have you picked up that I am quite fond of the colour green yet?)
So as of this moment, as my Lady reads this, her teeth are grinding, for yet again I have taken a page out of her book. Well tough cookies missy! ☺So as Happy makes itself easier for me to uncover and 2010 swiftly approaches with new moments and opportunities, I’ll sign off in the words of Liza…
'All the odds are in my favor
Something's bound to begin
It's got to happen, happen sometime
Maybe this time I'll win'
Something's bound to begin
It's got to happen, happen sometime
Maybe this time I'll win'
