13-08-2005 13:58									#1
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I'll not go into detail about what a happy place is. This should be a common enough term. Something you may have heard a psycholigist use (at least the one's on tv- and that's where I get all my information from ).

So where is it? Is it a beach? which beach? who is there?

and try to keep this clean. Sure orgies are fun, but eventually you get tired of all the sex. . I was looking for more realistic settings.

on second thought, the title of this thread looks very much like a reference to genitalia. Perhaps I should have though of that before posting. So don't include that in your answers either!

	13-08-2005 14:03									#2
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quote: Originally posted by Dis Perhaps I should have though of that before posting. So don't include that in your answers either!

Don't worry, most don't care about that here at poly....

	13-08-2005 14:05									#3
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Diamond Head beach, in the water, waiting for the next swell to come in. Even if it's flat, just being out there in the water zoning out staring at the horizon and watching the sun set is very zen-like.

Just being offshore by 100-200 yards in the ocean by yourself while you're just waiting for the next big swell is very soothing for me.


Far more happier and spiritual than at the bottom of a bottle watching adult swim (which was going to be my original answer... )

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Is it your prostate gland, Dis?

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quote: Originally posted by DRoseDARs Is it your prostate gland, Dis?

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	13-08-2005 14:15									#6
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I have to think about my happy place a little. I'm not really sure. Perhaps this is why I'm so stressed and unhappy all the time.

I'm a man of extremes. I enjoy 2 activities that are pretty much unrelated in all ways. I enjoy hiking, and I enjoy computer games. So my happy place would be both places. I would have 2 happy places.

As for hiking, there are so many beautiful places, it's hard to choose one. There are the local places I see most often: red rock canyon, Mt. Charleston, but they can't compare to further off places which are more beuatiful such as Lake Tahoe, the Sierras. Zion is beautiful too. And I haven't even seen places in other countries (i've only visited cities in other countries- not the wilderness). And I run into a similar problem with computer games. I doubt I could choose one. But it would probably be a civ style game or a roleplaying game. Either civ3, smac, BG2, or NWN. Or perhaps civ4- we shall see.

As for who is with me, well that's a tough one. I've always been kind of a loner. Yes this is why I don't have a girlfriend, not because I can't get one (though that is also true ). I prefer to be alone a lot of the time (but not all the time- I am no hermit). I have no desire to have someone nag me after getting home from a hard days work. Okay work isn't that hard, but I still don't want to hear it. I've already accepted dying alone. I'm prepared to accept my choices in life. In answer to my question. Only my dog would be with me.

	13-08-2005 14:23									#7
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Being active in something is always good.

Shoot, I surf, swim, dive, run, and (occassionally) weight lift. But I'm also a rabid gamer and drink almost 5 times a week.


Although since the surf here has been pretty crappy, I've been doing much more of category 2 and a lot less of category 1...

	13-08-2005 17:13									#8
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Well I suppose I have two 'happy-places'. One is external, in that it exists in reality, and the other is internal, in that it only exists in my mind.

The external happy-place is a short walk from where I live. I basically live on a peninsular of a lake, and on this peninsular is a ridge with a national park. My happy place within this area is a lookout with a spectacular view across the lake of one of the larger suburbs on the other side. I particularly like to walk up to this lookout at dusk and watch the lights over on the other side come on (of course, I stumble about in the dark until I make it back to the road, but its worth it ).

The internal happy-place is an entire fantasy world. I write about it whenever I have an urge to do something creative (and get bored of gaming/uni/essay writing). Of course, not all the events that unfold in this world are good ones (have to make the overall plot compelling somehow don't I?), but it still provides satisfaction to be able to delve into this world, as my creativity is something I know to be one of my greater strengths, and delving into this world is affirmation of that.

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	13-08-2005 17:24									#10
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The pond on the bottom two acres where we live - it's about a quarter acre pond and it's full of waterlillies (up to fifty blooms at a time), and my little girl loves to go out on the gazebo and watch all the dragonflies while throwing little sticks in the pond. Sometimes she giggles.

Then in the autumn or early spring on grey, blustery cold days she likes to go out on the gazebo and just watch with this odd look on her face. Her eyes are grey, and its a quite unique juxtaposition. We just sit there enjoying the quiet and the wind until she becomes to chilly.

	14-08-2005 02:55									#13
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A particular cliff, over looking Chawamigan Bay on Lake Superior.

	14-08-2005 03:13									#14
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quote: Something you may have heard a psycholigist use

I heard it first on Happy Gilmore, and that's all I'll say about mine.

	14-08-2005 03:40									#15
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My therapist i had 15 years ago told me that and i think i said this in the sleep thread. mine is a isloted beach i dont know which beach since i have seen the ones in texas and cali and hawaii

	14-08-2005 03:53									#16
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My happy place is my boat. Nothing beats the feeling of sitting on the forward deck with a beer or a cup of coffee in your hand watching the sun set over the docks. And there´s something subtly erotic about dock cranes in direct light

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Rome - no doubt. Not in the mainstream areas but in the small sidewalks - you could spent a lifetime there.

A second would be the west coast of jutland - it's windy as hell and the sea is rough most of the year, but it cleans your mind and widens the horizont - maybe there are a viking somewhere in my past.

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quote: Originally posted by Dr Zoidberg My happy place is my boat. Nothing beats the feeling of sitting on the forward deck with a beer or a cup of coffee in your hand watching the sun set over the docks. And there´s something subtly erotic about dock cranes in direct light

I'll ignore your small fantasies, but is it a sailboat ? If so I really understand you. The sound of a boat "clucking" trough the waves is just - well, you feel alive in a way difficult to explain for those that haven't experienced it.

	14-08-2005 12:30									#19
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I have no happy place. Rage, bile and loathing are balms to my soul.

If I had a happy place, it would resemble a napalm strike on a peacock.

	14-08-2005 13:03									#20
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I have a few, (or had, there are no happy places in Singapore).

In NZ, the tops of hills or the cliffs around banks peninsula.

Either that, or driving in a car, over the flat canterbury plains towards the massive and clear mountains to the west. Sitting in the car, for hours, watching a vista of open land and mountains is very humbling.

Banks Peninsula:


Southern Alps:

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	14-08-2005 14:08									#21
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quote: Originally posted by BlackCat I'll ignore your small fantasies, but is it a sailboat ? If so I really understand you. The sound of a boat "clucking" trough the waves is just - well, you feel alive in a way difficult to explain for those that haven't experienced it.

No, it´s not a sailboat. It´s a rather worn down old passenger boat.

And there´s no poultry on board...

	14-08-2005 14:35									#22
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Fishing out on the deep blue, with no land in sight.

	14-08-2005 17:41									#23
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Mine is in the water of a good swimming pool , somewhere around the evening .

I'd guess Kuci's would be in one of his many bathrooms , where only those who are explicitly invited may enter .

	14-08-2005 17:57									#24
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No one mentioned a pub yet?

	14-08-2005 18:33									#25
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In dark basement with flashing lights, with my favourite DJs providing the banging beats all night long, while I'm surrounded by 30 hot dancing chicks with sexy outfits, but no lingerie, I mean party outfits. Oh wait! But I get to go there every now and then .

Ok.. and then a nice chill out room right next to it, with my favourite chill out music played live of course, with free drinks, BIG leopard sofas, and all the chicks there, and they all think I'm smart and funny and sexy but no one dares to make a move becuase they don't want to interrupt my zone. Unless I snap my fingers.

Then I want all these fresh fruits there, couple of my friends (it's more fun when you can share it with friends), and the chill out room has one corner covered with these wallpapers.. wallpapers of my account status, which shows I'm multi-millonaire..

That's my happy place. Oh and the party never stops. Unless I snap my fingers.