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7 Quick Takes Friday (vol. 48): hot coffee, good music, and learning all the things

  • November 7, 2014
  • By Happy
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7 Quick Takes Friday (vol. 48): hot coffee, good music, and learning all the things

— 1 —

This week’s best text of the week award goes to: “Yay!  Julia finally made a good decision!”

Sadly, only true Parenthood fans will truly understand that, but OMGoodness, she sent the lawyer kid home last night.  Joel – we’re pulling for you.  We know you were really dumb for about 5 episodes.  But we still think you’re awesome, and she has been soooo much dumber this season than you ever were last season.  You were really dumb.  But we still really like you.

Julia doesn’t deserve you – at. all. – but we do hope she picks you.

#TeamJoelForever

— 2 —

The past couple of weeks in Happy-land have come with all kinds of unique challenges, which made this read from Lucille Zimmerman an incredibly timely one: Ten Ways To Respond When Someone Wounds You With Their Words.

No kidding – #1, #2, # 6, and # 10 – were lifesavers this week.

— 3 —

photo courtesy of ©Depositphotos.com / dvargg

photo courtesy of ©Depositphotos.com / dvargg

There is an actual town in Mississippi called “Hot Coffee.”  Apparently its residents include German Baptists who run restaurants without electricity, and there is only one pot of coffee in the entire town, but still… Someone named it “Hot Coffee” – which is just all kinds of awesomesauce.

— 4 —

Confession (that any of my Spotify followers will attest to): I am already listening to Christmas music.  Amanda-of-the-Shreds-and-Patches told me to check out Kim Walker-Smith’s new Christmas album, and I am so not sorry.

It’s not available on Spotify yet, but you can download it from iTunes here.

— 5 —

I am not sure there are enough #hashtags to express how much I #loved this article from Richard Stearns, and his observations on the implications of the prevalent world-wide view concerning the roles of women in leadership within the church.

— 6 —

Also, Anne Lamott is still amazing.  As always.  So please follow that link, and learn All The Things.  Because that is what she teaches… and All The Things are worth learning.

(Except possibly maybe a few of The Things About Politics. Those are debatable. But The Rest Of The Things? Spot on.)

— 7 —

And because no #7QT would be complete without an awesome video, here’s one from one of my favorite movies, Summer Magic.  In the interest of true transparency, I’ll admit that Peter Brown (who played Tom Hamilton in this movie) was probably my first movie-crush (aside from Frankie Avalon, who does not count), but the sound track to this movie is one of my core memories from childhood. And no, Peter Brown does not feature prominently in this particular scene:

 

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By Happy, November 7, 2014
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Meet Happy
Simple Felicity is, at its heart, a blog based on the unshakeable belief that happiness really isn't all that complicated. It's often found in the simplest of things: good food, good books, and good company. So those are the things I write about, along with a few other things that really matter to me, including faith and feminism. A bit about me: My name is Happy. I have an amazing talent for misplacing my keys, a deep appreciation for whomever looked at the coffee bean and thought, "Hey, I wonder what would happen if I roasted this?", and road trips to Michigan are pretty much my favorite.
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