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Not to get Bjork-like and all All is Full of Love on you, but a confluence of events, combined with my perpetual exhaustion, has me in a decidely weird mood. Thinking maybe there are some okay people out there after all and maybe everything doesn’t suck. Crazy talk, I know. But I was reading about this Sikh temple in Delhi, where free meals are served to around 10,000 people every day:

“This spirit of inclusion and equality is reinforced by the kitchen’s adherence to vegetarianism, not because Sikhs are vegetarian, but because others who visit may be, and by serving no meat, they exclude nobody.”

That gave me the warm fuzzies. Then I listened to Wayne Coyne’s audio essay, Creating Our Own Happiness, on NPR’s This I Believe. More warm fuzzies. And I finished reading Pat Murphy’s The City, Not Long After, which is awfully danged hopeful for a story set in post-apocalyptic San Francisco. And speaking of hope in the face of adversity, I heard an inspiring speech given by Iran Davar Ardalan, regarding conditions in her native Iran.

Thus far 2007 hasn’t been The Year of Sharyn, quite as I had hoped. But it could be worse. And like Mr. Coyne says, I need to be happy within the context of the life I am actually living…and to make more moments of happiness happen. So let’s bring on the happy!

Bonus: Gonna dress you up in my love. A flickrite pointed out the aorta shop on etsy. Jessica Wynne Plymate’s work is most awesome. I adore her whimsical cephalopods and dancing bunnies. And if I were a dude, a dude who worked somewhere with a dress code, I would totally wear the office squid ties.
Plus: In an effort to “create more moments of happiness” I’ve lined up a babysitter so I can go to some shows. There are so many coming up! Just a few I’d like to attend:

Saturday 3/31: Sondre Lerche in the Entry
Saturday 4/7: Neko Case in the Main Room
Friday 4/13: My friend Dave’s 30th Birthday Party/Show at Big V’s (with Tornavalanche, Vampire Hands, Total Fucking Blood, Chambermaids, Histionics)
Saturday 4/14: Low’s CD release show in the Main Room
Sunday 4/15: Blonde Redhead in the Main Room
Wednesday 4/25: Ted Leo in the Main Room
Saturday 5/5: Naked Raygun with D4 at the Triple Rock
Friday 5/11: Andrew Bird in the Main Room

And: There’s a flickr photowalk slated for Sunday, and the weather is supposed to be giving us “a very sloppy case of Spring Fever” - with temps in the 40s. Yes! Happy Happy!