Friday: Things That Make Me Happy

On Fridays I will post some random things that make me happy and might make you happy too:

• Blog: decor8–Nothing to do with libraries or happiness research but full of beautiful pictures that will inspire you to make your surroundings a little more beautiful, and I’m sure that will make you happier.
• Book: The Thirteenth Tale–My husband bought me this book for Christmas. I’m glad he did. “Settle down to enjoy a rousing good ghost story with Diane Setterfield’s debut novel, The Thirteenth Tale. Setterfield has rejuvenated the genre with this closely plotted, clever foray into a world of secrets, confused identities, lies, and half-truths. She never cheats by pulling a rabbit out of a hat; this atmospheric story hangs together perfectly.”
• Music: Beirut–Someone (I forget who) mentioned this band on a blog. It combines elements of Eastern European and folk songs. You can listen to the band for free at their Web site. I would like to know why the band, which I guess is really just one guy, is called Beirut, though.
• TV: Lost–I’m so excited that Lost is back. Check out Sawyer’s nickname generator, so you can get your own nickname from the TV hunk. Although I really prefer Jack!
• Movie: U23D–My husband made me go see this. But it was actually pretty fun. The 3D is pretty freaky; you feel like you’re actually close enough to touch Bono and The Edge. But it’s also just a really good concert movie and after awhile you sort of forget about the 3D (except for the Bono-like glasses you are wearing.)

Hope you all have a great weekend.