{"id":259,"date":"2008-09-26T11:26:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-26T11:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onecity\/2008\/09\/sometimes-happiness-can-be-bought.html"},"modified":"2008-09-26T11:26:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-26T11:26:00","slug":"sometimes-happiness-can-be-bought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onecity\/2008\/09\/sometimes-happiness-can-be-bought.html","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes, happiness can be bought"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three things that made me happy this week:
\n1. Black Mountain<\/a> at the Williamsburg Music Hall ($16)
\n2. Ninjasonik<\/a> at Lit ($6)
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\n3. Thanks to the Brooklyn Bike Slug<\/a>, this sweet new ride:
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\nA few weeks ago, I blogged here<\/a> about my father’s illness, health in general, and about about how much I wanted a bitchin’ new scooter to cheer me up. (An avocado green Stella<\/a>, specifically. With all the chrome.) Unfortunately, I still haven’t gotten around to getting a NY motorcycle license, and with the economy in such a handbasket right now, large non-essential purchases are probably not smart.
\nSmall non-essential impulse buys, however, are brilliant! They may only lead to conditional happiness, but hell — conditional happiness, in the face of suffering (attachment, aversion, more attachment, ignorance), sounds like a great idea right now. So: going out to see your two new favorite bands in the same week (and getting the song “Somebody’s Gonna get Pregnant” stuck in your head for three days) — that’s definitely work six bucks. And a shiny new gold bicycle? With a banana seat? Priceless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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