Time to put down the popcorn and throw in my two cents worth of opinion.

First, on trolls and the base art of trolling (well, it's not a fine art). As much as everyone loves to hate trolls and trolling in general, trolls are in a twisted way an important part of any forum's ecology. They're the bottom feeders, they stir things up, but often they bring out the best in a forum- often dragging the clueless newbs (like me) and the seasoned vets together to hash things out. And when the emotion of exposing the troll and then railing about feeding the troll has calmed, ofttimes some very good discussion occurs. This is good for the forum in general, but also specifically as all of the activity tends to pump up the search engine ratings. So, going back to my twisted thinking, no matter what a troll does, it is generally good for a forum... unless an actual e-civil war breaks out!

Second- happy is relative. It is based upon external stimulii, and can change at a moment's notice. We all take pictures or photographs for different reasons. I didn't mention in my Introduce Yourself thread that I got back into photography because of a picture I took with my cell phone. Of grass.

But I have history-no as much as many here, but history still. To me, photography is art, science, discipline. It is creative expression. It is recording history. It is a tool. I've shot 110, 126, 35mm (PS and SLR), Polaroid, Kodak Disk, Kodak Advantix (DX) and now cell phone, digital PS and DSLR. In my film days, I shot Kodak exclusively- regular Kodachrome 100, 400 when I could afford it (college days). I also liked Tri-X pan with my Cat (f5.6), or Pan-X (ISO[ASA]32. I squeezed every dime I could to get the most bang for my buck. At one point, I was shooting macro with a Minolta bellows/rail kit using my 50mm f1.4 prime lens and an extension tube.

My camera and lenses don't make me happy. My photos bring me joy.