Other People’s Happiness [Opinionator.Blogs.NYTimes.com]

Samantha Sangenito 3/27/1512:00 PM

This is the fifth installment of Going Off, a series of Anxiety posts chronicling the author’s attempt to wean off the medications she takes for depression, anxiety and insomnia.

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Last night at the karaoke place, I could tell that the bartender was happy. It has to be one of the worst service-industry jobs in Manhattan — listening to drunk people croon into microphones. But he was smiling without restraint. Because my friend and I constituted half of his customers and had belted out the last eight songs, he decided to take a turn. “You can’t hear my accent when I rap!” he told us as he geared up for “Forgot About Dre.” He was right. His Japanese accent vanished and he sounded like Dr. Dre, if Dr. Dre were a nice person instead of a violent one. His performance made everyone cheer. His happiness made everyone happy.

[For more of this story, written by Diana Spechler, go to http://opinionator.blogs.nytim...tntemail0=y&_r=1]

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