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My horoscope:

You can’t help but feel a little let-down, but you actually have a lot to look forward to.

This was really only half true. I didn’t actually feel let down. I had finally gotten an Ipod! However, I did still have a lot to look forward to, as the second Christmas party, this time with my dad’s girlfriend instead of my mom, took place. I got more stuff:

- Steelers hat (yes another one, this one not reversible but thicker)
- Jacket (was on my Christmas list!)
- A Guitar Hero shirt

I had to do some last minute shopping at the mall the day before, but I was able to pick up Twilight for my sister and a calendar whiteboard for my mom. My dad enjoyed his pipe matches, collectible nutcracker and Swiss Army knife and wallet. I gave my sister the book and a souvenir bear I picked up in New York City.

So tonight I saw Seven Pounds with Megan. That was an extraordinarily confusing movie. I liked how I couldn’t figure out what was going on though; I hate predictable movies. During the previews, two other movies captured my attention: Know1ng and The International. I’m definitely hoping to see these soon!

Christmas 2008-It’s been a Christmas I will not soon forget.  It really wasn’t about the gifts either. I mean don’t get me wrong, I got some incredible gifs.  But this might be the first time the focus was not truly on the materialistic aspect of the holiday. I think part of this was because I was taking finals when I am usually doing things like decorating the Christmas tree or shopping for gifts.  (I did all my shopping online this year….It was faster and less painless, but a little less festive.) Anyways, this Christmas was the first time that the whole family thing really hit home for me.  Sure family has always been important, but I guess after being like 2000 miles away for 3 months I realized the good thing I had before I left.   To me, there’s just nothing that can compare to being with my family at Christmas. Plus mom’s cooking beats cafeteria food hands down.  But my family really made Christmas unforgettable.

Me with my family and my cousin and uncle from Arkansas

On another note, my biggest gift this year was the Adobe Acrobat CS4 web design premium….I’m still trying to figure out how to use it….but maybe I’ll get it.  I have a feeling that I am never going to totally figure it out.  But hopefully I can at least master photoshop :D.

But I hope your Christmases were all great and that you can enjoy the rest of the weekend!

Christmas was awesome! Thank you EVERYONE for all the presents. I got:

- Lip Balm
- A foam penguin
- Reversible Steelers Hat
- Guitar Hero World Tour
- Picture of us <3
- Pittsburgh Penguins socks
- Aeropostale shirt
- Penguin tea timer:

- Bible verse cards
- $15 Starbucks gift card
- Domain cologne
- 2009 Steelers calendar
- 2 movie tickets
- iPod Classic 120GB
- USB power adapter for iPod

Basically I had a great Christmas. I finally got that iPod!
In other news, my horoscope for today was:

You totally forgot to get something, but you’ll think of the perfect thing just in time!

I totally DID NOT forget to get something, I just didn’t get anything. For my sister, that is. But at the last minute, it came to me: I’ll get her the first book of Twilight! And make her obsessed with Edward like every other girl on the planet.

But at least she’ll have a present from me, as well as a little bear I picked up in New York for her. Speaking of which… pictures of the New York trip coming soon!

Finally, I asked myself if democracy was always the best government, and came up with this answer.

EDIT: One thing more… the BBC ran a test… apparently:

The free online resource Wikipedia is about as accurate on science as the Encyclopedia Britannica, a study shows.

Rest of article.

Happy holidays!!

It’s Christmas Day, and for the past 3 days straight I’ve found something to be happy about. Today it was my running. I’m VERY proud of myself for getting off my lazy ass and running. It was such a nice day too.

In other news, I hope this year I won’t be such a Scrooge as I was last year. Me bitching about my gifts was fun, but rather childish looking back at it … lol.

Anyway, Merry Christmas :D

It’s been a while since I’ve written on here, but there’s no time like the present…

I made it home from Dallas on Friday night, and I will be staying here for the spring semester. I am looking forward to being home again and going back to my old job.

For Christmas, I have family in town so we are exploring the area even though the weather outside is freezing. It’s been great, but I am still tired from the drive home unfortunately so it’s not as good as it could be. When we went to D.C. yesterday, the ice on the sidewalks by the was frozen and it would have been very easy to slide into the Potomac River. Some of the members in my group tried to slide on the ice without falling in. Crazy fool-I believe he was trying to catch pneumonia…

But anyways I hope you all have a very merry Christmas!

Christmas has always been one of, if not my most favorite time of the year. There’s snow, lights, kindness, happy music, family, good food, presents. It’s very rare that I can find a bad part of Christmas. That is, until this year. I can guarantee that from now on I will have an extremely negative memory attached to Christmas, and that is a car accident.

Yesterday 3 guys from my High School were in a car accident. One is in the hospital. Another is perfectly fine. The third died.

This is the first time I’ve lost someone who is not only close to me, but is younger than me. In my mind I just keep thinking, “He’s just a baby.” I feel terrible for his family and friends, but I feel absolutely awful for the boy who was driving that car. He will have to live with the fact that he is responsible for his friend’s death.

I hate to cry, but it’s all I’ve been able to do since I found out.

Almost Christmas! I’d say I’m mostly ready for it. I’ve finished buying gifts and wrapping and such.

But we won’t have any present-opening until Saturday. This is stupid, my dad’s basically forcing us all to wait until Saturday to open presents just so his girlfriend can open with us. I’d personally rather open gifts tomorrow with my actual mom. But whatever…

Me and my dad had an argument/debate today about the direction of America. Of all the retarded things to argue about right before Christmas. Basically he’s obsessed with Chuck Norris’ new book Black Belt Patriotism, which says America needs to go back to the way “the founders intended” (as if Chuck Norris were the expert on our Founding Fathers), which apparently includes reinstituting prayer in schools and other “Christian” values. Basically chucking separation of church and state out the window.

This coming from my dad, who voted for Obama last month. Now he’s a huge reactionary out of nowhere. The man’s confused.

In other news, I took the 43things personality quiz today:

I took the 43 Things Personality Quiz and found out I’m a Self-Improving Extroverted Builder

I just found myself tagged in a note on Facebook. Honestly it’s the sweetest thing I’ve ever seen in my life. This is the note, copied and pasted:

 What is it?

It’s knowing that the beep is a text from him and feeling the smile come across your face.
It’s hearing his voice and instantly feeling better.
It’s not being able to think straight because you are worried about him driving in the snow.
It’s sharing the blankie, that you don’t like to share.
It’s not minding the morning breath.
It’s sleeping on the floor, so you don’t wake him up.
It’s shopping just for his favorite chips.
It’s laying on his chest listening to his heartbeat.
It’s walking in the rain, just because it’s rain.
It’s laughing at absolutely nothing.
It’s holding hands, even when you’re sleeping.
It’s going out in the freezing cold just to be there for him.
It’s eating Domino’s for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
It’s standing in the middle of the street just to say goodbye.

It’s when he drives 5 hours in the snow.
It’s when he saves you in Rock Band.
It’s when he leaves you notes for when you wake up.
It’s when he takes care of you when you are sick.
It’s when he remembers the little details.
It’s when he sends you the “<3″ text.
It’s when he throws a snowball at you.
It’s when he catches you as slip on ice.
It’s when he makes sure that you eat.
It’s when he calls just so you can hear each others voice.
It’s when he walks with you, even when you’re not the greatest company.
It’s when he pays you an unexpected compliment.
It’s when he re-arranges stuffed animals at Rain Forest Cafe, just for a picture.
It’s when he kisses your forehead.

That’s what love is.

It’s not the big romantic gestures, it’s all the little stuff!!

All I could think was…   <3

:D  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D

It’s great to have a girlfriend like Kait.  :)

…for someone’s birthday.

Caiti from 43t has her birthday today… and we had a sugar theme. So in keeping with that, I decided to have a celebration for her. (By myself of course, because I have no friends)

Birthday party!!

So I’ve been thinking lately I want to return to 43Things.

I left because a lot of other crap was going on, and for the most part I didn’t really need it anymore.

But now … idk it just seems like a good idea to organize my goals again.   :)

I certainly need to clean up my list of things, though. I need to cut down on the goals. lol. Starting from the bottom, let’s see. Ah yes there’s “Say what i mean and mean what i say.” I think I put that in cuz of schweffy. lol i do that enough. *marked as complete*

“Today i will…” I used to make some daily to-do lists. I don’t feel like doing that anymore, it’s too much pressure and then i feel bad if i don’t do everything.  *marked as complete*

“Recruit and encourage others to save money from each pay check to provide for recurring expenses such as Christmas, Insurance, Retirement ETC.” Eh. I’ve done enough for that one. Good goal. *marked as complete*

“Be a better friend” Yup. I’m great at that. *marked as complete*

“Cumulative gpa of at least 3.00 before I graduate” Did it! *marked as complete*

“Read 30 books in 2008″ I’m sure I’ve read at least that many. *marked as complete*

“Get a 4.0 GPA” Did it! *marked as complete*

“Learn Spanish” theres no time   :(     *gave up*

“Enjoy the second quarter of 2008 by having one new and fulfilling experience in April, May, and June” HAHAHA  *marked as complete*