Last Post of the Year

It ends tonight. 2006 ends tonight.

Saddam Hussein Executed

Turned on my computer today with someone on my msn list with the news of Saddam's execution on their display name. So I quickly went on Google News to check if it really was true, so, clicked on this: http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-12-30T082755Z_01_KHA021421_RTRUKOT_0_TEXT0.xml&WTmodLoc=SciHealth-R6-MostRead-2

I don't know whether I'm happy or sad that he's dead. On one hand, Saddam killed loads of innocent people and deserves to burn in hell for eternity for that. On the other hand, with putting war criminals on trial, there isn't really justice. After years of brutality, the side that manages to kill enough people to win gets to write history and execute the other side as war criminals.

I suppose I feel rather apathetic towards Saddam's death.

Boxing Day Madness

Ah yes, its Boxing Day again. The day where all the Scrooges emerge from their wallowing pity parties at home and shop their asses off at 7:00 am. In various electronic stores, families are tugging and trudging along, grabbing camcorders, computers, printers, etc, exclaiming at the deals while the kids pull on the him of their parents' jackets for the newest PS game. Meanwhile, long lines form outside clothing stores where crowds of teenage girls wait to get "good deals" on extremely expensive clothes. Of course, how can we forget the camper shoppers; the ones that bring their tents outside Future Shop at 8:00 pm on Christmas instead of spending time with their family and rush in the doors at 7:00 am to make a mad stampede for the stereo aisle.

But in this shopping season, we can't forget about the tsunamis that his southeast Asia two years ago and the lives that were stolen causing families to be ripped apart. While showing off your latest purchases today, think about the misfortunes of the people who today, still haven't gotten their homes rebuilt and be very, very thankful.

Christmas Day

Its finally Christmas. I have come to the conclusion that Christmas is overrated, the same way that I do every year. There's always the hype on Christmas Eve, you know? Like the thought that maybe this year, Christmas would be a good day for once. Of course, I'm disappointed every year as all of my friends are off doing sentimentalish things with their families whereas Christmas isn't a particularly big thing at my house. Instead, my mom has decided to yell at me from morning to about two hours ago about the state of my room and how I never help out around the house and about how selfish and lazy I am. Of course to add to this, I got stood up by a certain BASTARD.

And a very Merry Christmas to you too.

Christmas Eve

Whaddya know? Christmas Eve today and its pouring outside, wind warning and I had to turn on the lights at 1:00 in the afternoon. Strictly its not "Christmas Eve" yet as its still four in the "afternoon" if you can call it that since it looks very eveningish to me at the moment.

Don't really know what to say at this moment. Sort of feeling a mix of disappointment and fatigue. There's so many things in my life that just pass in and out every day and many I don't even realize are a part of my life and suddenly its not there and it just feels weird. Like deep inside you, you knew you had this safety net so if you ever fall, you won't die and now you know its not there. The net has been removed a long time ago and you climbed without knowing that for such a long time and now suddenly you know. Now you suddenly feel like you've forgotten how to climb.

Its just a funny, funny feeling. I've always wondered why people call weird things funny. Like if there's some weirdo passing on the street, you would point and say "that man is acting a bit funny" when really there's nothing comical or laughable about something out of ordinary or weird.

The English language is a funny thing.

Two Days Before Christmas

Once again its December, January seemed like such a long time ago. I looked in my stash of old movie tickets today, I've watched seven movies in theatre this year. So many things have happened before, in between, and after each of the movies that I watched. I didn't even begin writing "Last Summer" back in January. Now I've finished chapter 19 and it seems like I've always been working on the story. Over the last twelve months, so much has happened. I've fallen, stood back up, and fallen again. I've met new people, made new friends, stuck with my old ones, and did a whole bunch of things that I never thought I would do. Now its almost Christmas. Is it really "the most wonderful time of the year"? All I know is that I have a headache right now and the world is a rather unpleasant place at the moment.

Irreplaceable?

I think by now most of us have realized that nothing and nobody is ever irreplaceable. When someone tells you that you'll never be replaced in their lives, its obvious bullshit. Just think back to your best friend in grade 2, how you hung out with them every day and ate your PB&J sandwiches together at lunch. After they moved away, did you bother to stay in touch? To this day, you probably don't even remember what they looked like, let along what the name of the person was. Same with everything else, maybe your computer broke down, yay! You can get a new one that runs faster.

In the same way that you've replaced me, I've replaced you. Go ahead and flirt with all my friends, walk all of them home, pretend to be a gentleman, I don't give a damn.

Christmas Shopping

I'm an absolute scrooge, I hate going to the mall around this time of the year. There are so many people all rushing around with shopping bags loaded with presents and I can barely breathe inside the damn stores because the thermostat is turned up so high and all these people are pushing and shoving while asking loudly for the opinions of their significant others what they should get for Aunt Shirley. Meanwhile, I'm of course trudging along with the crowds trying to figure out what I get for various people while knowing that they'll throw most of the stuff in the back of their closets or exchange the presents in January. On Christmas Day, instead of spending time with family, I'll just get my ass bored off sitting at home and watching the rain fall because it never snows on Christmas and my family never spend Christmas together anyhow since we don't care about the holidays enough to fuss about stuff like this. Besides, we argue like hell whenever we sit together at the same table.

To cheer myself up, I made a list of things I want for Christmas because I am an insensitive and materialistic girl.

• new mp3 player
• hoodies
• "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemmingway
• "Breakfast at Tiffany's and other Stories" by Truman Capote
• "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J. R. R. Tolkein
• "The Two Towers" by J.R.R. Tolkein
• "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkein
• "The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkein
• "The Man" by Oriana Fallaci
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Two-Disc DVD
• gloves
• "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
• one year subscription to Vogue, Seventeen, or Allure
• Lindt Lindor chocolates
• Rocky Road flavoured ice cream
• new cellphone
• Adobe Photoshop CS 9.0
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Front Page

Yes I am greedy, yeah point your fingers at me and call me a pig.