Spammers!

If there's anything in the blogging universe I hate it's SPAMMERS. Has anyone seen my cbox? Well, I'm probably gonna have to change it because I've seen that happen on tons of blogs. And to the people spamming me, do you honestly think I'm stupid enough to click on those links? You're pathetic.

Okay. Now that that's out of the way. I get my year 12 results back today :D I'll make sure to include them on my next post.

I had to come home sick from work on Friday and didn't go Saturday. I've had the flu :( that's why I haven't been posting. I know I'm not exactly famed for my timely or regular updates, but I was going to. I was too sick. I suppose I haven't been sick all year so that's probably it.

[Please take a long hard look through your textbook
'Cause I'm history
When I strap my helmet on I'll be long gone
'Cause I've been dying to leave]

And Melbourne was great! I spent every cent I'd saved though, which came to about 750 dollars. I don't know how much in American hahaha :) still, I got 19 new tops, 3 dresses, 9 pairs of shorts, 4 lip balms, a new purse and a hat. WEEW! And food. I think me and Enyar spent a sizable about Christmas shopping too. Got Mum a bead for her Pandora ^^

I also got my school stationary yesterday. If I take a picture of it your minds might explode from how much there is so I'm not posting that. I haven't even got my textbooks yet but my folders stacked up are about the size of my lower legs. My pencil case is pretty mad though.

[I'll keep my helmet on just in case my head caves in
Cause if my thoughts collapse or my mind framework snaps
It'll make a mess like you wouldn't believe
Tie my handlebars to the stars so I stay on track]

I still haven't done my homework though. And that sucks. Miss Laver is going to skin me alive if I don't do my homework for English :S

In other news. I'm trying to give up soap operas. They really do my head in. Just when you think someone's died in a freak skydiving accident they come back to haunt all the other characters who aren't doing anything except minding their own business. And heaven forbid that anybody in a soap opera do something like that.

[Time together isn't ever quite enough
When we're apart whatever are you thinking of?
What will it take to make or break this hint of love?
So tell me darling do you wish we'd fall in love?
All the time]

I don't have anything deep and meaningful/controversial/inspiring to post about today. I used it all up yesterday attempting to explain the meaning of life to the little boy I babysit. And my older brother who should really know because he's twenty one. -.-

If I don't get on before then - MERRY CHRISTMAS :D

-a solitary blue

Looky!

New template! Much easier to use hahaha. I was getting pretty tired of the old one. I messed around trying to get it right in the CSS encoding and then realised it was much easier just to pick a template and customise it. So yeah. Problem solved ^^

BTW, MY VISITOR MAP CANNOT BE RIGHT. It's showing 27 hits from all over the world! What's going on?!

Going to Melbourne tomorrow with Enyar and Mum XD it's gonna be heaps fun, we're going to the Victoria shopping center and that has like EVERYTHING in it. I'm gonna get everyone their Christmas presents too ^^

[Love, love is a verb
Love is a doing word
Feels like something
Unexplainable]

I don't really know what I want for Christmas, I guess. I'm just happy that it IS Christmas. It's by far the best holiday of the year (although despite the fact that I don't live in America and therefore don't celebrate the fourth of July, I watch Independence Day religiously every year on that date). We don't have Thanksgiving in Australia and we don't really have Halloween either.

I've put the Christmas tree up but it doesn't have decorations yet. I have to do that tomorrow before flying down to Melbourne. I hope it's not hot... it was 40 degrees celsius out there today. I almost died :S

Christmas is the one time of year when everyone comes together to celebrate. Sometimes I feel like there's so much hate and hurt in the world that I could probably drown in it, but on Christmas everyone seems to forget that. I know that the other day I took all of my old toys and clothes down to the Salvation army bin and I actually filled it (I had 17 bags of stuff).

[Take a breath
I pull myself together
Just another step
Until I reach the door
You'll never know the way
It tears me up inside to see you]

And there are so many people out there who suffer all the time because everyone is just so selfish. A third of the world's children won't get food on Christmas day, let alone toys or clothes or money like the rest of us. We take it for granted. There are so many kids living in our own towns who are disadvantaged or, dare I even go here, their parents won't even attempt to make Christmas happy because their parents are the kind to beat them up.

There are a lot of elderly people who spend Christmas alone in aged care facilities because their families are too busy or too lazy to go and see them. There are plenty of spare seats around tables at Christmas, so why aren't they being filled with these poor people?

[It is too late to remind you how we were?
And not our last days of silence, screaming, blur?
Most of what I remember makes me sure
I should have stopped you from walking out that door]

I know plenty of families who spend their Christmases apart because they're fighting over stupid petty things. I know plenty of adults and parents who fight and fight and fight and plenty of little kids who just watch and don't learn the power of love but how to hate instead.

I've seen my own cousin throw a tantrum because he got a blue GameBoy, not a red one. People have forgotten what Christmas is about. It's not about the presents (although that's nice) and it's not about a nice dinner either. It's about being together and remembering the day our Saviour was born into the world, only to die for our uncountable sins. It's about not forgetting that He CHOSE to do that.

[Belief
Makes things real
Makes thing feel, feel alright]

And yet I'm sure that there are probably kids out there who, on Christmas day, rather than thanking their parents and grandparents for all they've sacrificed, will complain that they didn't get the gifts they wanted. I'm sure there will be that one kid at school, the one who doesn't fit in, who gets bullied because he or she didn't get the latest stupid electronic car or Bratz doll.

So on Christmas Day, maybe talk to someone you wouldn't normally. Maybe be nice to someone who nobody really likes or dislikes. Maybe just stop and talk to the old widow on the way back from the supermarket. Maybe offer to help your mother cook the roast this year, rather than scavenging stocking fillers. Maybe put more effort than usual into buying someone's present. Do something unexpected. Show you care.

[Who I am
From the start
Take me home to my heart
Let me go
I will run
I will not be silenced]

One of my friends never smiles. She says there's nothing to smile about. Well, maybe there's not anything to smile about. But when you're alive, and breathing, and loved, there's nothing to frown about either.

-a solitary blue.