33 posts from December 2006

This is fun.

1. What is your new years resolution for 2007?
   Don't make them - see the qod post.
   
2. Do you plan on going out or staying in for new years?
   going out.  With friends.  More than that, I'm not sayin'
   
3. Was 2006 a good year or a bad year?
   both, in turns.  It was a year of change.  And of finding myself and strength.
   
4. Did you make any resolutions for 2006, and if so did you keep them?
   see #1
   
5. Let's see a party.
   
   

   Allison
   
   

What is one of your addictions?
Submitted by Paperheart.

Snort.  yeah, like that's going on a public blog...

;)

What were your New Year's resolutions for 2006?  How did you do?

I don't make New Year's resolutions.  When I want to do something, I do it.  Putting an artificial date on it seems foolish to me.  Besides, the new year should be celebrated in the spring anyway.  The middle of winter is for hibernation.

If I submit my change of address form via snail mail, it costs me nothing.  If I submit it online, it costs me $1.  Guess which one I'll be doing?

Because I'm an atheist, people generally are amused by the fact that I enjoy Christmas music.  O Holy Night is one of the most beautiful songs ever written.  Just because I don't believe in the sentiment doesn't mean that I don't appreciate the music that comes out of it.  That said, my two favorite seasonal songs are fairly new.  The first one I like because it really expresses how I feel about the season.  The second?  Because it expresses how I feel about how hypocritical people are during this time of year. 

They said there'll be snow at Christmas
They said there'll be peace on Earth
But instead it just kept on raining
A veil of tears for the virgin birth

I remember one Christmas morning
A winter's light and a distant choir
And the peal of a bell and that Christmas Tree smell
And eyes full of tinsel and fire

They sold me a dream of Christmas
They sold me a Silent Night
And they told me a fairy story
'Till I believed in the Israelite

And I believed in Father Christmas
And I looked to the sky with excited eyes
'Till I woke with a yawn in the first light of dawn
And I saw him and through his disguise

I wish you a hopeful Christmas
I wish you a brave New Year
All anguish pain and sadness
Leave your heart and let your road be clear

They said there'll be snow at Christmas
They said there'll be peace on Earth
Hallelujah Noel be it Heaven or Hell
The Christmas we get we deserve

Once, in royal David's city
Stood a lonely cattle shed
Where a mother held her baby

You'd do well to remember the things he later said.

When you're stuffing yourselves and the Christmas parties,
You'll just laugh when I tell you to
Take a running jump.

You're missing the point I'm sure does not need making:
That Christmas spirit is
Not what you drink.

So how can you laugh when your own mother's hungry?
And how can you smile when the reasons for smiling are wrong?

And if I just messed up your thoughtless pleasure,
Remember, if you wish,
This is just a Christmas Song.

(Hey, Santa, pass us that bottle will ya?)

Cassandra's Complex has come up with a list of QODs that will never see the light of day.  My challenge:  Pick one and answer it.

I'll start:

Are you going to finish that?
Well, yes, I am.  I finish most things I start, even if it means doing something distasteful.  However, when it comes to the food on my plate, I'd rather throw it out than give it to the starving children in Africa.  Because by the time it got there, it'd be a horribly spoiled mass of leftover refried beans and chicken.

Global Orgasm for Peace Day  Not gonna tell you with whom or when, but I have to say it did wonders for my positive energy.  However, the question of whether or not the large amount of positive energy created (as per the AlterNet article) can change anything, I'm wondering how many care.  Get laid!  Have fun!  Don't fake it.

Oh.  Don't fake it.  Um.  Oh. 

Well, that applies to so much in life.  If we all just stopped going through the motions and faking it and lived the way we want (assuming it doesn't hurt anyone and makes you happy), then the world might actually change.  So the positive thought is fine, but it also comes down to making sure you're not lying to yourself and others - be it through faking an orgasm (and yes, I do this, every woman does.  But I always give it an honest go first.), or faking surprise, or happiness at work or with a lifepartner, it doesn't matter.  Stop faking it, start living like you mean it. 

And is voxfamous to boot.  Merry Christmas C!

How do you take your tea or coffee?
Submitted by Vasquez.

Usually in a cup.  If I take it without that, it generally runs through my fingers and burns me.