I have stuff... It makes me happy although Grr's don't.

I just noticed that Nat grr'd me in my last 2 posts. What a bitch.










































Ok. I was going to leave that as my whole post but I decided Nat wasn't good enough to have a post solely about her. :O OH BURN!

Aha jokes Nat I love ya.

So ya, I woke up late today, so I'm up late tonight. And I was doing so well with the bedtime thing too. I was going to bed relatively early and waking up and decent times. Then I go and do something like this. Although I will be getting up early tomorrow. Which isn't very fun, but what must be done must be done. I can wear some of my new clothes that I bought on boxing day.
That's right! I went shopping on boxing day! Crazy I know. They've wanted me to go for 3 years, and the past 2 I've been deciding to sleep rather than shop. So this year I woke up, since I've been doing well with the decent hour'd sleeping thing, and I shopped. We all spent quite a bit of money. I know I spent the most, then I think it was Mark, then Tina, then Kl. I bought lots of clothes, and some movies. I don't think I have ever shopped so much in my life. It was crazy. I find it funny how I always shop and spend so much money when I'm with Mark and Tina (Tina mostly, but Mark also sometimes). It's either a gift or a curse; I'm not sure which. They're the reason I shop at all. I used to hate shopping. They made me appreciate buying stuff. I don't shop often; I'm not a shopaholic. I mean, I love buying stuff, but I can go for a long time without shopping. It's not a big deal to me. As Mark has taught me... I just love having something new. A new thing. It doesn't matter what it is. It's just owning something new. I know that sounds materialistic, and I guess it kind of is, but I don't think of myself as materialistic. That's the thing. I love material objects, but I don't need them. I could go without them. I just like having them. I'm sure everyone loves having stuff. Although we know we could go without that new dvd or t-shirt, isn't it nice to have it?
I must sound spoiled or something in this post, but it's really not what I mean. I'm trying to get a certain point across and I'm not sure if it's getting there. Gah. Oh well, I'm tired. It'll have to do for now.

Christmas moods; Warm feelings and the Grinch

Ok so I was in a more-than-normal good mood last post, which is why it's way too cheery and has some ideas that although I thought were ok at the time, upon reflection, are utter bullshit. Not saying I'm in a bad mood now, because I'm not. I'm in a normal mood. So my lack of excitement for Christmas isn't because of a bad mood. It's just in general, I'm not into the whole Christmas thing. I mean at times I can be, as seen in the previous post, but in general, I'm very meh about Christmas. Not to say I don't enjoy the presents, and overall feeling of christmas, but sometimes it's all way too much. It's weird, I have 2 opposite views on Christmas at the same time. I can see how great it can be, with just everyone being in a great mood, and seasons greetings and happy holidays and cookies and baking and presents and sharing time with family and all that. I truley do understand why Christmas can be such a great time. However, I can also be a scrooge and a grinch and all that, by seeing the bad side of it all. Christmas shopping is the worst, and to be honest, spending time with the family isn't all it's cracked up to be. Those constant christmas carols on the radio are extremely annoying, and the whole thing is so commercialized sometimes it's sickening. Christmas is such a controversal subject in my mind for a lot of reasons, some not listed here for, well, certain reasons :P. I mean, I do like being in the Christmas mood. I love the "warm feeling" and such, but I guess I'm just jaded.

There was a point in there somewhere... Good luck finding it!

I've been having trouble sleeping lately. I'm not sure why. I'm tired, but my body just doesn't seem to want to sleep. It's odd. Which is why I'm still up right now. I should be sleeping because I've been tired lately and I need to be up at 9. Oy. This actually leads me to my next topic; the reason I'm getting up at 9.

I found a really good way to make money. No no, not prostitution, although that does roll in the dough. It's called...

a job.

That's right folks. I, one of the most irresponsible and lazy people around, got a job. And I've been going too ;) I started last week, and it's pretty easy. The hours are good, the pay is good, the environment is good (I mean, I have my own desk :>), so in essence, the job is good. I got my first paycheck today. Woo! I should go on some sort of spending spree :). Hm, or maybe not, seeing as christmas is right around the corner. This year I can actually buy people things without digging a hole deeper into my pocket. I actually have a constant source of money. Woo! There are a lot of people I want to get presents for, even if it's just something small to show my appreciation for being a friend, etc. Corny? Of course... you can't have christmas without some corny christmas spirit! And yes, I'm being dragged along... well, half dragged, half trotting along trying not to get my face covered in mud. It's a mixed feeling thing. ;) Sometimes I have trouble getting into the whole christmas thing since it's so damn commercialized, but hell, sometimes you can't help but get caught up in the swirl of holiday madness. (However some things I'll never get into. Somehow I'll never get into christmas the way some people do) People act so different around christmas, and I can't help but go along with it sometimes. Like when I'm making phone calls at work. Sometimes I'll call people and they'll just be so sweet and nice, I can't help but smile and return the good mood. Unfortunately when I get rude people, I can't return THAT favour....
I just realized I was rambling. Oh well, It should make for an interesting blog post.