My Christmas Wishlist...

I will show you! =] Pictures are better than words in this case.

My favorite food...

is pie. I love pie, all kinds of pie except for meat pies. Why do I love it so much? Well, I don't know. I don't know why I like things, some things just appeal to me (and my taste buds in this case). Well, this is all for my blog... except for the pictures of yummy pie. =]

Andrew Wyeth

Andrew Wyeth is my second favorite painter. 1st is Salvador Dali. I can't really explain why I like either of them, I just do.

This is a Dali painting. It is creepy and confusing. It is pure chaos. I love it.

Amigos

This post is to all of my friends that I miss seeing.

I got a random call last night from my distant best friend. We didn't really have long to talk, but it was nice to talk to him.

Christmas time has the ability to make me wish I was with all of the people I love. I guess it's just a time of the season that makes me want to be around my family and not stress about life. This Christmas vacation I am going to promise myself that I'll see all of those friends that I never have a chance to see. I don't want life to get the better of certain friendships. I should care about all of my friendships... but I don't. I have always known that some will vanish when I go to college, that's just the way it is. Life will distance you from friends, but only your true friends will last through the distance.

Holiday Gifts

If I could give any gift to any person in the world it would be a plane ticket and some time off to that same Marine that I ranted about in previous posts. I still care about him, and want to see him terribly.

I suppose I could give food to hungry African children. Or I could build someone a home. But, it's just what I want...

Trimming the Tree

So, my brother Gabe is home for the entire month of December. Even though I have 3 siblings it feels like I actually have one. None of my siblings have ever lived in the same house as me since I was like 7. So, last night, Gabe, my mom, and I put lights and ornaments on the tree and listened to Christmas music. It was sort of bittersweet. I wish we could have done that every year as a family. I hate how life brings even families apart. It made me think about how next year I'll be living somewhere far from home. I won't be able to help trim the tree because it'll be up before Christmas break. At least we did things right this year. Christmas is a wonderful time of year.

We also had a discussion about the STUPIDITY of Santa Clause. (It is stupid) It seems like it's more for parents than kids. The parents get more angry than the children if another child tells them that Santa is make-believe. Another strange Christmas tradition is the tree. We put a dead tree up in our house, put multicolored lights on it, and hang little trinkets all on it's branches. When you think about it... it's weird right? But it does somehow bring the season to life.

Imagination

"Tell me about your day at school."



"Well first, the teacher made us put away our coats. I accidentally fell trying to change my boots. Lucy kicked some snow on me and it landed in my eye, then I threw some snow at her from the bottom of my boots. The teacher didn't s..."



"Hannah, you should throw snow at people..."



"And then, at snack time, I traded my apple for a cookie."



"Hannah, cookies are not healthy."



"... it was a good cookie, Mom. Anyway, we learned about letters, actually, we were on H today. I raised my hand and said H-H-Hannah. And at nap time, a green dragon came into..."



"Now, Hannah, did a green dragon really come into your classroom?"



"Yes. It flew around the room. All of the other kids were scaed of it, but I liked him. He just forgot how to get back outside, like birds do som..."



"I want to hear about what really happened at school today, Hannah. You aren't supposed to lie."



"Birds get stuck indoors sometimes. The dragon kept nudging the window with his nose. I opened the window for him. Ms. Tomlin said that we'd all get a cold, but I told her that the dragon nee..."



"Hannah, stop lying. A dragon did not come into your classroom today."



"It flew out the window. It waved when it was way high up in the sky. Ms. Tomlin sent me to the office because I opened the window for the dragon. But, I had to leave the window open because the dragon was singing me a song when he was in the sky... it was a beautiful dragon-song, mommy."



"Go to your room, Hannah, lying is not okay."

Favorite Christmas Songs

Favorites from last to first...


10. Joy to the World
9. O Come All Ye Faithful
8. Do You Hear What I Hear
7. Little Drummer Boy
6. O Holy Night
5. Silent Night
4. The First Noel
3. What Child is This
2. We Three Kings
1. O Come O Come Emmanuel


I don't really like the stupid little jingles about Santa. I like the songs that have the real meaning of Christmas. I could go on and on and on... but, I won't. Merry Christmas!

Ideas for Blog Posts

My favorite thing to blog about is my dreams. Maybe a prompt about the worst nightmare ever.

I also like food, a lot. So if we could blog about our favorite food or dessert and post delicious pictures, that would be super fun.

Blogging about the future is also kind of fun. Things like: where I'm going to live, what I'm going to be doing, who I'm going to be with; these are all really profound topics for me, they are fun.

Blog about what Julian and I were just talking about...

So... I might be going to the Olive Garden on Sunday. Julian wants to know who I'm going with, but I can't tell him because the plans are set in stone and I don't want to jinx it. He used the mindset but I'm your best friend, you can tell me anything. But, I can't tell him. I do trust him I just don't want my plans to get all squashed. I'm not even going to get my hopes up because when I do, the plans get ruined. So... the moral is: if personal gain could potentially be lost, do not tell your best friend the secret. =]

The War...

I think that President Obama's speech last night, addressing the War in Afghanistan, was mostly pretty words. He is sending out 30,000 more troops, and giving those troops 18 months to give power to the Afghan people. 1st, he set a time limit. He shouldn't have even estimated how long it will take, because no one really knows. 2nd, how many times has the Afghan government been overthrown by the Taliban? Way too many. 3rd, he was mostly using pretty, patriotic words, to appeal to the American citizens. America is in this war. There are no time limits to war. The Taliban is a force to be reckoned with, our government needs to help the Afghan government for as long as they need our help. I could go on and on... But, I won't. I'm sure you all know my opinion by now.

Facebook... ugh

I now have a relationship status on Facebook. Why? Well, honestly, I don't really know. I had been opposed to having one before today for the sole purpose of: if someone is interested, then they have to be interested enough to ask me if I have a boyfriend. Today I decided that I don't really care. I'm single... yay? I guess I'm getting a little bit tired of this long distance, off and on bullsh*t. So, I'm single. Forget you. You're more in love with yourself than you are with anyone else anyway. Wow... that sounded bitter. Ummm, what I should've said was: when you actually start caring about people, give me a call, until then, I hope you are happy and safe. Obviously I still care about you. But, I really can't do this anymore.

Bloggers, eat this up. This is my public break-up. The person that I want to read this, won't. So, the world wide web will have to do.