Year 3, Day 241

Hi. So today's song is Sunlight by Harlem Shakes.

Well today has been a busy day. My grandma and I did more baking until we ran out of ingredients, so there's still some to be done but we took out a huge chunk of the list. I wrapped all the presents that I bought for people, then while I was at it I wrapped the gifts my grandparents have bought. We cleaned the house today, put everything away from my baking fiasco at Anna's and then my uncle came over to visit. He wanted to bring my little cousin Mya over before Christmas so she doesn't play strange on the day....not that he needed to worry though she was totally fine. So while he dug in to the baking that was already done, she played with the cat and ran around touching fridge magnets and little rubber footballs. She also decided she wanted raspberries and so since I picked her up (which is a strange thing for me to do) so she could watch the raspberries being cleaned and cut, my uncle decided I could help her eat them. It was a test. He was laughing at me trying to get her to wear a bib and not get stuff everywhere...he loves to torture me. Eventually they left, I kept cleaning up the baking mess and then I watched The Reluctant Dragon on TV. I had never heard of it before, but it's a 1941 release that is following this guy around Disney visiting the animators. So you get to see how things were made then and it's really cool. I highly recommend you check it out if you're bored. Now I'm just getting ready for bed and hoping I'll have as productive a day as tomorrow, but I knew I needed to get this written. So here you go!

Peace.

Year 3, Day 240

Hey guys. Today I give you Dragon by Alyson Stoner.

So I had the fun task of dealing with drunk Will last night. Drunk Will is not a common occurrence, but he is annoying enough that you would never be able to deal with it on a regular basis.Basically this is how the story goes: While I was hanging out with Anna, Sammy and Will went with Hunter and Hunter's friends to the hockey game, but they had some kind of deal. The deal got them free pizza and beer and Boston Pizza, then a party bus ride to the game and nose bleeder seats. Well, Sammy wasn't drinking and Hunter drinks slowly so Will used up the drink tickets (totaling five beers) then had four more at the game. You need to factor in too that the game beers are referred to as cocaine beer...they don't actually have cocaine, they just get you a hell of a lot drunker faster than normal. After the game Sammy took the party bus home because the rest of them wanted to go out, but as soon as Sammy got back she got a message from Will about how they lost the other girls and to come get him and Hunter. We needed to get Hunter and her car back to her place for the next say so Sammy drove Hunter's car and I followed behind in mine. We picked them up and then drove to her house and dropped her off. By now there are four people in my car, one of them a very sick Will. I made it almost home, about a neighborhood or two away and had to pull over so he could puke....Well that didn't happen. Instead he ran down the fucking alley and deked into somebody's yard because he didn't want back in the car! So Anna chased him down the road and Sammy and I followed in the car. We ended up having to just let him walk for ten minutes while I creeped after him like some stalker, then he puked, then got back in the car and started weeping about his tooth. I was 100% done with him and just drove back as quickly as possible. Ugh, drunk people. Everyone says that I wont understand until I've been drunk, but I have zero interest in being that bad. It serves no appeal, hence why I'm almost 22 and still never been.So let this be a life lesson: don't get horribly drunk because you are a nightmare to everyone else and also if you are trying to take care of a drunk person do not let them out of the car.

Peace.

Year 3, Day 239

Hello. So today's song is Do What You Like by Bad Boy Bill.

Anna's home from Lethbridge, so her and I have been attempting to do the Christmas baking.I brought a shit ton of stuff to her house so she didn't have to be around cats (allergies) and she said no one would be home today. Well that part was inaccurate because I saw every member of her family at one point or another. We managed to make chocolate chip, butterscotch, gumdrop, shortbread, and sugar cookies. We burnt some, had to start over from scratch on a few, but for the most part it was a success. We even tried to get somewhat fancy with the sugar cookies. We split the dough in half then added food coloring to one half, rolled out both balls of dough then put the blue one on top of the other. Then we rolled it up and cut it like a yule log. The effect was a pretty psychedelic looking batch of cookies. I haven't taken any pictures yet, but we still have a bunch more to do so once I've made everything I'll just do one big spread of it all on the table. So until that's done here's today's song. Enjoy.

Peace.

Year 3, Day 238

Hey. So today's song is Step Up JaConfetti.

I convinced Sammy to come out with me today to one of my favorite places to shop in: Cash Converters. Even though it's not technically Cash Converters anymore (they changed their name to the Buy and Sell Store?) it is still the same set up and deals and staff. Sammy has never been in there before, but Anna and I used to go all the time so she's heard the stories. When we walked in she was actually really surprised. I think she expected it to be shittier than it was haha. I went straight for the DVD's like I always do and she wandered around looking at all the stuff. She was having a really good time...until she found the clarinets. She got rid of her clarinet because she never played it anymore and wanted someone to use it instead of tarnishing in the closet, so now she gets irrationally sad anytime she sees lone unwanted instruments. It's no surprise to me that she spent most of her time looking at the guitars, clarinets and trumpets. It kept her busy and I managed to find gifts for everyone on my list, and it only cost 50 bucks. That's for five people by the way, so I'd say I did pretty good. I just dropped her back off at home because she needs to work, but now I'm off to wrap these things before anyone goes snooping for their gifts. Tell me, how's your Christmas shopping going? I hope you guys were smarter than me and finished a long time ago. Anyway enjoy the song and I'll see you tomorrow.

Peace.

Year 3, Day 237

Hi. Today's song is Brainwashed by Ultraviolet Sound.

Guys....I suck. I don't know what happened, but I was so damn tired today that I slept through all of my alarms and just woke up now, which means that everything I was supposed to do today has not been done. I'm so mad that I messed up because I really wanted today to be productive! I was going to go and get all the Christmas shopping done, then go pick up everything I'm missing for the baking and then I would have peace of mind! But no. No, today my body was like "oh hey you know what would be more fun? Sleeping forever!" Urgh. I don't want to go out now because it'll be crazy busy, so I think I'm devoting the rest of my time to doing a full clean (since Christmas is here this year) then at least that's done. When I clean I listen to the most ridiculous songs because I goof around as much as I clean. Usually it ends with me wearing sunglasses and singing into the broom/mop while dancing and pointing at stuff as if it's my audience. My dad caught me once and it was a very awkward situation for both of us... This song is an example of what I might play, so it can be the song for today. I'm gunna head off so I actually do something.

Peace.

Year 3, Day 236

Hiya. So today's song is Can I Get Get Get by Junior Senior.

I fucked up. I have just now realized that we are into the single digits counting down to Christmas and I have done nothing. I mean I went and got some more stuff for the Christmas give-away thing with my family, but I still have to do the other presents and bake all the things and decorate because we haven't even done that. Plus I'm hoping for a job interview this week. I'm going out today and refuse to come home until I have half of the things I need. If by the end of the day I have not wrapped at least one gift then I am a failure to society.

Okay Update: it has been approximately twelve hours since I wrote that first part (before I fell asleep) and I just got home. I did not do nearly enough, but I feel better about what I have done. I got my sister things that she will actually like which is quite difficult, and added another person to the list to shop for. That last thing might have cancelled out the first thing.... I also got wrapping paper so I can wrap Sammy''s gift and then I will have one done and not be a failure! I also keep forgetting to grab the box from her house for the Christmas give-away so I need to sort that out too. Tomorrow I'm going to try and get everything else done on my list once I actually make one, but I'm going to see if I can get someone to come with me. Shopping alone is boring.

Peace.

Year 3, Day 235

Sup! So today's song is Stop and Stare by One Republic.

You can skip the first minute to get to the song. Sorry some videos are weird. Anyway, I've been experiencing something kind of new for myself lately: some good self esteem. I'm so used to be on guard about everyone and assuming they think the worst of me, but a change has come in an unexpected way. My sister had gotten a new job awhile ago, and since we hang out together so much my name comes up in a lot of her stories. I guess when other people describe me I sound like a pretty cool person, because one of the guys she works with is interested in meeting me. She told him that I'm sarcastic and cynical (which is apparently okay) and showed him a picture of me which should have been turn off. Well....I got an invite to their Christmas party. The guy is older than me, and I have no interest in meeting him or dating anyone, but it feels really really good to know that I'm not completely undesirable. It's just that I'm desirable to people at least ten years older than me! This isn't the first older dude that has kind-of-not-really-back-hand asked me out so from all the experience of my life my generation is not the one that wants to date me. And I don't want someone much older than I am. Call me crazy, but I actually do follow the rule of seven, at least in my head I do. So I just wanted to share my little story and make sure you guys know that even if you aren't aware of it, someone out there likes you, so feel good about yourself. There's no reason not to.

Peace.