Seasonal

I sorta suck at Christmas, and not really in a good way (naughty wink), more in a ‘I know I’ll always let people down’ way.

And we never failed to fail; it was the easiest thing to do.

I excell at ruining things, so why should the end of the year be exempt? I tend to just shut out most of the holidays, if possible, just act like it isn’t happening. For example, I’ve already arranged to miss two office-related holiday functions this week, and it’s only Wednesday. It has nothing to do with the people at my office, who for the record are some of the sweetest folks I know, it has to do with not feeling like celebrating anything.

I’m just a barrel of fun, lemme tell ya.

Anyway, this post struck a chord with me, over at Chookooloonks, I think I can learn something from it. Maybe (just maybe) part of my problem is that I feel obligated to do different things, or do things to a certain standard, and instead of shooting for the moon and landing among the stars (a corny saying but I had to work it into a blog post at some point) I just don’t even get started.

None of this matters to y’all, like I’ve said here many times I write because I need to put things down on virtual paper and see them and mull them over from different angles. The question I have at the moment is how do I break myself of my habits, how do I either change and engage with more people during the peopliest time of the year or accept myself while dodging them? Or some third or fourth or fifth option I haven’t thought about.

Well, hell, I don’t even know if this post makes sense, so I may have to edit later (please not on ambien though) but at least I’m trying to sort this out.

Chills

Not everyone is a fan of monster movies, I get that, but god damn does this look awesome as hell:

Squee!!

The song remains the same

Email I received today:

Let the bird sing without deciphering the song.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

I admit it, I struggle during the coldest part of the year. I don’t think it has always been like this but I honestly don’t remember. I know I’m not alone, and there are many people in worse situation (like the poor guy that jumped off the balcony so he didn’t have to keep shopping for shoes with his girlfriend) so I try and just keep my mouth shut about things and just get on with life.

Another saying I saw recently: If you encounter an asshole first thing in the morning, you found and asshole. If you see nothing but assholes all day, the asshole is you. I’m sure I butchered the quote, but the gist of it is I ought to be looking in a mirror if I want to understand where the problem lies.

Snow!

Baby animals make things better, right?