More Koolaid, Please

The time between Christmas and New Years. Interesting. I am sitting here in the corner of my living room, listening to my parents and grandparents reminisce (that word looks very strange, but it is spelled right, I checked), and they have no idea I'm writing about them. I think that's funny.

So let's see what's going on these days...
John Edwards is running for president. I'm very happy about this, but I still want Obama to announce his canadicy. At least this means that someone better than Hillary is running. I absolutely think that she's qualified and under different circumstances I would definitely be rooting for her, but she's just not electable at this point in time and it would be an extremely bad move to pit a woman (and a Clinton, as if Conservatives could have even more of a heart attack...at least she isn't a minority) against the Republican candidate, no matter who it may happen to be. Even though women can fight on the front lines, somehow it's still inconceivable that a woman would be the commander in chief. I'm confident that that will change, but until then we need someone like John Edwards, a normal guy with admirable goals, to step up and be honest about what needs to be done. Plus, I met him. And he signed my shirt. (And he's really handsome.)

Saddam Hussein is dead. You can watch it on YouTube. I definitely disagree with his execution, and it freaks me out you can watch it just minutes after it happened all over the internet. If you want to see it, you can look it up, no links provided for this one.

I'm a week late for my postcard of the week! But I'll do it now before the new ones are posted for next week.

Have a fantastic New Years Eve...make good decisions! (They say you turn into your mother...I think I've been my mother my whole life!)

it's not that unusual
when everything is beautiful
it's just another ordinary miracle today

the sky knows when it's time to snow
don't need to teach a seed to grow
it's just another ordinary miracle today

life is like a gift they say
wrapped up for you everyday
open up and find a way
to give some of your own

isn't it remarkable?
like everytime a raindrop falls
it's just another ordinary miracle today

birds and winter have their fling
but always make it home by spring
it's just another ordinary miracle today

when you wake up everyday
please don't throw your dreams away
hold them close to your heart
because we're all a part
of the ordinary miracle

ordinary miracle

do you want to see a miracle?

it seems so exceptional
that things just work out after all
it's just another ordinary miracle today

sun comes up and shines so bright
disappears again at night
it's just another ordinary miracle today

it's just another ordinary miracle today

I love my home. Oh so very much.
But I love school, too.
Not the school part of school, exactly.
Or the food.
Or the bathrooms.
Or showering with flip-flops.
But at school, there is a place for all my stuff, and it isn't an inconvenience to anyone else.
And there are friends there whom I love.
And I can stay up as late as I want and it doesn't affect anyone else.
And when I feel like a loser in front of other people, it's usually ok because I'm usually not being a loser all by myself. (a.k.a. someone else is usually wearing a knitted headband and I just can't beat that)
I'm so happy to be here in my warm cozy house, sitting in front of my Christmas tree, laughing with my family and eating food I didn't have to pay for. (And getting to shower without flip-flops. I just can't emphasize that enough.)
But this is just plain weird. Missing something you never thought you'd get used to.
Not feeling totally a part of something that has been the most important part of your life.
It will take some time to adjust.
In the meantime, I think I'll eat some homemade Christmas candy. And maybe take another shower. Without flip-flops? Heck yes.

this one and this one

I know why people get lonely around Christmas. You need people to share things with, people to be close to. Today when I was at church, the music was so beautiful and the message was so perfect, and I wished so much that I had someone to share that with. Being happy is fabulous but being happy and sharing that joy with others is even better.

Christmas presents everyone with...the baby. You can either embrace the baby and hold it and care for it, or you can be afraid to hold it, scared that you will drop it or do something wrong. If you don't hold it, you cannot fully embrace the joy and love it represents. If you do hold it, you can share in peace and giving and celebration of life. So the question is this: Would you like to hold the baby?

My answer? Absolutely.

There were too many good ones...so I chose two!

This just makes me sad. This never should have happened. But now that it has, something needs to be done. And that's not looking likely.

"...in a military context, when you do the same thing over and over again without a clear strategy for victory at the expense of your young people in arms, that is dereliction, that is deeply immoral."
-Sen. Gordon Smith, (R) Oregon

I feel like doing absolutely nothing this weekend. So far, that's pretty much been the case. But I need to do things. Because next weekend I'll feel like doing nothing, too. And there are only two weekends left before finals. So things should be done. But, as usual, here I sit. Damn Blogger.

I just thought I'd share this week's postcard of the week, and say that I've been smiling a lot lately. I don't want that to stop, ok?