This year and Christmas

First of all:
This Christmas.
I didn't feel very Christmassy. Perhaps that was because I'm getting into my late teens, or it might have been the absence of the little sister running around like crazy. Yeah, that littlest one was sick over Christmas. Nasty aye? We all felt very sorry for her, but it was a virus so there was no magic cure from Antibiotics.
Usually I am the first to get up, at 5:30 no less. However this year I decided to be like all the other oldies and get up at 6.30 when the others played the music. But my plans were foiled, it was my fault actually. I didn't tell the little sister my plan so she woke me and Nana up at 6. We emerged to witness the tree with lights illuminating the vast number of presents.

Later in the morning I was sitting with the camera, taking shots of every one's faces as they opened their presents. I have one pic of my hand holding dad's present, that's about all of me that got in a picture that day. Well, until my little sis started taking annoying close ups.
In the end I got two teapots, two big cups, one wooden hand thingy, chocolate, a folding chair and a pirate candle... yeah. I was excited by my brothers presents though. He got the old star wars trilogy. Yay. I feel rather nerdy because as I write this I am able to peek over my laptop screen to see the giant star wars vault [a huge book with awesome stuff in it,... ahh. from the big sister and her hubby.] it is sitting safely in its box on the tv cabinet. I like to benefit from other peoples gifts, ie at the moment I'm listening to another brothers new opshop cd. Huzzah for big families.

This year.
What should I say? Would it be appropriate to leave a big blank space? ... hmm, I think not because I did keep living this year, just not the way some peeps think I should have. I.e. I didn't study or work. Big deal. I read heaps of stuff, one of them was Middlemarch which was real hardcore and awesome - it made me feel literary at least. Went down to a family reunion [I only remember all this stuff because I was looking at photos. hehe.] where there was over 400 rellies. I ate haggis and played a crap keyboard in front of those 400 rellies while my sisters sang a dumb song. Another thing that happened was my big sister first going out with the legendary Sam [hehe, those practical jokes were great.] and getting married to him in September. Yeah, after that I procrastinated... then wrote a novel. Now its after Christmas and I have to look to next year. Dud, I've actually got to do something then.
This is getting rather long and it is tea time. Happy new year people.

hehe.

oh. there goes democracy.

Waah. How depressing. Democracy just left and our rights have just been put into a critical condition. Yup, the Electoral Finance Bill has just passed. As we speak the bill of rights is lying in hospital on a ventilator, the old school heart thing is beeping faintly as we watch it's heart beat slowly fade into nothingness. R.I.P. the bill of rights.
Have you got tears in your eyes yet?
Need something to cheer you up aye? Well, it was Jane Austen's birthday a few days ago. Yeah, and the Jane Austen Centre Magazine just finished their twelve part novella. It's a continuation of the Northerner Abbey story [don't read it if you don't know the story]. Personally I think Catherine and Henry have too much obsession with their big dog, but Jane is dead so we have to make do with the fans who write continuations of her stories. However, as a story by itself its not that bad. And now its finished, waah. Boo hoo, that brings me back to democracy and our rights. They have both died along with the finale of the novella.
Oh well at least we've still got Christmas. And Winston Peters. Oh... wait a sec. His public image has pretty much died too this week. Along with my slight admiration of his political genius. Oh well, who is there left to vote for apart from Act and... umm... augh. yeah. Perhaps the Exclusive Brethren will start up a political party, or we might even have the option of voting for some insecure Christian party.
Nah, I'd better just focus on Christmas.

I want to make a piano into a chair.

I think that after NaNoWriMo I am suffering from something I call creativity deprivation syndrome. It's not that I'm not creative anymore, just the need to be isn't there. I can go through the day and not have to think one single creative thought. However, it doesn't seem to happen like that. I need to do something, make something or destroy something. After a whole month of forcing myself into a creative mood every day It comes naturally. Even unintentionally. It's terribly strange for me because usually I am quite content to sit on my butt all day doing absolutely nothing. Its all changed now, examples:
The other day my little sister and I made a centrepiece for our table out of pine and these red flowers. It looked more like a big green spider with spiky bright red hair but we enjoyed it.
Then I made this Indian dish up, it was really yummy. I didn't even use a recipe so I was so proud of myself.
I have also been thinking about how I could make an old piano into a chair. Or after doing a bit of research; a desk. It would look awesome, ah, I so want to make one. But I need Dad's permission first cos I couldn't exactly do it on my own.
Then I was looking at my ceiling when I was lying in bed. It looked really bare apart from the three glow in the dark stars and the odd bit of guts left behind after a bug had been squashed. I realised that the light bulb was hanging down, as they do. It was almost begging me to give it a lamp shade. So I thought about making one. That's my proposed project at the moment. I just need a bit of wire, some pliers, funky material and tassels. Yeah, that would be awesome.

You see what I mean? I am suffering, I need to do something creative or I will explode. The quick fix is to write a blog, that will cover me for about a day. However after that I'd better get a move on and find that wire or it might not be pretty. That's what I forgot to put in my novel; an exploding person! How difficult that would be to clean up. eww.