tempus fugit indeed

it's that time of the year again - Christmas. also known as the end of the year. also known as the time to sit down, review the past 12 months that have gone by, look over the resolutions that were made this time last year, wonder at how time has flown - as i do, every year.

i can safely say that where i am right now is nowhere near where i had, this time last year, planned to be. if you understood that last sentence, down a shot of Absolut now. oh, did i mention that this reviewing of the past year would include vodka? it just makes things more fun.

this time last year, according to my journal / notebook / sketchbook / scrapbook, i had a list of goals that i'd wanted to achieve by now. now, all those goals mean just about as much as the paper they were hastily scribbled on. which is rather disappointing. it has been, in some aspects, an awful year. but also, a year in which i have come to learn quite a bit of things about myself. some things, i had always known; and some, i had no idea of. if you also own a journal / notebook / sketchbook / scrapbook, down a shot of Absolut now.

despite all the shit i have gone through this year, i am thankful for some things; namely:
1. the wonders of anti-depressants
2. the comfort of therapy
3. the magical buzz that i get from caffeine
4. my dad, my perpetual life-saver
5. my friends; as few as they come, each one of them is worth much more than their weight in gold
6. novellistically long e-mails, and Ben who humours me in them
7. Ikea
8. retail therapy; it will be the death of me, yet i can't live without
down a shot of Absolut for each thing on my list of thankfulness that coincides with something on your list of thankfulness.

if you don't have a list of thankfulness, down two shots of Absolut now.

i haven't come up with a list of goals and resolutions for 2006 yet. if you have, down two shots of Absolut now.

if your fingers are as cold as mine, down a shot of Absolut now.

if it is taking you 3 minutes to type out each sentence because your fingers are frozen, down a shot of Absolut now.

if you are living in a part of the world where the temperature is almost always above 30°C, and you spend most of the time complaining about the heat, down two shots of Absolut now.

if you have naturally red hair, down a shot of Absolut now.

if you find a typo in this post, down another shot of Absolut now.

if you think you found a typo in this post, but actually haven't, because instead of seeing the letters as they should be, you are seeing blurry black horizontal lines across your screen, down another shot of Absolut now.

if, because of religion or dietary reasons, you haven't been downing vodka when i tell you to, i say to you: i won't tell if you don't.