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Hope everybody is having a restful, delightful, extraordinary, warm, and a merry Christmas!

Christmas has always been a rough time of year for me - being sucky acaemically meant I had to deal with identity issues every December when I was in school. Last year, there was a lot of family drama (my dad got laid off from the company he worked at for 20+ years because the company was managed by idiots, I had extended school yet another semester, etc.) ... but this year things are much better. Just goes to show you that no matter how shitty things get, this is another chance to take in the joy and the happiness that surrounds you and to change your mentality. Things do and will get better. I'm looking forward to see how much I grow up by next December...

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There's a wonderful song by Switchfoot called "Twenty Four" which I'll post for those of you who are having less-than-stellar holiday seasons (those of you who are having a good break don't need this :P). The song was written on the eve of the 24th birthday of the lead singer for Switchfoot; it's about his personal reflections on his life up until then.

Switchfoot - Twenty Four (MP3)
Twenty-four oceans
Twenty-four skies
Twenty-four failures
And twenty-four tries
Twenty-four finds me
In twenty-fourth place
With twenty-four drop outs
At the end of the day

Life is not what I thought it was
Twenty-four hours ago
Still I'm singing 'Spirit, take me up in arms with You'
And I'm not who I thought I was
Twenty-four hours ago
Still I'm singing 'Spirit, take me up in arms with You'

There's twenty-four reasons
To admit that I'm wrong
With all my excuses
Still twenty-four strong

See, I'm not copping out
Not copping out
Not copping out
When you're raising the dead in me

Oh, oh, I am the second man
Oh, oh, I am the second man now
Oh, I am the second man now
And you're raising these...

Twenty-four voices
With twenty-four hearts
All of my symphonies
In twenty-four parts
But I want to be one today
Centered and true
I'm singing 'Spirit take me up in arms with You'
You're raising the dead in me

Oh, oh, I am the second man
Oh, oh, I am the second man now
Oh, I am the second man now
And you're raising the dead in me

I wanna see miracles
To see the world change
Wrestled the angel for more than a name
For more than a feeling
For more than a cause
I'm singing 'Spirit, take me up in arms with You'
And you're raising the dead in me

Twenty-four oceans
With twenty-four hearts
All of my symphonies
With twenty-four parts
Life is not what I thought it was
Twenty-four hours ago
Still I'm singing 'Spirit, take me up in arms with You'
I'm not copping out
Not copping out