I've seen a couple of my friends' old blogs revive and it reminded me of my own dear blog <3

 

I just read through my past entries.. there aren't very many, but it's so weird to see them after all this time. So much has changed and happened since, and I feel so differently about some of the topics (for example, my Christmas list? Yeah, I don't make those anymore). My niece is almost two years old now, traditions have changed so much, my style has fluctuated throughout the years and my love life has been changed drastically. Two things haven't changed though, Xanga - my love of Simon Baker and my love of LOOKBOOK.nu (:

 

Despite all this, I'm going to keep trying to blog... no matter how boring my life can be. Maybe I should update my profile while I'm at it, too.

Christmas is back, baby.

Is that what you think when that telltale Christmas wish list pops it's way into your head? Well you should... because it is. So is Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. Whichever Holiday you celebrate... it's back. One more year, one more crazy season of shopping and decorating and celebrating. So why not bump up your wish list a little while you can?

I'm blessed to have loving parents who will still buy me gifts and can afford it. I know that some people can't get everything they wish for, which is a terrible thing. I hope everyone that reads this has at least one dream come true this month. Because you are all perfectly deserving of it.

Here are some (material) things I wish for, though:
1. "Ledger Tailored Oxford Booties"

2. "Motorola Hint"

3. "NARS Sheer Matte Foundation"

4. "Adovia Make-up Brush Kit"

5. "Benefit cosmetics"

6. "Black Pencil Skirt"

7.  "Guess Double-Breasted Wool Military Coat"

8. "Anything Burberry"

9. "ASOS gloves"

10. "DB Boyfriend Jacket"


And there you have it, my top ten (material) wishes. It's not the greatest, and some of it is just wishful thinking...

Hope you all get what you wish for this Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa, and I'll be back for a closer-to-Christmas blog about the Holiday season and why it's so great.


Jessica

I waited outside in the cold for a few minutes, but it probably seemed like longer because of how absolutely freezing it was. My friends Shirley, Josh and I huddled while we waited, student cards in hand. When they finally started letting us into the school, checking student cards to make sure we are all actually students. Once inside, Shirley took my sweater and I went to pay and have a girl put marker on my hand. I waited for Shirley to pay and get in after giving Josh our coats for the coat check, and then we went to the bathroom. (Yes you really need to know that).

Skipping to inside, we walked in when the one half of the gym was fairly empty and set up for the dance. The carpeted wall was flashing with funky colours and shapes, while the disco lights made bubble shapes everywhere. We tried dancing, but there wasn't enough people inside and it was kind of awkward. We went back out to the hall and there was a whole bunch of people out in the hall. We made a few jokes about "apparently the party is out here!" and went to find more people.

After we got Mari, Jasmine and Mackenzie along, and talked to Heather and Nick a little bit, we headed back inside the dance. The haze of smoke from the smoke machine made everything feel almost surreal. The DJs were really great, too, because they even aimed the smoke machine and the right places (like people playing air guitar and the cloud would be around their legs and slowly curl up over us). It was hard to breathe a few times, but it was a really cool thing. I love smoke machines.

Some of the time I felt a bit like a hippy, because the lights were flashy and the smoke moulded around us. I had a lot of fun just dancing, laughing and feeling free. We danced on the speaker type of things that weren't actually speakers but had speakers right by our ears when we were on them. Girls and boys grinded on the dance floor, just boogied, or made out (gross to see when you're just glancing).

Our favourite remiscant songs such as "What is Love" (Mari and I would do our headbanging thing like in the movie), "Shake it" (it reminded Shirley and I of the past spring.summer), and Spice Girls (just good times with the people I love). I had a lot of fun, but somehow the mood was a bit ruined for me the whole dance because I couldn't stop thinking about this guy I like and wondering if he'd like this song, or if he was there, or if he has a girlfriend, etc.

As the dance came to a close (and I knew it was), we counted down to the fake New Years. As our school dances always end, the classics came on. "YMCA", "Grease Lightning", "Summer Loving" and other such songs played, and then as the last song and last slow song came on, my friends and I ditched. It's a crappy way to end a dance for everyone who wasn't grinding away with someone. "Lips of An Angel" echoed as we exited the dance and went down to the main entrance. We got our sweaters and coats from coat check, waited for our rides home, and said goodbye.

Happy New Years Everyone!