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[Dec. 25th, 2009|09:53 pm] |
Merry Christmas, Livejournal!
It seems that over the past year or so I've forsaken you for trendier and less informative forms of blogosphere... Yes, Livejournal, I've entered the Twitterverse and Facebook world - from there seems to be no point of return.
Well, that's all fine and dandy, because I truly enjoy reading both the inane commentary from friends, seeing the photos, perusing the updates, and getting my daily dose of info from the liberal elitist news sources that I love (see The New Yorker, NPR, The New York Times, etc.).
However, lately, I've had a deep seeded desire to return to the old fashioned form of rants and raves, where I can truly express my nonoriginal yet inspiring material in more than 160 characters. So, like a prodigal child, I return to my beloved LiveJournal.
This past semester, I took a wonderful essay course that really encouraged me to go back to writing. Not because I'm particularly good at it, but because I love it. Honestly, It's a little embarrassing how much I felt like I should be writing again because of one professor. It's really corny in that cliche-ish made for TV kinda way, but I loved my Writing in the Creative Arts professor, Dan Barden http://www.danbarden.com/ and I owe any subsequent brilliance in my LIveJournal to him. (whatever that's worth...)
No one will read this, so it's perfect for my purposes.
So, MERRY Christmas. I understand that Christmas is a magical time for us Christians. My parents, the devout folk that they are, pulled out our King James Versions before Christmas dinner and we read about Jesus' birth. Did you know that the entire story from beginning to end is like 6 paragraphs? It's an extremely tiny story for the giant impact it has on so many lives.
Alright, I'm going to break it down. I'm not that big on Christmas. It is fun, the parties, the gifts, the cookies, the lights... it's all great, really. I get that. I wouldn't want to take that away from everyone. I just feel that for most of my life, Christmas has been exhausting reminder of things I cannot particularly change. That's a depressing way to look at it, I know. I do try to keep an optimistic view on it though. This year wasn't so horrible. I had my family. We had our health. We ate fabulous food. Still we were listless...
Maybe next year it will actually feel like a real Christmas. Yes, That's all we can hope for. |
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