Farewell!
Due to Wendy dearest's mewlings for another post here, I decided to follow her grandiose footsteps and write some kind of year summary type thing. A post saying farewell to what has been, quite frankly, a depressingly stagnant year. If I were in the country, I'd totally be over at Alycia and Bob's, giving the damned thing a royal alcoholic send off. But alas I'm not, and won't even be able to get anywhere near an opportunity to get myself refreshingly plastered this New Year's Eve, so I'm here posting this post. Hooray!
Though depressingly stagnant, I do have some things to thank for this year. The friendships I had made the year before have all become amazingly tighter, closer, warmer. I'm still a fair way from being 'fixed' as Alycia puts it, however I have a lot more faith in people. Or at least the people I'm friends with. I can work with that. Anyway, here's a list of stuff Mel has learnt from firsthand experience this year.
Stuff Mel has Learnt from Firsthand Experience This Year
* Do not fall for a both unperceptive and socially inept close friend. *reflects upon this, and then underlines it a few more times and traces it with bright red pen*
* Moonshine is deadlier than it tastes/smells. On a related note, swamps do not make comfortable or particularly warm places to sleep.
* Pashing is fun. Especially when it happens to you.
* If you have the choice between eighty bucks and a way to make two close friends exceedingly happy, choose the amazingly happy friends. You will not regret it. Ever.
* I'm a human being, not an automaton. Despite the pseudo-manly stoicism, I'm capable of feeling for others, of getting hurt, and all that stuff I was previously unconvinced of for so long.
* Sereth is still on holidays, the motherfucker. If anyone sees him, please either hunt him down and bag him for me (burlap sacks are FINE), or tell him he's been an exceptionally naughty boy and HE'S GOING TO GET HIS SEXY ORIENTAL BAD-ASS ASS SMOTE ONCE HIS MOTHER FINDS HIM. If this doesn't work, tell him I'll stop parading his baby photos if he comes back to me willingly.
* The same applies to Chris Nill, except she's been a naughty girl. And her ass isn't so oriental or bad-ass.
* My artwork and creature designs are better than I give them credit for. Hey, someone got *paid* for doing even the most awful of Dungeons and Dragons illustrations.
* Indie music, on occasion, is actually pretty cool to listen to. As an aside, FUCKING METAL!
* All media students who aren't Mel pretty much suck. And they don't like giving back Mel's money. Fuckers.
* Life's too short to save money.
* Life's also too short for shit films, whether you're watching them or funding the bulk of them.
* Hangovers are pretty awful, but to my experience are justified by the fun of the night before. Raging stomach aches caused by moonshine however, never.
* Always check a bicycle's handbrakes before hurtling who knows how many kilometres per hour downhill.
* Black will always be the new black. None of this "beige" crap.
* Thespionage is so hot. Thus, every aspiring terrorist needs a crash course in Shakespearean performance.
* The easiest but cheapest way of keeping New Year's resolutions is to not have any. Whoops.
Hooray for lists. Anyway, my next post may be a bunch of resolutions for next year. Being the lazy sod that I am, I've never actually made any real New Year's resolutions before. Maybe it's worth a shot.
Anyway, enjoy the New Year when it comes! And I'll be back with New Year's resolutions and more England photos next year!
S&Mel, Queen of Dark Lizards and Lizardy Darkness
^_^
Though depressingly stagnant, I do have some things to thank for this year. The friendships I had made the year before have all become amazingly tighter, closer, warmer. I'm still a fair way from being 'fixed' as Alycia puts it, however I have a lot more faith in people. Or at least the people I'm friends with. I can work with that. Anyway, here's a list of stuff Mel has learnt from firsthand experience this year.
Stuff Mel has Learnt from Firsthand Experience This Year
* Do not fall for a both unperceptive and socially inept close friend. *reflects upon this, and then underlines it a few more times and traces it with bright red pen*
* Moonshine is deadlier than it tastes/smells. On a related note, swamps do not make comfortable or particularly warm places to sleep.
* Pashing is fun. Especially when it happens to you.
* If you have the choice between eighty bucks and a way to make two close friends exceedingly happy, choose the amazingly happy friends. You will not regret it. Ever.
* I'm a human being, not an automaton. Despite the pseudo-manly stoicism, I'm capable of feeling for others, of getting hurt, and all that stuff I was previously unconvinced of for so long.
* Sereth is still on holidays, the motherfucker. If anyone sees him, please either hunt him down and bag him for me (burlap sacks are FINE), or tell him he's been an exceptionally naughty boy and HE'S GOING TO GET HIS SEXY ORIENTAL BAD-ASS ASS SMOTE ONCE HIS MOTHER FINDS HIM. If this doesn't work, tell him I'll stop parading his baby photos if he comes back to me willingly.
* The same applies to Chris Nill, except she's been a naughty girl. And her ass isn't so oriental or bad-ass.
* My artwork and creature designs are better than I give them credit for. Hey, someone got *paid* for doing even the most awful of Dungeons and Dragons illustrations.
* Indie music, on occasion, is actually pretty cool to listen to. As an aside, FUCKING METAL!
* All media students who aren't Mel pretty much suck. And they don't like giving back Mel's money. Fuckers.
* Life's too short to save money.
* Life's also too short for shit films, whether you're watching them or funding the bulk of them.
* Hangovers are pretty awful, but to my experience are justified by the fun of the night before. Raging stomach aches caused by moonshine however, never.
* Always check a bicycle's handbrakes before hurtling who knows how many kilometres per hour downhill.
* Black will always be the new black. None of this "beige" crap.
* Thespionage is so hot. Thus, every aspiring terrorist needs a crash course in Shakespearean performance.
* The easiest but cheapest way of keeping New Year's resolutions is to not have any. Whoops.
Hooray for lists. Anyway, my next post may be a bunch of resolutions for next year. Being the lazy sod that I am, I've never actually made any real New Year's resolutions before. Maybe it's worth a shot.
Anyway, enjoy the New Year when it comes! And I'll be back with New Year's resolutions and more England photos next year!
S&Mel, Queen of Dark Lizards and Lizardy Darkness
^_^