Too Many Words...

Since I'm finally going to close up my myspace account I thought I should find somewhere new to post my old ramblings (and maybe get up to some new ones). So here's a few posts that I didn't want to blink into internet extinction.

"Then maybe you shouldn't have eaten those advent candles," The jolly man said back with a laugh.

I always get sick at Christmas time. Its like my body's own little gift to me every yuletide. Sure its never the gift I want but I do still appreciate the thought. It seems like this year he was only able to scrape together a bit of a stomach bug, but that's alright I know that last years three week extravaganza must have exhausted his budget and imagination.

Why do I get sick, I dunno. Could be just a manifestation of my distaste for the commercialization of Christmas into a physical ailment. Do I have that strong a distaste? Well I don't perceive it, so it must be manifesting itself elsewhere. That makes sense right?

I used to think of myself as someone who never gets sick. But then I noticed how many people I knew who claimed that they never got sick either. Then I though about all the times I had seen them sick. One girl I used to work with would come in looking like she was about to film a nyquil commercial at least twice a month, and each time it happened she would say; "I don't understand, I never get sick!". Perhaps some people jsut don't know the definition of the word healthy.

Me, I've come to the realization that I do get sick. And if you prick me I will bleed. Then I will hit you. I'm not invincible, and should stop making assumptions to the otherwise. Its like when I was a kid and was fairly confident that if the need was urgent enough I should be able to catch an arrow. With the assumption that an arrow flying at me would be an urgent enough need. Now keep in mind I couldn't even catch a baseball. But then I guess the baseball thing was disproved on a regular basis whereas the arrow thing still remains untested (and therefore true) until this day.

Well in any case its good to get sick once in a while, keep the immune system battle ready and all that. Sure its never fun to be feeling like you've got a head full of wet cotton or to have to plan your day geographically around restrooms, but then it makes you appreciate your health so much more when you re-attain it.

Oh and just so everyone knows I'm well aware of vitamin C. It seems that when people get sick the entire rest of humanity feels a sudden need to inform this person of the wonders of ascorbic acid. And if they would only eat a diet comprised entirely of this nutrient they would never get sick. They only downside is that much like being a Mormon you'd have to spend your free time paying this knowledge forward.

But the best part about being sick is that at least it happens at its worst to me at a time like Christmas where everything else is generally so up and positive that it never gets me too down.

I'm sorry for the navel gazing here, I realize that this subject must seem really disconnected to all of my friends. Because obviously none of you ever get sick.