This Christmas

This Christmas

It won't be like any other
It'll be different...
Everything's different
Everything will feel different

It'll be one person less

One person more
And one person less
It'll be strange...
Mixed emotions
But at least we're together... Yet apart

This Christmas
There's one day more
It won't be so bad

It doesn't have to be.
It's the same lights,

the same songs
the same decorations...

This Christmas
We'll be fine
It'll be fun
It'll be good...
It will just have to be
That's the spirit of Christmas...

Right?

Happy 2013!!!!

It has been a while since I last posted, but just like last year I spend a lot of time with my family during the holidays. I actually just got back and usually, when I'm at my parents, I don't spend much time behind the computer. Simply because I love spending time with my family. Playing card and board games, watching movies and visiting my sisters. You know..., family stuff. Anyway, I had a great time and I hope all of you did too. I had planned on posting more Christmas movies lists, but unfortunately I didn't get around to it. I made a list of a couple of movies in which Whedon actors appeared or played bigger roles and I also wanted to make a list of a couple of amazing Christmas episodes in television series. That will all have to wait now, but at least it's something to look forward to :P. 

New Years resolutions
Last year I made some resolutions on my blog and today I looked them up. Just to see how I did. One of them was blogging more and I think I did pretty well on that. I also wanted to write more and in a way I did... I wrote A LOT of letters of interest for jobs. But I hardly took the time to write stories. So that one is going on my list again this year. 
Another resolutions/wish was to find a job. After searching for six months I finally found a summer job after which I found a job through a temp agency. I'm currently still working there. So even though I haven't been able to find a job in my field of expertise, I am very happy to at least have found a job. Not everybody is that lucky nowadays. 
I was a bit vague about other resolutions. I'm not really sure about which ones they were, except for eating/living healthier. And I'm still doing that. I even entered the Veggie Challenge which went pretty great (also see on the right). 

What will 2013 bring?
My new resolutions, as said, is to write more. I also want to keep searching for a job in my area and I wanna keep eating healthy and posting blogs regularly. I will add that I want to work out more, exercising. In 2012 I couldn't afford it anymore, but I just found a fitness club that is very affordable and I'm really looking forward to that. In the sense of writing, I would like to make it: being more creative. I just love to draw and stuff, and I really miss that in my life right now. It would be nice to pick that up again. One thing I would like to add is being more active for the political youth party I'm a member off. Especially in my own area, so I joined this department and I will be more involved in 2013 :-).

Of course I cannot leave out movies and/or series. I won't go on forever, but simply name a couple. Like Life of Pi, Les Misérables, The Master, Hitchcock and Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters. And shows... well I simply watch too many. But Castle is my number one for sure right now. I just started watching Grimm (I already love Once Upon a Time) which I really like. Let's see, what else? Oh, Revenge! It's so good. I watched the first season in two or three days, haha. That says something. New Girl is a lot of fun too. Oh, and last year I mentioned Leverage, which is unfortunately cancelled. But as you can see, there are a lot of show to still enjoy ;-). 

Magic, science and Christmas

A while ago I saw the movies Thor and Beginners. At first sight you would think they wouldn't have that much in commen. And that is correct. But what they do have in commen is that they both had a quote about magic which cought my attention.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUab6cGVB88&feature=related

"I come from a world where magic and science are the same thing" - Thor

"Well, magic's just science that we don't understand yet." - Foster in Thor.  

A long time ago, a lot of things would have been called 'magic'. Nowadays we are to evolved to think so. If not and you voice your opinion, you will probably be shrugged or laughed at. Lighting doesn't come from the God Zeus, but it's a reaction between clouds and their temperatures (or something... If you wanna know the whole story, go look it up. I'm no pro). A rainbow doesn't have a pot of gold, but is also just a reaction between the sun and rain drops. People get healed not by the powers of (any kind of) God, but by medicine. At least that's what most people say. But some people still believe.  Like the quote above, I would like to say that magic is science that isn't understood yet. Therefor it's magical, because we can't understand it yet. There are people who can't accept that and need to find out what's behind it, but there are also people who simply enjoy that it's a wonder of the world. My question would be 'Why take the magic out of everything?' I guess that it also has a lot to do with the fact that people can't accept something when they don't understand it. I'd say that that is their loss. 

It's wonderful to see a rainbow and enjoy the beauty of it. To look at the clouds and find shapes of animals in them. To look at the world and let yourself be amazed. There is one time when a lot of people are suddenly open to this way of thinking and that's Christmas time. In the United States they have Santa Claus with his reindeers and elves, who do magical things. And pretty much every Christmas movie is about adults having lost their faith or ability to believe in magic and finding it again through children. Children believe and for them the world is a magical place. At least until they get too old and society sets them straight. In my opinion that's too bad. There is enough stress in the world and people worry too much (me included). And if you can't enjoy some of the magical things in life, life itself (i.e. the stress, responsibilities, family ties, duties) may destroy you.

"People like us, half of them think it will never work out. The other half believe in magic." - Anne in Beginners.
You can choose to see the magic in life. I'm not saying it has to be 'real' magic, like the stuff they show in (science) fiction shows, such as Charmed and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. But you could see the magic, or the wonder, in everyday life.  Isn't it amazing that we are able to see the stars and watch the moon shine, even though we can't see the sun that makes it visible to us? To be able to communicate with everyone over the world, even though we are miles apart? To play around with frozen water: snow? Or like the quote suggests: love and relationships. Isn't it wonderful to have someone you love and who loves you back? Isn't that kind off a miracle?

Every person has a choice in what he/she does or doesn't see. Like I said above: Christmas time has something magical about it. That's why some people call it 'the most magical time of the year'. What makes it even more magical is that everything seems better. When snow has fallen down and everything is covered, it feels like a clean slate. A new start. To me that's magical. Everything is equal. There are Christmas ligths everywhere and that also has a magical feeling to it. It brings light in the darkness. It helped the three kings find baby Jesus and helps people who are lost to find their way. It also (usually) helps bring people together. Whether that is to help a good cause (and donate money), to finally open your heart to people who are different (whether that be in wealth, color/race or partner choice) or in your own family. In a way it's actually kind of strange that a certain time of the year can inspire so much good in people... I also choose to see the magic in that. I truly believe that if you can believe in magic and have faith, nothing will ever be a lost cause. Because there is always a chance that something wonderful can happen.

 Why does it look like magic? 

(Besides the fact that this is a still from HP, I mean)

p.s. I do not own any of the material, but my own words.