My parents gave me an

My parents gave me an alarm clock for christmas - its the older style with the loud and rapid ticking.

It has a very cool design, but it is extremely loud. I had to move it out of my bedroom last night because the sound resonates in my room and drives me crazy. Its now on my desk in here. However, whenever I hear it ticking, my mind thinks its a metronome, and I instantly dig up songs from the back of my mind with the same tempo and they take over my conscious mind. At first I don’t realise i’m doing it, until the song becomes more prominant and thats all I can think about.

I like the clock, but I think once this wind runs out, it gets no more winding.

The Annual Boxing Day Board Games Day at Janne-Maree’s house was lots of fun. Not as many games were played this year (Outburst!, Celebrity Heads, and Balderdash), as the unveiling of the 5.1 surround system occurred with a screening of “The Rock” after much deliberation.

It ended early in comparison to prior years, because universally everyone just seemed to be a whole lot more tired this year. Even me, who has had an extra few hours up on what I normally have this time of year (considering I was awoken yesterday at 7am rather than the usual 4am).

I keep thinking tommorow is Monday because we’ve just had two big holiday days. Grandfather’s 70th birthday tommorow night, and the next planned thing is our Lion King day trip on New Year’s Day. I’m excited.