Cold

A ripple for every moment

Frigid sky scattered here and there. Shadows watch mountains who are not easily scared. Snowflakes fall as time stands still, while sun's warmth trembles under the treacherous chill. Depths run thin as the ice grows, and blue meets white in the blue shallow. Everything covered perfectly in a blanket, one that is cold and doesn't need to fake it.

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• Insignificance
• Shopping
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• Christmas Lights
• Malfunction
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Last night I was breaking down. I felt like I wasn't important to anyone anymore. But someone told me I was, and I felt better. It's funny. Just when you think all is lost, someone is watching out for you.

Today was not much better. I started off early in the morning. I went shopping today. There is nothing more heart-warming than shopping around this time of the year. I saw Santa and all the little kids anxious to sit on his lap. People smiling, laughing and having a good time. I enjoyed myself, something I don't commonly do while shopping.

I started in maplewood mall. I spent about three hours there and got next to nothing. Although I spent at least an hour on Jill's gift. I'm aiming towards something with meaning. A card loaded with money is a poor way of expressing how much people mean to you. I finished shopping for my mom, my brother, my dad, Jill, my grandpa, Nikki, and Melissa. I have yet to finish my grandma. I have no idea what to get her. I called my grandpa and he told me she needed clothes, I'm not buying my grandma clothes... :)

I went back home to the christmas lights. I'm getting sick and tired of those lights. I'm going to refrain from swearing on this post. However, there was water in one of the sockets on the lights. I put my de-icer in it and lost my cap to my bottle. That got me started. It kept shorting the circuit. I read the de-icer was flammable so I got a lighter and went to town. I tried for about 20 minutes and gave up, with snow in my shoes and fire coming out of my mouth. My mom wanted me to put up a new string too. The gutter is completely full and frozen with water. So I'm up there with a screw driver, chipping away just to finish this one string my dad... did a poor job on... and yeah. I froze my fingers off! I was so mad at the end I was throwing stuff around, slamming doors, screaming swear words, and I just had to quit.

In attempt to calm my nerves I decided to pound on my guitar. As soon as I started, I broke a string. Now I was really pissed. I asked my mom if we had something to eat and she said no. I asked if she would pay for my lunch if I picked some up. She hesitated.... and I stormed out with a resounding... "Nevermind."

I got my guitar string, some Wendy's and went back home. I wired up the guitar and got that fixed. Tony called, he wanted to play ball. I needed it, so I said I would go. I didn't want to do anything else tonight. I just wanted to play basketball with Tony.

I played incredibly well. Sinking long threes, crossing people up, finger-tip rolls... it was all there tonight. I was happy. I love basketball.

I went home to work on the lights once again. I asked my dad to bring home a blow torch. Yes... a blow torch. I took that sucker and burnt the crap out of that connection. I also burnt my hand thank you, but it works now. Can't guarantee it will ever work again once we un-plug it... but it works. I'm not touching those stupid lights anymore.

I'm sore. I dropped an ice auger on myself yesterday after falling on some ice. I have two cuts from some person I played basketball with tonight. Cut your fingernails!  And my fingers are recuperating from a blow torch lesion.

So I'm not in the best mood today, it must be monday....

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