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"Whelp, I seem to be getting better. As far as I can tell what I thought was incipient strep turned out to be a sore throat leadup to the nasty head cold I got. Soi my throat is fine, and the cold seems to be receeding.
I'm also done my Christmas shopping. Though this year I only had five ppl to buy for. I only feel I have to buy Christmas presents for my family, and this year thanks to a secret santa that brought the number of ppl down to five.
I don't buy gifts for friends and ppl I'm close to simply because it happens to be a holiday. I like to buy gifts for ppl whenever I se somthing that I think they'll like. I call them 'Happy I found Something Cool Day' gifts. And the flipside of this is that I don't expect them to buy me gifts just because it's some holiday. This goes for Birthday gifts too, especially since I have been actively not celebrating my birthday for a few years now.
Tonight a party up in Sunderland with all the Western Mass ppl. Should be fun, and I'll see [C] who should be far enough over strep that I can kiss her again." :)

I nearly forgot to post.

"So I've been wearing this little metal lizard pendant around my neck for years. I got it back in '96 and never really knew why I bought it, I just liked it. The original leather necklace broke ages ago, and I replaced it with a silver necklace my father bought for me in Poland. The silver plating had mostly rubbedoff, and he was missing a few body parts (one left, one foot, and one toe).
Well yesterday I discovered that he had lost another leg. I decided it was finally time to put him to rest. Fortunately my dear friend [R] had found me a very simmilar salamander pendant a while back, so I putthat on the necklace as a replacement.
It feels kinda weird though, no longer wearing the other one. It's one of the few things that has stayed consistant about me through all that time.
*shrug* I should prolly not think to deeply on this one."