clip from an article off of yahoo titled "7 technologies that will save the Earth in 2008":
"CDs will die
Physical media are on the way out. Everyone realizes that there's no good reason to have a CD instead of an MP3; they're more expensive and less convenient.

And while other media (include books and movies) are going to have a longer road to obsolescence, everyone, including record companies and musicians, agree that CDs have gone the way of the 8 track."

i think i am going to cry...

happy new year, everyone!

should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and days of auld lang syne!

chorus:
for auld lang syne, my dear
for auld lang syne,
we’ll take a cup o’ kindness yet
for auld lang syne! 

we twa hae run about the braes,
and pu’d the gowans fine,
but we’ve wander’d mony a weary foot
sin’ auld lang syne. 

we twa hae paidl’t in the burn
frae morning sun till dine,
but seas between us braid hae roared
sin’ auld lang syne.

and there’s a hand, my trusty fiere,
and gie’s a hand o’ thine,
and we’ll tak a right guid willie-waught
for auld lang syne! 

and surely ye’ll be your pint-stoup,
and surely I’ll be mine!
and we’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet
for auld lang syne!

some weird words... but i love this song.
again, happy new year, guys.

laughter is one of the best things in the world. it's something that's universal. in any language, it will come across the same.

but what is a laugh really conveying? sometimes it's entirely genuine, sometimes it's exaggerated, and sometimes it's fake. sometimes it's appreciative, carefree, disdaining, riddiculing... it all depends. and there are all different types of laughs. giggles, guffaws, snickers, chuckles, and other types that can't be conveyed neccessarily in a word: teehee, haha, muahahaha, and even the dreaded "lol", "rofl" and others of the like. there are way too many to go into, especially as it's nearly 11oclock on christmas eve.

because this is christmas eve, there was a lot of laughter in my house tonight. my mum's family comes over every year for dinner, and my family is really funny. whether they try to be or not. my grandmother's eccentric, my uncle has stories from his military travels that span the globe, my cousins are just silly and my grandpa... well, he's irish. my family just likes to laugh.

laughter immediately means family and friendship to me. there's honestly nothing better than hanging out with friends that are like family and watching a movie or just talking, and laughing the whole while. laughing until it hurts, and still laughing after that. laughing is one of the few things that is a good kind of hurt. it's just funny that way.

laughter is the best medicine, and it's contagious too. when sitting at austere family dinners, if my mum finds something funny, chances are, i'll notice her trying to smother a laugh, and then i'll start laughing, and allie or dad will notice, then they'll start laughing at us. it goes the same way with dry lectures, let's say-y-y biology-ee-uh, and entire lab groups will be crippled by laughter for a good amount of time. it spreads like wildfire.

again, no witty conclusion because my thoughts don't rationally round up into a final impact. just that laughter is great.
happy christmas.

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