Ho Ho Ho (burp)

In the best of Christmas traditions I've over eaten. Now don't be fooled into thinking I've been gorging on cake, ham, booze and the rest. No no no.

I'm on my own and last night along with the cats I didn't have any dinner. So after a very long morning and part of the afternoon sorting through my junk I was hit with a massive pang of hunger.
Now this isn't your normal pang of hunger - this is the mf of hunger pangs (to paraphrase and cheat a little from Pulp Fiction, thanks Quentin).

So being the extremely proficient chef that I am I went to the fridge, took out a pack of 6 frankfurters, cooked 'em up, nuked 6 pieces of toast, slapped on way to much cheese, and ate like I was never going to eat again.

Hence my stomache is now trying to escape my body like a baby trying to escape it's mother.


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Whilst we are talking of movies, and I realise it's not the best time to mention non-Christmasy movies, I'd really like to bring a couple of brill ones to your attention.

Firstly, there's Adam Resurrected, and secondly PU-239.

Be warned: neither are light hearted, nor pleasant, however in a dark sort of way they are both uplifting insights into the human spirit. Well I think they are anyway.

I happened to catch both of them over the last 2 days by chance and thus I'm now passing them on perchance you may see them.

Christmas spirit and all that.


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Lastly, a pic I just happened to come across in my travels that I really liked.

How? I put "Swedish Christmas" into Google Images and this was one of the results.

Tarakihi

A New Zealand tarakihi fish fillet. Tarakihi is a Māori word. 

Choices

Life is full of choices. 

I estimate we make over 1000 choices every day and that's being conservative.


Before you finish making a choice to disagree let's have a closer look.


Every morning before I've left home I've made a bunch of choices.

I chose what time I would get up. I chose whether I would get up at all. I chose to make my bed. I chose to have a shower. I chose to brush my teeth. I chose to have breakfast. I chose to wear my green pants. I chose to do my hair. I chose to put my washing in the machine. I chose to have breakfast. I chose to have museli. I chose to have hot chocolate. I chose to get to work/school on time so I chose to take the car to the train station because I was running late...

These choices may seem inconsequential. Maybe they are...




What about these choices that I made at the same time as the ones above?

I chose it's important to get up. I chose it's nicer to be clean, smell good and have sparkling teeth. I chose to give myself a running start with the day by eating. I chose to have a tidy room...

What about these choices?

I choose that it's important what I think about myself - not what others think.

I choose to appreciate what I do have - not to focus on what I don't have.

I choose to smile.

I choose to say "thank you".

I choose to say "sorry".

I choose to have a great day.

Life is full of choices.

What will you choose today?