A friend of mine posted this in his Facebook Notes. I'm not sure if he wrote it. But I found it so funny, that I'd like to post it on here to wish everyone I know a Merry Christmas!

"To all my Liberal friends:

Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all. I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2009, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great. Not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country nor the only America in the Western Hemisphere. Also, this wish is made without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishee.

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To all my Conservative friends:

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year."

Well, since it has been almost two months since my last post, I suppose I should probably start blogging again, because a few (*cough* make that one) person wants me to.

Since the day I signed up for this addicting thing called "Facebook", Xanga has become a whole lot less interesting. Sorry, Xanga.

It'll be hard to get back into the habit of blogging, but I'll try. It's just hard to think of what to write about. I remember when I could write up a post and talk and talk about anything, but once you get out of the habit, it's like, "Uh..." Maybe if there were more people I knew who were active bloggers, then I'd be more likely to write stuff myself (*hint hint*).

Okay, a little update.

In the past few months, I've been doing school, writing responses to NQLB questions (see this), studying Latin, being active in the pro-life ministry, doing stuff with my church's youth group, and other various stuff.

I also got Confirmed. My name is now Catherine Jean Gianna. My sponsor was my Aunt Lisa, and I got Confirmed by the Bishop of Lansing. Here's a picture!

My Aunt Lisa, Me, and Bishop Boyea. We match!

I've also been learning how to drive a car... which hasn't been that successful now that the roads are very, very slippery. Eh... ice-driving is not nice, especially when the roads are covered with snow, so you can't really tell where you are on the road when it's night.

And... I'll be 16 next month. Weird.

Now, here's what I've been doing recently in my every day life.

Today, St. Nicholas Day, I was woken up early by my mom in the kitchen, and then I decided to get up since everyone else was. Though I looked and acted much like a zombie, I was somehow able to eat the tasty treats that good ol' St. Nick left for us... as in, I was on the couch (probably looked asleep), when my brother shoved a Little Debbies by my nose. That "woke" me up. Thank goodness Anna didn't take any pictures of me!

My day was mostly spent reading Invitation To The Classics: A Guide To Books You've Always Wanted To Read. I'm on page 86, reading about Beowulf. Yeah, it was a very typical-homeschooler thing for me to do. But I've been wanting to read this book, and days when I'm not supposed to be doing school are the best days for it. Plus, not much happened today, so it was that or watch football with my dad (though I did do that, too. The Gators won!).

Also, today I've been thinking a lot about a guy I knew who died last night. His name was Conner. I knew him a little bit from different places. He had cancer. I found out this morning from my dad the bad news. I feel really sad right now thinking about it... he was only a few years older than me. Sometimes it doesn't make sense why some people die and others live.

On a brighter note, tomorrow I will be going to Mass, and then I will be singing with my dad at the (Handel's) Messiah sing-a-long that my town is holding. I'm not sure how good that will go. I mean, just listen to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQVQOW1c0DQ. That's one of the songs we'll be doing ("For Unto Us A Child Is Born"). I'm not sure I'll be able to handle those long scales. (I'm an alto, btw.) But I think that we might as well give it a try...

Final thought:
"Satire denounces
the world; wit penetrates it;
humor accepts it;
but nonsense transforms it."
-Cedric Whitman

Pax,
Catherine