Recently

I've had a great day so far. I went to my friend's birthday party, and it's probably one of the best parties I've attended this year. For starters, I knew and liked everyone who had attended. That is a condition which is rarely fulfilled these days. Then there was more food than I could eat- and food was delicious. I think this is the sort of stuff I've been looking forward to all year- a day out, away from home, in the company of friends, doing whatever seems fun at the time.

Then I got back into gaming. I'm really quite enjoying myself. I've missed playing games til 4am. I have all the time in the world to read- when I'm not working, of course. Work is fine, I'm getting paid. My account balance is at a big fat zero, meaning that I should probably work more and spend less. Though recently I guess I haven't regretted anything I've bought, despite some of them being quite useless. Maybe I'm one of those people who just goes out and spends money when they're pissed. Well, I guess stress-shopping is better than stress-eating... sort of. Unless you eat carrots when you're stressed...

Anyway, I've got plenty of books to read, some from last Christmas. Despite this, there are still new books I wish to purchase. I really want to read (or at least watch) A Game of Thrones, because I hear both the novels and the TV series are really good. Before that though, I want to read Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence, and anything in the series after that. The blurb sounded very interesting, though I've never gotten around to buying the book, because I've always had better things to spend money on.

The thing about spending money on Christmas gifts is that usually people give something back. I've had an early Christmas gift--- I got a new keyboard and mouse! Logitech, wireless. They keys aren't very smooth though, and I wonder if it's because I'm not pressing hard enough or if it's because I'm just not used to the keyboard. Either way, it feels a lot better than my old chunky keyboard. The mouse wasn't really necessary- I had found a replacement for my previous broken mouse, but I guess it's nice. The only thing which worries me is that they're both wireless, and I figure it would be really awkward if they ran out of battery or something while I was in the middle of a game. Oh well.

Oh, and I'm also listening to plenty of new music. I'm experiencing with different Vocaloid songs, because they actually all sound quite awesome. Right now I quite like Gumi. Then I've been listening to Ke$ha, because I had Die Young stuck in my head. Currently, as I'm typing, I have the song With or Without You  on replay, except it's the version by Gregorian.

My favorite artist, Jay Chou, is releasing his new album soon. Two songs are already out. I quite like them- both of them. Well, of course I'd like them. If you don't understand Chinese you won't understand what he's saying, but hey, he writes excellent music.

Look, life is fine. The thing about having a shockingly bad time one day, is that you will indulge in every second of the following day, simply because it isn't "yesterday". Like I said before--- if you have the worst day (or night, rather) of your life, then every day afterward can only be better.

We just need to grasp onto what happiness we have.