Sunny (:

Unless you have been living on Mars- or indeed in another country, then you will be fully aware that Britain has, for the past month, been submerged in the 'big freeze'. The biggest 'freeze' in fact since the early 90's...or was it mid 80's...it seems to vary with every weatherperson!

The freeze I am referring to consists of lots and lots and lots of snow. If someone not from this country were to take a glance at the news they would think there had been an atomic bomb unleashed upon Britain due to the mass hysteria that seems to feature every day. And over what? Little white flakes of powder! Come on Britain it's time to man up. Other countries manage with worse conditions than those we are currently encountering; they must have PLENTY of salt! Granted snow comes with its problems but so does every other weather condition, if it was really hot there would be complaints of low reservoirs and hose pipe bans in the south. There's just no pleasing the Met Office is there?
In my view, snow is the best weather condition. It has a way of covering things that are ugly and turning them beautiful, it transforms landscapes and has when undisturbed has something of a calming, hypnotic effect. Snow is obviously the funnest weather to play in, just the other day my friends and I constructed the most epic snow fortress...well it would have been if we hadn't become so cold someone was bound to catch hypothermia. It seems to bring people together as complete strangers engage in snowball fights and sledging and all sorts of tomfoolery! Plus, if it snows just the right amount College gets cancelled and that is ALWAYS a good thing.
So Britain, it's time to get real and face the facts. Snow's going to be more frequent and we can't sit here a whinge about it, that's just anti-productive. We need to stop the scaremongering on the news with talks of blizzards and dangerously low temperatures etc etc. There are worse things that can happen!

Here's to a New Year, 2010, the year of me, happiness, good health and shed loads of blessigs!

New Years Eve is a time for dancing, for singing, for having that cheeky drink, for eating loads of snacks and- as is tradition with my friends- playing twister.

In my opinion New Years Eve is a time for friendship as afer just spending a good 3 days with no one but your family, could send some people up the wall. A group of friends have the ability to make any situation a million times better, they can make you wish that some moments would never end, they seem to make laughter encroach anywhere. Ooooooh I love my friends!

Of cours New Years is a time for resolutions...and then a week later for those resolutions to be promptly broken. Last year I made a list of 100 things to do before 2009 was out and I can tell you that I completed a grand total of 24...out of 54 because I couldn't think of 100 things to do. Therefore after that EPIC fail I think this year my resolution is to have as much fun as I possiby could! It shouldn't be hard as all my friends decide that fun is the top of our list of things to do.

It took me and my friends a while to get something sorted this year, I only managed to get something organised 3 days beforehand- good old disorganisation! However, this seems to be the case with everyone this year as I would usually not volunteer my dwelling space for recreational use...especially as the parents have just had a brand new cream carpet fitted. The party was enjoyed by all, many many many pictures came of it and one video of a sensational, albeit controversial, twister game. We partied until the lovely hours of 5AM and felt wonderfully awake the next day (well I did, everyone else was quite tired...can't think why!) The only horrible, horrible, horribe thing about New Year Eve is that all the loveliness has to end and people have to go home. This bit makes me sad especially as some friends who came, I only get to see every now and again and unfortunately distance is never easy.

New Years Eve seems to bring people together, much like Christmas does. A time of year to disregard everything unpleasant that has gone that year and just embrace the New Year, I like to think I'm particularly skilled in that area.

All in all everyday should be like New Year's Eve, minus some people's excessive dinking, it should be full of happiess, fun and the thought of a new adventure.

How cheesy.

Happy New year you amazing bunch of people, I wish you and epic 2010!
New Years love and good thoughts,
Sunny!
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