musings...

i threw my keys down the rubbish chute last night. argh. got caught in two minds as i was clearing up my dinner as i wanted to toss the pepsi bottle into my plastic bag, but i saw my keys and wanted to remember to bring them into the room. instead, i tossed them into the plastic bag without so much as blinking, only to realise my screw up when i saw the pepsi bottle still standing on the coffee table on re-entering the living room. insert a good, solid homer doh here.

i'm getting sucked into facebook. damn you nick for inviting me to add the transformers app. lol. now, me grimlock am eating bad decepticon children who stay up past their bedtime. roar.

speaking of transformers, i think i appreciate the strong writing and characterisation after chatting with ollie about how the guys could fit certain characters. i figured i'm pretty much like bumblebee, lau's as cantakerous as ironhide and chung's the quietly capable ultra magnus while dod is as treacherous as skywarp. and jem's hot rod. don't ask me why. i picked rhinox for ollie. suits him pretty well. it's a pity sometimes that optimus prime and megatron overshadow the rest of the transformers lore there is. there's a rich world of characters that almost anyone can relate to because they're just so well written.

christmas is just under a week away. chatting with kelly kinda made me realise that i should try and do something for christmas this year, even if it might be getting something small for everyone. i think marks and spencer is going to like me quite a bit this week.

and to end off, something about the origin of candy canes that i got from kelly.

A candy maker in Indiana wanted to make a candy that would be a witness, so he made the Christmas Candy Cane. He incorporated several symbols for the birth, ministry, and death of Jesus Christ.

He began with a stick of pure white, hard candy. White to symbolize the Virgin Birth and the sinless nature of Jesus, and hard to symbolize the Solid Rock, the foundation of the church, and firmness of the promises of God.

The candymaker made the candy in the form of a “J” to represent the precious name of Jesus, who came to earth as our savior. It also represents the staff of the “Good Shepherd” with which He reaches down into the ditches of the world to lift out the fallen lambs who, like all sheep, have gone astray.

Thinking that the candy was somewhat plain, the candymaker stained it with red stripes. He used the tree small stripes to show the stripes of the scourging Jesus received by which we are healed. The large red stripe was for the blood shed by Jesus on the Cross so that we could have the promise of eternal life, if only we put our faith and trust in Him.

have a good wednesday people.