Merrrrry Christmas :D

I love Christmas! The spirit, the music, the joyyy. <3
I just finished watching Elf, and it got me in an even more Christmas-y mood. I want to go caroling and watch movies and eat holiday foods, guys! We should do this tomorrow. I'll bring music and movies, mebbe? And I'm making that yule log cake once I finish this post~
Unfortunately, I didn't feel our Secret Santa was very Christmas-spirited though ): The food wasn't Christmas-y. There was no Christmas music. The only Christmas-like thing was the gift exchange, and Calvin says Christmas shouldn't be materialistic and all about the gifts. We played Rock Band most of the night xD
I re-read my Christmas post from last year, and decided I should make one every year! :D I listed what I recieved and what I gave, and most importantly, people's reactions to the gifts I gave them! I absolutely adore Christmas shopping, and even more so adore it when people love what I got them~ I believe I'm a fairly good gift-finder/chooser/giver. Tom asked me for advice when he didn't know what to buy for someone in his family and I helped and he said I was the perfect person to ask, hooray!

Gifts I have/will recieve [so far...I shall add on after Christmas is over]:
-Boots from my brother
-12.1 mp Sony Cyber-shot camera [blue!] from my mother
-HP Elitebook laptop from my father
-$50 from my uncle
-$50 from my grandmother
-$300 from my aunt & her boyfriend
-Cucumber Melon lotion & hand sanitizer from Tom
-Moonlight path body collection from Liz
-Original PostSecret book from Amy

^Post Secret book = one of my new favorite gifts. I now have three favorite gifts ever; the other two are the Hey Jude music box from Tiffany and the Glee poster from Sam. The Post Secret book is because I love it so much, the music box is because it's very sentimental and dear to me, and the Glee poster is because I feel like that is one of the most generous and sweetest things anyone's ever done for me...so selfless :)
And I'm frustrated about the excess of lotion xD Liz was my secret santa, btw. But I've decided to never ask for toiletries again ever in my life. I can buy my own toiletries. I should only ask for necessities and/or sentimental gifts. At least they got different scents? xD

Gifts I have/will give [once again, I will add on more later]:
-Swarovski white rocking flower crystal to Mother
-Swarovski red rocking flower crystal to Grandmother
-Some Atlantis Lego set to Brother
-Self-Crocheted scarf, 2 gb pink USB, hot chocolate, returned V for Vendetta & coupons [to paint his room, go with him to DC, cook him food & watch V for Vendetta with him, and have a heated discussion with him over hot chocolate] to Reggie
-An Awesome Book to Samantha
-Pocket Posh Crosswords to Tiffany
-Self-designed wallet to Tom
-Collected menus to Vincent
-Get High Now to Liz
-Notebook & bag-like thing to Evelina
-Three books to Amy
-Desk lamp to Patu
-Cupcake candle to Alina

Yes! :D
So regarding reactions, the best by far is Reggie's. I was his Secret Santa, which is why I gave him more than anyone else. And I put the most effort in his gift :D When it was my turn, I pulled out his gift and handed it to him, and he was like, "What?!" and I'm like, "I know, right?" And he looked in the bag and asked, "ALL of these are for me?" And then he went off into like, the corner of the room, sitting on Vince's piano chair in seclusion, and opened up his gift all alone. So after opening it, he comes back and hugs me, and he says "You did the one thing I thought would never happen to me" or something. And he doesn't speak for like, half an hour. And then he disappears from the room quite a while. And when he comes back, I ask him, "What's wrong? I don't like your reaction to my gift!" And he just says "No, I'm just speechless! AND I'M NEVER SPEECHLESS. You've defeated me, woman!" And he continues saying things like "This is so surreal" or "I'm baffled," "I'm so confused!" "It still hasn't sunk in..." Later, he was all, "We need to talk. One on one, face to face." Haha, and then he sent me a text saying that it was so surreal and he was hoping he could transpire it into a letter. And then another text saying that since my gift was so good, he would try to give me a gift that is better or at least on par. And then his AIM profile today was "Still speechless [thanks to someone *cough cough*]" or something like that, and then his away messages were "Making a gift" and "So confused I hate women" or something like that. HOW SILLY. I'm glad I made such a fascinating impact though :)
Samantha ran up to me and hugged me really hard...I think it was after she read her card. I think everyone enjoyed my cards quite a bit? Patu and Amy both told me "I like your card!" Because basically I listed people's best traits in each of their cards :D I wanted to make you all feel better about yourselves ^^ I think it's important to be happy with one's self. And everyone was looking through Sam's book. And Patu left me a Facebook comment saying she liked the lamp. And Amy began reading on of her books right there, and gave me a hug~
And then Tiffany was like, "I love you, Vy-Anh! I'm going to finish this whole book in like, a day!" And then she began doing it and almost finished a crossword in a few minutes xDD That smarty-pants, her~
And then Tom was like, "This is so cool! Time to throw out my old wallet!" And then everyone was looking through it and agreed on it's coolness. And they all found it hilarious that I drew a dick in it [as Calvin told me to] xD
And then Vincent was like, "I know what this is!" before he opened it. And then after, "Oh my god, there's so many!" and he gave me a hug. He said, "I can put them up on my wall now, because I have enough!" And Leo was like "Wow, this makes my gift look bad. I gave him the Outback Steakhouse menu" hahaha.
And then Liz was like "Yayyyy! Thank youuu I wanted this so much. I'm going to do every single thing in this book! " And then she tried out something right there with Leo :P
And then Alina was like, "I love you, Vy-Anh! This is so cuteee!"
But Evelina didn't have much of a reaction. Boo, she's the only one xD Then again, she was one of the people I had no idea what to get...so I just picked out something random D:
OTHERWISE. THERE WERE SOME GOOD REACTIONS. I love seeing people happy because of me. I even wrote down last night, when I got home, "Knowing you've made someone else happier is the best feeling in the world." Seeing and hearing all this just made me want to smile all night longgg. Though that would have been creepy. But I probably smiled too much anyway xD My favorite thing about Christmas is seeing that I made so many people smile in one dayyy. I love making people smile. I love smiles. I LOVE HAPPINESS.
HAPPINESS IS THE MOST WONDERFUL GIFT IN THE WORLDDDDD
Happy happy happy Vy-Anh~!

***edit***
Tiff - "I've finised 2 crosswords so far ;D"
Sam - "I love inspirational kiddie books. Thanks, Vy-Anh. :) <3"
Tom - "i really loved the wallet, it was so wonderful."
Reading all three of these things brought a smile to my face, once again <3

To save me from tears.

I keep my distance,
But you still catch my eye.
Tell me baby,
Do you recognize me?

Now I know
What a fool I've been;
But if you kissed me now,
I know you'd fool me again.



Last Christmas is absolutely my favorite Christmas song.
I'm sitting in the school library. I hate one of the ladies who works here. She always comes around and yells at me for eating food and using headphones and writing blogs >:| Even though I'm not supposed to, LOL. But none of the other three ladies who work here ever notice! -_- She's just too...what's the word that means you're too paranoid and check up on things more than you have to?
La da dum. I think I should try writing a blog everyday again. But that never seems to work out. xD We'll see how it goes this time. In fashion today, we were using tablets, and it was really nice because I love tablets, to the point where I hate mice, and would rather use a tablet pen anyday. So it was easier to maneuver :D
I'm taking some practice permit tests, because I know I'll fail a third time [and have to take drivers' ed all over again, ah!] if I don't study hard, for once xD Why do I suck at rules and regulations? I almost didn't pass Driver's Ed the first time...and I got a D on my final, lol. Failll- maybe I shouldn't drive. Maybe it's a sign that I'll be a miserable driver and kill us all O_O
Hmmmmmmmmm you know. There's this thing about the people here [at South Lakes]. I think they're kind of dumb :X Like reading their writing makes me criiiiiiinge. So bad D: And they make stupid jokes. That aren't funny. Like the other day, this girl at my table was like "You know how Taco Bell has those black tacos now? I didn't know black people had their own taco!" and the whole table cracked up in laughter. Except me. Because it wasn't funny. I don't even think it was racist. I just think it made no sense whatsoever xD
Bleh. I miss Falls Church more than I can explain in words ;_; Everytime I zone back into reality, I realize I'm in some strange new world where I feel like a freakin' foreigner. And I just want to go home. I feel lost and alone. And glimpses of you guys appear and disappear in seconds, and everytime the past is brought up, I want to hurt, but this happens so much that I've gotten used to it. I've forgotten how to be in emotional pain.

Feeling a miracle would happen.

For here you are,
And what was just a world
Is a star
Tonight.

My dreams have been completely out of control lately.
Here's some recent ones:

-I'm standing in line at a restaurant, and there's a group of friends standing in front of me. One of them turns around and I realize it's Kevin McHale omg :3 And he's holding a Lemon Tea Vitamin Water in his hand, so I say "Oh my goodness, where did you get that?! It's my favorite!" And he exclaims, "Yeah, it's my favorite too!" So I say "But I can never find itt, where'd you get it?" And he just says "Seriouslyy...but I don't know where I got it." And then we laugh and he tells me "You know...you have a very beautiful, uh, aura." xD But then he sits down in Jenna Ushkowitz lap ): And her legs are full of cellulite O_O [Though probably not in real life...hopefully not xP]
-My family is having a reunion get-together. My dad's girlfriend decides to work up the guts to go and meet my mother. She walks in to the room, and for some reason my mom is white...with long, curly red hair xD And my mother seems ecstatic to meet her, screaming "It's so nice to meet you!" and giving her a hug. Which is strange. Then, heart-wrenched by this event, all of my uncles begin admitting to my aunts that they've cheated, and they all get into arguments and decide to divorce. The entire time, I am filming the reunion, and suddenly all of the children of the family been crying their eyes out...
-I attend the Kilimanjaro Safari at Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom, which is the main attraction there. In real life, Mrs. Napoliello told us we all have to go see it if we had the chance last year . In the dream, when I go, all of the animals are fake, plastic replicas.
-A ton of us [my actual friends] are hanging out in some metropolitan area, such as Crystal City or Washington D.C. I'm laying down on a bench. Okay, so in real life, there's a group of guys I'm not too fond of because I think they're arrogant and manwhore-ish. Three that I can think of off the top of my head are Ananta, JJ, and Phillip. I can't remember which one of these was in the dream, but one of them decides they like me, and lays down on top of me. Which is weird. And Awkward. Because I'm laying on my back, and they're laying on their side on top of me, for some reason xD And Anna [Huynh] decides to be mean and like, drops a tennis ball on his penis xD And for some reason, he ejaculates because of this? And so now both him and me are soaked in sperm, wtf -_- But then he gets up, angry, and goes to have a drink. Anna and some others decide to get him REALLY drunk, strip him down to only a tucked-in T-shirt & his boxers, and have him stroll around the area half-naked and sperm-soaked. Everyone's laughing. So embarassing for him. D:
-Me and a couple friends win a trip to meet the Glee cast and see them perform. We're drinking lemonade slushies and having a little dinner party. I'm sitting next to Kevin McHale and super happy :3 Then, before they go to perform, he and Lea Michele give eachother a few pecks on the cheek and lips D: And they're about to perform a song about lemonade slushies, but Diana Agron orders them not to.
-I'm on vacation with my family in Florida when all of a sudden Calvin calls and tells me "You're going to find yourself in a near-death situation, but Patu is going to save your life." And then he hangs up. For some reason, Patu bursts in and pushes me into a closet. I peek through a crack in the door and see a blinding white flash and everything changes into infrared colors. This happens again and again. In other words, waves of radiation are being cast throughout the city. In real life, hiding in a closet probably wouldn't save my life in this situation, but in my dream, it did. Thank you, Patu xD
-I'm walking through a school-like building when I see Calvin, being suffocated by this old Chinese lady, who claims to me she's his mother. I'm like, "What? No way- I've seen his mother before." And she just hugs him and cries. He tells me that she might actually be his mother, that he's been hiding from me the fact that he was seperated from his real mother at birth and adopted by the woman who I believed to be his mother up until now. And then he begins crying. I start crying too, and I walk away to find Vickie, who admits that she knew about this, and I cry even more when I know that he told her but not me, and then Vickie and Calvin and I all hug in tears..D:

So that's everything I remember right now. Strange stuff. What could it all mean? Perhaps I shall look in my dream decoder.