A friend who asked me yesterday what I wanted for Christmas made me realize I haven't received a proper Christmas/birthday gift from my family in years. I guess I never really asked for anything. The sole big-ticket item I have, my Macbook, I did ask for, but ended up paying for with my own money doing Internet-related work. So, considering this fairly luddite life I live, I guess I have everything I really need, except the intangibles, you know -- more years of happy memories with my hopefully-healthy family, for my friends to get out of whatever rut they're in (they deserve some rest from their many storms), and of course, to know God more, despite the many setbacks I've had in this pilgrim's progress.

Besides, I know the stuff I really want will take more than just a couple of Christmases' worth of gift money and therefore something I'll have to work on for myself. That said, I've been fantasizing about office spaces and the day I can afford to get my dad a really nice chair.

(I'm on an internship right now and they're asking me to do... SEO writing. Which is so draining and hopefully something that I'll never have to do again after this.)

Obviously, a senior on his/her last semester has a mind that is far and away from thinking about school.