GOLDEN BIRTHDAY

“Seventeen, eh!" said Hagrid as he accepted a bucket-sized glass of wine from Fred.

"Six years to the day we met, Harry, d’yeh remember it?"
"Vaguely," said Harry, grinning up at him. "Didn’t you smash down the front door, give Dudley a pig’s tail, and tell me I was a wizard?"
"I forge’ the details," Hagrid chortled.” 

― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

I turned 17 this past Sunday. To be honest, I don't know how it happened. It seems like it was yesterday when my cousins were my age and I still watched Cartoon Network. Now I have months to be able to vote, drink alcohol, drive, and go to jail. Scary, isn't it?

It was a different birthday, nothing I had ever lived nor felt whatsoever. I guess I'm used to be woken up by my mother on January 17th. In the morning, she will open the door gently, and say ''Happy Birthday nene'' (how she has been calling me since I was born) as if she were talking to a baby. As she slowly approaches the bed, her tone will turn high. 

I will say thank you, and she will lie on bed with me, kissing my cheeks a hundred times, saying how she doesn't want me to get older.

CHRISTMAS IN THE U.S.

“Happy, happy Christmas, 
that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days;
 that can recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth; 
that can transport the sailor and the traveller, thousands of miles away, 
back to his own fire-side and his quiet home!”

–Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers

Nothing but good things can come from a 2 weeks break. Especially if the we are talking about Christmas'.

It started with polemic red cups. Sarah's best friend came over with her family, and invited us to get a ride around the city, yet it wasn't a normal ride. It was late, we had to wear our pijamas, and Starbucks cookies with Frappuccinos were waiting in the car. We drove around Winter Wonderland, which is a huge park, decorated with hundreds of Christmas lights. Pictures talk by themselves.

Putting up the tree took an entire afternoon, there were so many ornaments that you could barely see any green. It was fun though, Pitch Perfect 2 was on Tv meanwhile, so we got to laugh quite a bit. The lights hanging off the roof was such an adventure, in the process, we ran into some issues which were solved successfully. Our street was worth driving by.

WINTER DANCE

''And those who were seeing dancing

 were thought to be insane 

by those who could not hear the music''

-Nietzsche

Well, I bet we all have seen winter dances in more than one movie, yeah, that dance where girls go really well dressed up, and boys pick them up at their place.
The male usually exchange some words with her father, and always ends up screwing it. I guess it's something natural, we are not made to talk to her father, just don't do it. Nothing good can come from that encounter.

Well, movies are movies, and real life is real life. I had a wrestling meet that day (Saturday), my first one actually. Therefore I had to leave the house at 6am, when did i come back? 12 hours later.
I got 3rd place, which isn't a bad outcome for the first time, don't you think? Although I wasn't expecting it, I was given a medal, indeed. That was really nice Emporia.

New Year's Resolutions

“I hope that in this year to come,

 you make mistakes because if you are making mistakes, 

then you are making new things, trying new things, 

learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. 

You're doing things you've never done before, 

and more importantly, you're doing something.''

-Neil Gaiman

It's 2016, and dude. What have I have been doing with my life these past years? My birthday is just 2 weeks away and... when did I live 17 years? It's scary to realize how fast time goes by, and it's even scarier to see how people go in and out of your life in such short periods of time.
The same happens with decisions, actions, words etc. You can either let them define who you are or on the contrary you can take them as a chance to become something better.
No more wandering. This being said, 2016 is going to be my year, some people kill your vibe by telling you that it is another day, unable to change you. Yes. But it is also an opportunity to motivate yourself, to start over as the year does so. To become a better you.