it only comes once a year

[slumber]

So it's nearly Christmas, and I've promised myself a lot of firsts--for a lot of lasts--this season:

• Complete Misa de Gallo
  My intentions are hardly pure. I just want to be able to say I've completed it, because I've never, and it requires going to church every day for nine days. I've always been lazy about anything related to organized religion but it could be fun. And I want to see what it's like, honestly. AND. After mass, there are sweets sold on the street, haha. :| AND ALSO. They say you get a wish come true if you complete it, and I have a wish. :|
  
  
• Go to the UP Lantern Parade
  I've never gone to see this, but on the last day before Christmas break, my whole university gathers 'round and has this huge kick-ass parade with floats from every college or something, and there are stalls selling food and cheap goods and generally, it's a lot of students roaming the oval and having fun with whoever, and tonight there are supposed to be fireworks. It's my last Christmas in the university, wah. I figured I should go see this.
  
  
• Watch the official Oblation Run
  I've blogged about this before, and I've also taken footage that YouTube sadly took down. :| For good reason, I suppose, am I glad I used a dummy account for it. :| Anyway, yes, at noon on the last day of classes before Christmas break, boys from a fraternity strip naked and run through campus with paper bags over their heads. But the one time I HAVE seen it was for a demonstration, which was unusual and smaller (oh, in more ways than one!) and not really the traditional run they do, so. I've tried watching this before, but my attempts have been twice-thwarted in the past. (Poor Evert, my Belgian brother, who missed it, although in retrospect, he really didn't miss much. :|)
  
  
• Actually study during break
  Hello, standardized exams at the beginning of the year. How are you today? Nasty? Ignored? Oh, I'm sorry. Here, let me study for you. Ooh, watch your temper. Don't want to be figured out, you say? That's okay, I've got these books to help me out. Ooh, you are tricky. Do you really hate me that much? Yes? Is that why you distract me so easily? Aw, what a pity. I would really like to get to know you. No? Oh. Well. Okay. See you around, then.

In other news, I miss Grey's Anatomy and hardly anything's going right today. I feel like a tool. My laptop hates me, my House didn't download properly, soy makes people gay, and the friggin' world's going to boil.