{"id":184,"date":"2006-12-27T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-27T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/verastic.com.s96953.gridserver.com\/site\/?p=184"},"modified":"2006-12-27T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-12-27T20:00:00","slug":"a-very-merry-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/vl\/a-very-merry-christmas.html","title":{"rendered":"A Very Merry Christmas!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sooohow was your Christmas? Nice? Fun? Okay? Boring? Painful? Merry? I think I would say mine was merry. I actually did not do anything special, but somehow I had a blast. I usually get all depressed during times like Christmas because I always have such great expectations for it, and then when the day comes, absolutely nothing happens.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>I was so merry that I decided to play with my camera and take more pictures of my eye…cause you know how the world is in need of more pictures of Vera’s eye. And these pictures are here to prove that my eye comes in different shades…not just green! And let no1 say anything about the size of my eye!!<\/p>\n

This year was good sha. I expected absolutely nothing to happen; in fact, all I was looking forward to was sleep. I was really sleepy because in the past few days I have not had enough sleep (don’t ask why). Remember Frank (Busola’s fiance) had a get-together on Saturday? Well, it went great! What was supposed to be a small get-together turned out to be a dancing party because Frank’s best friend decided to hijack the party, and so he invited the whole of Maryland. Either way, it was great! I took all the pictures as usual.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Here’s one of Frank and Busola. They look great, don’t they? Yeah, yeah, I have a thing for beautiful people. *Busola, don’t let this get to your head please – you’re not that fine!* <\/span><\/em>
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Do not be fooled by the size of Busola’s breasts – they are not that big (not that they even look big now). She’s wearing a VERY<\/strong> padded strapless bra. Who does she think she’s fooling? I know what lies beneath!! I have seen them many, many times, and I know their vital statistics (*cough*). She may fool the bloggers who don’t know her, but I refuse to be fooled! No amount of pads and\/or gels can fool me. I know her stuff like the back of my hands. Should I have admitted that?<\/em>
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OUR TV DEBUT<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

On Christmas day, we (I, mom, aunt, and grandma) went to the Basilica in Baltimore, which is the oldest catholic cathedral in America. It was recently renovated, so we decided to check it out. Whilst inside the church, this Asian lady kept taking pictures, and she came to me and took a few shots of me while I was kneeling down & praying (like the good gal that I am). After taking the shots, she asked for my name (which I gave her), and then she told me she was a photo journalist. Apparently, she works for a newspaper here in Baltimore.<\/p>\n

After the service, my grandma and I walked out of the church…only to be stopped by a news crew for an interview. They asked us how we felt about Christmas inside the church and all that, and we said it was great…of course. So last night, I saw myself (and my grandma) on the news. Hmmmm. I was smiling too much for comfort.<\/p>\n

But you know the funniest part of this TV DEBUT (for lack of a better word), my mom came out of the church before us, and she was walking really fast to make sure that her SUV had not been towed (cause we parked in a NO PARKING zone; parking downtown is a hassle). She was wearing a traditional lace gown, which was soooo beautiful. She had on a nice, big gele (scarf) and some nice pointy-toed shoes. In all her beauty and majesty, she almost tripped on her dress when she came out of the church, and guess what? Yeap, the had it on TV!! Can you believe that crap! Now, I can only imagine what celebrities feel like; I mean, the darn paparazzi are alwayz there. How wrong is that?! When I saw my mom almost trip, I couldn’t stop laughing. It was a sight to behold. The one time she gets to be on TV, she had to go and almost fall down. LOL. Ain’t that something???<\/p>\n

On saturday (the 23rd) my camera started acting funny. The memory card wouldn’t lock in, so I took it right back to the store and got a new camera. Now, I have a Kodak camera, and I actually like this one better than the Samsung I just returned. I’m yet to meet anyone who has used so many digital cameras in such a short period. The good thing is that I gat some change back – $60. Can you believe the Samsung we bought in October has now gone down by $80??? How crazy is that?? The new camera cost $60 less than the original price of the Samsung, but if I had decided to get the Samsung again, I woulda gotten $80 back.<\/p>\n

Anyways, so the pictures I took of my eye in my merry state were taken with the new camera. And lemme just say that whoever makes fun of the size of my eye will have pepper stuffed down his\/her you-know-what.<\/p>\n

So now I have a new philosophy for being satisfied (and merry, of course): NO EXPECTATIONS, NO DISAPPOINTMENTS. Trust me, it works for everything. And I do mean everything<\/span><\/em>.<\/p>\n

So how merry was your Christmas?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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