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We've been speaking of Christmas songs. This is my very favourite; it's been sung for the last few years round the fire at my da's place in Scotland, with several pints under our belts.

Eggnog's invaded absolutely everything. This is worse than the pumpkin epidemic.

Someone had the audacity to bring me an eggnog latte the other day. I ask you, who mixes eggnog with perfectly good espresso?

Disgusting.

Uh, hey. I'm Nick. I got an invite to this network thing from my career counselor - said it might be a good place to network before college. I go to school up in Santa Ana, but I'm in my senior year, thank God. Anybody going to school in the OC? Any good recommendations?

Hi! I'm Juliet and I just moved here from San Fran abouuuuuut a week ago? I think, maybe a week and a half? Either way, I'm going to be the new kid at school, which is just an über bummer and kind of makes my hair flat. What's there to do around here, anyway?

If anyone in the house wanted a sticky bun, you're now out of luck. You only have yourselves to blame for the mistletoe in the doorway. Also I was hungry.

Anyway, I'm ready for Christmas vacation. That means I'm only a few months away from graduation. I'm determined to be at the top of my class, which is difficult when you keep repeating your dreams and wake up at 3:00 am.

Trying not to freak out. Trying not to freak out.

Finals start today. I have my first exam in 2 hours. I barely slept last night because I'm psyching myself out. Thankfully my exams finish up on Wednesday, but these next couple days will be filled with way too much studying. And the library is full of people and almost impossible to find a spot to sit. I've never seen so many people in there at one time.

No one prepared me for this properly. Arrrrgh. I better sign off of here and get back to studying.

Well, this is just weird. I don't think I've ever been on a message board before. Yeah, I know, I sound like I just ran away from my Amish community, but this is what happens when you were sent to boarding school. We used the internet, but you don't get a lot of downtime to just putz around on it. I wasn't the type of teenager that would post to message boards anyway. But, now I'm older, not much wiser, and I was told this is where the cool kids hang out. So, what do you guys do with this?

If anyone's wondering what to get me for Christmas...

I feel like there's not enough coffee in this world. After some dreams last night... the last one ending where we almost lost the Apple farm to some fly-by-night Cider makers. The moral of the story there, folks, is the best product comes from hard work.

Seems like there's always a moral to these stories in my dreams.

I'm tempted to take the designer thong I found in the couch and put it on the bulletin board in the lounge. Obviously the owner didn't care about leaving it there, it's probably the best way for it to find its proper home.

I don't think I'll ever get this poor crochet hook clean. Another innocent tainted by modern sexuality.

OOC: Unsurprisingly the conversation below has become even more NSFW

I love all the holiday specials that come out this time of year. I wonder if ten, twenty, thirty...fifty years from now, kids will be watching Dexter Butterfingers' Holiday High-Jinx alongside Charlie Brown. Wouldn't that be something?

I'm going to take my dream self's advice, I think. I met the teenage vampire Annie was talking about recently and I told him that my friends help me remain clean because their goodness inspires me by forcing me to think about the disappointment they would feel if I succumbed to my thirst. I also declined an offer to live with the Old Ones, because I couldn't leave Annie, George and Nina. Annie especially.

Has anyone else started dating someone here only to find out you're together in the dreams? In mine Annie and I have recently realized our feelings for each other.

In real life news, I was talking to my mother earlier and she wants to come out here for Christmas. I don't know if that's such a good idea right now, considering I'm still working on the whole thirst thing and the no reflection thing. I don't want either of my parents to know I'm a vampire.