Easter Bloggy

DOODLE. DEEDLE. DOO.

The absence, the absence...Happy Easter everyone! and what have I been up to in the meantime? What have I had the opportunity to achieve? I've watched a ton load of fantastic films, including Once Were Warriors and 25th Hour and I've bought the Casino Royale DVD (of course!) and I've watched it a couple of times already and I can honestly say I'm warming up to it, more and more, for what it's worth it's a wonderful story and the acting is superb and moving, the tension is...intense, meaning it's overall quite exciting, and I adore Judi Dench, but Craig the Clown is about as much of a James Bond as I am Honor Blackman's sister. Which, for the record, I am not. Furthermore, I've rushed through Stieg Larsson's second novel, now most impatiently and nailbitingly awaiting the upcoming third one, and I've tried my hand at some advanced dinner-cooking. I've enjoyed the continuation of Doctor Who Series 3 - and must admit I've yet to see a sexier Shakespeare! - plus, David Tennant's growing into the role and he's getting even harder to dislike. That's good. Amazing what immense adjustment I evidently am capable of. Never thought I'd be able to bear the idea of these men even being cast, and now I praise their work. S'pose that makes me a winning person. Forgiving too. And factors which further improve the situation are the unlimited access to chocolates and sweets, nougat and cakes, a DVD player in close range at all times, snowy weather observable from inside a warm cabin, and headphones transmitting favourite music on a constant basis.

I love my Holidays.

I love sitting in silence, with the sound systems for once turned down or off, and just watch the snow fall and the world taking a break, the world at ease, the people around me calm and relaxed, the telephones thrown away, at least into a bag or something, and multiple board games ready to bring about family joy and laughter, we stick to the traditions and why shouldn't we? We learnt long ago what'd make us happy and there are no reasonable reasons why we ought to deviate from it, why be on the look-out for downsides and drawbacks when you can be free and joyous? Though I am completely incompetent when it comes to Mastermind, Othello and intricate games of cards, (hence I won't grasp whatever it is that Craig and Mikkelsen are up to after a million rounds of CR-watching) and I'm even worse when it comes to dealing with the losses - well, hey! - who cares? We smile at it, and that's what I really love, we smile at it cos it's just a game and it's just rage, and it's Easter, just a couple of public "holy days", which we must make the very best of, at all costs and with everything included, for better or worse and often magnificent, and I realize, I relish, how everything becomes simple when Easter comes around, how holidays make us simpler beings. How we slow down and our engines roar at half speed. Cruise control. That's a good thing. In fact, it's brilliant.

We take some time off, yes we do, from the problems we bask in, all through the rest of the year, we take some time off to ignore them and focus on what truly matters to us, it might be the only days of the year, these holiday-days, when we are in touch with what we own, what we want to behold, what we yearn for. Who we wished we were, and who we could have been. We need it. It's a reminder, we might get back to something that might otherwise be lost. Amazing, what relaxation does to us. And what stress can cause, if we aren't able to escape from it. Just for a short while. Easter, come ye soon again and warm us with thy sunny beams of love and unity and shortlived freedom.