The 12 Days of Christmas: Days 8-12

         You'll be happy to know that I did finish off the last five days of my twelve days of Christmas commitment and due to a vicious onset of the flu I have plenty of time to get things recorded. Here are the last few things I ended up doing:

DAY 8: 
         To finish off I decided to go and see what the Bible had to say about 12-12-12 and apply whatever it said to my life. So I looked up the twelfth book in the old testament (2 Kings) chapter 12, verse 12. It speaks of the king Jehoash who after having so many wicked kings was a righteous and upstanding one. He commanded that the breaches and parts of the Temple that were destroyed should be rebuilt and those masons and carpenters that worked on it were rewarded for their service. An obvious application would be that those who work to build up Zion will be blessed and that we should all make it a top priority to do the work of God. Not a bad thought this close to New Years.

DAY 9: 
         While learning more about the number 12 on the world wide web I found something called the
Duodecimal system. This is a numbering system based around the number 12 which is said to be the optimal numbering system due to its flexibility. Unfortunately at first I confused this with the Dewy decimal system used in libraries which has nothing to do with the number twelve so I ended up accidentally familiarizing myself with both systems. Oh well.

DAY 10:
          Today was sort of a holiday in and of it self. 12-21-12: the end of the world. My celebration was a bit less Holly and Jolly due to the fact that my days as a boy scout taught me to always be prepared. In the morning I ran down to Sportsman's Warehouse and got fitted for my Bear Encounter compound bow I lovingly named 'El Buwitre' (Merry Christmas zombies) and then did a little research about possible methods on how the world could end. One I found interesting was about planet X also known as the Twelfth planet or Nibiru. Apart from the far fetched Scifi ridiculousness that follows Nibiru the main concern was that it eventually would orbit through our solar system throwing a wrench in this nice planetary engine that makes life so livable on Earth. I don't think El Buwitre would help with that so hopefully Nibiru leaves us alone.

DAY 11: 
          Funny how nothing says its Christmas like wearing obnoxious clothing. Luckily my Mom has never been one to buy me embarrassing Christmas sweaters so I don't have to suffer from post traumatic sweater disorder annually, in fact goofy sweaters have a certain appeal that inspired today's adventure. I explored several thrift stores and found 12 of my favorites and then bought one to wear for our traditional Christmas program. The pickings were slim that close to Christmas day but I settled on a blue turtle neck and now that its all over I'm considering burning it. We'll see if it survives till next year.

DAY 12: 

         Lastly in order to help get rid of all of the holiday delights so my Dad wouldn't be tempted to eat them for the usual midnight snack I ate 12 Christmas desserts while actively listening to 12 Christmas songs. Unfortunately the flu has again temporarily changed my outlook on acceptable eating habits so we may need to find more creative ways to get rid of them now. So much for human garbage disposal.

     
          Normally the end of a semester and the first couple weeks back home are unproductive and boring so it was great to have an excuse to go and do something unusual each and every day. Now the hunt starts to find a job to occupy my time from now until April. Should be delightful as always.