the xx and the holidays
people would always talk about the xx, how amazing they were and how much they loved them. i had absolutely no idea what they were talking about until now. laziness was really the only thing that was holding me back from this beautiful band and their music. i looked them up on youtube yesterday and i can now officially say that i've found another favourite band. so i used my itunes money and bought two of their albums. i highly recommend their music. but enough of that, i'd also like to talk about christmas, which was just yesterday. basically for me, the holidays are a mix of only two things: happiness, and guilt for eating all of the chocolate despite my strong metabolism. one thing i've realized this season though, is how much things have changed. if things were like how they used to be, i wouldn't be here but at a pub with my aunts and uncles and cousins for our annual boxing day get-together. that's not all. my great grandma and grandpa didn't come down