Contrariwise

I know that “I just need to get these out of my Downloads folder” is a lame excuse to post, but it’s all I have. Like most college students, I am a facebook aficionado. Back in December, an application called My Christmas Tree got ridiculously popular. I caved, adding a cute tree to my profile with “Christmas Eve Sarajevo,” by Trans Siberian Orchestra, as my song.

My Christmas Tree became Festive Events, and then Gifts Gallery, since you can send a gift for numerous holidays or wannabe holidays, or for no reason. (Also for free, unlike the original facebook gifts.) I hid the application after Epiphany, but I also took screenshots of the gifts I received. (Last names are blurred to protect privacy.)

I also snapped the gifts I sent.

To be honest, I sent Kaitlyn two, because I forgot to add a message with the hula beanie bear. It was an unorthodox gift exchange, but quite nice for those of us on tight budgets.

Andrew sent me a link to an article describing the world’s smallest Advent calendar. I’m busy (dying under the stress of) studying for my Spanish composition final on Monday morning, so I won’t even get started on the significance of Advent in secular society, but I must say that’s pretty cool. It’s even nifty for a non-science geek like myself. I don’t know why microscopic bacteria would need to keep track of the days until Christmas, but if one ever wants to, now it can.