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I've been going off just few hours of sleep for the past little while; today I'm especially tired.

There are weeks when we simply anticipate the weekend, and then there are days - like today - when we're on our knees begging for it to come.

Enjoy this tune. It's my absolute favourite. Let it take you away to wherever you want to be this evening. At home, at a friends, at an event, at a place of understanding - or even the weekend...

okay okay

So as some of you may recall, part of my new years resolution was to be more friendly/forgiving/open-minded to people.

Throughout the past several years I've felt a loathing towards a particular teen idol. I couldn't stand her popularity at such a young age, I've felt that she isn't nearly as attractive as people seem to think she is and I've stated on many occasions that I do not think she has a great voice anyway (nor acting ability.)

Yes, I'm talking about Miley Cyrus.

My sister has begged to differ since the early days of Hannah Montana. She has been a long-standing fan of Miley and we've often teased each other about our opposing views.

With trying to keep to my new years resolution with giving people a chance, I downloaded several of Miley's songs. I didn't listen to them much before tonight and suddenly I've discovered a small but sure change of heart.

Yes. I've said it. I, Meltab, am admitting to have actually enjoyed the songs I have listened to.

Feel free to ridicule me or point out that I may be showing the signs of a hypocrite, but I am here at 2:41 in the morning willing to acknowledge that I made a snap judgement in the past that turned into a stubborn grudge towards this young girl and I am willing to state now that she actually seems like an interesting individual and her songs are indeed catchy.

So there.

I've said it. Okay?!

It's funny what can happen when we decide to finally let things or people into our hearts. It is too often that we hold things so strongly against each other that these negative feelings blind us from a lot of truth.

Today, try to open up to someone and see what happens...

Canada, YAY!

There is something about our entire country coming together with such pride and welcoming others onto our land that makes me feel so happy and proud to be Canadian. Goosebumps every time I watch/hear this song!

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Forgiveness

Through life we gain and lose people. It seems this is the way life goes... we get handed friends and special people and those people can stick around for the most part of our lives or their connection to us can be cut.

Life is so short and so precious and while there are many people that we lose due to the death of the physical body, there are many instances when we lose contact with people because of arrogance, self-pride or dare I say... "snootiness."

Nobody is perfect.

I feel this is something that every single person must grow to understand. This is something that has taken me quite a long time to wrap my head around.

Nobody is perfect. I am not perfect.

I've often found myself setting my expectations too high of others. I've made remarks like "I'd never do that" or "I would have done this by now" or "I would have handled that situation so differently."

While friends and family through the course of time will most probably let us down at one point or an other, it is important to keep in mind that friendship and companionship is one of life's greatest gifts and we often take this gift and throw it back recklessly.

The heart is such a tender thing and as someone who has worn her heart on her sleeve her entire life, it is easy for me to count the amount of times it's been hurt... surprised... angered... left in confusion. While thinking about these instances hurts, nothing hurts more than the loss of someone who meant something to you.

In retrospect, is it worth losing time spent with someone because of pride or stubbornness? Holding a grudge may seem like punishment to your "opponent" but in actual fact it is both of you losing out on times spent together - laughing, loving, being yourselves.

I'm such a passionate person and it is easy for me to let my feelings of anger or spite fester inside of me and keep me silent towards people for long periods of time. But really, what does this accomplish?

This isn't to say that friends should be allowed to walk all over each other or take advantage of each other - no, that would be wrong; I am saying however that ... it's about forgiveness.

Let go of your pride.

Let go of your grudge.

Let go of your front.

You're not better than everyone else. We're all the same. We all make mistakes. We must all learn to forgive. It may take months, maybe years to really "forget" what happened, but in the meantime we must forgive.

We must forgive.

Imagine how many memories would be lost if we didn't.

Life passes by so quickly and no one can have too many friends.

Open your heart.

Unblock someone. Text someone. Call someone. Smile at someone. Apologize to someone. Accept someone.

People make mistakes. You've made mistakes. Don't let silence be one of them.

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Too Scary

So... we have succumbed to the idea that step parents are always evil. Cinderella, Snow White and Jonathan Taylor Thomas in Home for Christmas are just a few of those Hollywood figures who have engraved the idea of horrid stepparents. A few months ago I saw a trailer for the movie The Stepfather and the thought of that movie has given me chills ever since. This movie is taking the “evil stepparent ideal” to an entire new level. Perhaps this seems like a bad idea for me in particular because for one thing, I hate scary movies. I always have and probably always will. I’ve never quite understood the pleasure in watching these horror films that not only make you feel terrified for the 90 minutes of screen time but for days – even years – after watching it. To this day, I continue to check behind the shower curtain before using the washroom in every house I enter because of What Lies Beneath (watched at age eleven.)

While I feel an utter discomfort and discontent when watching scary movies and on normal circumstances would never give a horror film my time of day... I feel it necessary to blog about this film in particular. “The Stepfather.” My goodness... if stepparents didn’t have a hard enough time as it is... Hollywood’s decided to throw a movie like this at them! Petrifying children of divorced or widowed parents everywhere! Now, I haven’t seen this movie and certainly don’t intend to, but I’d love to hear other’s opinions about the movie – so feel free to let me know if perhaps this movie does in fact, have a lovely happy-ever-after ending... though I highly doubt it.