Christmas | Publishing question

Christmas

Well, Mibba, I have nearly completed my third December on Mibba. Maybe it's my fourth? I joined in the December of my 8th grade year... It's my junior year now... Four sounds right, but it also doesn't? Anyway, I suppose that doesn't matter. It's been a few Decembers. And a lot has changed since I joined. Friends have come and gone, there was the spambots for awhile, then the layout changed, and then more people left and continue to leave. But Mibba is like a weird second home to me. I can't leave even if I wanted to - even if I'm very inactive these days.

Well, anywho, I haven't posted a blog in quite some time, so I figured I'd talk a little about Christmas. And I guess I have a big question for you guys, does it feel like Christmas to you? Because it doesn't to me. Like, I'm not all giddy like I was in previous years. Like if I woke up tomorrow and my parents were like, "Oh, we threw it all out. Sorry." I don't think I would be too upset. There's snow on the ground, there's a Christmas Story playing on TV, and my house is decorated, but I don't feel like it's Christmas. I don't know, maybe its just me getting older and losing the wonder... I only have one more Christmas after this where I will actually live at home and maybe that's what's wrong with me. Normal Christmases are coming to their end for me.

Also, I wanted to ask what you guys usually do for Christmas and Christmas Eve. I never actually do anything for Christmas Eve. I just stay home and chill out, but I know that some people open like one present before tomorrow. Then tomorrow I have to wake up at like 7 (ugh god kill me now) and open gifts here, then go to my grandma's and open gifts there, and then finally go to my father's where I will open gifts and stay the night. But I hate it there and not even the allure of unopened Christmas presents could entice me to be happy about going.

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Publishing Question

Okay, so someone posted a journal about publishing question just a while ago and it made me have a question of my own. I didn't wanna post it there and like steal her advice or something, y'know? Plus, posting it here gives me more direct feedback.

Okay, so I plan to publish a few stories that I have posted here. And I have heard somewhere (and was reminded of it when looking through the other blog's comments) that publishers will not even consider anything that is published on the internet.

So, I guess my question is, if I take those stories down from this site, should I be okay? One's finished, another is halfway, and two others are barely taken off yet, but I want these ones published one day. Will having it posted already have ruined my chances? Like, if I take it down, I should be able to publish it, right?

I hope so, but I kind of have bad luck...