pre-xmas musings
i have discovered a new love for edamame (green soybeans in the pod). in fact, my love for it is SO great that i've been eating boiled edamame for lunch this entire week. (or maybe that's just because there hasn't been anything else in the house for me to attack. good thing. perhaps i shall try this method when i go back to berkeley.)
it's christmas eve, but i'm not excited to open gifts this year. maybe it's because i know already that i'm not going to get what i really want (i.e. an iPhone). but it does make me wonder what i'm going to get instead, because my parents usually haven't disappointed in the past. they've managed to get better at surprising me over the years, but that's definitely due in part to my absence for the majority of the year and my presence for less than half the year. hmm .. well, we'll see about that. i bought my mother this expensive anti-aging stuff (which she asked for) and my dad the DVD set of BBC's Planet Earth (with ulterior motives, because i plan on putting it to use on the giant 42" high definition plasma screen downstairs), so hopefully the returns for my efforts will be good. (is that too selfish? to want something back from gifts? i suppose not completely, since i feel that everyone has this in mind when purchasing gifts - it always feels nice to have the feeling reciprocated, unless you know that the other person is literally incapable of returning the favor, i.e. poor and/or homeless).
i'm going to make sugar cookies. i really hope they don't turn out crispy, because nothing ruins a good christmas eve like a burnt cookie.
it's christmas eve, but i'm not excited to open gifts this year. maybe it's because i know already that i'm not going to get what i really want (i.e. an iPhone). but it does make me wonder what i'm going to get instead, because my parents usually haven't disappointed in the past. they've managed to get better at surprising me over the years, but that's definitely due in part to my absence for the majority of the year and my presence for less than half the year. hmm .. well, we'll see about that. i bought my mother this expensive anti-aging stuff (which she asked for) and my dad the DVD set of BBC's Planet Earth (with ulterior motives, because i plan on putting it to use on the giant 42" high definition plasma screen downstairs), so hopefully the returns for my efforts will be good. (is that too selfish? to want something back from gifts? i suppose not completely, since i feel that everyone has this in mind when purchasing gifts - it always feels nice to have the feeling reciprocated, unless you know that the other person is literally incapable of returning the favor, i.e. poor and/or homeless).
i'm going to make sugar cookies. i really hope they don't turn out crispy, because nothing ruins a good christmas eve like a burnt cookie.