Somehow managed to get through last-minute Christmas shopping. I'd like to thank the following people for helping: Starbuck, Kelly, Peet, and the Bean sisters (Coffee and Lost). Read and reviewed the final issue of The Flash (the third time it's been canceled for a relaunch in as many years) while alenxa baked cookies, and on to a "relaxing" evening ( Read more... )

Finally got out to do serious Christmas shopping today. Hit a couple of individual stores at the beginning & end of the day, but the bulk of it was taken up by a 3-mall tour:

The Village (formerly known as the Mall of Orange). Not too bad. Parked quickly, though not terribly near the mall. Crowds weren't too bad, even in the food court where alenxa ( Read more... )

Ended up missing my company's Christmas party this year because we had tickets to see Tori Amos at the Grove on Saturday. Good concert, but our feet were pretty much dead by the end of the standing show. Sometime I'll have to post the experience of trying to eat at El Torito Grill beforehand ( Read more... )

Friday, Dec. 22. Finishing key stuff at work before leaving on vacation.
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Heh, forgot I'd started this post over a week ago...

Shopping, two days before Christmas.

Heard a dance mix of "The Christmas Song" (yes, the one about chestnuts roasting on an open fire).

Saw a "Sci-Fi" display in Borders that consisted entirely of incarnations of Firefly - the TV show DVDs, the Serenity DVD, and the graphic novel ( Read more... )

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I'd forgotten about it overnight, but today was the office building's annual holiday party. This means that they set up a cappuccino cart, a pastry/fruit tray, and a calypso band playing Christmas songs on steel drums and a keyboard out in front of the building. (There's also one in summer, not connected with any holidays, with smoothies ( Read more... )

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If you have a wireless network, you might want to go easy on the tinsel this Christmas. Otherwise you might not have a wireless network for the next few weeks!

Well, we’ve hit a milestone. The last few holiday seasons, there’s always been something preventing me and alenxa from putting up a Christmas tree. At long last, we’ve managed to accomplish this difficult feat.

You see, the way our furniture is arranged, we only have one spot in the apartment suitable for a tree. The broken desk that blocked it one ( Read more... )