bah humbug
well, that's another christmas mercifully gone. actually, it was probably the best christmas i've had in a long time; it was genuinely good to be with my family for once, and i didn't have the primal-scream instinct i've had in years before. (maybe it's because school is over, but i digress.) i arrived at mom's on the eve; we went to a chinese restaurant for dinner and an early service, and then came home to drink warm drinks and sleep. on the day itself, we bounced from sister carrie's to aunt mary's (and i managed to swing by and grab zero76 along the way, har har har) where we ate a ridiculous amount of food and played a ridiculously amusing couple of rounds of pop-5, the newish version of cranium. i was sent home with four full tupperware containers and an ENTIRE PLATE of cookies; i think aunt mary is the only one who hasn't gotten the memo about christmas excess - mom was remarkably restrained in her orgy of gift-giving, which meant all of my stuff fit into one large bag, which is really nice, especially since it was all only stuff i asked for - so i reckon we'll have to talk to her next. i mean, i'm thinking of selling these cookies on ebay, is how bad it is. ergh... yesterday i saw two films: zero76 and i continued our new tradition of uplifting holiday films with "i am legend", which i actually thought was really quite excellent; and later on mom and i went to see "sweeney todd", which was dark and bloody and brilliant and i LOVE^3 johnny depp. i saw my dentist this morning and then drove back home; thus far i have (in chronological order) run updates on my computer, unpacked, cleaned, procured lunch and masqueraded as a sandwich delivery girl, done a load of laundry, spent my itunes gift cards, had a couple of catch-up conversations, and arranged my excess of food into a design that is aesthetically pleasing to my eye. i'm alone in the house right now, which is grand because it means i can lounge around in naught but my bathrobe and wave cheerily to my neighbors. tonight might involve further reading of anna karenina, or some wine and a few more episodes of the first few seasons of 24, courtesy my roommate... or i could just pass out since i only got two hours of sleep last night for no apparent reason [well, okay, i started thinking about things, and then had problems un-thinking about them]. it's a toss-up at this point. ehhh... ?
one weird thing about going back to mom's is seeing all the terrible house-building that's going on in the area, and the ridiculous prices at which these houses are being sold. it angers me, but i guess there's not much to be done about it, at least until the deer being forced from their wooded homes really start killing people by crashing through their woodfront living room windows. speaking of killing people, i found the diary i kept when i was 12 going on 13; i'd love to be able to travel back in time and smack myself upside the head repeatedly with a blunt object. good LORD. i'm glad to see that i had the beginnings of a sense of humor at that age, though, but i was a right shit. i feel like i owe a formal apology to my family. eeesh.
i may or may not get around to that year-end survey thing, depending on how tomorrow goes. i may try to sneak out for a matinee of "juno". i bet i could get rid of those cookies by leaving them in folks' mailboxes on the way to the theater...
wasn't that exciting? no? in any case, i hope your collective christmas was good, and that your new year is better. i don't know about you, but i'm certainly looking forward to 2008...
one weird thing about going back to mom's is seeing all the terrible house-building that's going on in the area, and the ridiculous prices at which these houses are being sold. it angers me, but i guess there's not much to be done about it, at least until the deer being forced from their wooded homes really start killing people by crashing through their woodfront living room windows. speaking of killing people, i found the diary i kept when i was 12 going on 13; i'd love to be able to travel back in time and smack myself upside the head repeatedly with a blunt object. good LORD. i'm glad to see that i had the beginnings of a sense of humor at that age, though, but i was a right shit. i feel like i owe a formal apology to my family. eeesh.
i may or may not get around to that year-end survey thing, depending on how tomorrow goes. i may try to sneak out for a matinee of "juno". i bet i could get rid of those cookies by leaving them in folks' mailboxes on the way to the theater...
wasn't that exciting? no? in any case, i hope your collective christmas was good, and that your new year is better. i don't know about you, but i'm certainly looking forward to 2008...