Archive for December, 2009

Merry Christmas!

Dec 25 2009

Christmas 2009
Carol and I put together the Christmas tree. These are some iPhone shots of some ornaments from it… we’ve got some that go waaaaay back and are falling apart haha. Lots of memories on this tree.

It’s been a wonderful somewhat relaxing Christmas. I haven’t really done any of the work I was supposed to be doing, but stuff came up so not much I could do. I spent most of Christmas eve at the optometrist (for my mom) and then the dentist and then the hair salon (this one was a major waste of time). I was peeved to wait 3 hours for a less than 30 min haircut, and considering how much 3 hours actually costs me now that I work hourly (and I had been planning on doing some work that day since I lost a day driving) and how rushed and tired they were after working all day (we were some of their last customers by the time our turn came), the haircut wasn’t really worth it. She barely cut my hair and I’ll have to get another haircut soon -_-;

Oh well. Otherwise, besides the insane cold (my room is at 60ºF at night with no real heater), I can’t really complain :) We opened presents, took the customary pix, and all that good stuff.

And now, I’m currently watching the Chargers game :)

Tia

Dec 23 2009

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Book: “The Book of Lost Things”

Dec 19 2009
The Book of Lost Things

The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly

I just finished reading this book after first seeing it in Barnes & Nobles a few months ago and then rediscovering the awesome public library near my apartment. It was pretty good. A sort of coming-of-age story meets childhood imagination meets the twisted Grimm’s fairy tales. It also reminded me of the movie Where the Wild Things Are just in terms of the main character going on this adventure in another land run by childhood imagination and fears, parental troubles and then returning to the familiar.

Anyways, I think it’s worth reading. I was reading it before I went to sleep each night, and I have to admit that it gave me the goosebumps. There’s this eerie, dark mood to the book that sort of creeped me out. There’s a character called The Crooked Man and every time he was mentioned I shivered. Somehow I doubt this was meant to be a childrens’ book.

Now I’m going back to re-reading all the Harry Potter books in order :P

Currently on book 2.

Rain

Dec 7 2009

some much needed rain in california

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