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Hi y'all. I've been pretty much the opposite of busy lately and it's been wonderful. On Thursday, Jorn and I were hanging out with velvetwaltz, who was visiting this weekend, and we went out to Harvard Square and got food and stuff, very laidback, and that night we just looked at each other and were astonished about how we still had three more days left. It's been a really, really nice vacation. I spent all weekend under the Magic Blanket on the couch playing nintendo and watching nintendo and watching Buffy. The Blanket is Magic because it's so huge and soft and wonderful that it makes you never ever ever want to get up off the couch and eventually you fall asleep there. Definitely one of my favorite xmas presents. I'm really close to beating Windwaker now and I'm happy. We're also only five episodes away from the end of season 7 of Buffy, and that also makes me happy. I saw the very last ep when it was on TV, but otherwise it's all new to me. I really liked "Storyteller", and next up is "Dirty Girls", which I feel like I've heard some things about.
I got an amazon gift certificate for xmas. Combined with last year's amazon gift certificate (I saved it, can you believe it? With all the crap I've bought there in the past year? Don't have a clue why I haven't spent it yet), I now have $50 to spend. I'm thinking about getting the first two seasons of Jem but that would be all the money on one thing and I don't know for sure if I want to do that. I don't know yet how well Jem's going to translate to adulthood, you know? I also need to preorder Angel season 5 and get Firefly, and I still really want the two Storyteller collections (not that they're that expensive, but still) and Angels in America, and the Back to the Future trilogy, and the Indiana Jones collection. But I've got all the Indy movies on tape, so I can get by with that for now, I think. I also want the BBC Pride & Prejudice. Or that amount of money could put a significant dent in the cost of a Star Trek season. So this is difficult. It's a gift certificate, so I want to spend it on something special, you know? Which is why I never spent the one from last year, because I could never decide. I could use the money to buy a Big Thing (like Star Trek) that I'd have to pay the difference on, or I could use it on one Significant Thing (like Jem or Indy) that would use all the money up without me having to pay any extra, or I could get one Normal-ish Thing (like the Storytellers or Firefly) that would be big enough to feel special but would leave enough left over for a book or cd or cheap dvd. And there's a lot of cds and books on my wishlist. I want to find the most effective use of the money, which is difficult because I want everything pretty much equally much. So I am torn. I have to think more.
One of my other very favorite xmas presents is my 7-quart crock pot. I am crocking right now. Could you tell? We're having chicken stew for dinner tonight, all my roommates and I, because the crock pot is large enough to easily accomodate enough stew for me, two normal men, and Dylan too. I am so so excited. My hands still smell like potatoes and garlic from me throwing everything in there this morning and it's driving me nuts.
Oh, and I'm back at work now. You can expect regular weekday posts from me again now. I hope that makes at least a few of you happy. :)
I got an amazon gift certificate for xmas. Combined with last year's amazon gift certificate (I saved it, can you believe it? With all the crap I've bought there in the past year? Don't have a clue why I haven't spent it yet), I now have $50 to spend. I'm thinking about getting the first two seasons of Jem but that would be all the money on one thing and I don't know for sure if I want to do that. I don't know yet how well Jem's going to translate to adulthood, you know? I also need to preorder Angel season 5 and get Firefly, and I still really want the two Storyteller collections (not that they're that expensive, but still) and Angels in America, and the Back to the Future trilogy, and the Indiana Jones collection. But I've got all the Indy movies on tape, so I can get by with that for now, I think. I also want the BBC Pride & Prejudice. Or that amount of money could put a significant dent in the cost of a Star Trek season. So this is difficult. It's a gift certificate, so I want to spend it on something special, you know? Which is why I never spent the one from last year, because I could never decide. I could use the money to buy a Big Thing (like Star Trek) that I'd have to pay the difference on, or I could use it on one Significant Thing (like Jem or Indy) that would use all the money up without me having to pay any extra, or I could get one Normal-ish Thing (like the Storytellers or Firefly) that would be big enough to feel special but would leave enough left over for a book or cd or cheap dvd. And there's a lot of cds and books on my wishlist. I want to find the most effective use of the money, which is difficult because I want everything pretty much equally much. So I am torn. I have to think more.
One of my other very favorite xmas presents is my 7-quart crock pot. I am crocking right now. Could you tell? We're having chicken stew for dinner tonight, all my roommates and I, because the crock pot is large enough to easily accomodate enough stew for me, two normal men, and Dylan too. I am so so excited. My hands still smell like potatoes and garlic from me throwing everything in there this morning and it's driving me nuts.
Oh, and I'm back at work now. You can expect regular weekday posts from me again now. I hope that makes at least a few of you happy. :)
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Jem?!
Date: 2005-01-03 05:34 pm (UTC)From:Re: Jem?!
Date: 2005-01-03 05:47 pm (UTC)From:My mom got me a hot pink hooded Jem sweatshirt for xmas. It's one of the coolest things I've ever owned.
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Date: 2005-01-03 05:40 pm (UTC)From:Not that I'm saying you should get Star Trek, just, you know, whatever you wouldn't justify buying otherwise. I say you should buy Firefly. You WON'T regret it. And you'll be so happy. Your life will be infinitely better after seeing Firefly and with the movie coming out this year and all the crazy squeeing from The Amy, Alli and I... well....
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Date: 2005-01-03 05:54 pm (UTC)From:I agree on the stuff-I-wouldn't-buy-otherwise thoughts, though. Which is why I was thinking about Jem and Indy, because normally I can't justify making dvd purchases above $40 and I just drool over them. The ish with buying Star Trek is *which* Star Trek to buy, but I think I'd just go with first season of Next Gen. Amazingly tempting. I think that a goal for 2005 will be monthly amazon purchases, because I can afford it, really. I haven't even been buying shoes that often. Hopefully by this time next year I will have purchased all the things I whine about in this post. :)
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