The concept of New Year’s Resolutions is a pretty understandable one, to me. The date of 01/01/XXXX is a very stark and imposing date, implying a beginning of things. It’s a perfect time to start new things in your life. It’s definitely better than “I’ll start tomorrow” because it lacks the dual connotations of procrastination [...]
I love Christmas. I love the weather, the feelings, the giving, the helping, the food, the family, the everything.
I just don’t love celebrating Christmas (at all) before Thanksgiving. It just feels wrong to me. So I specifically avoid the “Holiday Decorations” sections in stores and refuse to play any Christmas music before black Friday (seeing as it is the day after Thanksgiving).
18 Nov, 2008
Isabella’s saying ‘Dada’ and ‘Mama’ now with some frequency.
I drink Diet Dr Pepper daily–I’m starting to break my Diet Coke addiction.
I would like a barbecue feast.
No one was interested in seeing M83 with School of Seven Bells, so I’m probably not going.
Rossy was interested, but when I asked about it later admitted that she didn’t [...]
He be playing a wii bit o’ darts.
Originally uploaded by Nick Cueva.
A portrait of me at my most nonchalant.
This most recent weekend, the last in January 2007, was a particularly enjoyable one. A recap:
Saturday
We decided to have a garage sale. So, Friday night Rossy and I stayed up until around 2am putting neon green and yellow arrows on streetsigns around her brother Fred’s house. We awoke at 5am and were setting up for [...]