the squeaky wheel gets the grease

well, it does.

so far i've been on winter holiday for a week now. a week! i've been doing a lot of things this week, and i'd like to present them to you in a short list, just so you don't think i've been ignoring you out of pure laziness:

1) eating. eating is great. i've had the chance to sample a wide variety of foods now that i'm not currently in school or, let's face it, doing anything remotely productive whatsoever. i've had thai food (spicy! peanut! chicken!), jalepeno potato chips, lamp chops (which were horribly disappointing, to say the least), homemade beef vegetable soup (yes, i know. beef? you ask, and "there was great sorrow" i reply), chicken pablano enchiladas (zing!), and tonight is nacho wednesday! sometime next week there will be the making of sushi and the drinking of sake. i know! i've never had it either!

2) drinking. sort of, but not really. a beer here and there, some coca cola classic sweetened up by mr daniel (rather than the other way round), but nothing too interesting. i actually think i drink more when i'm in school. in the words of my friend jared, "here's your law degree, and your alcoholics anonymous membership card." mmm. indeed sir!

3) CHRISTmas shopping, sort of. you know, "Jesus CHRIST get out of my WAY shopping." i have to figure out what to get kt and bob. ideas? anyone? i've done so well this year, though! so well! don't die on me now, kringle! stay with me.

4) gone to a Christmas concert, presented by the Cleveland Orchestra, at severance hall. i'm not entirely sure why i capitalized "cleveland orchestra" right there, but it seems right, doesn't it? anyway, i wasn't looking forward to it at all, but for some reason when they started playing silent night i was holding back tears. i concentrated on the line "round young virgin" in order not to cry, because it never really made sense to me when i was little, and it still makes me laugh. like, round? you mean, she's fat? because.....she's pregnant? i don't get it.

four is okay, right? for now? i have to do something else. something.....like NACHO WEDNESDAY! adios, muchachos. muchachas? amigos! as? shit.