HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Well, congratulations to all for being done with finals and Autumn Quarter 2004...

Now it's time for Christmas, New Year's, bumming around, and presents!

Quick recap of the past week or two:

Carney's Annual Christmas Party (plus family portraits this year), Derek (and Tova's) Hanukkah/Chanukah Party, Sunny's 22nd, movies, shopping, hanging out, work, more shopping, gingerbread house making (mine was initially a disaster as the frosting I had was WAAAAAAY too runny -- but, crisis averted thanks to Pat and his normal frosting, and it turned out pretty well), and Karina, I did not cheat...my mother wanted the gingerbread house kit to be used since it'd been lying around for awhile. Been doing a little drinking here and there, sleep...

Basketball -- at the Lakers-Sonics game Kobe's ass was right up in my face and my dad mimed pulling Kobe's shorts down. Oh it was great. Catching up on the M's winter moves -- thank you Sexson and Beltre! Football (oh Seahawks...), and yeah.

Tonight I'm going to a mini-HNA reunion party at Genordo's house with a nice white elephant gift...Sunday going to the Seahawks game...let's hope we win...

After today, I won't have to work again til next year -- January 2, 2005. Woohoo!!!

Last night we had dinner for Winter Solstice, and it was good to see the fam all together again...especially my cousin Julie, since she NEVER comes out.

My sister has gone down to visit our cousins in Portland with my aunts, uncle, and Roni til Christmas day when they'll come back for Christmas dinner at our house. I think it'll be a little weird on Christmas Day, but whatever. Man, put those three little girls (my sister and the two cousins) together and they become the triplets from hell... ;)

I'll be making some split pea soup tomorrow and I hope it tastes good. Wow, that was a random thought right there.

I hope you had a wonderful Hanukkah, hope you have a Merry Christmas, and Happy Kwanzaa!!!

Take care, be safe, and try to be happy! I know it's been a little tough to get into the Holiday Spirit for some...chin up!! *MUAH*

Today we salute you, stressed out college student during exam week. As you sit in your lonely cubical in the library, doped up on Starbucks & Adderall, you think to yourself, am I ever going to need to know this stuff in life? The distractions are tempting and you have suddenly diagnosed yourself with ADD along with advanced delusionary schizophrenia with involuntary narcissistic rage, I'm sure by now you know exactly what everyone is doing because you have checked your buddy list 800 times. Christmas break is just days away, and your Prozac prescription will be in tomorrow. So crack open an ice cold Bud Light after that last exam, because for most of us, Christmas will be spent in rehab.

Good luck on finals, everyone!!

Wow it's been a while since I last posted.

Pretty busy lately what with housesitting, family obligations, and work...

My aunt anduncle come back on Wednesday, so there ends "Adventures in Housesitting 2004." Now we just need to wait for next year...woohoo!

Last Friday I had people over for a ltitle get together...I figured that it might be the last year that (what I've lovingly dubbed the) "CK Extended Family" are all together since some of us (including myself) are graduating, and others not. So I made lots of food, had some drinks available, and had a good time chatting, playing polker, checking out the house, and chatting some more.

Thanks to everyone who came for coming! It was great to see you all and I hope you all had a good time! And FYI, those Best Buy gift cards only have $5 on them.

Life as I know it is going to change in 6 months when I buy my cap and gown and (most likely) not sit at Husky Stadiun for 4 hours at Commencement for the 2 seconds of recognition my department gets when we all stand up...

It's gonna be weird to not be in school anymore, but I've thought about it, and I think that I'm ready to move on and close this chapter of my life.

Though once school is over I'll need to find myself a "real job." Hopefully I'll find some volunteering position somewhere abroad for awhile...that or I'll just keep volunteering with my aunt and Healing the Children...maybe I can be anesthesiologist doctor number 2 again...

Too many decisions to make, man.

I'll think about it more later..for now, I'm going to watch some Adult Swim on Cartoon Network and rot my brain on other late-nite reruns such as The Fresh Prince and The Cosby Show.

Take care, folks!