Scratch that. New Christmas wish: plane ticket to Spain for spring break.

All I want for Christmas is a spine.

Failing that, a motorcycle would suffice.

Movies watched over break:

• The Last Picture Show


• Lost in Translation


• High Fidelity


• Welcome to the Dollhouse


• Better Luck Tomorrow

"Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?"

For Thanksgiving I cooked myself a relatively complete dinner, which resulted in leftovers that fed me for 3 days.

When I told this to one of my friends, he commented that I'm the personification of the "independent girl". I'm not sure if that is a good or bad thing.

It's hard to delegate things when all it results in is me doing the work anyway, but a week after it should have been done because the person I delegated to dropped the ball.

I think I've made my decision for this summer. Occupation: Rocket Scientist. Location: Los Angeles, CA.

It's snowing!

I would like it to be known that Justin eats snail pellets.

C'mon Ohio. You can do it. Don't turn red.

I want to buy a motorcycle.

My cell phone is broken. It decided to stop charging, even though I gave it a generous selection of different electrical outlets. The new one was supposed to get here today, but it didn't. I'm concerned since the At&t website doesn't recognize my order number- I'll probably wait a few more days before calling them back and threatening their lives.

Thanks to Erik I had my first vacuum bagging experience last weekend; I was surprised how well it worked, considering we used trash bags, packing tape, and a pump taken out of a broken refrigerator.

I'm looking forward to people getting back to Pittsburgh. Things have been pretty quiet.