"Are you sure we should drink together? Who am I going to complain about?"

I just spent the day loafing around. It was Steph's first day of work, so I've been up since 6 (minus a two hour nap). I've watched a butt load of Iron Chef and Seinfeld. And the best thing is, I don't have school tomorrow, so I don't have to feel guilty for not doing homework!

We had Christmas at my grandma's house yesterday. It was good times. We had hella good tri-tip; it was marinated in ginger, garlic anc cilantro (amongst other things). THen Matt came over to watch Man U beat the snot out of Southhampton. That kid Rooney has got a hell of a foot on him.

Time to finish off Christmas shopping.

Count 'Em Down

Okay. Here it is. My Top 10 Albums of 2004.

10) (tie) Straylight Run - S/T
Jimmy Eat World - Futures
9) Elliot Smith - From a Basement on the Hill
8) Rise Against - Siren Song of the Counter-Culture
7) Ben Kweller - On My Way
6) Taking Back Sunday - Where You Want to Be
5) Killers - Hot Fuss
4) Bad Religion - The Empire Strikes First
3) Pj Harvey - Uh Huh Her
2) Green Day - American Idiot
1) My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge

Honorable mention goes to the Cure, Bjork, the Faint, Flogging Molly, Get Up Kids, Modest Mouse, New Found Glory, Sugarcult, Rilo Kiley

For I'm a Jolly Good Fellow

I'm officially done with school. Not for the semester. For good. Until grad school, that is. It's kind of a strange feeling to be done with school. I've defined myself as a student for 15 some odd years now, and suddenly, I'm not a student anymore. It's kind of scary. What the hell do I do now? I've had two college grads tell me that I'm doomed to be depressed for a little bit about being done with school. That's not the way I would have expected it to turn out, but I can totally understand. I have to find a new definition for myself and my life. Hopefully I'll fin done quick.

I just got back home from having drinks with Matt, Bert and Steph. It's Matt's 23 birthday. Cheers my good friend. Here's to at least 23 more (and it better be more than that ya bastard).

I'm tired as hell. Think I'll curl up on teh couch and go to sleep.

Bang a Gong, We Are On

For fans of Iron Chef, here is Masaharu Morimoto's official web site. There's even a fan club to join!!!

You Kept Safe Until the Long Drive Home, You Slept Safe and Close to the Window...

So we broke down and bought down and bought DDR so we can try to lose some weight. I ran the equialent of 5 miles today. Mega-nooch. If I can do even half of that every day, I'll be very happy.

We got almost all our Christmas shopping done today. I'm so stoked. I just need one more gift for my dad and mom, my aunt, Eric and Matt. Rock.

We saw Closer tonight. It was really good. And Natalie Portman is fucking gorgeous in it. That in itself would be enough to get me to see it, but it was a good movie too. Kind of depressing, even more so for a guy who's getting ready to get married, but I recommend it.

It's Been Awhile...

Okay. So I guess I've got a lot to update you people on. I'll start at Thanksgiving.

I worked on Thanksgiving morning. It was fucking busy. And almost every animal that came in was mean or skittish, which made it harder. For the second week in a row, we found an animal dead in the back. This one bled out its ass. Nasty. That night, we went out to Steph's aunt's house in Newark. It was fun, but I wish we would have had Thanksgiving at her parent's house that night instead. We had dinner their the next night, but I had to go to work and I missed out on desert, pool and poker. Thanksgiving went well though.

I started skinning my baboon that Monday, and the following week I gutted it. We got a lot of good stuff. We got the heart, lungs, liver, kidney and possibly the uterus (my prof had left for the day, so I couldn't ask him), but let me tell you, getting the stomach and the intestines out sucked. They stunk so bad because of the fecal matter in the intestines and the chyme. It was horrible, but went well after that.

We've decided to sell the Beetle. We really need money right now, and we'll get a lot more from it than my car. It's a really cool car, and better than mine, but the payments are also bigger than my current payments, so I don't know if I can afford it, especially right now. I'm a little bummed, but it's okay. I'll get a new car in a couple years. Mine still works fine.

We finally got "Save the Date" cards and invintations for the wedding. We got them at Target for hell of cheap; $40 for 100 invintations and $20 for 100 Save the Date cards. They look really nice too. We also got a space heater dealy, cause it's been freaking cold in our house.

That's all I can remember for right now. Time to watch Real Sex :)