2008 in review

December 31, 2008

Happy New Year’s Eve! After I told my friends that we’re too young to spend New Year’s Eve in front of a television, we decided to go party! There’s a new place that I had wanted to check out in the summer but forgot promptly about when the winter hit, and it appears that they’re [...]

Boxing Day shenanigans

December 30, 2008

My part time (best called occasional) job has a rule that all staff must work on Boxing Day, so for the past ten December 26s, I have worked. I usually ask for a short shift or a late shift so that I can get in some shopping before I have to work, and this year [...]

Merry 2008

December 25, 2008

Good afternoon! Christmas day has not disappointed so far, with it following the schedule in this post pretty closely. The turkey is cooking merrily (?) in the oven and in anticipation I’ve kept my food consumption light with a brunch of chili and three gingerbread cookies. There’s something about Christmas that encourages contemplation and a [...]

Striken

December 22, 2008

The public transportation workers in my city are on strike, and have been for the past 13 days. That’s ok though because you know, I only take the bus twice a day, five days a week, to work. No biggie. Actually it’s a pain in the neck, because I’ve realized that I actually take the [...]