happy new year.

yes, a bit late. but still.

they have inaugurated curbside recycling this year! i am way too excited about this. i have already gone out and bought the bin, and i tugged it out to the curb this morning. it was still there when i got back from work, but decorously emptied and placed upside down.

the township hasn't had any recycling, and it makes me almost sick to think about all the metal and glass and plastic that i've seen thrown out in my neighbourhood the past several years.

so. happy new year. to the earth as well.

precipitation.

a white day-after-christmas just isn't the same.

on the other hand, no work for 2 days, yay!

winter.

the sun is not dead.

happy winter holidays. the festival of lights was early this year. lunar calendars vs solar calendars.

holidays are funny things. winter holidays seem especially centered around the weather; everyone's winter holiday is about light and fattening food to get you through the dark and the cold. mmm... fried things and cookies.

disease.

i'm sick.

i'm not supposed to be sick. finals are this week! i can't get sick until after finals. bah.

i am so tired.

stupid septa left me in the sub-freezing temperatures last night for over an hour and a half.

rrg. zzz.

disappointment.

so, i discovered today that my local branch of the public library is loaning out ebooks, which work on both my sony reader and his nook. and i have an account, and an online pin and everything. so i was thinking this is kind of cool, because the actual meatspace branch is pretty tiny, and ugly, and doesn't really have much of a selection.

unfortunately, their fiction ebook section appears to consist solely of harlequin romances. which... i don't know about you, but i don't think i'd read one of them, even if it was free.

i guess it's back to the sony store. foiled again.

happy thanksgiving.

it's snowing.

snow on thanksgiving means rain on christmas. it's my own little superstition.

on the other hand, 2 1/2 lbs of mashed potatoes have been made.

zombie plants.

is it just me, or do brussels sprouts look like little brains?

they are yummy roasted, though. yay fall.

student life.

i have been awake for 24 hours.

uploaded my paper at 5:30 this morning. it's due at noon.

i hate forced drafts. i don't write drafts. the reason i didn't go to sleep last night is because the actual due date for the paper is next tuesday and i totally blanked on the fact that a stupid fucking draft was due today.

hmf.

mid-semester break.

too much thinking.

apple pie has been made.

i even managed not to cut any fingers this time. i should really spring for one of these.