so much in a symbol

not long after seeing the golden compass....

J: I'm still upset that that website said my daemon was a rat

K: Rats are smart and clever. I'm a rat.

J: Only in the chinese zodiac.

K: Elephants are afraid of rats.

J: I don't think that's actually true...

way better than a pet rock

Apparently, hedgehogs are just the rage right now. I momentarily thought about getting one as a pet since cats and dogs are out of the question. Not quite the petting type of pet, but they are really really cute.

Ah, I love the smell of family around the holidays

Whenever my brother talks to me about our mother he always manages to say "my mother", which always makes me a little nervous*. Like when they wanted to sit us down for a talk a while back and my immediate response was: ok, which one of you isn't my parent?

Actually, a very similar response to how John's dad signs his Christmas cards—Love "Dad".

I'd like to hear any stories that can top these. I mean I know that every family has its eccentricities†, but there are some basics that ours really need to get sorted out.


*And I'm really not joking, I don't think I've ever heard him say our mother, even when we were kids.

†This is a really fun word

the sad truth

I am terribly addicted to internet tv now.

For the longest time I thought only comedy central had it together enough to figure this out but now as I realize so many other networks are catching on, my quick procrastination fix is running rampant.

I swear soon I will let up enough to write a new (real) blog post.

Lesson learned for the day

It is nearly impossible to not burst out laughing when you hear someone whistling the theme to Jurassic park in a random stairwell.

Ok, not completely random, it being a stairwell in an engineering building which may have raised the chance of this happening quite substantially.

And yes, he did sound like a twelve-year-old first-time flute player.