My haul this year (Amended)

As I told one of my friends at work the other day:

"I have some rather sad news. I appear to be maturing and turning into a bona fide adult."
"Why would you say that?"
"I asked for a book for Christmas. And not even one that's fiction. It's a non-fiction one called Guns, Germs, and Steel."
"Sounds cool."
"Yeah, I'm really excited to get it and start reading."
"Too bad about the 'adult' thing though."
"Oh, I'm sure I'll get over it."

And besides, it's not like the book that I want isn't about a very interesting topic, and the title is just awesome. My anthropology professor recommended it plenty of times during the quarter, and he's someone who's opinion I trust. I'm in the middle of Under the Dome by Stephen King right now, but I can't stop reading it for the life of me, so pretty soon I'll be able to start reading my new book. Well, make that books.

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I was with my mom in Barnes & Noble and I showed her Guns, Germs, and Steel and told her I would really like a copy. Then I noticed another book by the same author. I picked it up and was immediately interested. Even she said it looked like it would be worth a look and likely a good read. So I was really happy to get a copy of Collapse today.

My Christmas wasn't all serious with the smart people books, as I got a toy R/C helicopter. It's taking a bit to really learn the controls, but I should have it down soon enough and be able to fully enjoy the toy I got for Christmas. I sincerely doubt it will be my last. Because come on, who doesn't want something fun for fun's sake for Christmas.

I'm not an adult quite yet you know :)

And if you noticed the previous title of this post as having a '(so far)' in it, and now having an (Amended) instead, the next photo will make that change clear:

I still had one more present to unwrap when I went over to my brother's house last night, and I got this! No, not the computer. That happened in this post. What I got is a very handy and useful laptop lapdesk!For me, it's always nice to get something practical for Christmas, because I can never bring myself to buy something I need. Buying something I don't need? Oh, no problem there. I got that covered.

All in all, I had a good Christmas this year.

Merry no longer Christmas!

Close calls in the workplace

I got a call around 3:30 today from my boss asking if I knew I was supposed to be at work. This surprised me, because I could have sworn that I didn't work until 5. Nope, today I was scheduled 2-8. So naturally I changed into my work clothes and headed out as quickly as the icy streets would allow me (it took 20 minutes instead of the usual 12), and got to work about two hours late.

That's not what this post is about though. After organizing all of the dishes, and washing some of the bigger ones, the drain was beginning to back up from all the food clutter and dirty water down there. Lovely image, I know. Well, when I turned on the garbage disposal there was a loud metallic SHINK, and like a bolt of silver quickness, a knife shot from the drain.

Only because of pure instinct was I able to keep track of the knife as it flew through the air, hit the ceiling outside of the dishpit and fell with a clang on the red tile floor. I couldn't help but yell out an expletive appropriate to what I'd just witnessed, which was closely followed by "That could have killed me."

Now I don't want any "Next time be sure"'s or "Don't forget"'s. This was a freak accident. And there have been plenty of times when I've checked to make sure there was no silverware down there, only to hear the familiar grind and clank when I turned it on.

I really wish everybody could have seen it though. It was incredible.

My hobby?

This

Something about that song...

Whenever I hear the Cheers theme song, I just feel... better. The only reason for this that I can think of is that my parents watched it and I just heard it all the time growing up. So I can only come to the conclusion that I was a happy child.

It makes staying up until two in the morning to watch episodes of Cheers worth it.

I don't know quite why I stopped churning out blog posts, but the school quarter ending likely had a lot to do with it. I have more ideas for blog posts, and some old ones that I just haven't been able to get onto the digital page.

Maybe Sunday when I'm not working at the Sunday brunch!