I'm Back, Baby

I took last week off from work to use up some use or lose leave. I have been having trouble with internet access, and on top of that, my computer now doesn’t even want to turn on. Hence, no blogging last week (and also hence, the laptop being tossed across the room).

Here are some highlights (and, sadly, lowlights) of the week:

1. Having to go into work on my first day off. Totes bitter.

2. Saw Rent for the second time. It was just as good as the first time. I am now totally obsessed with Rent. I put the full soundtrack on my Amazon wish list, but I couldn’t wait until Christmas for it, so I had to run out and buy it. (Yes, I realize that I have turned into someone I would usually make fun of.)

3. I finished all my Christmas shopping, except for something for my hard to buy for cousin. What do you get for someone whose main interests are hockey and women of ill repute? (Since I am also a hockey fan, I have totally done the hockey-related gifts to death.)

4. My living room looks like some sort of Christmas explosion hit it. I bought way too much wrapping paper and bright shiny ribbons are everywhere. I prefer to think of it as “festive,” rather than, say, “messy.”

5. My quest for the perfect boots has finally come to an end. I bought them, they were not superexpensive, and I lurve them. Yes, they pinch my toes a bit, but I can live with that because of the aforementioned lurving.

6. I worked out a fair amount. Usually I like to listen to disco-y type music and watch TV at the same time just for some visual stimulation. One day, I was watching the History Channel and a documentary about Auschwitz came on. Listening to Kylie Minogue while watching that just seemed so inappropriate. Also, it was so devastating that I started to tear up, and then I got all phlegmy, which made it hard to breathe. The next day I watched a Christmas episode of The Nanny on Lifetime, since that seemed a lot more lightweight. Unfortunately, that also induced tears. Did I mention that I cry really easily? Of course, tearing up at a documentary about the slaughter of innocent people is understandable. But The Nanny?

7. We saw The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe on Friday. Despite having read this book several times (first when I was seven, most recently a few years back), I somehow missed that it’s an allegory for Christianity. Not being religious, I tend to miss really obvious references to the Jesus. I'm slow that way. Anyways, it's pretty good, even if you are not all into the Jesus.

8. I tried on and rejected several velour tracksuits. This is a look I want to work, but deep down I know it just isn’t happening. It was a very Goldilocks moment. This one is too big. This one is too small. This one makes my ass look like Texas. Sadly, there was no “this one is just right.”