I'm watching Invader Zim the Most Horrible X-Mas ever. Ooh I need eggnog and fruit cake.

I'm watching Invader Zim the Most Horrible X-Mas ever. Ooh I need eggnog and fruit cake.

Heh. Emmett and I were singing that particular carol all the way home on the Muni this evening.

"Bow down! Bow down! / Before the power of Santa / Or be crushed / Be crushed / Byyyyyy........His JollyBootsofDoom!"

Or possibly I was singing it a lot and he was telling me to shut up because I was embarrassing him.

Hey David, are you or JZ going to be available (and willing) for a laptop handoff tomorrow morning?

Er, later on this morning, I guess, what with it being after midnight and stuff. But, you know, after sleep and stuff.

ok, gifts are wrapped, GPS maps loaded for trip down south, and gift cards with forged writing (I told my sister of the overpayment issue, so she left the greeting card unsealed, so I could include a couple extra gift cards to her from them, which helped keep me from giving her a TON of gift cards plus gifts). I must say, it was the 1st time I've ever wrapped gifts to me. Now I should be sleeping. Ya. Not doing so well. oy.

Save travels Sean & S! Hope to see you sometime soon.

I broke a tooth, and my dentist isn't in the office until the 26th. All recommendations from a co-worker who used to be a dental technician have proven themselves completely incapable of staying on this particularly slick tooth, and the nature and location of the break has created a lovely serrated surface upon which the side of my tongue insists on slicing itself open. Waiting at work tomorrow is a smorgasbord of leftovers from today's potluck, which i now cannot even think about enjoying without major mouth pain. Sweet, this is gonna be the best Xmas EVER! On the bright side, no projectile vomiting since i won't be eating solids!

I don't know why I'm up in the middle of the night, what with the no school and no work should equal no stress and easy sleeping, but here I am. I got an A- in my other class - the one with the crazy tough professor. I'm feeling pretty good about myself at the moment.

e_o, did you get the dental repair stuff from the drugstore? I've had pretty good luck with the epoxy-like stuff.

seconding Ginger's recommendation

OK that was way more than you asked. See what happens when you get me started?

But not more than we wanted to know. Fascinating.

Speaking of horses, I just sat down to edit a dvd from my vacation and I'm bummed because it's apparently in the disc drive of the computer I *didn't* bring with me. But since we're talking horses, I'll tell the story anyhoo. We did one of those excusion thingies and with this one you started out at an old plantation up in the hills, rode down through the woods and fields, and finally came out on the beach. Whereupon we got to take the horses out and go racing through the sea, then we dismounted and swam around with them for a while. It was so freaking cool.

But one of the neatest parts was this: in the brochure, this company had made a big point about their well loved and cared for horses, which is part of why we chose this one over some other outfits. And it was really clear, watching the guides interact with them and chatting with them about their names and personalities and idiosyncrasies, and watching the way the horses behaved, that that wasn't blowing smoke. We were talking on the way home about how that really made the whole thing even better.

But they didn't really tell us the whole story. Come to find out after we get home, most of their horses are rescue horses, coming off the track or from abusive situations and stuff. [link] Some of the horses mentioned here were on our ride, like Peanut and Peacekeeper (who breaks up fights! for reals!).

Anyhoo, it was really amazing, and even more special now. Film at eleven when I get my shit together.