“Every Who down in Whoville…”

Happy {four days after} Christmas!

I still have seven days until I have to head back to college, but I’m already getting anxious about it. I mean, last night I dreamt that I had to write an English essay in ten minutes and my computer broke down. Sounds freakishly lame, I know, but still… it was horrifying! Seems like everywhere I go, the most popular conversation topic is my “college experience.” I can’t even tell you how many people came up to me to say some variation of ”I hear you finished your first semester, huh?” And somehow, nine times out of ten, I couldn’t craft a decent response. “Um, yes” accompanied by a sweet smile just doesn’t have the jazz and wit I was searching for.

Enough college anxiety for one post… I had a nice Christmas. Even though my dad decided to be the Grinch for the first few hours of the day, my mom, my sister, and I tried to ignore it. Life’s too short to waste time sleeping until 11 on Christmas day. It’s also too short to gripe when your family wants to open presents before lunch time. Anyway, I got some cute clothing (which is inspiring me to clean out my closet to make some room). Between my sister and I, we got a lot of good movies. I got a cute pearl bracelet, and gum to last me a few months. And I’m very excited about the $55 in Barnes and Noble gift cards that are burning a hole in my wallet. Lately I’ve been in the mood to spend the day in a Barnes and Noble. It’s just my happy place. And now that I’m $55 richer, I’m all set!

My angsty, teenage sister spent too much time being her unsociable self over the Holidays. We hadn’t seen one of our cousins in a year, and my sister actually passed up extra time with him to go to a basketball game. I ask myself over and over, was I ever like that? No, dear self, you were never like that.

Today I saw The Spirit with my parents and my sister. I was really excited to see it, but it was a little weird. I did like it, but I think I would benefit from a second viewing. I was little confused at some points. I did get a kick out of the characters’ names though. Any movie that has a character called Silken Floss is okay by me. I’m really really eager to see The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Every time the trailer comes on TV, I purposely drive my mom crazy by yelling, “MOM! Look, it’s Benjamin Button!!!!” She may throw a shoe at me if I ask her to take me to see it.

Well, this is a late-night post, and the Sex and the City marathon I’ve been watching is almost over. So I’d better head out. Tomorrow is a free day. I’m hoping it throws something exciting at me. I wouldn’t be upset if a million dollars fell from the sky or a random hot stranger asked me out, but I’d settle for anything interesting, really. I’m not picky.

     

“And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice-cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so?”