Therefore, be it resolved…

Monday, December 31st, 2007

Typically, I don’t waste a lot of time on making New Year Resolutions. I don’t like the groupthink aspect of considering this the only time of the year to take stock and make promises to myself. However, this year I’ve finally started to make some realizations about long-term life goals and smaller steps necessary to [...]

Questions about 2007 Meme

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

Taken from Buffyannotater:  Behind the jump for being long and completely unnecessary…

Places of 2007

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

2007 was another year in which I never ventured beyond the borders of our great nation under dog. Despite the fact that I feel like I was constantly on the road, I didn’t actually visit that many different places. So, the list of places I stayed at least overnight or longer… Washington, DC* (three times) [...]

Movies of 2007

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

Continuing with the review of the past year, a run-down of movies I watched in 2007. For the purposes of keeping the list simple, I’m only including movies I saw in a theater. It would be madness to capture all the DVD viewings as well. Pan’s Labrynth  Zodiak  Spiderman 3  Shrek the Third  28 Weeks [...]

Books of 2007

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

For the third year, I present… Books I read in 2007: Altered Carbon (Richard Morgan)  Freakonomics (Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt) King Rat (China Mieville) The Lions of Al-Rassan (Guy Gavriel Kay) Ysabel (Guy Gavriel Kay) The Price of Nothing: The Darkness that Comes Before (R. Scott Bakker) The Warrior-Prophet (R. Scott Bakker) The Thousandfold Thought [...]

Movie review: Juno

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

Last night, Jennifer, Jacob, Eric and I went to see Juno at the new Sundance Kabuki Japantown. The remodelled theater would have been nice (we stopped into one of the lounge areas for cocktails before the show) if Jacob hadn’t felt ripped off at the $3 service fee added on to each ticket ($13.50 per [...]

Top ten list of top ten lists you don’t want to read in 2007

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

‘Tis the weekend for year-end top ten lists. I love how random and unnecessary many of these are. I’m working on a few of my own, however, I’ve had some ideas for top ten lists you won’t want to hear from me… 10. Top ten poops of 2007 9. Top ten reasons to make a [...]

Tiger, tiger, burning bright

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

My trip home is coming to a close all too quickly. Said some family goodbyes today since I’ll be taking off before some of them leave work tomorrow. Jasmine is joining me on the first leg of the flight home (she’s on her way to Sacramento to visit her boyfriend before he leaves for a [...]

Merry whatever

Tuesday, December 25th, 2007

This was an unusual holiday. For the first time, the number of adult children versus still-living-at-home children in the family has caused severe disruption to our usual traditions. So we began opening presents at 8:00 am, took a break, started again at 10:00 when some of the others showed up, went to my grandparents house [...]

Attend the tale of Movie Todd…

Monday, December 24th, 2007

The last few days have been busy and fun. I’ll have tons of pictures to share once I get a faster connection. Lots of family time, and I’m not regretting any of it. On Saturday, I got together with my friend David, who I wish I’d had more time to get to know before moving, and [...]