meta catch-up

man, i am GRUMPY today. just general grump-malaise running thru my veins. not sure why. maybe it's because i'm at work, alas.

and surrounded by idiots. yesterday, i swear i heard a woman say, "where's ching chong??" when she was wondering why her chinese food hadn't yet arrived. nice, eh?

i couldn't be as confrontational as i would have liked, mostly because there was still that 1% chance i hadn't heard her correctly. but i'm 99% sure that's what she said, because right after she said it, her friend called her over and started talking in suspiciously low tones to her.

november has not been a good blogging month. not much to report, really - just a ton of classwork piling up at the end of the year. i'll be in the library every weekend until the 13th. come by and buy me a latte! ;) triple shot? thanks.

• thanksgiving was spent at anthony's parent's house. lots and lots of delicious food and relaxation.
• i couldn't finish 'the people of paper' no matter how much i wanted to. maybe another day. in the meantime, i now owe the library $2 in fines (for that one book; i am sorry to say i owe $25 in total).
• currently reading gould's book of fish: a novel in twelve fish. i got this book ages ago when it first came out as a promo from borders. the best part (so far) is that the text changes colors. OOOOO! not like mood-changing colors, just different chapters use different yummy colors. i am easily amused and i hope that it's as good reading as it is eye-candy. it's my second time attempting to read it; maybe that's not a good sign.
• we put our christmas tree up! and we are in desperate need of better decorations. at least i made those jellyfish decorations. huzzah! a smack of jellies on our tree!
• i need to perfect a mulled wine recipe before the 10th. i plan on drinking a lot of wine between now and then. for research, of course.
• i've had at least 3 pots of tea every day this week at work.