Well Worn In

That’s right folks, winter break is officially a wrap!  Tomorrow by this time I will be back in State College, PA.  Break was a BLAST!  It was as I hoped it would be: filled with family, friends, and relaxation.  I received for Christmas a new Canon DSLR.  The New Year’s Pictures were taken with it, so look out for that stunning image clarity from now on!

Back to the real world, as they say.  Respect the grind.

From Break:

Wow!  2010?!?!

Here’s to a healthy, prosperous, and loving new year.

I brought in 2010 at my buddy D-Bo’s house in Manayunk.  We rang in the new year in style with 6 or 7 $5.99 bottles of Champagne.  Throughout the night I managed to lose my water bottle, my camera’s lens cap (found), my phone, and my desire to imbibe adult beverages ever again.

And now, the debauchery:

A belly full
and no gifts left to unwrap
A black and white movie
and a good long nap

After dinner,
cards around the table
cookies and drinks
for the boy from the stable

This Semester I:

1. Downloaded an inordinate amount of music
2. Did laundry 4 times
3. Changed my sheets 0 times
4. Visited Wikipedia 1×10^10 times
5. Facebook stalked just about everyone I know
6. Became level 15 in Farmville
7. Listened to every No Agenda podcast
8. Finished out a journal
9. Started a new journal
10. Watched 2 seasons of Entouage and a season of the X-Files
11. Made about 20 iTunes playlists
12. Made a WordPress blog (This one)
13. Oh yea, went to class too

Sucessful Semester, I’d Say.

More stress relief.  This time, however, in the form of a techno rave.  It actually turned out to be pretty wild, with about 600 students attending.  It was cool to see a lot of people getting really into it, not just dancing–I saw a gorilla, greenman, santa clause, 4 ninjas, and Elvis, as well as a handful of other creative (and not so creative) costumes.

It was my first time crowd surfing, or stage diving, and let me tell you–you have to try it. But make sure you have some friends willing to make sure you don’t fall and break a hip (it happened).

What do you get when you combine a few thousand college freshmen stressed out from finals and 3 inches of snow?  An epic snowball fight.

Thanksgiving was great.  I got to see much of my extended family and all but a handful of friends.  What more could I ask for?  Spent the week (off from school) relaxing, being bored in my small town, but in an oddly comforting way.  Played some football on Thanksgiving day, after the parade.  It felt good to put the ol’ number 25 jersey on again and run around on the field I played on.

“I don’t care where you’re from, home is always the warmest place around.”

Was paid a nice visit by some friends this weekend.  Hilarity Ensued.

Hangin’ in the library the other day.

Hundreds Siting