Monthly Archives: December 2003

Snow Day!!!!

Posted on December 14, 2003 | Leave a comment

There is snow outside this morning! I guess it’s not really a snow day since there is no school to not go to today, but it looks really nice outside. This ties into a previous (unmentioned) complaint about there being no snow and viewing everyones holiday lights outside. There’s not enough to make a snowman or anything but it looks like it’ll stick around so I can see the lights reflecting off the snow!

But for those of you not around here or who have ever been to it, this means the Wayne County Lightfest, several miles of blocked off traffic along Hines Drive when you can see all kinds go animated festive lights. So load of the kids and get one over there! Sure, they’ve been doing it since Thanksgiving, but with no snow, why go??

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Apple iTunes (and Music Store) Rocks!

Posted on December 14, 2003 | Leave a comment

Since the Apple iTunes Music Store is the Time “Invention of the Year” (I’m not kidding) I figured I better get some gift certificates for the holidays! Not that the Apple Store isn’t always a happy visit (you’ve never been to such a clean crisp store!) and they had exactly what I needed.

I got gift certificates with nice envelopes and they even had iTunes installation CDs for Windows (which I had asked for a month ago and they didn’t exist yet!). So I’m all set with those gifts and they came in a cool apple bag (which converts to a backpack like thing).

Added bonus: I got to see eleven week-old baby photos from (Kelly) one of the Apple staff!

The problem is that I wish I had gotten more, I’ve already thought of a dozen extra stockings to stuff. Well, it’s time for another trip…

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Christmas lights

Posted on December 13, 2003 | Leave a comment

So I’ve got my tree up with the lights turned on, the fireplace is going and I really enjoy just relaxing with them on (and the other lights off). I don’t even have any bulbs on the tree but I find it all oddly comforting… Besides television (and computers), fire and decorative lighting are some of the few things that people do while staring directly into a light source (think about it). I’m not sure why it’s so enjoyable, but it is! Just think of deer and headlights.

The backlight of the laptop I’m using is distracting (yet somehow appealing), so I think I’m going to wrap this up and watch the lights.

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I Love “Joan of Arcadia” (and you should too!)

Posted on December 12, 2003 | Leave a comment

Can I tell you how much I like Joan of Arcadia? I like it enough that it got me to finally set up a blog. Joan is a normal girl who meets God one one day and God tells her what to do. Not unlike the voices in people’s heads she generally doesn’t tell people why she is doing these things.

God tells (suggests) her to ask ask the school trouble-maker to the “Crystal Ball”, the semi-formal, and (of course) does not tell her why. This really comes down to preconceptions (the series deals A LOT with them) about people. She defends him and listens to him and and even ties his tie for him. She was nice to him. In the end she saves the world or at least the world of a few people, just by being nice. It’s not so hard being nice and it’s a lot more fun than the other. And of course she gets grounded for it.

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