Blah.

I can't think of much to say right now, which is why I haven't posted anything, but I want to post, so I'm doing it anyway. I'm still in that after-holiday, bloated, lethargic, fat with material goods, fat with cookies, fat with fatty fat fat, fat fat fatty fat, fat fat fat stage. And I'm a little sick, and I have PMS (TMI?) so I'm feeling really sluggish today.

But we got some sweet shit for xmas, and except for the five minutes I had to spend listening to Joe talk about the OC (seriously), all our holiday gatherings went smoothly, so I'm really grateful for that. We also got to see Courtney, which was AWESOME. She took a picture of us (sans herself) that shows just how fat (and forehead-shiny) my holiday has been. And how adorable everyone else's holiday has been, because they're all friggin adorable.

Whatelsewhatelse...hmmm...we're going to Maria's for dinner tonight, and she doesn't know it but I'm totally bringing her a birthday present...We've used the grill dad gave us so much lately that I've had to clean the kitchen waaay less (sweeet). And Brett makes it sound so awesome to cook with (and the food has been so good) that now *I* want to learn how to grill. And everyone who sees it gets jealous, which is also pretty sweet. Another jealousy-inducing item has been our Wii, which is sick as hell. I've actually made myself sweaty and sore using it, and so have B and our friends. We need more wiimotes, so more than just two people can play at once. But Dan needs to bring his own, because he got wiitarded and flug it across the room TWICE (by accident). And I'm not playing Shannon, because she's too good. It's unnatural.

Oh!!! I also got a new hard drive!!! It's been on my wists for 4EVA but I kind of figured none of my parents would be nerdy enough to get it for me, so my plan this xmas was to use some of our xmas money for it. So I did. HA! And it's soooooooooooo cute. So cute. It's the same silver/white color as my mini and it fits perfectly underneath (it was designed to work that way). It's also a USB/firewire hub, so now I can daisy chain my ipod, camera, scanner, all-in-one, etc through the LaCie and have them plugged in all at once instead of picking and choosing and switching them out all the time. And so far it's been really fast and really quiet, and hasn't seemed to get that hot which is good. But most importantly, it's 250GB, and I only had about 10GB left on my mini, so I'm really going to put the extra storage to good use.

I ALSO got Fresh's A Grain of Rice from my dad, which I'd actually asked for scent-un-smelled, but which I now LOVE (as does Brett) and have been wearing almost daily. *I* like Sugar Lychee and Sugar Blossom a lot right now, but Brett was only sort of "meh" about them, and he likes Fracas and Incanto Charms, but only in a "yeah, this is okay" kind of way. Sake smells like...just grown up. Nice. I actually think it smells more elegant than Prada, which I think is a nice grown-up sort of scent, but which Brett doesn't care for on me. Sake doesn't smell like actual sake (which is probably a good thing), but it does have a tiny hint of the same floralness that sake can have, so maybe that's where the name comes from. According to Sephora, the notes are: langsat fruit, grapefruit, ginger, white peach absolue, lotus flower, lily of the valley, osmanthus, vanilla, musk. The only thing that I can clearly pick out when I wear it is an occasional whiff of citrus (probably the grapefruit), and the rest just blends together in a delicate, smooth, non-powdery, very feminine, only a little sweet, quite...well...FRESH scent. Which is strange since I don't usually think of musks as fresh, and you can tell there's musk in it, but still. It smells polished and clean. And it doesn't give me a headache, and it works great with my body chemistry, and I can't believe how much Brett likes it. So two thumbs up. Nope...wait...Brett says "four." So four thumbs up. :D

What else...hmmm...we really got a ton of great stuff...oh! We're getting an insulating table pad for our dining room table, so I won't be so paranoid about people hurting it, and maybe I'll invite people over for dinner more. :) Oh! And we got a tiny new vacuum with a shoulder strap, which has made cleaning the pine needles off of our carpeted stairs a SNAP! It's so lightweight...it's way easier on my back.

I can't think of anything else to write right now, and my belly is hungry for lunch and my hair is hungry for a shower, so I'm gonna go. But I shall leave you with this, courtesy of Jon: