Christmas and the Like

OK, So today is my 20th birthday! YAY!

I am currently at the toy shop where I opened for the first time by myself. It's just me, the stuffed animals and a little Rockabye Baby U2. First customer of the day was a woman and her daughter returning a rather expensive present that the girl did not want. The woman in general was in a cranky mood and rather nasty. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU TOO! The customers after that were nice so that fixed my put-outedness.

Onto Christmas:
I got a lot of nice things from my family. My family break Christmas up into 3 distinct sections. Christmas Eve = Grandma's house from my mom's side of the family. We open those presents then, then have a mini birthday thing for me. The next morning we open our presents at home then head over to my aunt's house form my dad's side of the family. Everyone at our house knows the best extended family presents come from my grandma's house. This year did not disappoint. I received a balloon animal making kit and some magic books. For my birthday I got a REALLY cool knife from my uncle (He's prepping my armory that I plan on having in my house when I move out on my own). On my dad's side of the family, excluding a beautiful earring and necklace set I got from my one aunt, I got sheets. 2 whole sheet sets. Granted they are nice sheets, but it still felt much like opening your package and finding socks. Pleasant, functional, and lackluster of that holiday enthusiasm.

So today is my birthday and now to decide where I will go with my family for dinner and a movie. I've narrowed it down to The Day the Earth Stood Still or The Tale of Despereaux. As far as dinner is concerned, I think I might say Red Robin because I know Amanda likes to go there.

I think I'm going to add a separate post about some other stories/ things going on. This appears to be a strictly holiday post. That being said:

MERRY CHRISTMAS
HAPPY FESTIVUS
HAPPY SOLSTICE
and
HOPE YOU HAD A ROCKIN" SATURNALIA!

I have come to the conclusion that...

I just don't have a life full of blog worthy things.

Perhaps it is related to the fact that I don't speak on the phone very well. It's not that I stammer or anything, I simply seem to run out of conversation. Now in person, that is another story entirely.

In reference to the video I last posted about, I ended up making a blooper reel in addition to the actual piece. Both are linked here:

The Actual Assignment

The Blooper Reel

Anywho, Christmas is literally upon us. That means my birthday is as well! I turn 20 on the 26th. I head to NYC on the 30th for a couple days with my boyfriend (who told me all I have to do is blog about how amazing he is. I countered with the fact that his awesomeness is common knowledge the world- over. He conceded to this).

Have I ever mentioned on here that I am hopelessly, unbelievably in love? I mean it's truly terrible. You suddenly have these gooey feelings and your brain tends to go all to mush when that certain person smiles. These gooey feelings have persisted for more than a year and i see no sign of a cure.

I wonder if it's terminal...

The Here and Now

Things have been admittedly hectic this semester. Therefor I am going to basically start fresh, just injecting little side notes and points of interest.

1) Has anyone out there heard of or read the children's book titled "The Wump World"?

• I freaking loved this story as a child and recently had it purchased for me
• I'm in an Apocalyptic Fiction class and while discussing Earth Abides, the story of the wumps came to mind. Ah kid lit!

2) Another question: Has anyone seen Twice Upon a Time?

• It's a fantastically fun movie
  
• You can find it on YouTube, granted it's in bits, but it's all there

3) Thanksgiving? Already? When did that happen?

• Ah well, good food cometh

4) I am currently working on a mini film for my creative writing class. I will post it as soon as it is completed.

Soon

Only 6 days remain here at home. That's 144 hours. 8,640 minutes. 518,400 seconds. But who is counting?

Honestly I seem to have finally gotten back into the swing of being home and now I have to leave again. I kept anticipating my return to campus, but now that it's almost here, I'm torn. Going back to school means school work, and my job on campus. It also means freedom. so i guess it all balances out.

After my time at the toy shop, I REALLY don't want to deal with food service. Ah well, we shall see what happens next...

It's been a while...

So, I haven't posted recently because there simply isn't anything going on in my life except work and the recent preparation for returning to school.

I just found out from my boyfriend that The Binghamton University Circus Arts Association is going to performing in the city of Binghamton on September 19th! It's so cool that a club that is only a year old has already done so much. I really hope that the circus that started in 2007 will become a staple at the university. So, it sounds like I will have many more posts in the future with cool circus pictures and everything. The club may even start a blog of their own and then we could get everyone to post about their experiences or whatnot!

I have a family party at my house this Saturday. After that, I really just have the move back to Binghamton on the 22nd, everything is packed, it's just a matter of the drive!

Today is not a good mood day, but, that will change, it always does :-)