Snow

Posting will resume in a couple days when I’m back from Tahoe.

It’s snowing here! We’re here for 3 nights, and we were planning ski 3 days, but with the snow and our lack of snow chains for all the cars, we are staying in today. By which I mean building snowmen in the backyard once the last person finally gets done showering (slowpoke!).

And, man, the fondant-like coating of snow over everything is beautiful.

Christmas Eve.

‘Twas the night before Christmas,
And I was watching the Star Wars trilogy on TV.

We don’t really celebrate Christmas, so it doesn’t really matter to me.

What’s nice, though, is that I get to see my friend Cassio (nicknamed for the role she played in our Othello video in English class in high school). I haven’t seen her in two years! I’ve missed her, but she’s coming down to visit tomorrow =D

Happy holidays, all!

Avatar (You Know, the One With the Blue People)

I saw Avatar in 3D yesterday with some high school friends (most of whom also go to Berkeley but some of whom I haven’t seen lately).

When I first saw the trailers, I was dubious. I mean, blue cat people? But the visual effects were pretty stunning – I loved the bioluminescent nighttime settings, and the method of the Na’vi connection to nature.

My official recommendation is: see it.

Now, I’m off to go ice skating!

Cabin Rentals

Man, trying to find a house to rent in Tahoe for 13 people for 2 (or at the most 3) nights between Christmas and New Years is really hard.

We should’ve started looking a couple days ago, but we weren’t completely sure how many families were coming. Now everything’s booked.

I really really wanted to spend at least one night there.

You know, because it’ll mean we have two days to spend snowboarding...that’s all...
>.> <.<

Flute

I finally picked up my flute again. It’s been 3 years since I really played it– not since high school marching band.

And wow, I suck.

I’m going to have to practice again. My fingers don’t move that fast anymore.

But on the bright side, I found a website that has free sheet music for flutes, with a good selection of warm-ups and more difficult pieces. And all for solo flautists, not a whole band!

Winter Break!

I’m hoping there won’t be too much boredom this winter break.

What there will be:

• Snowboarding, hopefully >1 time.
• Seeing one of my best friends from high school that I haven’t seen in 2 years.
• Seeing a family friend I haven’t seen in a while either. My mom jokingly says she would approve of him as my boyfriend – I'm not sure how I feel about that :P
  
• Watching movies with Dizzle and D-dog.

Now Is The Winter of My Content

I’m on winter break! I am done with finals, as of this morning.

I turned in my paper, did my little part in our mock House hearing as part of a coalition consisting of uninsured heads of households and single mothers on Medicaid, listened to 3 hours of people speaking for their roles, and was finally finished!

A large part of the rest of my day has consisted of playing these three games on Orisinal.