first of all, poor Evan.

first of all, poor Evan. It sucks royally that someone would hack Blogger, which is a free service, and really should be left alone. I hope all the problems are resolved quickly, and whoever did this is caught and punished. So, this update was done manually, and I probably won’t post again until Blogger’s fixed.

The Recap

Christmas was grand. Max was adorable. I’d write more, but I’m still recovering from all the joy and togetherness. And, I just got done doing the trim for the basement. The fam is coming over tomorrow and we’re going to paint the whole thing “Polished Apple” red. Why, you ask? Jen had the cool idea of turning the basement into our own private movie theater. So, we’re going to start by painting the walls bright red, and then adding movie paraphenalia and eventually getting a big-screen TV and a giant sectional. It’ll be peachy-keen.

We also got my new computer together and working! It’s fast and nice and runs a wicked UT.

I also just sent my Blogger Insider questions to young Ellie, my randomly selected interviewee/er. Here are the questions. If you’d also like to answer them, please send them!

  1. What’s your favorite thing about living in Massachusetts?
  2. Least favorite thing?
  3. Will the Red Sox ever get over “The Curse”?
  4. How do you think living where you live (or have lived if you’re not from there originally) has shaped your personality?
  5. Who introduced you to blogging (ie: which blog did you visit first, was it a friend)?
  6. Why do you blog, and what do you hope to gain from it?
  7. Which do you prefer, old REM (pre-Monster) or old REM (post-Monster)?
  8. If you could have dinner with anyone in the world, who would it be and where would you eat?
  9. What’s the biggest thing you’ve learned about life so far?
  10. What’s your favorite thing about College (I’m assuming you’re a freshman)?
  11. Least favorite?
  12. What’s your favorite comfort food?
  13. If you think the milk’s gone bad, do you ask someone else to smell/taste it before you throw it out?

Now, I have to go to bed so I can get up nice and early and paint.

Elise has the greatest links

Elise has the greatest links on her site. Through one of them, I found these. I think I need a pair. I’ll make a big underpants kite, go downtown and fly it near the Washington Monument in the spring. Won’t that be lovely?

Here’s wishing everyone an early

Here’s wishing everyone an early Happy Kwanzaa.

I just installed Office X

I just installed Office X on my Mac and ‘lo and behold, I now have my favorite font of all time, Tahoma! That means that our intranet looks peachy in IE 5.1 now. Yes! Ahhhh, geeks and our simple pleasures.

Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

I have the next several days off. I’m not coming in to work next week, and most of the next one. We’re going to paint the basement, and hopefully put together my new computer (if the case ever shows up).

Work is a ghost town today. There are two of us on my row. My Buddy List is looking a little lean. Yes, it’s Holiday Time, and no one wants to work.

Beware geeks with free time.

Beware geeks with free time.

I’m a freakin’ social butterfly!

I’m a freakin’ social butterfly! I took the Autism-Spectrum Quotient Test over at Wired and got a 13. I’m slightly more social than average. I don’t believe it…

I love looking at pictures

I love looking at pictures of Max. Those were taken this summer, just a few months ago, and it’s amazing to realize the changes Max has gone through since then. He’s taller and faster, which is expected. He’s talking now, in complete sentances sometimes. He has shorter hair, and yes, it’s still crazy. He’s a joy to be around (which isn’t really change). He’s a lot more fun now that we can have little conversations and our little drawing sessions where he tells me what to draw, and then I tell him what to draw. I love having a son. I love him. I honestly wouldn’t exchange it for anything.

What’s sexy now?

What’s sexy now?

Blissful Domesticity

We made cookies last night. Yes, I know! It was so completely fun and domestic that I almost crapped myself in the total Normal Rockwellian joy it produced. I didn’t even get mad when, mid-cookie mixing, our mixer decided that randomly ejected the blades was a good idea. I wasn’t annowed that I had to make a 7pm run to Bed, Bath & Beyond to get a new mixer (I was going to go to Target, but BB&B is closer, and I remembered as I saw the sign that mixers are included in the “Beyond”). We made orange juice/coconut/hershey kiss cookies, thanks to a recipe from Penny. We completed a first pass at my aunt’s famous pecan “little white balls” which turned into pecan sandies thanks to my lax rolling o’ the dough (They’re still good, just not “ballsy”). Jen made fudge, and cut and bake chocolate chip. Then, at 10:45 last night, after I went over to my fam’s to get cinnamon and play pool on dad’s Christmas present, we made Pineapple Walnut Drops that turned into Pineapple Walnut Pancakes (but again, still yummy).

We listened to Ska, danced, let Max play in the pan cupboard, and had a great time. I think we’ll have cookie night every week.