stop watching television

When I left for work last night, I noticed something that bothered me slightly. Across the street from me a neighbor has a Christmas tree on display already. From what I can see it looks to be a fake one, but I still think that it's a little early to start with the decorations. Now having said that I have to admit that I got some more Christmas shopping done today, but that makes more sense to me. I'm not rushing the season, I'm just trying to avoid the negative aspect of it which would be crowds and short tempers. By doing my shopping online now, I not only avoid the swarms of people, but I also get to relax while others are still trying to get all of the presents that they need.

So far China Mieville continues to keep my interest with his book The Scar. Rather than turning on the television tonight, I got further into the world of Bas-Lag or to be more precise the floating pirate city of Armada. Now even I have to admit that that sounds silly, but Mieville has created a world that is very compelling visually and is inhabited by characters that add to said landscape. His world has nothing in common and is far superior to what George Lucas and Gene Roddenberry forced on the public years ago.

As the year heads into it final weeks, I'm trying to make them as calm as possible. At the moment, I have the luxury of free time, but I sense that that will not be the case in the coming weeks. Soon the holiday season will be here and it will be one family function after another. I'm not saying that that kind of thing bothers me; I just know that my personal down time will be very limited.

Before the holidays can take over completely, there is something else that I have to care of first. I have to wrap up what is left of school. With four weeks left in the fall semester, the bulk of the assignments are behind me and I've already started to schedule the spring version. I see that as a good thing, but it does still take some time on my part. Thankfully all that I have left is one project and a paper and then I am done. Winter break is something that I am going to seriously appreciate.

Despite the fact that Thanksgiving is still over a week away, I know where I am going to be when the new year starts and it won't be at work. Nor do I plan on being anywhere near a bar or even the city of Milwaukee. For a while I had considered flying somewhere for a few days, but once someone suggested just heading to the northern part of the state, I decided that that would be best. I don't want to start the new year with drunken strangers. All that I want to do is be with one person far away from everything else.

 
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