Welcome Winter!!

Now that the fall semester has come to an end, I would like to welcome us all to the joy that is Winter Break! For the next six weeks, there are no exams, no papers, no presentations, no readings, no complicated mathematics (well...uh... still doing that). Of course, that also means that the vast majority of my friends are gone now and the list of things to do will not be as plentiful as it has been. But nevertheless, stress-free is the way to be.

Tonight, I had to play a gig at the local watering hole...err bar...The Banshee. I was part of an impromptu low brass Christmas band, "Tiny Tim and the Ten (minus four) Tubas!" I had never seen the music before we played, which was a first as far as performing is concerned. I mean, it was all Christmas music, so it wasn't exactly difficult. My parents came down to see the performance and I was disappointed that they didn't actually see us perform. There was some weirdness with the schedule and I only ended up playing once, right at the beginning. We were supposed to go on again later, but I had to go early as I had promised a few friends that I would go for Chinese with them.

After the bar, zcrescendo, his three philosophers, Lisa, Mike, Glennifer, and I all went to grab some Chinese food because tomorrow the latter three leave for Christmas break. It was fantastic fun, augmented by the fact that select individuals were not exactly 0.00 on the old BAC scale! But I digress (and am still full from the food.) I love Chinese food, but we need a divorce as I need to lose weight and Chinese food does contribute significantly to my large weight.

Needless to say, tonight was one of the most fun nights I have had in a while; zcrescendo went as far as to say it was one of his top two nights of the semester. I definitely agree! That's one thing this semester was lacking in - stress-free fun. But it's okay, that's what break is for.

Speaking of break... I have decided tomorrow is going to be a personal day. I will not get out of bed except only to see my little sister participate in her First Holy Reconciliation, one of two Catholic milestones she will be reaching this year. After that, it's back to sleep, relaxing, and watching TV all day. "QED Baby"/Rachmaninoff lent me a season of Rocky and Bullwinkle and I need to finish watching it so I can give it back to him.

Other than that, there are a few cool things going on during break that I will most certainly be blogging about:

• Christmas and New Years.
• The Return of iepoch and the various shenanigans that will result
• The PA Farm Show thingy in Harrisburg, first week in January.
• A trip to Rutgers to very briefly investigate the possibility of an Ed.D or PhD in an educational field.
• Service trip to Harrisburg at the end of January.
• My journey to being in-shape and not as fat.
• Completing two more articles for publication.
• An eight book long reading list for my Junior Honors Seminar next semester (I will be posting the book list within a couple of days.)

To everyone... enjoy the weekend and, most of all, STAY WARM!!!!