Sleighbells ring...

Cambridge will have a white Christmas. On Thursday we had a major storm that left ten inches of beautiful snow all over the brick buildings and the spindly trees. It's almost time for winter break! I finished my last test for Origins of Agriculture on Friday, and the museum exhibit I was organizing for my China class is all set up (and looking fantastic if I do say so myself). I still have a short paper to do by Wednesday, but it's almost done. Unfortunately, I will have to spend Christmas break researching my two term papers, and I have a take-home final when I get back. At Yale I was used to having everything finished before Christmas, so this is kind of annoying, but at least it has made the last couple weeks much less painful than they would have been. In fact, on Yale's schedule I would probably not have been able to go to as many shows this month or do NaNoWriMo. That brings me to my other big project for break: finally digging out Bodies In Flight from its winner-sparkly coffin and EDITING the thing. I'm taking this weekend to get ahead on research so I can relax a little over break, but I did some Christmas shopping yesterday, which was nice. My own Christmas list is still being modified, as I continue to see things I want to own every time I shop for someone else.

I have recently discovered the most delightful webcomic, which I feel clueless for not knowing about earlier. Questionable Content has been running since 2003, and apparently the artist now makes his entire living off of it, which is very rare. It stars a group of twenty-something music geeks, including indie kid Marten and his adorable anthropomorphic computer who wreaks havoc on the side. It also takes place in Massachusetts. The art really was not especially good in the beginning, but now it is quite good and makes me wonder if the artist took classes or just tried harder as his strip became popular. It gives me hope that one day I might be able to make my comic good, though probably not self sufficient.

While flying through the QC archives, I saw an ad link at the bottom of the page labeled "Buddhist Punk Shoes" and was deeply disappointed upon clicking it by the resulting appearance of Zappos, a normal shoe store that looks neither particularly Buddhist nor especially punk. Alas. I was really curious to see how that would work out.

I can't quite fathom that 2007 is coming to a close. I should post a year in review entry at some point. It's certainly been a landmark year in my life, perhaps the biggest since 1999.

My concert agenda for 2008 is already taking shape as Philip snagged tickets to The Bravery in February and I might go see Band of Horses with Tom in January, both at the Paradise Rock Club. Oh goodness, whatever has become of me?