In which I ramble on about nothing.

I stayed out all night last Wednesday playing a silly drinking game called Beirut with beer, ping pong balls, and three awesome people.

Friday morning’s yoga class was awesome but left me sore for two entire days. No more classes until the middle of January, sadly.

I sold my old cell phone and gave the resulting $15 to my unemployed brother, who had originally purchased the phone as a gift for me a couple of years ago.

I mailed my present for Josh’s awesome gift exchange at the Very Last Moment.

I’ve slogged through binary math and two chapters of the CCENT/CCNA ICND1 Official Exam Certification Guide.

I received my present from Josh’s awesome gift exchange. It was from Adam and it was ZOMBIES! And a Sensitivity Consultant! I love them.

I gigged Friday and Saturday nights in the Tricities. Not only was it totally fun, but I made two hundred bucks so I bought myself a Kindle! Probably not the smartest thing to do while unemployed, but it’s Christmas and I’d been planning a big electronics purchase for months. (Did you know that Fictionwise is currently selling no fewer than three different electronic ebook readers? None are wireless, though.) I just hope I don’t end up wishing I’d upgraded my iPod instead.

I spent well over an hour at decalgirl.com surfing Kindle skins. And LG Lotus skins. And Eee PC skins. And iPod Touch skins.

I got all my Xmas stuff wrapped and put under the tree:

(I have only three Christmas gifts yet to obtain. They’ll probably be gift cards: lamesauce but easy.)

I need to go to the post office and ship a couple of boxes this afternoon. I also really need a manicure because it’s been a month and my nails are all sorts of screwed up-looking.

I have applied to two jobs since I was laid off. I haven’t been able to file for benefits yet because the Job Seekers site is “experiencing high volumes” and/or the back end totally shat the bed (there were “database is missing” errors late last night when I tried to file online), but I have until Friday. One has already called me back for a phone interview. I don’t really want to get a job quite yet; I’d like to take a month or two off and finish my CCNA before going back to work full time.

Happy Christmas/pagan holiday/solstice week, my babies!

That is all.