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as i am constantly reminded, there are but 3 days to christmas. the teaching gig went well. the exam went reasonably well. now i just need to tie up a few loose ends before the madness begins on sunday. we'll do a nice family christmas morning, then go to the folks for dinner and stay over that night. it's a fun time of year, i admit it. i am off tomorrow, and then all of next week, and a day or two the following week as well. i might even get ambitious and re-arrange my home office.

i got 2 issues of paste magazine in the mail this week. i love it - each issue comes with a sampler CD with 20-22 new songs by artists i haven't heard of (mostly, anyway). i have a couple of cd's on my xmas wish list - i guess i'm a music junkie. ok, there i admit it. i am constantly listening to music - at work (from my pc), in my car, in bed, in the bathtub.... (ipod is a great invention).

i haven't been on a bike in like 2 months, and i don't miss it. it's hockey season. i've played 4 times in the past 10 days, and i love it. i play with this group, and a new kid has come out to play with us. he used to play at a very high level, much higher than any of the rest of us. it's amazing to watch a guy like that play, where everything seems so easy and natural. i wonder what it's like to play at that level. I'd like to see, just for an hour. he's barely skating at half speed just to play down at our level. i'll probably start in january and work out once a week on the stationary bike, just to get into bike shape a wee bit for the spring. first race is in april.

i don't think i'll post again before the 25th, so merry christmas to all of you who's down in whoville, and happy holidays to the rest of you!

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i'm leaning on this broken fence..

i can't remember what it was like. but i haven't even seen you in over 6 weeks, and i still remember that 'high' i felt in your presence. when the rush ended, i would feel lost, iike a hangover in a place i don't even remember being.

when i closed my eyes and then opened them again
you were gone
out of my life
forever
do you think i wouldn't care?
do you think i wouldn't notice?

the human ability to remember is both our greatest blessing and our greatest curse. i am blessed for i will remember all that i learned from you and some moments we shared. i am cursed because i will continue to be

haunted
by the loss
of you

let's make some soup 'cause the weather is turning cold

remember back in the fall, when it got cold, but things were still green?





i have a couple things on my mind, as the season of insanity approaches. we had an early christmas with my extended family last weekend, and we got the tackiest gift i've ever received in my life. These people, they're usually good at giving good gifts, so I don't know what happened this year. I have a suspicion that they're regifting. At least we have the receipt, so we can return it, though the store is tacky in itself, so if we only get store credit, we'll be stuck with something tacky.

i made up a christmas playlist on my ipod. the title of this entry is one of the songs on the list. know the artist? speaking of music, i saw some live music recently. i went to see chris and kate (www.chrisandkate.com). except this time, kate wasn't there. apparently, she is with child, and couldn't make the trip. chris is a terribly talented musician on his own, but it is the hypnotizing vocals of kate that i am drawn to. i bought a ticket anyway and enjoyed the show, but obviously, something was missing.

i was away last week for a few days to teach a course - about a 4 hour drive. the course went well, the drive was tolerable. my exam is coming up this weekend, and i'm starting to cram. no other news to report.



this photo was the first significant snow of the year. i'm amazed at how such a small, dying plant can support so much snow.