Christmas Cheer

Because you like to see me dance.

These are a few of

My Favorite Things (by friends from London)

Pennies from heaven

who knew? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061214/ap_on_bi_ge/mint_coins

tut tut, feels like rain

Driving to work today I thought, "Gee, what an ugly day." And then I thought, "This is what it's like in Seattle every day." Which took me down a line of thought. Here in Baltimore, we have multiple seasons with mulitiple weather patterns. The weather is a good general topic of discussion when you don't really have anything to say. If you're in a city where the weather is pretty much a constant, what do you small talk about? Do you have another equivalent to talking about the weather? (How bout those Mariners?) Or do you still talk about the weather? (Nice day out, only a slight drizzle.) Besides Seattle, I see this problem in San Diego. Do they say, "What a horrible day, look at those 5 clouds in the sky!" Is weather talk relative to the geographic location?

Morning Ritual

If any of you remember my first blog, you might remember my infatuation with apple spice hostess cup cakes. The cup cakes were part of my morning ritual - a schedule to help make the day get going.

I haven't seen an apple spice cup cake for a few years now. But I do still have a morning ritual. It begins when I'm still in bed. I set my alarm for 6:53 (with the clock set 7 minutes fast). Therefore, I can hit snooze 3 times and still be out of bed by 7:14. In between getting out of bed and leaving the house at 7:45 is free time to get dressed/eat/pack lunch in the order that matches my mood.

I take 95 to work and park in the farthest part of the lot and go up the side stairs. I set my things down, put on my badge then start my computer. After I enter the password, I go to the kitchen to make tea or hot chocolate.

The real ritual begins now. I sit at my computer and open my work email. Then I read CNN headlines, followed by Yahoo mail.

If no work is immediately expected of me, I embark on the following schedule:
http://www.aaronkaro.com/column.php (every other Monday)
http://allisonkasic.blogspot.com/ (for football, songs, and fun)
http://appetitivebehavior.blogspot.com/ (for recipes and style)
http://ramones.football.sportsline.com/ (on Tuesdays for picks)
http://bloggingprojectrunway.blogspot.com/ (but not so much since the season is over)
http://theonethirdwriter.blogspot.com/ (myself)
http://submarinewivesclub.org/ (to sympathize with the girls)

Welcome to the first 90 minutes of my day.

Bad football weekend, Good Basketball

Tears, my Redskins lost. Cheers, my Bison won (beating a final four team no less). Very strange seeing kids I knew at school on TV. And when I say knew, I mean I recognize them, saw them in the cafeteria, played intermural volleyball with, etc. In fact, I'm quite proud of the fact that my volleyball team beat McNaughton's team. That's right, and no one on our team was over 5'8". I had a mini-crush on Griffin (gosh, was he really a freshman when I was a senior?) because of his James Dean bad boy hair, but now that it's cut, I realize I'm completely over it. Anybody know what happened to last year's two assistant coaches?