ironymaiden | not a creature was stirring, not even the high strung shiba inu next door

perhaps i should make myself a

scarlettina-style bullet list of post topics.

right now, Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law are being beautiful squabbling over a waistcoat on the television. C: i hate it when Daddy and Daddy fight.

i'm sandwiched on the futon between him and

mimerki, all with our respective laptops. there has already been spiked eggnog and homemade pizza (not at the same time) and there's apple french toast in the fridge ready to pop in the oven tomorrow morning.

i haven't finished my holiday projects, so there will be a bit of "see this unfinished thing? it will be yours. eventually." that comes from a combo of overambition, busy times at work, colds, and vacation.

hey, we went to Florida to visit family, and it was nice. i have a pile of photos to go through, mostly animals from Animal Kingdom and SeaWorld. we swam with dolphins and watched fireworks and ate fabulous food. hopefully i will get the photos on Flickr and blog it before i forget how it all went. mom and dad loved their quilt.

i had a successful RedditGifts secret santa exchange. i got a package of thoughtful things from Denmark (visitors can taste the "school chalk" candy) and i sent a package off to England that was well-received (she's an FC Barcelona fan, so i sent a commemorative scarf from the Sounders/FC Barcelona friendly from last year). the whole endeavor is epic - something like 17000 people participate. here's a nice interview about it on CNNi.

we got each other Rock Band 3. i'm enjoying the keytar.

i'm also enjoying Japanese police mascots. yes, most of them are really cute.