Merry Christmas

It's good to be home. Being away for the past semester, I'd forgotten just how many traditions my family has during Christmas-time. From things that I feel most families do, like baking cookies (for "Santa") or reading The Night Before Christmas, to the traditions that are uniquely our own...it's the little things that make the holidays special. It's a cliche, yes. But it's true.

Anyway, since the hour is late - I should have been in bed about twenty minutes ago ;) - I'll leave my musings at that.

Merry Christmas, everybody. Whether you're Christian or not, I hope the spirit of the season fills you as we head into 2008. In the end, it's more about goodwill towards all than shiny presents. ^_^

Mail call!

Okay, so I'm going to take a break from the depressing hacker policy stuff for a moment, because guess what came in the mail for me today?


Hooray for care packages!

In case you can't tell, that's 48 Nutri-Grain bars, 48 Chewy granola bars, 40 bags of microwave popcorn, 8 boxes of EasyMac, and one deliciously chocolatey box of M&M's. The desk worker said it was the biggest care package she had ever seen.

I have the most awesome parents in the world.