and a happy new year

I'm not a nice enough person to spread the Christmas cheer nor am I creative enough to post a pretty picture with some cutesy lyrics, so we might as well jump into the List Of Stuff That I Got.


- Infinity Land by Biffy Clyro
- Kings and Queens by Jamie T
- In The Aeorplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel
- Kid A by Radiohead
- Germfree Adolescents by X-Ray Spec
- Cast of Thousands by Elbow
- Teen Dream by Beach House
- Two Suns by Bat For Lashes
- Mean Everything to Nothing by Manchester Orchestra
- Boxer by the National
- an end has a start by editors
- ihome
- new black converse(old ones are worn out and were low-tops. i still need new shoes.)
- Money
- bluey gray fingerless gloves
- a sort of weird picture of a tree by a local artist. it's kinda post-apocalyptic in a weird way.
- an alarm clock
- a jigsaw puzzle
- The Fast Show complete collection
- Getting On series 1&2 on DVD
- Fried Green Tomatoes on DVD
- Mitchell and Webb series 1-4 on DVD
- etc.

yes, I am spoiled. here's to commercialism. hey, it's my parents who get this stuff, not me. my mom was worried I wouldn't have enough stuff so she over purchased. I didn't ask for half the DVDs! regardless, I love my parents for getting M&W, because I've watched all of series 1 and some of series 2 and it's brilliant. I was never overly impressed with the more recent episodes I've seen on TV but these early ones are just great. especially all the Numberwang stuff. Must. Watch. Obsessively. and we'd tried to get Getting On before but to no luck. I do love Jo Brand! and the Fast Show I'm not familiar with, though obviously I've heard of it.



plus, my dad got Black Adder on DVD and I cannot wait. now I just need to get into Faulty Towers and the Office(UK version duh which, if you were born in the US of A, you probably aren't aware is the original Office). When will my rampage through British comedy end?(never).


as for music, it all sounds great through my parent's big CD player which I never get to use because it's always playing Simon and Garfunkel or ironic Lady Gaga remixes as of late. Biffy Clyro's is an obsession--my God they were amazing back in the day. rip biffy clyro's good music. screams and guitar that changes tone completely every thirty seconds, yes yes yes! Neutral Milk Hotel is as my mom repeatedly tells me "quite good, but a bit folky". Elbow and Bat For Lashes as expected. Manchester Orchestra good but with an abundance of talk of God(speaking of that, I'm giving Dawkins another chance and reading God Delusion. just started. not bad.). Beach House is very good indeed. plus, elbow finally have a new album out in march I just discovered, and they had better tour this country. I looooove 'em.



christmas day in itself just rocked. I watched the queen's speech for the first time! I opened presents and watched DVDs the entire day and listened to music. boxing day, ie day after if you're not British, I went for a walk, realised I was under dressed, came home, watched DVDs, and ate. christmas cheer indeed! We got about a foot of snow and it was super windy.



today, I braved it and went out in the snow. my aunt wanted to see some of the inane American book shops and craft shops that may or may not have been mentioned in conversation recently. I got a box, a new Spin, a new Q, and we got a board game of some sort. also, pretty colorful buttons. jesus, too much stuff on december 27th of all days. then a donut and dunkin donuts trip. *shrugs* it's interesting the things one picks up on when they're new to the country. yeah, I should know. but I'm pretty used to this whole country now, to some extent which doesn't involve the crap I get about my accent at school, minus the food and the TV. I eat Pot Noodle and haven't watched US TV for pleasure in months.


anyway, christmas warmth and all that. it's been a really, really good christmas as enthusiastic as I don't sound! I love my aunt being here and I love the food. we're still fighting our way through the turkey, which is nearly done, I can tell, because it smells amazing. it's fun being totally lazy sometimes, right? just being at home with the family and doing fuck all. I'm going to go away back to this jigsaw puzzle we're doing, which is minus a picture(it's a mystery etc.). then, I'm gonna eat my body weight in things with higher sugar content, then I'm gonna play Cluedo, then I'm gonna read, then I'm gonna watch the color purple, then I'm gonna go to bed.



rest of the week, probs to Museum of Fine art, eating out, sledging given the chance, Concord, what have you. busy week. oh, it's like being a tourist again.



so, yeah, good night to you all.