Saturday 11.25.2006

Catchy title, huh?

Well, I wasn’t quite sure what else to call this post. My heart is back into the blogging thing, but my mind isn’t quite there yet. I survived Thanksgiving with Kent and his family (sister and brother-in-law.) I got stuffed on turkey, stuffing, green bean casserole, dinner rolls, corn, and three kinds of pie, just as any other year. But, with remnants of the flu bug I suffered through over a month ago still lingering, my appetite hasn’t quite returned completely. I’m not quite sure what the problem is, but at least, I am not over-eating. As a matter of fact, it’s been duly noted by a few people that I appear to have lost weight and my face seems thinner.

Hmmm. I’ve been wanting to lose a few pounds, actually, but getting the flu wasn’t quite the method I had in mind. Nonetheless, I enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner as I always do without the over-eating. Speaking of over-eating, three kinds of pie were served at the Lodgson household Thanksgiving eve, the usual pumpkin and apple pie, as well as peach/raspberry. Of course, I took a small sliver of all three, making for scrumptous eating.

The evening was capped with a seemingly never-ending game of 80’s Trivial Pursuit, where the two best teams each had a nemesis category that stumped them. For my team, which consisted of Kent and myself, it was the Sports and Leisure category, which we almost won, if it wasn’t for my hesitation at answering the question with “Wade Boggs.” In the end, a tie was declared, otherwise we would’ve been playing for another 3 hours or so.

After a couple more hours of television viewing (Law and Order and Drawn Together), I had enough and crawled into the uncomfortable hide-a-bed to attempt sleep. I failed miserably. We were in the foyer, next to the front door, with the outside light being on. I couldn’t figure out how to turn it off. Rats. Oh well.

We arrived back in Seattle at noon the next morning, which provided me great relief, as Kent’s cute (and sometimes bratty) niece was grating on my nerves a little too much. Despite the irritation, I managed to keep my cool, which is probably the best thing I could’ve done.

What else is new with me? Not a whole lot, other than work. Craziness has been going down at work over the last two weeks (more on that in another post.)

Current Obsession: DList

DList is a newish social network out there in Cyberspace (like we need another reason to avoid human, in-person contact.) I’d like to affectionately note that DList is “Manhunt meets MySpace.” Just like MySpace and every other online social network, you create a profile with your interests as well as noting your favorite movies, tv shows, and music. Adding your sexual interests and private photos are optional. That’s where the Manhunt comparison comes into play. Also, like MySpace, you can add HTML and change the colors on your profile so you can make it all pretty and shit. I also think it’s funny that when you create a profile, you automatically get DList creator, Daniel, as a friend (a la Tom from MySpace.) Good times.

I’d like to add that the men featured on DList are insanely hot and good-looking. So, go check it out!