in britannia

It's always nice to hear that you have readers. This blog is quickly reaching the end of its seventh month, and it has served as a wonderful way to keep in touch with some of the people I do really care about. And every so often, I get a message posted in response, telling me if that someone out there is reading. Which is nice. It doesn't happen very often, which is fine - more often than not, this blog is my escape from doing work, and it really doesn't matter whether anyone's out there. I just had a nice conversation with one of my best friends from Princeton, who is in law school now. He mentioned that he knew I was back stateside because he read it on my blog. And I'd actually forgotten that I told him about it at all. A nice surprise, indeed. It's wonderful, really, to have an opportunity to reconnect with all of the people I used to talk with all the time. Holidays are fun for things like that - P. school people, Princeton people, relatives, high school people (well, the few that I can stand), and it's great to hear from them again. That is truly one of very few redeeming quality about this otherwise exceedingly commercialized holiday.

Of course, I buy into the commercialized part off the holiday as well. This year, I spent a lot of time and money on gifts that, while nice, might not be as useful as rational thought would expect. I'd love to detail what they are, but as my famiily has also taken to reading my blog, I think I'd better hold off until they open their gifts.

Ooh. One other lovely thing about the holidays, of course, is the food. This is an example. From NPR yesterday. It's HILARIOUS.

mmm... frozen thing...