I Heart Michael Ian Black

ON BEING A CANDIDATE

TO TAKE OVER A LATE-NIGHT

NETWORK TALK SHOW

Depopulated

I'm beginning to understand why so many people get lonely at Christmas. There are so many memories associated with the holidays, and so much time to think about them. I've been missing Pranathi soo much lately- more than usual. But it's because I've been thinking about all the Christmases that we've spent together over the last few years. The lights I strung in my living room are identical to her set, and last year we hung them up together....as we did the year before. 2 years ago we bought them to hang in our living room...making the room more festive for a Christmas/graduation party we were throwing. That was the year of the MacGyver Christmas tree...literally held up with the miracle of dental floss. It was also the year that our other roommate got "drunk" off of a half a wine cooler and "passed out" in a chair. Pretty darn amusing. Last Christmas we hung up our lights in our 2 bedroom apartment- not for a party, although looking back most of our nights were like parties. Almost every night we sat around talking, laughing, eating (mostly stuff that was horrible for us) and watching "The Simpsons" like there was no tomorrow.

I'm not lonely...in fact, a few of my friends are doing quite an admirable job of keeping me entertained. Lonely isn't the right word...I just miss Pranathi. I think Lamartine said it best:

Sometimes

when one person is missing,

the whole world seems

depopulated.

Bedtime para mi.

How to Make Me Sad

Say, "Show me a poor person and I'll show you a fool." Or leave the continent.

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Adventus

It's that time of year again- Advent! For some reason, there is nothing more exciting than lighting a candle each week until Christmas. It's not unlike those little interlocking rings of paper that you made in elementary school. Remember ripping those off every day? Makes you feel like you're getting somewhere. Ooh! I should make one of those for my internship....lots of interlocking paper rings and get to rip one off every day. That's a fabulous idea....so symbolic. Countdown to the end of my servitude that looks like a chain. Wow. That's deep.

Last night I went to dinner with Rupal at Rojo...guess who we ran into there! Richard and Steven and one of their friends. What's funny about that is that Richard was supposed to call me to go out last night, and he didn't call me- instead he went out to a place that's literally half a block from my apartment and didn't call me. I think I should be a little hurt, but I was so relieved at not having to go out last night that I didn't really care.

I decorated my apartment for Christmas! I have Christmas lights up, and my parents gave me a nativity scene, and I went to the dollar store last night and got some "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" window decals. I love Christmas. It's going to be strange this year though, not having the customary 2-3 weeks out of school and staying at home. I will only be home for Christmas for 4 days (assuming I have Christmas eve off, which I'm not even sure about.) I have to stay up here and work at the stupid health department. Meanwhile, most of my friends are leaving town, or will have left town when I get back on the Monday after Christmas. Also, I haven't heard from my MIA roommate in India. If she comes stateside for Christmas and doesn't call me, she will be injured. If she goes to Texas, I'm going to go see her- internship be damned. I miss her SOO much.

Well, I'm stahving...so I'm going to make a quesadilla, cause they're quick and easy. Everyone keeps telling me that I should just take the leap and go vegan, but let me tell you people, I love some cheese. It gives me heartburn, but I love it anyway, and there is no way I'd be able to cut it out of my diet. Impossible. Okay...laters!