The News at 4

I've never been one for New Year's Resolutions--I usually make major decisions in the summer time, and usually start them after my vacation. However, barring a new job, I'm going to try controlling my Spare Time a little better this "semester." (I can't stop thinking in semesters. Maybe because my job is populated by students, so scheduling is always related to semesters.) Only in the interest of my writing.

I went *off* all my TV shows during Nanowrimo, so that should help. I'm not Out for TV, it's just that there's a bloody great lot of high quality shows in this day and age... one must begin to limit.

The bigger culprit is the internets. I don't mind internetsing a lot for story research, but it's the news-reading, and article reading, and email reading/responding, and music sampling, and blogging, and general trolliness. I'll at least try using a timer so I'm aware of the time I'm spending.

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/internet/firefox/track-the-amount-of-time-you-spend-online-in-firefox/

In other news, I'm going to continue my management position until the end of the month. (Again, barring a teaching job.) I'm used to this schedule, and it gives me a little extra money for San Francisco.

And that's the news as I know it. Goodnight.

Lord Sheringham luxuriates on his blanky and chooses the DVD to watch while I choose a recipe to make for News Years...

my folks, frolicking in the rare nanaimo snow

moooovies

The latest additions to my Gilby DVD Library. ...I rarely buy movies, so this is all a Big Deal for me.

A peek at the Gilby Paper Dolls I made.

He boxes and loves Muhammad Ali, so there's a boxing outfit (modeled off a robe he wore in a picture.)

And he loves Star Trek and Picard, so he has a captain suit.

He once sang Javert's "Stars" song from Les Miserables (he loves musicals) so I made a Javert suit.

He identifies with the Gail Wynand character in The Fountainhead, so I made Gail Wynand with Ayn Rand on his arm

And a Roman senator, because he's all about the Rome stuff.

Oh, and an old school work outfit, from when we met.

And for Star Wars, I thought a Lando outfit would be more original than a Jedi. Gilby and I love to say: "We've got to give him more time!"

This is what happens when you send your boyfriend/husband to the dog house.

http://bewareofthedoghouse.com/video.aspx

I do like that they spend all eternity folding laundry and matching socks.

teeveeees

Friend Gilby gave me the entire The Office, American version, on dvd for Christmas. (He's the only friend I exchange gifts with... he refuses to stop.) I've barely watched even one episode of the US one, so I have many hours of frolicks to look forward to. I'm going to save it. For, like, next time I'm sick. Or in a depression, or something.

He also gave me a special edition box set of Freaks and Geeks, but I already have the regular edition (also given to me by friends, before we stopped giving presents.) I'm going to exchange it for something else... wee! I like getting DVD gifts, cause I rarely buy them for myself. (As opposed to books and music, which are my biggest extravagance.)