...just have a good ol' fashioned nice day?

I did. Today. It begin with me leisurely finishing my semiotics paper which, well, who ever knows if these things are good, but I feel like I wrote the paper I wanted to write and not just the one time and procrastination allowed. I also got to watch The Wizard of Oz as research for it and come up with a nifty title (Schenker, the Wizard, and Scriabin, oh my!).

This was followed by a really nice afternoon with Jenny. There have been times in the past where I have hung out with a girl that I had dated after not seeing her for a while and realized there was no friendship there anymore. This is not the case with Jenny. We had a really fun time together. Despite the fact that Bridgett says that staying friends with girls that I date is "my thing," I'm glad I know a cool girl I can still hang out with! (ps, in reading this back, I should mention that this doesn't mean I don't already know cool girls to hang out with...) Also, she draws a kick-ass ice-skating penguin (that sentence was a 2-hyphenator).

Which brings me to the conclusion of my day at Laura's apartment. I hadn't really had time to eat much during the day so I had my fill of cookies and nachos. I've come a long way from the grilled chicken salads and water of the summer. It's cold, I'm single, and damn it, I'm gonna get some insulation to keep warm with! Unfortunately, my two least favorite conversations came up, yet again. The notecards convo and the Laura and Jill don't come out convo. Although I do appreciate that people pay so much attention to what I say, how come people don't bring up how nice I am to Breighan at parties or come up to me and say, "hey, remember that time Brian saved the orphans from the burning village?" Well, I suppose there's a good reason for the second thing. But never, "remember that time you called Jill pretty?" Although I'm not one to make new years resolutions very often, I recommend that someone make a resolution to bring up nice things about me at least once for every three times they remind everyone of something dumb I said. In order to help this, maybe I should try to do three nice things for every dumb thing I say. Well, I've now publicly called Jill pretty I suppose, which is like I said it multiple times to many people individually. We'll be conservative and count it as 2 nice things. And, I've made this rule about doing 3 nice things. That's pretty nice of me. There ya go, 3 nice things. I've earned something dumb! Well, I suppose I should count this blog entry. And there you go, I'm even for the day. Sounds like some of you have some "saying nice things about Brian" catching up to do!!!

For those with limited vacation internet access, Merry Christmas! For those with continuous access, I will be home for three weeks with little to do. You can look forward to tri-daily updates I'm sure!!!