You might prefer an astronaut

Hum is what's currently on my playlist, with Yonder Mountain making a couple brief appearances. I think Hum's "You'd Prefer an Astronaut" and "Downward is Heavenward" are good reasons to lose interest in exploring new music; they're that perfect.

I hope everyone had a great Christmas. The weather was perfect (40's and rain isn't perfect, but it's better than an inch-thick sheet of ice on everything). I spent time with the immediate family and got to see almost my entire dad's side, which was pleasant. I played "Belated Promise Ring" on geetar for them, and they were all impressed and appreciative of the live entertainment. I was more nervous performing in front of them than friends and stranger-packed audiences at bars, but I knocked it outta the park. Feels great to spread the gift of music on such an intimate holiday. Found out parakeets emulate not only human language, but low-battery smoke detector language as well. Neat!

I got all "A"'s, a deserving compensation for the time and effort I put in. Well, the time, anyway. Considering I attended at least half of my exam's drunk and ended up putting forth 15% of the effort I desired to preparing for most of my exams, I'm pretty lucky. And brilliant and perfect. But I digress.

Christmas Break has been wonderful. My uncle Matt taught me some neat scales on guitar, so I have been practicing those. They literally go to everything written in major/minor scales, which is essentially everything in the genre of rock. Been playing a lot of Heroes of Newerth, a computer game which is remarkably similar to Heroes of M&M 3. That's awesome, because HoMM3 is my all-time favorite forever, a winning formula.

If you average the times I've waken up over break, I'm a pretty typical guy. If you don't, I probably need therapy or drugs. Either way, life is suh-weeeeeet right now. If you hover around me long enough, you'll probably get some contact-ecstacy. :) Love you all, happy holidays, get blasted for the new year and I'll catch ya next decade!