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January 5, 2009
Happy New Year!
Our holidays were nice, but busy.
Christmas was the first time in ... ? I don't know. Sixteen years, maybe? The first time in about 16 years that my brother, my parents and I were all together. We also got to meet my brother's new wife, who we liked immediately, and to spend some time with my niece and nephew.
Our Christmas was a Very Whedon Christmas. Jeff and I gave each other the complete Buffy series, Aidan received the script and sheet music to "Once More, With Feeling!" and Jeff received a copy of the Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog DVD. After repeated viewings, as well as watching "Commentary: The Musical!" and the Evil League of Evil application videos, well, we're still walking around singing. All of us. And we're trying to figure out how we can get enough money to become patrons of the arts, because that sounds so much nicer, and more legal, than "stalking Joss Whedon."
And, oh yes, the Wii. Jeff and I like to play Wii golf together, of all things. And I am quite fond of the Rabbids. The Wii Fit is used daily by almost all, and will form most of our winter PE.
Between Christmas and New Year's we went on a tour of the White House. It was all decorated for Christmas. It's funny; I was responding to it as a very pretty house, full of very pretty things, until we got into the East Room. Then I realized that we were standing in the same room in which John F. Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln had both lain in state. That - that was emotional. So much history is in that house, that it's perhaps a bit much to take it all in. I get the same effect from watching my kids play on the lawn at Mt. Vernon.
My kids were disappointed. For some reason they thought that Laura Bush was going to be our tour guide. Wouldn't that have been fun? I did learn that I like Mrs. Bush's taste in art. It will be interesting to go back to see what Mrs. Obama changes.
We had a quiet New Year's and New Year's Day (more Dr. Horrible, more Wii, and lots of Ticket to Ride, as well). I had a birthday (more Wii, more Ticket to Ride, Carcassonne - The Discovery). And whew! Here we are.
We did start school this week. More on that, later.
Hey, Daniel Kirk! You left me a comment asking how to find me on Facebook. I tried to find you on Facebook, but apparently there are many Daniel Kirks and so far none of them are you. I think that this is the link you can use to find me. I think. For anyone who is interested.
Posted by lynx at January 5, 2009 3:56 PM
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(Scratching head) Why don't I remember what I said? Why can't I find what I said? Am I the wrong Daniel Kirk? Why can't I find what the right Daniel Kirk said, and see whether I remember saying it? Am I still Daniel Kirk? Was I ever the real Daniel Kirk? Am I even real? Maybe if I click the link, I'll find something that will remind me what I said—no, I clicked it, and Facebook never heard of me. Oh, that's right, it was Myspace I had to join to read that one blog. I'm getting more and more confused. I would blame it on the cold medicine, but I haven't had any since yesterday. Sleep deprivation—that's the ticket! So what, if anything did I say? Please send any clues to the address provided.
Posted by: Daniel Kirk at January 6, 2009 4:53 PM
LOL
It was a comment on this entry.
It's you! I can see your email address. You are the real Daniel Kirk, and those others are apparently impostors. On the other hand, I've met some nice people named Daniel Kirk.
I bet you confused Facebook with Myspace.
Posted by: Stephanie at January 6, 2009 5:43 PM
Ah, I just hadn't searched far enough back. Now I'm on Facebook and Myspace. It's the end of the world as we know it...
Posted by: Daniel Kirk at January 6, 2009 10:45 PM
We just got our copies of Ticket to Ride and Carcasoone. They apparently shipped them via the slow boat...not uncommon for things coming to Sicily. It sounds like y'all enjoy them..I'm hoping we do as well. Facebook is fun, isn't it..well,it is a fun way to waste time, anyway...
Posted by: Anne at January 30, 2009 8:47 AM
Wow, so I haven't been to this blog in, it seems like, forever!
Ruth got me/us a Wii for Christmas too and a Wii Fit for my birthday. I like the Wii Fit more than I expected, despite what it keeps telling me during my body tests! And, surprisingly, I actually try some of the Yoga, though I mainly focus on aerobics. Pretty fun.
Posted by: Brian at May 11, 2009 11:09 PM