Saturday
All’s quiet on the Utah front…

My Christmas gift from Jess’ parents arrived today. When I opened it, I had to laugh. It wasn’t because it was a bad gift; on the contrary, it was very cool… AND it was right in line with the superhero-themed Christmas that I got from Jess:

  • Issue #1 of X-Men (1991 series), signed by Chris Claremont
  • Bagged, unopened copy of Superman #75: “The Death of Superman”
  • Bagged, unopened copy of The Adventures of Superman #500: “Back from the Dead?!” and
  • Web of Spider-Man #90: Giant-sized 30th Anniversary Special

Yep, I think that this the most singularly-themed Christmas that I can remember. That’s not a bad thing… not by a longshot.

Stray Toasters

  • Quiet day at work today: I was the only one there. I was working with our database… when it was in a cooperative mood.
  • My uncle called today. The first thing that he asked me was whether or not we had any aspirin at home. Since he’s a doctor, I got a little concerned… I thought that there might have been some new finding about aspirin or a particular brand that was in the news. Nope. That wasn’t it at all. He just wanted to make sure that I had something on hand tomorrow during the Ravens-Steelers game. Apparently, he’s expecting the team from the Pitt to give the Ravens some trouble. We shall see…
  • Talked to my dad and brother for a bit. All seems to be well on the homefront.
  • Had dinner with Mary and Jess at Red Lobster. It wasn’t bad, even though I’m not a huge fan of the restaurant. After that, we went to Borders for a bit. I did some drawing.
  • Bowling. My first three games weren’t too spectacular. My fourth game… was ON. I bowled a new all-time high: 254. I was QUITE stoked. The games after that just didn’t matter; they weren’t bad, but I was still excited about “The Big Game.”
  • Traditional post-pin killing eats at the V.I. and then home.

That pretty much covers everything. And now, to get some much needed (and wanted) shut-eye.

Namaste.