in case you weren't aware...

It's officially Christmas time, I have now heard "I want a hippopotamus for Christmas" and the Chipmunk song as well as seeing commercials for the Chia herb garden and the like. The only thing that's missing is a good "the clapper" commercial. My problem may just be that I don't watch TV much any more. Oh well. Now you know!

Oh, and last night I heard the Snoopy and the Red Baron song! :D

a transformer Transformer

This morning started fairly normally when I woke up and got ready like any other morning, for the most part. Then, on my way to the office (the Biola one first and then later the ThinkinBig one), I stopped by a grocery store to pick up the things I was to contribute to the Registrar's Office Christmas party today. I also stopped at my old Chiropractor's office to pick up some medicine for Lorraine, my boss at ThinkinBig. After seeing how very little Dr. Parlee has changed, I got back on my way towards Biola. I took a route that would be faster since I'd spent so much time picking up the hot chocolate and the medicine. I got to La Mirada by 8:15 and decided I should pick up something festive to make the present I was to bring to the Christmas Party look a bit more appealing. I didn't notice anything different until I walked up to Metzger and saw a bit of a cart convention, mostly campus safety looking sorts. Well as I walk up I'm told that a transformer has exploded in Metzger and that the bottom floor is closed but with the windows on the top two floors, they're open. I figure if I go inside I'll be able to better figure out what's going on in the Registrar's office. I found my co-workers hanging out eating the breakfast-y party foods that had been brought and find out that most of them found out before they got to work, or while on their way. In the end I got to spend about an hour and a half or better wandering around campus (which had not lost power, but didn't have any internet service because the network in Metzger was without power) I ran into Amy and Sarah and Gina and Erin and Rusty, which was nice. Then, after helping to set-up/decorate for the party, enjoyed some awesome food before getting into my car and heading to where I currently sit: The ThinkinBig Office in Corona Del Mar. I've just finished pretty much, all there is for me to do today because we're waiting on a few things to get here before we can move ahead. Well, that's all for now. I'm wondering what tomorrow's going to be like! Until then!

pirates, choirs, and pastels! Oh my!

This weekend I hosted an Adventure on the High Seas mystery for the Guild of English Scholars












I then went to Disneyland, on Sunday with friends! I Listened to Uncle Jesse (John Stamos sp?) read the Christmas story accompanied by the Candlelight Choir!





























Of course, before I went to Disneyland, I happened to get myself a new set of pastels and while sitting in a parking lot, I drew this:














I don't have any pictures to show this part of my weekend, but it all started with my car breaking down, and going to The Egyptian Theater to see Casablanca and Citizen Kane with a post-movie chocolate malt at Mel's Diner. :D Quite a weekend, to say the least!

Merlin's Beard!

The blurb on the back of the book is enough to set this literature major's heart-beating a faster pace!

"THE TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD, a Wizarding classic, first came to Muggle readers' attention in the book known as HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS. Now, thanks to Hermione Granger's new translation from the ancient runes, we present this stunning edition with an introduction, notes, and illustrations by J. K. Rowling, and extensive commentary by Albus Dumbledore. Never before have Muggles been privy to these richly imaginative tales: [...]But not only are they the equal of fairy tales we know and love, reading them gives new insight into the world of Harry Potter".

I love that it's been "annotated" by Dumbledore and "translated" by Hermione! I'll share more about it later, when I've read a few! I'm so excited! Thanks J.K. Rowling for being a nerd like me and for writing this!