Happy New Year, Etc.

Man, it's been a long time, hasn't it? I bet the rumour going around was that I had given up on my new blog already, thrown in the towel, and gone back to reading inane chatter instead of writing it. Nothing could be further from the truth! I was just on vacation. And so, a quick recap of the past month (yes, I know a six-week month is a statistical anomaly, but what can you do?)

Late December:
I rocked my finals, went home for Christmas (which made it through another season of brutal attacks thanks in large part to Mr. O'Reilly's tireless efforts), paid homage to the ski-lift stanchion that (probably) gave me a concussion, drank a lot, avoided the news, avoided the many year-end lists of best movies, music, books, beers, hairstyles, blogs, and what-have-you, and went to CT for some hot new year's action.

Early January:
I became a temporary hermit, indulged myself in fantasy/sf books, drank a lot, fantasized about moving to California, watched season one of Veronica Mars three times (my own form of televangelism), avoided the news, avoided my blog, and went to DC to eat good food and help my girlfriend move.

Late January:
I went back to school, spent lots of money on textbooks, fantasized about moving to California, DC, New York, Jamaica Plain, Jamaica, Argentina, and Corfu (not necessarily in that order), marvelled over the weather, drank a lot, ended the new TV drought with Lost, 24, VM, Scrubs, and Battlestar Galactica (everyone kept telling me to watch it, and now everyone can shut up, because yes, it's great), and went to NYC for Kingfest 2006.

And there you have it. I expect to undertake a more normal schedule of ranting and raving henceforth.