I humbly admit that I’m addicted to Wapsi Square to the point that I sometimes forget and check it multiple times a day. I’m lame. It’s a good comic though. Not the type that I’m usually attracted to, but it has solid characters and story arcs. Sometimes it’s hard for me to believe a boy writes it. He captures very well the type of girls that I get along with (and boys for that matter). I wonder what that says about me?

We’re having Christmas early this year, so I’m unashamedly getting into the spirit of things early. I’m usually nauseated by people who have their trees up and are humming Christmas tunes before Thanksgiving hits, but since this year’s Thanksgiving is Xmas, I feel somewhat justified. The family is gathering from all over the country and we’re exchanging gifts after turkey. I don’t know what will happen on the actual Christmas day. All I know is that the Boy will have left for work by the time I wake up (Arr… Poor thing!), and only one out-of-town sibling is going to be in the area. I am trying very hard to think of something to keep it from being miserable. Maybe those of us who are in town will have a morning celebration of sorts. I’m so glad to have any Christmas spirit at all this year. It is certainly my favorite holiday, yet there have been years where I would much rather sit in a silent dark closet (on a submerged submarine) than listen to one more carol. I think it has to do with working retail, and overdose of family. This year, I think, is more balanced.