Don’t Kick Food!

Things that have changed since I last posted regularly:

• I have attended two weddings. I have no pictures of the other one, as I was the best man and was too busy trying not to explode because I had a speech to give.
• I made several poor financial decisions, not limited to the purchasing of an Xbox 360, an LCD TV, a 10mm f/2.8 lens, and a new computer (which I built myself, a first for me).
• A writer’s strike has come and gone, giving me plenty of time to catch up on TV shows that I missed – which I instead used to watch 30 Rock multiple times. I have begun watching Friday Night Lights, and have on more than one occasion cheered at a particularly dramatic moment. Horbal says this means I am a poseur. I think it means the show can manipulate me like whoa.
• True Spies almost underwent a massive restructuring, which was then thought better of.
• I have begun playing the guitar again, which I am sure my roommates and neighbors love.
• I have also purchased Rock Band, a game that rewards intricately timed button presses or 80s-style midi drum kit hits with continued playback of songs that I could just as easily listen to from my mp3 collection.
• I have taken a leave of absence from library school. I may or may not return to the program in the summer term. Hopefully, my lack of association with a library will not cause the other spies to vote me off the island, so to speak.

Oh, I also adopted this guy:

That eye infection has since cleared up, come back, and cleared up again (I am a master of cat eye drops).