hiatus redux

Wondering what I did while on hiatus?

Discovered:

+ Mumford and Sons (I know I'm behind, but damn, are they good.)

+ How I Met Your Mother (See above. Also, thank you Netflix.)

+ Bloody Marys (Somebody has a new favorite drink.)

+ Bartertown Diner (Awesome.)

Celebrated:

+ Neighborhood Christmas and The Annual F#*$@%& Classy Christmas Party

+ CD release party for our favorite band, The Northern Skies (SO awesome.)
+ Lovely, albiet extremely busy Christmas Eve/Day (We love our families.)

+ Lovely, low key NYE with Kyle, Morgan, and Arielle (3 words: hot dog tour.)

Stop number one of (almost) three. We're already full.

Read:

+ Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer (5/5 stars)

+ Lost in Shangri-La, Mitchell Zuckhoff (2/5 stars)
+ Bossypants, Fey (3/5 stars)
+ The Secret Life of Bees, Kidd (4/5 stars)
+ Ragtime, Doctorow (3/5 stars)
+ Me Talk Pretty One Day, Sedaris (4/5 stars)
+ Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Fitzgerald (3/5 stars)
+ Bitch is the New Black, Andrews (2/5 stars)
+ Columbine, Cullen (4/5 stars)

Watched (documentaries):
+ Colony (Bees.)
+ The Unforgotten (Willowbrook State School.)
+ Hey, Boo (Harper Lee.)
+ Loose Change 9/11 (Conspiracy.)
+ Cropsey (Kidnappings.)
+ For the Bible Tells Me So (Human rights.)

Enjoyed:

+ An unseasonably warm and sunny Michigan winter. (Yes.)
+ Dan Aykroyd label chardonay and stogies on NYE (Also, a UFO.)
+ Kyle as Pertruchio in Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Co. Taming of the Shrew

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Photo courtesy PC Shakespeare Co.

Learned:
+ Harper Lee based Dill on her friendship with Truman Capote (Love this.)
+ How to make a kickass black bean soup (It's seriously awesome.)
+ I do not like short bangs (Glad I tried them, but not for me.)


Mmm, angel food cake.
Bangs, not so much.

Pierced:
+ My nose! (I've wanted my nose pierced since I was 16. I love it!)

I bled. A lot.