merry day back at the office, everybody! woohoo! it's so exciting. *slits throat*

i hope everybody had wonderful christmases. my gift from santa this year was seven pounds straight to my ass, given in the form of four fatty, delicious, consecutive meals from thursday night until sunday. my grandparents' 80th birthday at l'auberge chez francois was out of this world; there were something like seven courses, and the service was absolutely impeccable, even though the waiter tried to serve wine to my 17 year old sister.

in other materialistic news, i mainly received a lot of clothing, gift certificates, alias season 1 dvd, and the best gift of all from tommy: jewelry in the form of diamonds.

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diamond earrings, that is! HAHAHA. did i get anybody? i can hear tommy breaking out into a cold sweat from here.

the other best xmas gift to come our way was one downloaded illegally/purchased by tommy - DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION! you may think i kid, but it is the best thing ever. completely addictive, and a good workout to boot. screw marathon running, i'm going on a 24/7 DANCE MARATHON from now on.

anyway, the rest of 2004 will be spent completing my last grad school application (though i may apply to one or two more places, because i'm starting to panic about the fact that i've only applied to three grad schools total, and out of those three grad schools, only one would be not insane to admit me), and studying for my driver's license! yes, i've regressed and am 16 again! actually, i need to renew the license, and as it stands, i have two speeding tickets on my record. apparently if you have two or more moving violations, you must retake the computer test in order to keep your license. suckage. this is an embarrassing fact, but i failed my first driver's test the first time around. my mom told me to study, but i thought it was more important to make out with my 18 year-old, van halen-obsessed, ponytail-wearing boyfriend at the time the night before. if you can believe that i ever had a 18 year-old, van halen-obsessed, ponytail-wearing boyfriend when i was a sweet and clean-cut 15 year-old.

but this time, i will triumph on the test! i will blow the DMV away with my knowledge of how far back you must drive from a fire truck or how old a child must be to not have to sit in a safety seat. i can barely stand the suspense. it will be awesome.