First post of the new year. I'm ringing in the new year with a wicked cold. I caught it from Gianni I think. The trip was fun, albeit there was some tension and stress at different times. I guess you have to expect as much when you're gathering 22 people on a cruise ship for a week. All in all, though, it was fun. And now I am sick. I was fine until Halmony called out of the blue while we were road tripping through Texas to ask how I was feeling. I wasn't even sick then, but pretty much everyone else was. Bleh. Oh well. Ate a lot of good food. Southern food is so good and, for that reason, I'm glad I don't live in the south. Job search is still going, but hopefully I'll find something soon.

My birthday is coming up. Can't believe I'm almost 27. I feel so old.

I'm going to revive Music & Jjigae. I keep on trying and failing, but it's going to happen this time. Before, I tried to limit it to food and music, but I think I'm going to write about everything.

But don't worry. I'm not abandoning this one. This one's more of a random whine and muse blog anyway. The last few posts have almost been like I wanted to Tweet but didn't feel like shortening the entries to 140 characters or less.

Well, I guess setting up the laptop again in theory means I can sort through music and get rid of stuff I don't listen to anymore.

One month later and I finally have a working computer again. How I missed this feeling.

I don't get it. Why does Dell make it so hard for me to order a recovery disc? This was a MUCH easier process with Toshiba.

So, I'm 93 miles into my whole LOTR walking project. It isn't that much progress since the last time I wrote about it, but I'm not counting gym trips and it's been on and off rainy lately. Nintey-three miles seems like a lot, but I'm still only like 4 days into Frodo's journey, so I guess I still fail? Meh. It's ninety-three miles I wouldn't have walked otherwise.

I had something else to write about. Meh. Bruce and I are listening to 90s pop music again.

My laptop has been broken which is a long story in itself. But it means that I've been without my own computer the last few weeks. In some ways, it's kind of liberating, but in other ways, it's been frustrating. Right now, I've stolen Chris's laptop.

I passed the bar. Did I mention that? Anyone who reads this already knows anyway.

Thanksgiving was fun. A Thanksgiving free of any obligation to study is a perfect one.

I've been much cheerier this season. I've even been enjoying Christmas music. Don't know why. Also, I've been suddenly and inexplicably obsessed with Savage Garden. I think I'm regressing big time.

Can't believe Friday is the big day. Trying to find ways to distract myself until then. Decided to reread The Sandman. Just finished the first volume. The Sound of Her Wings gets better every time I read it.

I have more to say, but I'm just delaying a trip to the gym where I'm starting a new lifting routine. I don't want to, but I've been on the last one for four weeks now so it's time to shake things up a little.

Since I came back from Europe late August, I've tracked 67.97 miles of walking and running. It's not an accurate count. There are days I didn't record anything. In any case, it could be better. I'll be adding a giant chunk to that on Saturday when I do the Mermaid Run. I finally calculated it to see where I am on Eowyn's Challenge. Almost at Ferry's Landing. I was excited until I realized that it only takes me just under three days into their journey. Oh well. Assuming I don't do anything tomorrow, Saturday will bring me to Crickhollow.

Yeah, I guess keep a record that Sept 2011 is when I started this challenge. It takes 458 miles just to get to Rivendell. I have a feeling this project may take several years to complete.

It's weird. It's November and I instinctively feel like I should be starting outlines. The cold weather makes me feel like I should be retreating inside and hacking away at those things. Granted, November this year brings a whole new level of dread, but it's weird not having to think about finals anymore.