things I love

I love my new Ultimate Matrix Collection. I watched The Matrix a few nights ago and it was still amazing (even after the 5th time). I still find words and images that I hadn't noticed before that really tie all the movies together. I can watch it over and over. The first special features DVD, Matrix Revisited is also great.

Also, I love H&M. I spent about $200 there in the last 2 weeks (all on myself). There's a lot of stuff I like there. Their sizes are the same across all the products, and since I know what size I am, I just grab stuff off the racks and buy it without trying it on and it always fits perfectly at home. My only complaint is they don't have pants in "short" sizes. Only "regular" and "extra long."

I also love what I do. The last few weeks have been pretty exciting in lab. I won't bore anyone with details. The next big thing coming up is my first Qualifier.. sometime in March. It's a little scary, but I think the preparating I have to do for it will really make a difference. Right now I still feel like I haven't learned a whole lot, but since I'll have to know my topic inside and out to answer my committee's questions, I'll really have gained a lot of knowledge. And that's exciting.

I also love giving gifts. I love that eureka! moment when you come up with the perfect gift for someone.

I'm alone in the apartment right now. Everyone is gone for Christmas. I woke up at 11:30, but then I just rolled around in my warm bed till 3, sort of going in and out of consciousness. It's too comfortable in bed and too cold in my room. The thing I currently hate is showering. There is no heater in our bathroom so it's really really cold in there. Maybe I'll get a small space heater (but there's no outlet in there).

Anywho... overall life is good. I'm heading out to Colorado on Monday. And tomorrow will be a busy day running around returning stuff to Target, going down to Brooklyn, and finishing stuff up in lab.