Dreaming of Congee

Mmmm....craving a good hot bowl of congee right now.

It's getting nippy outside, so we turned on the heat. I'm all toasty. Sort of.

Lessee, what's happened lately? I got soaked walking back from campus on Saturday after two assignment meetings at Stauffer. When did CompSci suddenly become such a social major? I thought we were supposed to squat in front of our computers, growing paler and paler everyday until we had evolved into UV intolerant codemonkeys.

'Twas The Dude's birthday party on Saturday. We made him another chocolate brick with a "Super Builder" one dollar toy on top because we couldn't find another Bob the Builder candle.

I re-read Harry Potter Book 5. Ickle Harry is angry a lot of the time in this one. I had forgotten that. Finished it feeling depressed...am I the only one who found Dumbledore's Big Explanation very unsatisfying? Also read Volume 2 of the Cartoon History of the Universe (Springtime in China to the Fall of Rome).

"Breathe In" by Paloalto is my new favourite song. It's used in Hellboy movie (when HB is all beat to hell and he swipes a six-pack from some Hallowe'en revellers to relax a bit and to woo his lady friend at the mental institution.) The plot is a horrible mish-mash of the various comic storylines, but damn the music is good.

And lastly, a certain brother of mine failed to make contact with his sister last week when he was in town for his fiancee's birthday. So...

       Happy Birthday Katie! :)

And,

       Ming, your ass is mine! >:|