now here's the sun, it's alright

I went to see a performance of The Santaland Diaries with my folks today, as per my family tradition of going to see at least one Christmas play/concert and going out to dinner afterwards. every Christmas season. The play was pretty hilarious. X3 We also went to see a Manneheim Steamroller concert last Saturday, which was also fun. However, the restaurant meal I had afterwards had WAY too much garlic in it. My tongue felt like it was burning by the time I was finished. X_X I'd never even tasted anything with that much garlic in it before. If I ever go there to eat again, I'll be sure to order something else. And if it has garlic in it, tell them to go easy on it. Geez.

I've been working hard on my Ladystuck entry ever since winter break started. I keep alternating between feeling like it'll be easy to finish before the deadline, and getting panicky because I feel like I can't finish. BUT I SWEAR I WILL FINISH. I WILL. >:O I also need to make a Christmas card for my parents. So I'm going to be busy these next several days.

My mom asked each person in my family one thing they want for Christmas. Everyone wants an expensive electronic of some sort, haha. I asked for a Nintendo DS, a thing I have been wanting for many years now. I don't know whether or not she'll really get it for me; I can't even tell if my mom's actually planning to buy us gifts this year or if she was just loosely entertaining the idea. Most Christmas gifts these days come only from my aunts in California.

WOAH MY MSPA UPDATE NOTIFIER JUST WENT OFF.

TIME TO GO READ THE UPDATE. BRB.

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Bwahahaha poor Karkat.

Today was a good day! It's Friday, meaning I only had one class, I found out I got an A on my Anthropology midterm, our professor released class early, I had spaghetti for dinner (my favorite), and I don't have to spend the evening doing homework. :D

In other news, I've been following the Halloween Hetalia event. I've only been lurking on the LJ threads, but it's fun reading everyone's fangirling. :D I've kind of been hoping that this event would have a plotline like the Christmas Bloodbath did, but at this point it kind of seems like it's just going to be random countries partyin' in the club. Ah well, that's fun too~ And we still have to find out what it was that surprised England when he looked at that paper. :O I hope we find out eventually.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EVENT SO FAR:
-Grandmano (of course)
-America meeting Americamochi (I NEVER KNEW HOW MUCH I WANTED THIS TO HAPPEN)
-Belarus and Denmark. When Belarus threw that hanger at Denmark, and he swiftly caught it...so cool. *_*
-Canada actually not being invisible for once!
-Slave!Italy
-Slave!Japan (I lol'd when I noticed)
-Hungary wanting to sweep Austria off his feet. Hehe. :3

Also, this event sure has been long. It's already lasted just as long as the Bloodbath (five days) and is showing no signs of stopping yet. I wonder just how long it's going to last. XD Hopefully for a while...it would be funny if it ended the same day Homestuck starts up again. But I doubt Hetaween will last a whole 'nother week. That would be a bit much.

I'm going to go mess around with my icons some more while I wait for the next update. And maybe play some Portal 2. :3 I haven't gotten much of a chance to do that this past week because I've been so busy with Honors work. In fact, I've got a 1000-2000-word essay for Honors due on Thursday. I'll be working on that over the weekend. Sporadically.