farewell 2008

Another year come and gone. I can't believe we've lived in Bloomington for 2 years already.

Here are a few of my favorites from '08:

• movie: Once (though it was released in 07) / Sex and the City for 08 so far
• album: Coldplay Viva la Vida
• song that got the most iPod action: American Boy (it's silly but so catchy!)
  
• book: A Thousand Splendid Suns
• tv show: tie between Lost (came back better than ever!) and How I Met Your Mother (just watched all the seasons on DVD)
• fashion trend: purple clothes and accessories
  
• green trend: reusable canvas bags in most stores and more people actually using them
  

I'll be back with a word on resolutions (though I have to admit I can't even remember my 2008 resolutions).

holiday hangover

I haven't been too terribly busy yet I haven't had much time to sit down and type a short post. Hope everyone had a great Christmas, vacation, etc. I'm working on my 2008 high/low lights. Be back in a day or two...

why I hate winter today

My car was an absolute icicle from the freezing rain we got all afternoon so I spent 15 minutes scraping my car. Seems like not very long, but when you are being pelted with freezing rain and are about to fall over because the ground is a solid sheet of ice, 15 minutes is a freaking eternity.

There is no ice scraping needed in LA for obvious reasons. And Chicago may be really damn windy and cold, but driving was a rarity for me, especially to work, so scraping my car was a rare occurrence. Now it's a multi-week (and sometimes multi-day!) pain in the butt.

I am starting to understand why some women I know hope Santa brings remote starters in his sleigh and why they have visions of seat warmers dancing in their heads. Driving during a Midwest winter sucks!