sloth.

it's been a good break. a lazy break, but a good one nonetheless.

thanksgiving was awesome... it was really nice of sean to invite me to spend thanksgiving with his family. the food was great - we had turkey, squash soup, mashed potatoes, sweet potato rolls, salad, apple pie and my favorite - french beans with shrimp that tasted like home. the vegetables were actually crunchy! =P

but what i liked best was just being in a family atmosphere again after so long. and especially after hearing so many depressing statistics about how many marriages end in divorce, and how many children grow up in single parent homes, and how many children are abused and neglected, and after capturing the friedmans, it was nice to be in a loving and respectful home environment. reassuring. yeah, so thanks sean. =)

i've also watched a whole load of movies over the past few days, it's pretty unbelievable. on wednesday i watched "the bourne identity" and part of "the bourne supremacy", on thursday i finished "the bourne supremacy" and watched "lost in translation" at sean's. then on friday i watched my first ever movie at the cinema here in america with yayoi and sean - we watched "beowulf", which i happen to be reading for my lit class at the moment, and that night i watched "ocean's 11" online. and today i watched "gone with the wind". hehe. of all the movies i have to say... "beowulf" was the best. especially if you've read the epic. in fact, i encourage you to read the epic first before watching the movie - it's the first good adaptation i've seen from book to screen. i think the plot twists that have been added on are amazing... they add so much more depth to the story. go watch.

thankfully, i've done more than just watch movies and eat this holiday - i went shooting today! with like real firearms! i tried... a rifle and a shotgun. i think. i'm not sure if i got the names right. but it was a lot of fun! sean, david, akiko and i went up into the hills and shot empty "apple cider" cans. turns out i've got better aim than i thought i did, so don't piss me off. especially when i have a gun. =P

that's been my long weekend so far - got one day left tomorrow. one more day til all my work comes crashing down on me again. it's so bad that i've barely done anything over the past four days... i think the problem is that this break kinda gives me the illusion that i have a whole lotta time to get everything done, when in fact i don't. it's hard to get motivated when deadlines are more than 24 hours away. >.<

anyway. it's been fun. good, mindless fun. =)