After Christmas

I'm sorry I didn't do a "Carbonizer Christmas", though to tell you, I have a better Christmas this year than last: not better gifts, mind you, though I think the stuff was better. A pound of Community Coffee New Orleans Blend (would go great with beignets!), a new clipboard, "Images of America: College Station", "Reimagining Detroit", "Wrapped Up FoxTrot", a remote control flying shark (inflatable!), helium and balloons, the Logo Board Game (more on that another day), some weird flavored straws for milk, some JellyBellys, a pizza stone, an iPod cable that I wanted to replace my current one that's patched up with electrical tape except it turned out to be a bulky hand-me-down that I wanted to avoid, and a homemade wearable blanket.

It should be noted that in addition, I got some Spam from Hawaii and a reusable Kmart bag (also from Hawaii).

All in all, pretty good. My brother got a bottle of Jack Daniels that he can't take on the airplane home (among other things, of course), my aunt donated a gag gift ("365 Ways to Go Green", and given that we're all independents or conservatives, we all took a look at it and passed it on), I gave my cousin some bacon-flavored popcorn (among other things), and all in all, good times. We watched a few movies during the time (Muppet Treasure Island, which I've seen dozens of times but I don't pass up, Kung Fu Panda 2, and Red), played games (Mario Kart 64, Mario Party 8)


Miscellany:

This is my inferior picture of some groovy flooring exposed by building demolition. My brother had the superior camera and produced a way better (and way bigger, storage-wise) picture. Due to the fact that I signed an NDA, I can't tell you where I was, or what I was doing there.




Lightning McQueen here seems to have gained some weight, and he doesn't quite comprehend what he's done.





And more is yet to come...! (Happy Boxing Day, everyone!)