its the most wonderful time of the year!

im in a good mood today, despite me leaving my coffee on the roof of the car until it fell off and spilled coffee all over the roof and door (which promptly froze), despite the lack of snow, despite me having to work until thursday. i was thinking about it, this is the first time in a long time that i have been able to enjoy the approach of christmas and all the things that go along with it. i mean, i have been busy, but a different kind of busy. before i was in school and esp during college it was just rush rush rush with finals until christmas break. and then it was too late to be of any help. but this year i have been able to help pick out and cut down a christmas tree, i was largely in charge of decorating, we baked cookies (even if they turned out ugly), and i had plenty of time and money with which to buy gifts. its nice having a job and car. and at work, what with all the food and christmas music, i am constantly reminded of what time of year it is. unlike at college when days would pass and i would forget what was going on.

i have been listening to NPR on the way to and from work and its pretty interesting. i got to hear about the different characteristics of plasma, flat panel and hi-definition tvs. not that i will ever have one of those. and yesterday afternoon they were talking about new studies on the drug Celebrex and how it increases chances of heart attack or stroke. then i found an article on cnn that says the same was true of naproxen (Alleve). ive taken that so its more interesting than the other drug. i wonder how exactly they come to the decision that one is 50% more likely to have a heart attack or stroke. do they notice 50% of test patients keeling over suddenly? i wonder if this is true of most drugs, they all seem to cause some kind of very uncomfortable if not life threatening medical condition. anyway. im sure thats all boring so im done for now.