Saturday, December 31, 2011
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bearshortyHappy New Year to everyone! I hope the New Year will bring only good things.
I’m back to posting and being back online consistently – it was nice to take a short break although I did still check email and watched videos online. I also just caught up to posting the last week on my journal. I didn’t want to overwhelm anyone’s reading pages so I posted them just on my journal, in case anyone wants to read it.
But here is a short summary of my Christmas/New Year/holiday week: I had a very nice Christmas with Bear’s family where I got four books among my presents (yay), including Stephen Fry’s latest autobiography, and a pocket watch so I could pretend to be in Doctor Who universe. Then Bear and I went to Montauk for a nice relaxing vacation with hiking every morning and even time at a spa! And in the middle of this vacation on a beautiful Waking Dunes hike, Bear proposed with a lovely ring, which I thought was just perfect for me. It has an art deco design on the sides. So I got to be a bit giddy and girly.
2011: A Year in Review:
What stood out for me: going to Orlando and seeing the Harry Potter world, and seeing “Cabaret” and “Book of Mormon” and more opera. And getting to teach history again, especially the history of law class. And the engagement obviously. And the gigantic birthday ice-cream. Starting to read on a Kindle.
Favorite book: “Good Omens”, no contest. I just loved it. “Hunger Games” trilogy and “Ghost Story” by Jim Butcher hold an honorary title.
Shows I’m glad I finally watched in their entirety in order of enjoyment from highest to lowest: “Queer as Folk UK”, “Avatar: The Last Airbender” and “Queer as Folk US”.
Favorite TV shows: “Community” and “True Blood”
Favorite new TV discoveries: “Downton Abbey,” “Grimm” and “Borgias,” and British and German soap storylines on YouTube.
Favorite movies of the year: “Harry Potter: Deathly Hollows Part II” and “X-Men: First Class”
Cross stitching: just the blanket and the bib. I think the blanket tired me out. I need to start something new soon.
Favorite new person: Galya.
Most interesting real life thing I did this year: being on a jury
What stood out this year: It was a year of writing fics and participating in fandom writing communities. I did RS Games and the RS Small Gifts exchange and Fannish Library Fest. And I just wrote and read more.
New thing this year: Highlights in my hair.
Today itself was a low key day. While Bear set up his laptop in my room and was doing some work I read Karen Armstrong’s article “Homo religiosus” which I will teach next semester. I do love her stuff but she is dense and complex. The students will certainly be challenged.
I did go outside to go to the bank with Bear but otherwise I stayed home and read.
Of course, in the evening I had to get ready for our holiday celebration. It was just my parents and Bear but since it is New Year, we all dressed up – with yellow and orange themes since next year is the year of the Dragon. So I’m wearing an orange shirt I got for my birthday, a black skirt and stockings with make-up and everything. I look more like a tiger. Mama made a delicious table of holiday food including a chicken and we took our annual holiday photos with the tree.
I hope 2012 will be a good year. That is the best part about the New Year celebration a hope of a new beginning.
Bear's Christmas tree
Montauk lighthouse
Montauk
My ring
My New Year Tree
Our New Year Feast
Holiday chicken
I’m back to posting and being back online consistently – it was nice to take a short break although I did still check email and watched videos online. I also just caught up to posting the last week on my journal. I didn’t want to overwhelm anyone’s reading pages so I posted them just on my journal, in case anyone wants to read it.
But here is a short summary of my Christmas/New Year/holiday week: I had a very nice Christmas with Bear’s family where I got four books among my presents (yay), including Stephen Fry’s latest autobiography, and a pocket watch so I could pretend to be in Doctor Who universe. Then Bear and I went to Montauk for a nice relaxing vacation with hiking every morning and even time at a spa! And in the middle of this vacation on a beautiful Waking Dunes hike, Bear proposed with a lovely ring, which I thought was just perfect for me. It has an art deco design on the sides. So I got to be a bit giddy and girly.
2011: A Year in Review:
What stood out for me: going to Orlando and seeing the Harry Potter world, and seeing “Cabaret” and “Book of Mormon” and more opera. And getting to teach history again, especially the history of law class. And the engagement obviously. And the gigantic birthday ice-cream. Starting to read on a Kindle.
Favorite book: “Good Omens”, no contest. I just loved it. “Hunger Games” trilogy and “Ghost Story” by Jim Butcher hold an honorary title.
Shows I’m glad I finally watched in their entirety in order of enjoyment from highest to lowest: “Queer as Folk UK”, “Avatar: The Last Airbender” and “Queer as Folk US”.
Favorite TV shows: “Community” and “True Blood”
Favorite new TV discoveries: “Downton Abbey,” “Grimm” and “Borgias,” and British and German soap storylines on YouTube.
Favorite movies of the year: “Harry Potter: Deathly Hollows Part II” and “X-Men: First Class”
Cross stitching: just the blanket and the bib. I think the blanket tired me out. I need to start something new soon.
Favorite new person: Galya.
Most interesting real life thing I did this year: being on a jury
What stood out this year: It was a year of writing fics and participating in fandom writing communities. I did RS Games and the RS Small Gifts exchange and Fannish Library Fest. And I just wrote and read more.
New thing this year: Highlights in my hair.
Today itself was a low key day. While Bear set up his laptop in my room and was doing some work I read Karen Armstrong’s article “Homo religiosus” which I will teach next semester. I do love her stuff but she is dense and complex. The students will certainly be challenged.
I did go outside to go to the bank with Bear but otherwise I stayed home and read.
Of course, in the evening I had to get ready for our holiday celebration. It was just my parents and Bear but since it is New Year, we all dressed up – with yellow and orange themes since next year is the year of the Dragon. So I’m wearing an orange shirt I got for my birthday, a black skirt and stockings with make-up and everything. I look more like a tiger. Mama made a delicious table of holiday food including a chicken and we took our annual holiday photos with the tree.
I hope 2012 will be a good year. That is the best part about the New Year celebration a hope of a new beginning.
Bear's Christmas tree
Montauk lighthouse
Montauk
My ring
My New Year Tree
Our New Year Feast
Holiday chicken
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Date: 2012-01-01 02:33 am (UTC)