SNOW.

It's snowing outside! It's all very exciting. Mostly because I am sitting in my warm, cozy house in front of my Christmas tree and I don't actually have to battle the snow to get anywhere, like I do when I'm at school. Hooray! (and yes, I did take a picture. That is how excited I am.)

I've been home for over a week and I haven't done a damned thing. Actually that's not true--I decorated many, many cookies at a cookie party that was 90% of all the employees of NPR. And I watched "Love Actually," which is an important Christmas ritual. I mainlined 2 seasons of "Mad Men" and developed even more of a girl-crush on Christina Hendricks.

Aside from that, though, I have been going stir-crazy. Cabin fever. Like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7Nb4voFm30

The quarter system sucks. It's probably the second-worst thing about Northwestern (the worst thing being the winters. Not looking forward to going back to that). I got back for break at the beginning of December, and the first day of winter quarter is January 3rd. I would happily take an extra week of fall quarter if we could have the first week of January off. Our spring break doesn't match up with anyone else's, and we get out of school more than a month after anyone else, which makes finding an internship incredibly difficult. Whine, whine, bitch, moan.

But really, it's snowing and I shouldn't be complaining. My parents got each other skis for Christmas--I don't know why, we don't go skiing--so they'll probably toss around the idea of taking them out for a spin, and then end up drinking half a bottle of wine and falling asleep instead. Cheers, parents.

Please enjoy this picture of my dog, who is the only creature I see for most of the day. Yes, I did force him to stand outside so I could take this.

I am going to end this random post with the worst Christmas song ever made. Please also enjoy the amateur music video it goes with: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91rBsza7bI0&feature=related