hm.

long time no update.

well, here i am now. what do i say...?

1) we got a sweet haul for our non-denominational gift exchange. i got an ipod mini from the in-laws, and my sweetie got some high-quality hockey skates. got some new clothes, and JH brought me a jupo -- a rain skirt -- which he is now stubbornly refusing to accept repayment for... (thanks, JH). my sweetie got me an oilers jersey, which i will wear either when the nhl comes back, or when it's clear that it will never come back. to wear it now is just sort of wanky. apparently, he also ordered a sweatshirt with the cheat on it for me, but it hasn't arrived in the mail. i wonder if it will before we go back to van.

the grandmother in-law gave each of us a $500 cheque, which was sort of excessive, to say the least. one of these is going straight to the red cross in light of the tsunami disaster in south-east asia. it's staggering how many people that disaster's taken.

2) saw (or will see) most of the people i'd wanted to see, with the notable exceptions of KL&TH and M&L. i'm not sure what's going on with the former -- been e-mailing both of them for a while and they haven't responded at all, which leads me to believe that maybe they just don't want to see me (which is okay; i just sort of want to know). i'm thinking M&L may have read my blog entry where i said their wedding wasn't much fun and don't want to talk to me. *shrug*...?

3) i sent an invoice for my editing work done over december. i edited 411 pages. yeesh. also, the value of a euro has gone up, now i'm getting $4.95 CDN per page. wahoo!

4) been trying to lay out the january issue of the physics journal, and it's a total disaster. acquisitions have been poor, and my continual emphasis that the editors need to get me good photos and graphics just doesn't seem to be sinking in. also, the english editor has been retardedly slow to respond; i haven't even gotten his feedback for the proofs i've put out yet. fortunately, it seems that most schools are starting late this term (i don't go back until the 10th). we may have a couple of buffer days that i'm growing more and more confident we'll have to take.

5) still need to fix my CV and write my cover letters for my internship. blargh!

6) am sick. it was only a matter of time. DA was sick...DI was sick...the lack of sleep and dry air aren't helping.

7) looked up program requirements for a PhD in communications. 12 full-time terms or 6 years, it says. am i ready to make such a commitment?