so it's been about two months...

From November until last week, I didn't think I'd get a chance to rest and/or recuperate to do anything because of a crazy work schedule.

Then two weeks ago my hard-drive died suddenly. It's not easy to find a place that services Macs, but God really blessed me ad we got it taken care of pretty easily and quickly, like in a week. And then it was Christmas, and I could go on and on about how nice it was to spend Christmas out of America's realm of materialism, but something tells me that's for a more spiritual post.

The day after Christmas, a few of us went to the capital city to eat. Yes, that was our only goal. Round one: Outback Steakhouse. BLOOMIN' ONION! (w/ bottomless drinks, which are a foreign concept here!) And it wasn't halal, so you know what that means? Bacon!
Round two: Krispy Kreme. KRISPY KREME!
Round three: a sub-sandwich place. SUBS!
Round four: Dairy Queen Blizzard. BLIZZARD!
Round four: Chili's. I ate a Buffalo Chicken Salad. Who knew there was such a glorious thing?
Round five: Krispy Kreme. Again.
Round six: a panini place that had turkey sandwiches. TURKEY!

I'm still recovering. I'd forgotten how big American portions were.

And then, I began to download some albums. (Here, a new album can cost as low as $3, and Amazon has been having a sale with albums going for $5). I also bought a Paste Magazine Subscription for the year, which has given me some more albums. Almost 98% of this readership will not care, but for the few who do, I was fortunate enough to purchase/download:
Bebo Norman - Try
Jars of Clay - Redemption Songs
Rosie Thomas - A Very Rosie Christmas
Sufjan Stevens - Songs for Christmas Vol. 8
Low - Christmas
Paste Sampler 49
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Coldplay - Viva La Vida
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Matt Pond PA - The Freeep
TV on the Radio - Dear Science
Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer