Lame Duck Days

The last two days before the University winter break, before being off until January 5th. Huge amount of people have taken vacation time, so there are rather few here, and it's way too quiet. From experience, I know it's rather hard to focus and get anything done, as vacation/holiday brain sets in pretty bad--so it's kinda like the rest left here are just going through the motions, and fighting a losing battle against low-productivity. Is especially hard since my supervisor and dept. chair are among those not present--the mass of new books and books to be sorted, though, do loom and remind me I really can't afford to slack without it being noticed after end of break.

But am of course planning what to do during the time off. Definitely have to get Christmas stuff mailed off on the 26th. Must. Probably will give in and take the fragile things to the UPS store, as I'm worried I won't get them packed right. Am telling myself I need to clean the house, but we'll see if that happens. I hope to spend at least some time hanging out with Anj. And I want at least one day where I can go see RotK again, alone preferably, so I can soak it up and react without worrying about anyone seeing me get emotional. Christmas Day will be over at my Dad and stepmother's, and I've got to be in good cheer on that day, for them--also will have to call Mom and open things while on the phone with her.

Meant to bring in my Dennis Leary - No Cure For Cancer CD, to bring my mood up with stupid humor...but forgot, naturally. >_< Dang. Have to see what I've got on the iPod that isn't morose. Need to find my creativity again, and get back to being stupid and giggly--I figure, I've bought myself some time, got things calm again, shouldn't waste it. Have wasted so damned much time sleeping, I can't continue that.

Happy first day of winter/shortest day of the year, ne?

b.o.r.e.d....

Like I was being productive anyway, but standing around while Systems fixed a networky problem while I was in Serials sucked away much of this afternoon. As if they really needed me to type in my passwords that often... >_>

What has amused me, tho:
1) Two words...'iced phallus' (the source of which shall remain nameless *heh*). XD Though, being that is me, my thought processes then followed as such: Gee, that sounds like a rock band name. Gee, I can picture "Iced Phallus World Tour" on the back of a t-shirt. Gee, now I can picture Kaidoh from behind (eh heh >) ) wearing said t-shirt, glaring back over his shoulder, also with a braided leather bracelet and holding a set of drum sticks... Yeah, so now you can see how my random neurons fire. Though to be honest, I really tend to imagine Kaidoh as playing electric guitar--why that mental image keeps insisting on involving drums I have no clue.

2) RP plottage. Mmmmm, mountain lodge...hits Di-weaknesses. Makes me start thinking of boys skiing and snowboarding and making snowmen and snowangels and having snowball fights and tussling in the snow and *tussling* in the snow and getting all rosy-flushed and sweaty and breath frosting the air as they breathe hard, and... *coughs* Um. ^^ Anyway. Just don't get me started on thoughts of hot cocoa and fireplaces and marshmallows getting toasted and snuggling and and removing wet things from snow tussling and sharing body heat to warm up and... *coughs again* Well then. ^^ But truly, the first words that I thought of when I saw announcement of this were not "room swapping". Really, not at all. Honestly.


Docs Desk very quiet...bored bored...whole day kinda a waste for everyone, no surprise there. Yeah... Hm. Anj might wanna get together tonight to watch something fluffy like Tantei Gakuen Q or some such. Or she might not. Hope she decides soon. I wouldn't mind mindless fluff and/or getting outta the house.