sick

It seems to be tradition in every version of my blog to have entries like "tired" and "sick." I couldn't let the new year come without making a "sick" entry, as I've now admitted to myself that I am sick. (Actually, I admitted this to myself yesterday, then spent most of the afternoon in bed.) I do feel a bit better now, but my throat is swollen and makes it hard to breathe normally.

I suppose I should do a catch-up of the last month, since I disappeared for a while... The first two weeks were spent "finishing" my classes at Art Center. "Finishing" in quotes because I still have a model due mid-January that's going to be displayed at the main campus when we're done. The last half was spent hanging out with Mich and generally relaxing, catching up on sleep and then just sleeping too much. I did a lot of knitting and crocheting for Christmas presents this year. Esther came to hang out in Torrance after missing the last train back to Claremont from Universal Studios. (We ended up going to see a taping of "Twins" instead of going through the park, and we didn't get back until 9pm.) On Christmas, my family and I drove up to Monterey, so I've got pictures from that I've got to post.

I've gone through a bunch of animes: Prince of Tennis, which is much better than it sounds, even if the end is different from the manga; Neon Genesis Evangelion, a classic; Full Metal Alchemist, which I'm almost done with; Wild Striker, which I'm still watching with Jo, which is basically the soccer version of Prince of Tennis; Rurouni Kenshin, which we're netflixing; Haibane Renmei, which we netflixed. Basically, I watch these instead of TV or movies now, even though I still follow the news on IMDB. I think I'd need cable and cartoon network to change my viewing habits at this point, because network TV just doesn't do it for me... But. The first season of SeaQuest just came out on DVD, which, like The Pretender, Animaniacs, and Pinky and the Brain, are my favorites from elementary/middle school. So, I will return to American TV just for those when they come out on DVD.