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Well, January is coming to a close. This month has been fairly relaxed. My weekends have mostly been spent with friends and family. Yesterday I went out to see the Aviator, which as a fairly long movie (especially in some parts) but good. I didn't know much about Howard Hughes going into the movie so I don't know how much of it is accurate, but it had a lot of good acting so I would say that it was a good movie.

Everything's been going well, and I've been trying to get out of a class that I had taken in Junior College before I transfered so my quarter at school has been easy. This has led to some video game and movie time in my free time. :) Talking with some of my friends has given me the travel bug again also.

I will leave with a random thought that I noticed as I was watching the preview for the movie Boogieman today. Why do horror writers always have to put in a weird scene with someone being stalked while they're in the bathtub?

Shows

This past week there was a lot of rain here in Southern California, which led to me catching up on some TV as well as a couple new shows that I've become addicted to. The first one has been Pimp My Ride, which I like to watch now mostly to see what West Coast Customs will put in the car. I think that the craziest things that I've seen so far have been a fish tank and a fire place. I also like seeing that the people who get their cars pimped seem to deserve it for more than the fact that they have older beat up cars too. It took me three seasons to jump on the band wagon, but 24 has finally sucked me in also.

One show that I hate admitting to have watched was Cheaters. The title pretty much says it all, but the main point of the episode that I watched was the typical story of girl meets boy...girl moves in with boy...boy goes behind girlfriends back and sleeps with her old roommate...girl gets suspicious and hires a private detective. Now I'm definitely all about being open about things, but watching people being caught in the act of cheating and breaking up is hard to watch. It definitely caught my attention, but probably more like looking over at an accident to see what happened kind of way. I guess my point is that breaking up in general is not a fun experience, so I can't imagine wanting to do it on national TV.

New Year (2005)

It's a little sad to think that the holidays are already over, but the year ended well for me. Christmas was good, and I had fun spending it partying with family. Lots of food, gifts, and a little wine tasting. :) Hearing the news about the earth quake and tsunami disasters in Eastern Asia was a somber note though.

Around Christmas my friend that I had traveled with through Europe over the summer came back from studying abroad so I got to catch up on all his stories about his trip after I left. Hearing the stories definitely made me want to travel again, but if I went again I would want to stay in one country instead of bouncing between four like I did this past summer.

A couple of days before New Years I went to see the band Ozomatli, who were playing fairly close to my house. New Years was fairly mellow. I had a couple of friends over, and we ended up mostly just hanging out. There was an attempt to go out, but aside from a few big events downtown there wasn't a lot going on. All the bars and clubs near by were fairly empty, but it was cool to be able to keep it mellow as well as stay off the roads. Spending New Years with close friends is usually the way I like to spend it anyway. That's about the news here for now.