What kind of Christmas Tree am I?

You Are a Bright Christmas Tree

For you, the holidays are all about fun and seasonal favorites. You are into all things Christmas, even if they're a little tacky.

What Christmas Tree Are You?

Celebrity Look-alikes

I saw this on one of the blogs that I read on a daily basis and I was curious to see who I looked like. I was pleasantly surprised by some of the celebrities on my list. My #1 match was Christie Brinkley, nothing wrong with that! :-) If you want to see who you look like you can click on the block below and complete the process.

Worst Christmas Movie Ever!

After I finished studying last night I decided to watch a movie. I have recently added some holiday movies to my NetFlix queue and settled on Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure. I am a big fan of Christmas Vacation starring Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo and thought if this movie was even half as funny that it's predecessor that it wouldn't be too bad. Well I was wrong. This movie reaches a level of suckitude that I didn't think was possible. Nothing about it was good. Story - stupid, Writing - oh, so bad, Acting - bad, Special Effects - horrible, Jokes - not funny and over done. I wasted 83 minutes of my life watching this film, 83 minutes that I will never get back.

So take my advice and don't waste your time on this movie. But if you are trying to torture annoying family members or friends over the holiday season you may pop it in the DVD player and see how long it take to clear the living room. ;-)

My Christmas Stocking Quiz

Your Christmas Stocking Will Be Filled With Little Wrapped Presents

You've made Santa a very happy fellow this year. Don't worry - what happens at the North Pole stays at the North Pole!

What Will Be In Your Christmas Stocking?

Foggy Morning

It was bright and sunny when I left my home in Seattle but the closer and closer I got to the beautiful Kent valley this morning the worse it got. It is amazing what a difference a few miles can make.

Don's Birthday Celebration

Celebrating with a favorite dessert.

Happy Birthday Don!

Today is Don's birthday. His 35th birthday to be exact! :-)

And since he was my first and my most reliable blog reader I couldn't let the day pass without a posting a greeting for him.

So, Don...

I hope that today is filled with many wonderful surprises and the coming year is one of the best you have ever had!

Technology Woes

I suffered from tremendous technical difficulties yesterday. I was forced to replace my cell phone battery (yes, again), yet even after hours of charging it died. I got repeated error messages from my wireless broadband service and the service kept insisting that I needed to generate a new IP address, this put quite a kink in my studying for my upcoming final examination. And, I had been trying to upload some posts to my website yet the Blogger website that I use to manage my website wasn't working properly. I was finally so frustrated that I gave up on it all.

My horoscope this morning said something about having a temper tantrum and I just blew it off, but when I still couldn't get my phone to charge or my wireless card to work reliably this morning, I became very, very, very, angry.

So after work I went to the Verizon store. I have teased many times over the past few weeks about how hard Verizon is working for me (totally tongue in cheek) but tonight (maybe because of my temper tantrum) they really did work for me.

I was greeted Chris, the same tech support guy that helped me on Sunday, and he immediately recognized me and started fixing the problem with my phone. While I was still explaining the problem in great detail he was pulling a brand new phone out and hooking it up. Once the phone was settled I addressed the wireless broadband problem with them. I explained my frustration with the service and it's general unreliability, he called the store manager over and they let me out of my contract. Which was huge relief. I had been disappointed by the service since I got it but felt trapped.

However, this left me with a problem, no access to the internet. I heard a couple of ads on the radio for Clearwire and noticed a kiosk at Pacific Place where I had parked my car. I stopped by to ask a few questions which were answered to my satisfaction and I took the plunge and signed up. Upon arriving home I set up the modem. It works perfectly, it's much faster than Verizon and I am happy!

Hopefully all of my technology woes are behind me, I get very grumpy when I am not able to connect to the world.

Quote of the day

“By three methods we may learn wisdom:
First, by reflection, which is noblest;
Second, by imitation, which is easiest;
and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”

-Confucius

Downtown Lights

The Macy's Star shines above Starbucks Coffee at Westlale Center.