Holiday Store Sports

So Jess and I were in JoAnns (quit laughing guys; if it hasn't happened to you yet, at some point it will) and we were looking for fabric to make stockings for our first Christmas together. Turns out they were having a big sale (Most things were marked off 60%) and we ended up getting a bunch of other stuff we had been wanting to get for Christmas. One thing in particular that Jessica wanted to get was some ribbon for our wreath. We, mainly she, narrowed it down to three designs. We couldn't pick one though, we liked them all. We even tried holding them up to wreaths in the store, but it didn't help; they were all good. So the man-answer came: "Let's just roll them down the aisle and which ever one goes the furthest is the winner." She went for it. I rolled them and Golden Swirl took a quick turn out of the race. It was a close call but Christmas Trees beat Ornaments in the end. "Let's do it again just to make sure." Gold Swirl was out in the beginning again, and Ornaments had the lead until the very end. We bought the Christmas Trees.
I'm drinking eggnog as I write this, enjoying it to the fullest and soaking up as much Christmas as I can (It's my FAVORITE time of the year), wondering what you look forward to or if you have any similar crazy-makeshift-pony races with ribbon stories.
-Dave

Procrastination.....

is what I'm doing right now. I CAN'T STOP!!! I have a 10 page paper due the week of finals- which starts 1 week from today. It just seems too far off for my little brain to process so I simply cannot start writing my paper. This paper is based off of my big ppt presentation I had to deliver last week, so I also feel like it won't be that hard. I'm probably kidding myself.

So far I've:
-wrapped a few presents
-cleaned/picked up
-done laundry
-watched stupid TV
-read blogs
-read that Twilight sequel Dave posted about earlier
-blogged this.

Grrrr- I need to get cracking.

For vampire lovers:

If you are anything like my wife, then you were sad when you finished reading the fourth installment in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. You were lost in which direction to turn towards for your next big book, knowing full well that it would leave you unfulfilled compared to what Twilight did for you. Well, if that is you, then I am happy to tell you about something terrible that happened to Stephenie Meyer. "What a mean thing to say" you might think. Well, it is a bad thing for her or is it just another publicity stunt(I mean, I don't read the books, but here I am giving her free advertising)...plus, it's good for her readers. Did you know that she had actually started writing a fifth book titled "Midnight Sun?" Midnight Sun tells the story of twilight through the eyes of Edward (All girls/women rejoice...men can groan). Somehow a copy of the unfinished book ended up on the internet and here is a little blurb from her site explaining her options:

I'd rather my fans not read this version of Midnight Sun. It was only an incomplete draft; the writing is messy and flawed and full of mistakes. But how do I comment on this violation without driving more people to look for the illegal posting? It has taken me a while to decide how and if I could respond. But to end the confusion, I've decided to make the draft available here (at the end of this post). This way, my readers don't have to feel they have to make a sacrifice to stay honest. I hope this fragment gives you further insight into Edward's head and adds a new dimension to the Twilight story. That's what inspired me to write it in the first place.

So without further adieu, I give you the partial draft of the Midnight Sun. Start reading!
-Dave