You signed your name wrong in that last post, Rakhel.

I do use short sentences a lot. It mirrors the way I speak. I find that short statements have more of a bang, you know? They stand out.

Like this.

Anyway, I'm glad you enjoyed your meeting. I haven't had Chinese food in a while. Well, I had... what's that good Chinese place? With the lettuce wraps? PF Chang's. I had that over Thanksgiving, but TECHNICALLY I had Singapore noodles, which hail from the small nation of -- you guessed it -- Singapore!! I would really like to go to Singapore. I have heard many a wondrous things about their street food. Apparently, Asian street food rocks. I NEED TO GO TO ASIA!

Danli made a picture of her dog (Widgeon, named after Pigwidgeon), her computer background and was adding snow to make it wintery, but then I told her I would do it for her. So now, her computer background is Widgeon with snow and a Rudolph nose, sitting on a blanket of snow with candy cane towers and stockings and a Calvin and Hobbs snowman comic, surrounded by snowballs, snowflakes, and floating heads/images of her favorite people and things, which include the following: John Marsden (author), Shirley Jackson (author), My Melody (a bunny friend of Hello Kitty), Totoro (that weird Japanese thing), Iorek (some weird armored bear), Severus Snape, a bear-shark hybrid, a polar bear and husky being friends, a baby dolphin, and Finn Hudson. Perhaps I will attach it at the end of this post.

We have our staff Christmas party today. It's from 2-5. I don't want to go for that long! Three hours? Maybe I will go late. I don't know. I would miss the white elephant gift exchange GOD FORBID!!! I'm not upset about missing that. I forgot about it until about midnight last night, and then rifled through all my boxes of random crap... of which I have a few. As I could not bring myself to part with any of my rubber duckies, I ended up grabbing a box of Family Guy Uno that someone gave me in high school and I never used (and never particularly wanted to use). I just wrapped it in newspaper and threw it in my purse. I hope no one is too offended by it. BUT if I miss the exchange?!? No harm, no foul.

Guess what! My boss gave me a bunch of chocolate and a $25 gift card to Starbucks!!!! I am thrilled! I haven't been able to buy myself any Starbucks for a while... yes! I also love how your boss just pours money on you.

These are the "fortunes" I have gotten recently that I still have:
- One who admires you greatly is hidden before your eyes.
- Stay true to yourself.
- Sever the ignorant doubt in your heart with the sword of self-knowledge.