much like everyone else, i've spent the last week and a half preparing, wrapping and handing out gifts to friends for the holidays. its been fun, and i've been pleasantly surprised by a bunch that i've received so far - thanks everyone! thanks to ucsb-jenn for katamari damacy, and san diego-jenn for the cool mug and sweets, kazu and amy for "it's not easy being green" (which is a perfect read at this stage of my life), ben for "memories" (we gotta watch this soon man... awesome!) and molly for a nicely framed oj.barbados flier from the past as well as a couple of studio recording cd's. the ojb stuff brough back memories, and it's nostalgic to listen to some of the early recordings (songs i had forgotten we had recorded) from college. so cool!