I'll head over to my neighbor's just a bit before midnight, with cookies. And then we'll squelch out into the field (it's a bog right now. Oh, did I mention a cop car got stuck in it? I don't know why) to watch the city fireworks.

And then I'll check Twitter to see how the protests went.

I just watched Kingsman, and now it's time for New Year's Steve, and then bed.

Boy, I feel like I should be sacrificing a small creature of some sort in thanks that I've only had some congestion so far this winter.

Chickens are traditional.

Wow, I could turn in now. Four more hours with drinks are gonna be a stretch.

So I'm a nutball.

Brian told me tonight the house across the street finally sold to homeowners. Lights were on, door open, so I took them cookies and introduced myself. Young pregnant couple, friends with marc&sarah up the street, cute little black dog.They're excited about the house, just been in 10 days. Gave 'em the tip you can see fireworks from the field.

Drink question: why are all the ginger beer cocktails called mules except for a dark and stormy?

In a possibly pathetic update, I have found Ice Castles on one of the weird indie channels I get, AIFG. Cheesiest skating movie ever and I love it with my whole heart.

Drink question: why are all the ginger beer cocktails called mules except for a dark and stormy?

I have no idea, but I had a fantastic cocktail the other day at a restaurant with ginger beer, cachaca, and lime. I need to recreate it sometime, but at the moment I have neither cachaca nor ginger beer. It was called a Brazilian Holy Water, fwiw. Also I finally tried fernet for the first time at someone's house over Christmas. Better late than never.

I had mexican food before the 5K. maybe not the best decision. This 5K was sparse and almost no walker so mom and I were alone and since it was dark toward the end, we missed a turn or something and had to go off path to get back back on the right path. We skipped going through the finish and just went to the car. still done.

At 5:15 (while at the 5k) got a text inviting mac to a party, nothing like no planning! jesus. so now waiting for him to get showered and ready

We're watching The Great Ziegfeld and it's not very good, despite having lots of William Powell in a tuxedo. It's very slow-paced.

I kind of want to go to bed.

Amy, I have a deep deep love for Ice Castles. I own it and may need to watch tonight. Also one of these days I need to drive down and check out the Broadmore.

I'm home alone tonight. Well, me and the animals though they are all ignoring me right now. I'm also in horrible pain. The left side of my jaw is angry with me. I can't tell if it is dental pain or my trigeminal neuralgia flaring up despite my meds. Vicodin isn't touching the pain, so I'm thinking it is not dental. It has been a miserable day and I hate that I'll be ringing in the new year feeling like shit.