December Debrief

December was pretty much defined by Christmas. I had the most time off during Christmas since graduating from college, and it was pretty nice. I’m pretty proud of myself for hanging on to that vacation time all year. The very first thing I did when I got back to work was put in a vacation request form for the entire week of Christmas in 2011. Let’s see if I’m able to do it again.

December Running Totals
4 workouts
1:54:23 duration
12.79 miles
8:56 per mile average
1,443 calories burned

Books Read in December:
The End of Reason: A Response to the New Atheists — Ravi Zacharias

Movies Watched in December:
Tooth Fairy – 2/5
From Russia with Love – 2/5
Austin Powers 1 – 3/5
Pet Sematary – 3/5
The Marc Pease Experience – 4/5
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World – 5/5
Restrepo – 4/5
Short Circuit – 4/5
RoboCop – 3/5
A Fish Called Wanda – 3/5
Lucas – 5/5
GoldenEye – 4/5
The Trotsky – 4/5
Moonstruck – 4/5
Elsewhere – 3/5
Mallrats – 3/5
Yogi Bear – 2/5
The Rundown – 3/5
The Graduate – 5/5
Tron: Legacy – 4/5
Thunderball – 2/5
True Grit (1969) – 4/5
Mission: Impossible – 4/5
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me – 3/5
Gulliver’s Travels – 3/5
Almost an Angel – 4/5
After.Life – 2/5
Four Christmases – 3/5
The Other Guys – 4/5
The Fighter – 5/5
Christmas Vacation*
Jingle All The Way*

Filed under: 2010, Books, December, Movies

December Debrief

BOOOOOOORRRRINNNNNNNGGGG!!!

A most unremarkable December. The highlights were back-to-back-to-back 3-day weekends. One with Tonia’s family, one with my family, and one with friends. Perhaps the best we have ever scheduled that logistical nightmare.

Also of note, this was the first year we didn’t really buy anybody anything for Christmas. Instead we created a coupon book for each family that said what we wanted to give them this year was us, our time. So each of the coupons were designed to serve that end. Rock Band and pizza, dinner and a movie, roller-skating, etc., all on us. Hope it works out as well as we envisioned.

I brought in the new year with Tonia and Tanner in our living room, playing board games and drinking the bubbly. Good times!

Books Read in December:
Primal by Mark Batterson
Purple Cows by Seth Godin

Movies Watched in December:
By the People: The Election of Barack Obama – 4/5
Aliens in the Attic – 3/5
Be Still – 3/5
21 Grams – 4/5
King of California – 4/5
Julie & Julia – 4/5
Public Enemies – 4/5
G.I. Joe – The Rise of Cobra – 2/5
Snow Falling on Cedars – 3/5
TRON – 4/5
Deliverance – 3/5
Jarhead – 3/5
Young Frankenstien – 3/5
Mad Max – 3/5
500 Days of Summer – 4/5
Extract – 3/5
The Nightmare Before Christmas – 3/5
Sherlock Holmes – 4/5
Alvin and the Chipmunks 2: The Squeakuel – 2/5
Paranormal Activity – 3/5

Previous Months:
January 2009
February 2009
March 2009
April 2009
May 2009
June 2009
July 2009
August 2009
September 2009
October 2009
November 2009

Filed under: 2009, Books, December, Movies

Twice Pipes & Candy Apple Red

December happened quietly over the weekend, but it didn’t go unnoticed. I usually wait until December to bust out my 30+ Christmas albums. So now that it’s finally here my co-workers are really going to love me.

And this season never begins officially until I hear Santa Claus and His Old Lady by Cheech and Chong.

Let the madness begin!!

Filed under: Cheech and Chong, Christmas, Comedy, December, Music, Santa Clause, YouTube