For the first time in all my memory, my brother and I weren't waking my parents up at 5:00 in the morning to traipse out to the Christmas tree. Our college student nature won out, and we rolled out of bed when our mom knocked on our door at nine. I guess we just accepted that the presents would be there when we got up, and that sleep was something you couldn't put in a box with a bow. Apparently, the adults liked it as well, since they had a nice quiet morning. My brother got a guitar of the toy kind, and was then presented with a shiny new (real) guitar, tuned and everything. He was simply beside himself with joy. As for me, somehow fate (and what was apparently an amazing deal) smiled upon me, and the last thing I opened was a digital camera. A Cannon Powershot A70 no less! Sure it isn't as shiny as a Digital SLR, but it is a decently priced 3 megapixel camera, perfect for about 95% of all the pictures I would likely end up taking. It's small and lightweight as well, making things a tad easier to manage. This couldn't have come at a better time, so I am going to simply have to take pictures at Disneyland of our trip! I have already began to use my digital camera, as is immediately apparent on my photo site. Tread lightly though, as all the digital camera pictures are all in the family album. And nothing is scarier than my family at large family gatherings. All in all, things finished very nicely, and I am pretty happy with the way everything went.
I finally got around to updating the thanks page on my web site, as I realized I had still not done it, even with the site having been up for some time now. I'm really lazy when it comes to my own web site. I suppose that's why I consider my blog "content", it makes me feel like I should be updating it on a semi-regular basis. It also many times saves it from being a terrible bore.
In other news, my brother is snoring, a condition of which probably needs a bit more explanation since we don't normally share a room. Currently, there are 7 people sleeping at Chez Heuser. The guest room is occupied by my mother's parents, and my brother's room is occupied by my father's mom. This leaves my small bedroom for both Chris and I. Being the wonderful sibling that I am, I gave him the floor. Actually, he just sort of opted for it, I don't ask questions anymore. It's pretty crowded in here though, as he has started moving some of his stuff into the room as well. The foot of my bed has been rendered un-traversable, and the way into the closet is also solidly blocked. Hopefully I can clean up and organize a bit before the journey back to Monterey.
Before that though, more sleep calls. For those that celebrate, I hope your day was well. For those that don't celebrate, I hope your day was pleasantly quiet and restful. The idiots will be out in full force come morning, and I dare think I am foolish enough to head to sunrise mall in the morning on a quest for a Scandisk memory card. The 16 megabyte one is fine for small pictures, but if I want to say, take pictures at an anime convention (and never run out) then a 256mb card is calling my name. That's a 1,500+ pictures at 640x480, more than I will ever need, but there just in case.
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