{"id":2987,"date":"2004-12-20T01:16:07","date_gmt":"2004-12-20T08:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/2004\/12\/20\/holidays-2\/"},"modified":"2010-01-27T01:25:10","modified_gmt":"2010-01-27T08:25:10","slug":"holidays-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/2004\/12\/20\/holidays-2\/","title":{"rendered":"holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t believe there&#8217;s less than a week left before Christmas! Squee! Plus, I only have two and a half days of work this week. Which rocks. After that, I&#8217;m flying down to Southern CA to spend the holidays with my family. I just have to figure out how I&#8217;m going to pack all the presents I bought! Eeeep. Then on the 27th, I&#8217;m going to Las Vegas with Rob for a few days. I&#8217;ll be gone on my little Christmas adventure for a week and I. CAN&#8217;T. WAIT.<\/p>\n<p>Does anyone else have any fun holiday plans? I&#8217;d love to hear all about them!<\/p>\n<p>Some New Year&#8217;s memes stolen from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/users\/beautifuletdown\/\" target=\"_blank\">Maz<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><b>FIVE GOOD THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN 2004<\/b><br \/>\n1. Getting 2 raises at work<br \/>\n2. I started a 401k<br \/>\n3. <i>Dawson&#8217;s Creek<\/i> seasons 3 and 4 came out on DVD<br \/>\n4. Finally moved to another host after the horrible experience with my last one<br \/>\n5. Got my first massage&#8230; Mmm.<\/p>\n<p><b>FIVE MOVIES I REALLY ENJOYED IN 2004<\/b><br \/>\n1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban<br \/>\n2. Bend It Like Beckham<br \/>\n3. Mean Girls<br \/>\n4. Ocean&#8217;s Twelve<br \/>\n5. 13 Going On 30<\/p>\n<p><b>FIVE BOOKS I READ IN 2004 (AND SUGGEST YOU READ, TOO)<\/b><br \/>\n1. LotR: The Fellowship of the Ring &#8212; J.R.R. Tolkien<br \/>\n2. LotR: The Two Towers &#8212; J.R.R. Tolkien<br \/>\n3. LotR: The Return of the King &#8212; J.R.R. Tolkien<br \/>\n4. The Devil Wears Prada &#8212; Laura Weisberger<br \/>\n5. The Nanny Diaries &#8212; Emma McLaughlin, Nicola Kraus<br \/>\nHey, I *like* chick lit!<\/p>\n<p><b>FIVE TELEVISION SHOWS I WATCHED ON A REGULAR BASIS IN 2004<\/b><br \/>\n1. The OC<br \/>\n2. Everwood<\n3. CSI\n4. Alias\n5. One Tree Hill\n\n<b>FIVE THINGS I&#8217;M ASHAMED TO HAVE BECOME ADDICTED TO IN 2004<\/b><br \/>\n1. <i>Teen Vogue<\/i> magazine<br \/>\n2. The fashion board at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.makeupalley.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Makeup Alley<\/a><br \/>\n3. Smoothies from Jamba Juice (well, I&#8217;m not ashamed of this but it is a real addiction)<br \/>\n4. <i>The Apprentice<\/i><br \/>\n5. More MTV reality shows &#8212; <i>Newlyweds<\/i>, <i>Pimp My Ride<\/i>, <i>Ashlee Simpson Show<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>FIVE SONGS THAT REMAINED ON MY PLAYLIST IN 2004<\/b><br \/>\n1. (I Got That) Boom Boom &#8212; Britney Spears<br \/>\n2. My Boo &#8212; Usher and Alicia Keys<br \/>\n3. Why Can&#8217;t I Breathe &#8212; Liz Phair<br \/>\n4. She Will Be Loved &#8212; Maroon 5<br \/>\n5. Vindicated &#8212; Dashboard Confessional<\/p>\n<p><b>FIVE RESOLUTIONS FOR 2005<\/b><br \/>\n1. Learn how to cook<br \/>\n2. Save more money<br \/>\n3. Buy a new cell phone<br \/>\n4. Read more books<br \/>\n5. Make a new layout for my blog &#8212; this one has been up since April!<\/p>\n<p><b>FIVE THINGS I&#8217;M LOOKING FORWARD TO IN 2005<\/b><br \/>\n1. Possible trip to New York in April<br \/>\n2. Possible trip to Hawaii in July (for a friend&#8217;s wedding)<br \/>\n3. The premieres of <i>Alias<\/i> and <i>24<\/i><br \/>\n4. Star Wars Episode III in May<br \/>\n5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in November<\/p>\n<p><b>FIVE THINGS I&#8217;M NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO IN 2005<\/b><br \/>\n1. Getting my credit card bill for all the Christmas purchases I&#8217;ve made recently<br \/>\nI honestly can&#8217;t think of anymore so I&#8217;m skipping to the next one&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><b>FIVE MOVIES I WILL SEE IN 2005<\/b><br \/>\n1. Garden State<br \/>\n2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire<br \/>\n3. The Phantom of the Opera<br \/>\n4. Closer<br \/>\n5. Star Wars Episode III: The Revenge of the Sith<\/p>\n<p><b>FIVE BOOKS I WANT TO READ IN 2005<\/b><br \/>\n1. The Five People You Meet in Heaven &#8212; Mitch Albom<br \/>\n2. Middlesex &#8212; Jeffrey Eugenides<br \/>\n3. A Series of Unfortunate Events &#8212; Lemony Snicket<br \/>\n4. His Dark Materials Trilogy &#8212; Philip Pullman<br \/>\n5. America (the Book) &#8212; Jon Stewart<\/p>\n<p><b>FIVE THINGS I&#8217;M GOING TO TRY TO CUT BACK ON IN 2005<\/b><br \/>\n1. Having Starbucks every morning<br \/>\n2. Buying clothes that I can&#8217;t wear to work<br \/>\n3. Spending money in general<br \/>\n4. Being lazy<br \/>\n5. Eating fast food<\/p>\n<p><b>FIVE THINGS I&#8217;M GOING TO TRY TO DO MORE OF IN 2005<\/b><br \/>\n1. Bringing lunch to work &#8212; I spend entirely too much money on lunch each week!<br \/>\n2. Go to the gym<br \/>\n3. Keep in touch with friends<br \/>\n4. Go to the doctor on a more consistent basis<br \/>\n5. Visit my dad\/cousins\/family\/friends in southern CA<\/p>\n<p>And with that, I&#8217;m off to bed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t believe there&#8217;s less than a week left before Christmas! Squee! Plus, I only have two and a half days of work this week. Which rocks. 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