every year near christmas, my old high school friend, jackie comes to visit. she gathers up the whole mormon crew and this time i had a chance to see wade, brandon, jason, megan, janice, and david. most of them are married now and have cute little kids. i havent really held a little baby, so when i did, they would cry. i never knew it was that hard.

my brother came down and my sister spent the holidays with us. first thing he did was he greeted his 2 dolls and played with them. and yes, he is a 32 year old investment banker with million dollar clients.

the polar express was on tv tonight. it is one of my favorite books since 1st grade even though it doesnt have much words or pages in it. what it has is a very illustrative depiction of how santa claus uses his magic to make each christmas possible. i give it an 8/10.

for christmas, i received a pair of guiness beer pajamas, hostel the dvd, a guess wallet, and a bluetooth earpiece. but santa didnt give me the present i really wanted cuz i was a bad kid.