Christmas Has Come And Gone In Amandaland

I kind of like having Christmas before everyone else. My days of frantic gift-finding and such are long-gone during this week of everyone else scrambling heavily. Also, my sentences are probably going to be structured terribly because I woke up not 3 seconds ago. But that's not really surprising OR important. The two days leading up to the Wood Family Xmas were a bit frantic, really. I painted my fingers to the bone. I made these two paintings, one for my aunt and one for my grandma. Paintings of scenery. Not the most exciting subject, I know, but I make gifts to please other people. That's sort of the idea behind gift-giving as I understand it. Also, I like to have all kinds of skills. So it's nice to know that I can actually paint really nice landscapes and such if I need to.

Among the gifts I received, one stands out as the one that will probably kill me through sheer addiction. And that game is Sim City 4 Deluxe Edition. I have this weakness for sim games. And, actually, I have this obsession that has to do with someday establishing my very own city, as I feel that is a noble endeavor and not really done as much as it used to be. So, this Sim City is the most detailed and amazing Sim City to date, and I can't really imagine it being able to get any better, which makes me worry because I know that it will. And they will release the new Sim City exactly when I have shaken the addiction to this current one.

In summary: When I close my eyes at night, I can see little roads being built and little residential, commercial, and industrial zones being laid out.

I also received the usual heap of art supplies, which makes me glad. And DVDs of such classics as a Mighty Wind, the Royal Tenenbaums, and others. And also the new They Might Be Giants CD that I didn't even know was out at all. But I like it, so hooray. Also, I got a giant octopus stuffed animal in the mail that is simply amazing, and it sort of freaks me out. My friend and OMGJ reader, Scabs, got that for me. So nice of him!

Among my burning interests of late is the complicated act of Personality Sorting. I got the books from the library. It's the type of sorting that categorizes people into either Extrovert or Introvert, Sensing or Intuiting, Thinking or Feeling, and Judging or Perceiving. I personally am an INTP. Draw your own conclusions if you want to. I have also been administering the test to the other OMGWriters and Personalities. Perhaps someday I will make it known what they are, too. But it will have to wait until I figure them all out. It's no fun to just pepper a few here and there.

Well, maybe it is, but the slip of paper I have been using to figure them all out is across the room, and I am not inclined to getting up for it right now.

I think that's enough babble for now.