Rear view.

In my continual picking apart of my own brain I made a new discovery recently. The reason I have a tendency to instigate change in my own life is that the change will be under my own control, on my own time. In the meantime I hope that I'm instigating enough change in my own life that the Heavens will not see it necessary to inflict any unexpected change on me. I don't really like to be caught off guard. Who does, really? Anyway, consequently I'm always keeping an eye out for change that might ambush me, which also probably explains why I overanalyze most anything. And so the blog entry thus far has come full circle.

Lucky for you, that's the only deep thinking I have for you tonight. The rest will be pictures of recent activities...

First, a couple of snowmen my roommate Jenny and I made after shoveling one Sunday afternoon. In the process of making them we really didn't have an agenda, but the final product could be interpreted many ways. Especially if you correctly identify the snowman on the left to actually be a snow-woman, and not a snowman with a rockin' '80's mullet.

On Thursday my roommates and I hosted a Chinese New Year gathering. Two or so years ago I realized mid-day that it was Chinese New Year, and decided at the last minute to go get a Panda Express meal in honor of the day. Later on that evening I also just happened to have rented the movie Serenity, which has some subtle Chinese elements to it, and chuckled at the coincidence. Well, last year I did the same exact thing on purpose, and this year the tradition has followed suit. However, this year I invited quite a few more people to partake in my tradition. It was truly a testament to the fact that all people really need is a place and a time, and they'll gather for the most absurd of reasons. But then again, I didn't get this fortune in my cooking for nothin'...

Lastly, today I picked up bleach trays for my teeth. I had no idea they were going to give me a whole mold of my mouth, and though for most of the day they've freaked me out, the following has made me laugh instead of cringe every time I see them.

Job hunt continues, as does my countdown until I can leave my current one.