saint nicholas and i are still tight.

christmas with the limas. salsa. puerto rican food. lots of catching up. it had been something like 3 years since i had last seen or spoken to most of my mom's family. work, life, location, and family perils all had an affect on the strained line of communication. it was nice to see everybody, meet a few new people, and reminisce about the old days.

good luck finding anything open on christmas day. yes, by all means it is a day made for family to be together, but we have always celebrated on christmas eve, leaving christmas as an open, free day. i spent the morning with my grandparents and aunts. then later met with petersen. we tried to find coffee, anywhere. ended up at a cvs roaming the aisles and scanning the fridges. it was literally a ghost town. we plopped on a bench around the corner in front of some steakhouse. it was great to catch up, i hadn't seen my dear friend in a year. i learned of her boss' amazing design capabilities and how he used them to design houses for the likes of famous drug dealers and actors. later that night we met with will and found a gas station in jupiter that was very much open. coffee in hand we headed to the local cvs to find another bench -- can't be too safe with loitering laws these days.

woke up in a daze. i've been catching up with old friends lately. i saw some old friends from miami in gainesville a week or so ago, some middle school friends last night, and from here and there this past week. i think i went to nearly enough schools in this county to give a decent overview of the life, people, and customs of this land. geez. unfortunately i don't remember some things, i think i just pushed them out of long term memory, ie: this guy i met last night that i used to attend school with, i have no recollection of him whatsoever. this happens. anyway, it's been nice, it's always nice when people come back for the holidays... so there has been a bit more action going on around here.

at the moment i'm trying to configure an ebay account to begin selling all this crap we've inherited from my grandparents' passing and others throughout the years. our little, cozy house is now filled to the brim and some serious garage sales and auctioning are in order. i'm hoping most of the proceeds can go to my relocation to jamaica fund. if you are interested in opening an eclectic hostel we can maybe work a deal, we have enough stuff to set you up.

other than the dizzying clutter we are sifting through, i have been anxiously following the "olsen twins'" monica belucci/chloe sevigny tour '08... also known as, guille and sebastian take over paris. through constant skype conferences and image exchanges i have been keeping afloat on the daily antics of these prima donnas. i leave only this image as a peak into the madness. i wish i was there for the reunion, but soon enough we will all be reuniting in miami, come february.