Christmas Potporri

1. Cameron got a B in math. Hallelujah!

2. No joke, UNLV's registration website (the one to add classes, check semester grades, etc.) is only open certain hours. It closes nightly at 8pm.

3. I don't think I have a 'best records of the year' list this year, owing to the fact that I didn't buy many records this year that were also made this year. That said, I probably listened to these the most (in no order):

0. Hymns
1. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
2. Fleet Foxes - s/t & Sun Giant
3. Love - Forever Changes
4. Spoon - all their records
5. Animal Collective - et al.
6. Half-Handed Cloud - Halos & Lassos
7. Punch Brothers - Punch
8. The Essex Green - Everything is Green/The Long Goodbye
9. Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak
10. Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans/Illinoise
11. NPR & Classic Country radio

4. Yes, it snowed in Vegas. Either global warming is to blame or we should thanks Obama.


5. I'm gonna have some sweet white elephant gifts.

6. I started work this last week at UNLV (I know) at the Office of International Students & Scholars as an assistant database manager. I'll deal a lot with immigration issues, which are interesting. We have no idea how lucky we Americans are. These students pay thousands to attend an American school. Even UNLV can give 'em that.

7. Christmas has snuck upon us! We just read "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever", a Dixon family semi-tradition. Herod Herdman, ham as a gift for the newborn king, and "HEY! Unto you a child is born!" are a few of the hilarious things in store.

8. "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" was made into a 80's made-for-TV movie. I found an abridged youtube version.



9. Merry Christmas.