i'm now in denver, at my father's former phD students' home, typing away at their very neato looking sony vaio. we left this morning from breckenridge...having one very large breakfast before taking off....and then did the usual shopping at the outlet mall and driving off to denver, arriving just in time for dinner. my dad's student has so many cool gadgets around the house...reminds me of..well..me (that is, being gadget girl).

the rest of the time in breckenridge was great---i skied the rest of time, which was definitely worth it. the view from the top of the mountain was magnificent. i just love how i can ride the lift to the very top and still have blues and even greens to ski down on. it's unfortunate that most of my family didn't seem to really want to enjoy the outdoors as much as my brother and me. most of the time, my parents and grandparents sat inside the cabin, finishing off their 20-tape chinese soap opera marathon....so sad. it was just too cold for them and they could care less about frolicking in the snow or taking the gondola up the mountain for some breathtaking views. oh well...i tried. but i have a feeling that this will be the last family vacation to a ski resort. i can't wait to head to whistler in a few weeks...

well, i head back to seattle tomorrow...and there goes a nice week long vacation. i don't even know what i'm going to do for new year's yet...i barely know anyone who's even going to be in town...for all i know, i might just end up by myself in the apartment, watching dick clark on tv. is that bad? or sad? i've always had *plans* for new year's. this year is a first in which i don't. the only people i know of in seattle are jon and matthew...jon may join up with some buddies elsewhere...he doesn't know. and matthew. well, matthew..[sigh] i don't know. he acted a little strange when i suggested that we hang out on new year's. i don't know...everytime i ask him to do something, or hang out...he gets all hesitant and gives me the 'ol "um...yeah..sure...well, i'll see...i'll get back to you". You know, the type of response where it's more like "well, if i don't have any better plans, then sure, i'll hang out with you". i'm kinda getting tired of that attitude from him. he's just a weird boy....but i love him for that...go figure.