new years was wonderful. and i didn't even suffer any jet lag. well i slept a lot in the car, but road trips always lull me to sleep. marg's friend in connecticut and her boyfriend were fun to lunch with. and their place was beautiful. nate & sara's place is beautiful. it snowed all night on new year's eve. i met a few new people i really enjoyed. we talked about boys and breaking up and being single. we drank all night (and i didn't get sick). i fell asleep on top of a beagle, but i swear i wasn't drunk. i got to see mike's grandma's place (now his parents') where he spent part of his childhood. i missed out on the south jersey tour because the trip was so short, but there will be another one -- can't miss out on the nuclear tour or marg's house, and i haven't yet seen jay's house either. i got to finish off the trip with an amazing portuguese lunch in the ironbound neighborhood with mike & marg, and marg's sister and boyfriend.

i have to admit, though, that i got home and was feeling a little blue. the rush of the end of the year and holiday trips kept my mind going, but once i got back, i didn't know what to do with myself. i've vegged out every night this week -- watching tv and hanging out with ed & his ineke away from ineke, tuck. but i went to yoga tonight and had a good time and i'm forcing myself to write so i can feel less aimless.

while mindlessly watching tv (and one of the scariest episodes of the simpsons i've ever seen) i was browsing personals. i'm not ready for dating yet or trying to meet people, but i've been starting to check out the personals on yahoo and match and just seeing what kinds of people are out there. i swam through loads of search results and finally picked out three that i thought might be good matches, for, you know, in like two months when i feel ready to email them. but ed nixed two of them for being psychos. someone should offer a service where they review your profile picks and offer an expert opinion -- especially facial analysis -- it's amazing what someone with expertise in facial expressions can see. of your five picks, ms. ahn, i'm afraid that this one is lying, these two clearly look like they have stalkerish tendencies, and this one has obviously falsified his photos. try again.