Zombies ate my neighbours

So it's 2011 and I've already learned stuff!

I learned that being stuck in the house all by myself sucks and blows. But I kinda already knew that. You see, if our house has a problem it' s the lack of cable television. We get by on dvds around here, and more often than not I'm nose deep in a book (as opposed to a woman, but hey can't have everything) so it doesn't bug me in the slightest. Mostly. But the other day I had the day off and decided I was going to do a zombie movie marathon.

By myself.

With nobody in the house.

With all the lights off.

It seemed like a good idea at the time, I swear! Heck, Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland aren't even scary. Dawn of the Dead kinda pushes the envelope a bit, but hey they probably would have made it if it wasn't for that goddamn dog.

Wanna know something else about sitting in my dark, quiet living room at 1am watching zombie movies? You can hear just about everything going on in the street outside. Every car door slamming shut, every person wandering home with their friends, the neighbours getting home and taking out the garbage... a 25 year old grown man wetting himself and making elaborate contingency plans to turn household objects into Zombie killing objects of destruction "just in case".

All those empty liquor bottles might be useful after all. Just saying

...unless I'm fighting zombie batman. Then I'll need zombie catwoman.

The holidays were fun, if uneventful. Doing the family thing in Niagara Falls was good stuff. Even if seeing the Aunt was awkward and weird and made me all kinds of uncomfortable.

New Years was pretty low-key too. At first I couldn't get ahold of anyone so i wasn't sure if the plans I made were going to hold up, but Kate and her friends showed up as I was singing in the shower. not the first time that's happened, oddly enough. But yeah, music, friends, awesome pizza wandering with Coburn, drunk texting Rachie and the girls. Good stuff. Turns out I need not have been as intimidated as I was, this year my new years turned out just fine.

No resolutions though. I couldn't think of any good ones. Well maybe not making "that's what she said" jokes as often. But I've been good about that, I think by the end of the semester Aubz was making them just as much as I used to and she never got in any trouble. Then again she isn't around anymore. She did leave a letter for us to read with strict instructions to "wait until ALL roommates return". I've been looking at the thing every day wondering if anyone would care if I just went ahead and opened it. I bugged Kate about it when she came for New Years. Becca and I discussed it when I came downstairs to find that she had come home a week before I thought she was going to be here. I can wait. I think. I really should wait.

Oh and soon we get a new roommate. Of course I remember how much I was freaking out about roomies in September and that turned out pretty fucking magically, so I'm not too worried. Actually Kate brought up a good point; that a new person has to come into a new house where everyone knows each other and already gets along really well. I guess we just have to all be our very awesome selves and not throw stuff at her, make her question her sanity or make sexually based jokes at her expense for a while. Though I'm just not sure how awesome I can really be if I'm not hitting somebody with a pillow or making lesbian jokes.

I guess we'll just have to find out. Muaahahahahahahahah.

That's me. Becca and I just pulled off a huge heist. All my idea. But the fucking thing was way heavier than any t.v. has a right to be.