Monday was the beginning of winter quarter here at UCSB and my break officially ended. Over break I kept relatively busy. I spent two days working with Kevin’s help on some hand made Christmas presents (which involved an insane number of trips to Ace Hardware for materials). I spent a lot of time in LA with my family. While there, I cut my hair fairly short (whatever “number three” is).

For Christmas, I got some cool stuff like a new suit, an iTrip, Barack Obama’s Dreams From My Father, some audio equipment, assorted gift cards, and some other great loot (thanks everybody!). I watched a bunch of movies over vacation (King Kong, Fun with Dick and Jane, The Chronicles of Narnia, Cinderella Man, Animal House, Super Troopers, Wedding Crashers, War of the Worlds, and a few others I can’t remember right now).

I also spent a lot of time just hanging out with Carlyle and Kevin. I went to a New Year’s party with my family where Car, Kevin and I played with R/C laser-tag tanks that shock you if you get hit. The three of us visited our alma mater and Kevin and I were both wearing Air Force uniforms and had buzz cuts. We tricked a bunch of people with an explanation that Kevin had convinced me to enlist. Operation Impersonation wasn’t really a prank but just a little harmless social engineering (kind of like the Getty museum escapade). I spent the last few days working on some projects. And that’s about it.