Back from Turkey Day

Well, I just got back from Thanksgiving vacation.  I think I got sick of my immediate family (especially my little brother) in record time.  My grandparents were staying over, too, but they're cool and they don't annoy me.  They also gave Dad a bit of a reprieve, because Mom complained to them about people she doesn't like at work instead of complaining to Dad.

Otherwise, it was quite nice.  I finished most of my thesis proposal and all of a short story I have been writing (linked to this post), saw The Incredibles, got The Confusion (for those who don't know, the second book in Neal Stephenson's The Baroque Cycle), and beat a really hard level in Star Wars Episode I Podracer.  Grandma and Grandpa also gave me a check that will get me the Firefly DVD series and the rest of Ruse in single issues: I don't think the last two trade paperbacks are coming out any time soon, so I will get the rest of the series bit by bit from online vendors and the local comic book store.

Now, ladies and gentlemen, for your perusal: my short story "Bottles."  Any constructive criticism and grammar nit-picking is welcome, since I intend to submit this to the college literary magazine so it has to be good.

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