Post-Thanksgiving Report

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays, and I of course love the food involved with it. Turkey, stuffing, pumpkin pie...! We had a small gettogether this year and my family managed to evade most of the leftovers. I did, however, go a little overboard on the shortbread cookies someone made and brought.

I'm now in the midst of pre-finals stress and exercise has been lacking. Which usually happens whenever I stop blogging for a while. Oh well. At least food has been all right. I haven't been overeating, surprisingly, but I haven't been restricting myself either. I'm planning a trip to Taiwan this winter, and hopefully I'll lose some weight before then. But if not, it's all right. My goal right now is to just get through the next three weeks, and then I'm free and out of the country. =)

I just finished watching the Republican YouTube debate. (I watched the Democrat one when it aired a while back.) I really enjoy these debates. I think the format is innovative and keeps things interesting and fresh, especially for younger viewers and the politically uncaring -- what's that word? I hate when I can't think of a word and it's just on the tip of my tongue. I loved that snowman in the Democratic candidates' debate and the ensuing hullaballoo with Mitt Romney.

Personally, I think that all the candidates from both sides fared pretty well. A few shone for both debates, of course, but there wasn't anything surprising. Mostly, the frontrunners did well, plus one or two others. Anderson Cooper was attractive as always, but not the most effectual moderator, although I can imagine it'd be hard to quell the voices of those tough politicos. I find politics to be interesting, and as a former speech/debate kid, I especially enjoy the use of rhetoric in campaigns and debates. Some candidates are obviously good speakers, some are not, and some are only good when they're called to speak on pre-prepared topics. It gets obvious the more you watch, and that's what I find interesting about the debates.

Anyway, that was a long segue. This is what I've been doing instead of exercising, haha.