Friday Five

1. Lists.  I happen to love lists.  I'm not saying I make them all the time, or even follow them when I have made them.  But they have this strange quality of making you feel organized and put together, even if the sky is falling around you.  Not that mine is mind you, I just think a list would help if it was.  Currently, I'm ignoring the fact that Christmas is in 2 months.  In about a day or 2, a list will be the only thing that saves me from the panic of knowing there are 3 billion and 32 things that need to be done before December 25...

2. Supernatural "Baby" - I've never seen an episode of television so perfectly suited to its fan base in all my life.  The boys have a beautiful car that's been with them for 11 seasons now. Why not write an episode completely from its point of view?  Through Baby, as Dean calls his Impala, was the absolute best way to see just what the Winchesters do on a daily basis.  It was sweet, and laugh out loud funny.  It was heart-warming and I'm sure to thousands of fan-girls, squee-inducing.  And I loved every minute of it!

3. Crappy video but awesome study!  While I'm not convinced that all crafting is completely unstressful, I will admit there's something to working with your hands and creating something from scratch.  It's a great feeling!  What's even better is the satisfaction that if you're giving that craft as a gift, that the person receiving it will hopefully cherish more than some store bought bauble. 

4. As a Marylander, you can imagine what a big story the crash of the JLENS blimp was this week.  For the last 2 days, we've heard nothing but the jokes of a confused population and the questioning of reporters into why a blimp might cost 2 billion dollars.  Anyway, as ridiculous as this story was, you had to know the Internet would find ways to make it better. My favorite was a story headline that read something to the effect of "Blimp breaks tether and goes on the Lam in Pennsylvania."  This was my second favorite : )

5. While I've been going back and forth on where exactly I want to travel to this spring, I have to admit the mere thought of travel is getting me through the doldrums of the week.  It might have something to do with the list love, but the more I focus on the flight plans, and possible hotel reservations, the more excited I get about getting out of dodge - though not too excited. I don't want to rush Christmas!