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Aaaahh so, break is just whizzing by at merciless speed and it’s TERRIBLE because I have my stupid research paper due the day we get back.  And every time I think about it I just want to cry, pretty much, so I’ve been trying to keep myself sufficiently distracted so that I won’t think about it.  (Which is clearly the prudent and mature way to confront the issue).

Things I Have Been Doing Over Break to Distract Myself From the Looming Research Paper of Doom
a brief list by j. coppa

• Anthony, Maria and I have been working on a series of musical projects.  The primary project is the family band that we’ve been getting started over break, called The Bear Trapp Family Singers.  We’ve already written several instant hits, such as “1, 2, 3″, “The Jingle Bells (Grandma, Grandma)” and “Wine in the Snow Globe”.  I am mostly in charge of percussion and lyrics in this band, although I make an occasional appearance playing the toy piano.  Apart from the band, we’ve also been working on some actual theatrical musicals.  Dead on Christmas and There’s No Place Like Jail for the Holidays are our top ideas so far, but the opening choreography for Dead on Christmas is still a little iffy so we’re trying to work that out.
• I’ve been brushing up on my pool skillz, and can now hit the ball with terrible aim in the totally wrong direction.  Which is actually like a gigantic step forward from not being able to hit the ball at all.
• My neighbors are away again, which means I’m on Cat Duty.  As a Christmas present, Daphne left me a decapitated baby squirrel on the rug.  It was pretty much the most horrifying and disgusting thing that I have encountered in all seventeen and-one-third years of my life, and I didn’t feed Daphne for two days as punishment.  Fucking cat.
• The HEYWOODs are here, so the Coppa-Heywood properties have been abuzz with activity.  Ultimate frisbee in knee-deep mud has been the primary order of the day.
•  I saw “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” yesterday.  It was pretty good.  But it was 2 hours and 45 minutes long, which I personally think is pretty fucking inconsiderate to the people who don’t want to be holed up in a movie theatre for like three days.  Anna and I went to see it at 2:20pm, and I had to be at like a mandatory family party at 5:30.  So we figured we’d be back in plenty of time.  And then we realize that we are actually watching the NEVER-ENDING Case of Benjamin Button, and even though we bolt out of the theatre at the end I still get destroyed for running late to the party.  So, thanks for that, Brad.  People might enjoy seeing you in movies, but THREE HOURS?  Really.
• Anna had the New Jersey people down for a party on Sunday, which ended up being really fun since I haven’t seen ANY of them since camp.  Every time the NJ kids come here I am reminded of how much I wish I went to KA.  Especially when certain NJ kids come here.
• Tonight is the annual Coppa-Heywood bonfire firework extravaganza for new years.  But the weather is not looking promising. :-\

Uggghh well, as riveting as this rambling list undoubtedly has been, I am being summoned to play some friz. 

Enjoy your last couple hours of 2008.  It’s been a solid year.