I’d like to share what has been keeping my foobar busy these days.

• Van Canto
  Van Canto is a German a capella metal band. A capella and metal, sound so weird put together. When my brother showed me the link to their Nightwish cover, I cracked up. It was a little weird at first, but I’ve grown to like them.
• Explosions In The Sky
  They’re an instrumental post-rock band. I usually listen to them while I’m working. I find it much easier to concentrate.
• Amiina
  Amiina is a string quartet. They’re Icelandic (like Sigur Ros). They play mostly instrumentals as well. I love how their music sounds.
• Mogwai
  A post-rock band from Glasgow, they usually play guitar-based instrumentals. I love their song, The Sun Smells Too Loud.

As you can see, I’ve been listening mostly to instrumentals for the past few months. Well, in addition to other songs I have in my hard drive. I’m open to different genres, though. So if you have anything to recommend… :)

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I finally, finally, finally finished my Christmas shopping. Seriously, what a relief.

It wasn’t so difficult. Luckily, the mall wasn’t crowded so I didn’t have much trouble walking from shop to shop. Lyndon accompanied me and he did some shopping of his own.

I finished my Christmas shopping with lots of time to spare. Haha. This is phenomenal! I usually shop at the last minute, so this is really surprising for me and a lot of people.

It’s a little annoying, though. My mom keeps bugging me to tell her what I got her. I wonder what she’ll think if I told her that I got her air o swiss humidifiers. Although, no, I didn’t get her that.

Now if only my shipments from Barnes & Noble would arrive. :(

I think this season marks the first time I’ve ever written a Christmas wishlist. :D

• 2009 Movie Posters Wall Calendar

  Being a classic movie addict, I have to admit that I really really really want this. It has posters of some of my favorite movies in it. I’d probably rip out the pages and have each framed. Haha.

• Oscar the Grouch Plush Doll

  I’ve already placed a bid on a Cookie Monster plushie on eBay, but that doesn’t mean I don’t want a plush doll of my favorite character. Oscar has been our (me and my older brother) favorite Sesame Street character since forever.

• Sunset Blvd Centennial Collection DVD

  I can’t find a decent DVD of Sunset Blvd in shops here. So I’ve resigned myself to downloading torrents with terrible sound and video quality. :(

• Ingrid Bergman: A Personal Biography
  I’ve always wanted to read this particular biography of Ingrid Bergman.
• The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood.
• Someone to sponsor the assembling of my home theater and hopefully provide home theater seating? This is a very distant dream, but one I do not intend to let go of. I intend to have that home theater!

So what do you want for Christmas?

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