So yeah, Christmas were good. I got me the most awesome blanket ever, and a new keyboard. About time too, my old one was getting.... unpleasant. I should learn to stop eating ginger nut biscuits while working.

Why are keyboards so disgusting?

Aaanyway, presents aside, I got to spend a great time with my family, which got a little bit larger last year. My cousin's daughter is the cutest kid in history, no questions asked. I was forced to jury-rig new and more durable CuteFuses™ and SqueeMeters™ just to function, and I fear that the house's Cuteonium levels are still too high, even 24 hours after they went home.

On to the artistic stuff. My Half-Life 2 mod project's the last item on the list of coursework for the first semester, due in on the 7th. The map's mostly done, the weapons are done, the vehicle's done, the bad guys are... limbless torsoes with terribly helmets, but at least there's something there. All still just in model form, though - no actual functioning in-game resources yet. I'd say it's about two-thirds finished, all told.

I just have to worry about converting all those different bits and pieces into a finished mod level I guess. Not a lot of time to do it in either, what with the fact that I'll be spending all of the 29th driving home and the 1st probably recovering from a hangover.

After that point, I've decided I won't be kicking back and enjoying the time left to me before the semester starts - instead I'll be cracking on with getting some preliminary work out of the way to lighten the load throughout Semester 2. That'll include some more work on Speddy, so I should be able to produce a finished head sometime by mid-january. Maybe more.

watch this space.