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Low Point

Or, Winter solstice.

There's this cool pattern called an "analemma" that you get when you take a picture of the sun at the exact same time at different days through the year (naturally, you'd have to adjust for daylight savings time and don't try it in Seattle):

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

To be honest, I'm not exactly at a high point either, right now. I can only hope that with the return of the Light, I'll get some clarity back.

December is usually bad for me. At no other time of the year is it driven home to me that this is just Not My Culture. I actually went out yesterday looking for some gifts for people. It was depressing. The music, the decorations, the crowds, the constant press of BUY BUY BUY...

Everything sucked.

I mean, really, I go through Barnes & Noble (which I've taken to calling, depending on the audience, Buns & Noodle or Boobs & Nipple) and everything sucks. I kept looking at the crap they're selling for books and going, "And I'm still not published?"

Culture shock in one's own hometown.

New Year's sometimes restores me. We'll see.