I spent New Year's Eve at my dad's house. I enjoyed it much more than I would have going anywhere else. We had dinner, drank margaritas, and played games. First, we played Apples to Apples and then we played Random. Random consists of every player having a piece of paper that counts to 25. Seven cards are laid on the table with a fact written on each side. Each player takes turns choosing one fact out of the 14 possible facts they can choose from. The strategy is to pick a fact that you believe the rest of the players would agree with about themselves. It's kind of confusing at first but it's fun because you end up writing down which facts are true to yourself and then random facts. Whoever writes down 25 facts first wins the game. Then everyone takes turns saying their facts. About half will be facts that were on cards and half will be random things they've written down. It's neat to hear things about people you didn't previously know. If that didn't make sense, sorry, but I just needed to give a little overview of what I'm about to write about.
I picked a card that said "The solar system fascinates me." My answer was that everyone would find the solar system fascinating (Holden, Angela, Judi, Dad, Jill). When everyone revealed their answers, Jill and my dad said that the solar system doesn't fascinate them. Maybe I was unknowingly tipsy and on edge or maybe I'm just dumb..but I found that a little bit appalling. I honestly didn't know there were people who don't think the solar system is somewhat amazing. My dad said that when he looks at the sky at night, all he sees is "white dots." I love my dad but when he makes comments like that, I cringe at being related to him:).
On last night's evening news, ABC News was in Waikiki talking to upset vacationers on the beach because tons of box jellyfish were stinging people near the shore. The reasoning for the influx of jellies was because they come to the shore 10 days after every full moon. That. Is. Fascinating.