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I'm quite relieved to be on break. Of course, it hasn't stopped me from continuing to study, but in that "for the fun of it" kind of way. I recently started reading "Physics of the Impossible" by Michio Kaku. It's quite interesting and I'm enjoying the break from conventional physics texts. If anyone has other suggestions of science-related books, I'd like to have them. Breaks are one of the few times I get to read whatever I like. Though, I seem to read a lot of kids' books because of my brother. Toshi is quite good at reading, but he likes to read to me to show that he's getting better. We finished "The Inch-High Samurai" a few days ago and now we're working our way through "Japanese Children's Favorite Stories." I'm getting him "More Japanese Children's Favorite Stories" as a gift though our family doesn't really do anything related to a Western-style Christmas. We do have KFC and watch a movie. This year it's my mom's turn to pick something and I think she's going to go with something about Hachiko even though Toshi has been requesting Space Pirate Captain Harlock for awhile now. The real celebrating will happen for New Years'. My sisters have already gotten out their kimono to un-wrinkle before the holiday and have been looking at a variety of hairstyles to see which they'd like to try out. I said they could practice on me so long as they didn't use hair product. As of this writing, they've agreed, but we'll see what happens on the actual practice days.