There are two things that I really enjoy doing with my free time: reading and graphic design.

This is literally the best gift I've ever gotten. I've never read Tim O'Brien, so you can only imagine how much it excites an English Lit major to receive a book that he hasn't read yet.

The Emily Dickinson collection really struck home for me. My grandfather was a famous East Asian modernist poet who passed away on December 24th some 14 years ago. Receiving this Emily Dickinson collection on the same exact day he passed might be a coincidence, but it really does mean a lot to me. I plan on reading the shit out of these poems tonight when our family gathers for our annual memorial ceremonies.

The calligraphy book was the icing on the cake. After dealing with fonts at my design job for so many years, I've been wanting learn how to do hand-lettering to diversify my artistic skills from strictly digital practices. I'm so fucking stoked to see if my messy handwriting is up to the ever so elegant art of calligraphy.

My Secret Santa truly read me like a book. Was feeling really down that I was working on Christmas Eve, but SS saved the day!