Worth getting up for in December: taking a Triangle transplant to Only Burger for the first time; Chatham County Line’s Electric Holiday Show at Haw River; finding cute well-made wrap dresses for cheap; bright colored tights; fixing my meds; the Tallest Man On Earth covering ‘Working Titles’; new pants; a new TV; The World History of Photography; the bat-shit crazy of James Lee Burke’s latest Dave Robicheaux novel; new earplugs from shep.; Angry Birds Seasons; year-end best-of lists, so I find new music I missed this year; every song off Josh Ritter’s new album; LSU/Clemson; the Hobbit; Les Miserables; old movie-musical shift; Pitch Perfect; fried chicken; 2013.

Happy New Year, kids. See you in 2013.