Did you shop for great deals on Black Friday or Cyber Monday? Or did you observe Buy Nothing Day?
Working in retail, I always ALWAYS work on Black Friday. It ends up working out fine for me, because my area of retail doesn't attract teh crazees! like the majority of retailers do. However, I needed a new digital camera because my two are old and/or of poor quality. So, I bought this camera from Circuit City on Black Friday. I lovelovelove Canon digital cameras, and am SUPER PUMPED for that thing to get here tomorrow. Whee!
Do you tend to like music in particular genres, or are your tastes all over the place? What are your most and least favorite musical genres?
I have pretty eclectic taste in music. (Par examplar.) The only genre I truly, seriously, undoubtedly hate is screamo. Pretty much anything that screams at me. That shit all makes me want to stab railroad spikes into my ears. Serious.
I listen to a LOT of "boys with guitars" music. Matt Nathanson, Blu Sanders, Griffin House, Ryan Adams, Stephen Kellogg (& the Sixers). I guess overall I listen to mostly singer-songwriter types. Not 'cuz I'm indie and above the law of pop culture/music, but because those guys write the songs that speak to my heart.
That said, my top five musicians/bands:
01. Matt Nathanson
02. Counting Crows
03. Lori McKenna
04. Dashboard Confessional
05. Garth Brooks
Oh, Garth Brooks. How I love you and your crazy pop country ass.
Today I woke up somewhere around 10 a.m., which was automatic awesome. The boys and I went to the bar to watch the Broncos game, which was NOT automatic awesome. Mostly I cannot handle that the Broncos are losing games THEY SHOULD NOT BE LOSING. Detroit actually has a pretty good team this year. Jon Kitna evidently has decided to be not terrible, and their rush defense was surprisingly good. However, 44-7? Really, Denver? Including a fumble on the one-yard line by our QB, with which some dude picked up and basically FELL into the end zone? Excellent. I believe it was at about this point that I felt my time would be better spent cheering Minnesota on to beating the Chargers, which went MUCH better than when I was trying to get the Broncos to pull their cleats far enough out of their asses to run for more than 4 yards at a time. Football can suck it right now.
Also? NASCAR. That bastard Jimmie Johnson won again, and somehow Tony Stewart managed to not only finish out of the top 10, but also only four positions from where he started the race. I can't even watch his pit stops anymore. He needs to gain five or six positions on the track before coming into the pits because his crew is so slow that he loses 4-5 of them every time he has to go in. Guh. Sports are annoying me.
In good news, it occurred to me today that Thanksgiving is in 18 days. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, and I am super happy that it is almost here. And, with my stupid stepdad being out of the picture this year for the first time in 23 years, our family truly has something for which to be thankful. Hooray! [And by that I don't mean we have had NOTHING to be thankful for for the last 23 years. I mean that he is a terrible, horrible person and this is the first holiday in 23 years that he will not ruin with his idiocy. HOORAY!]
Fifty minutes to spare. I've been staring at the cursor blink for the last hour.
My oldest nephew had his tonsils out yesterday, and today he insisted on showing me. Luckily I didn't actually see anything, as it is rather hard to explain to a four-year-old how to open his mouth and lower his tongue so that I can actually see down his mouth. Which is fine, as I do not generally handle other people's wounds very well.
We are currently in review writing mode at work. This time, however, instead of reviewing the people who work for us, we are to review ourselves and our superiors. It took me 2.5 hours today to write one review for one of my bosses. Incidentally he is the one I feel has the most to learn/improve upon, so it didn't surprise me too terribly much when I couldn't quite find all the right words for his. I'm hoping the other three [including mine] will take far less time, because I am very impatient when it comes to review writing.
My birthday is in nine days. That is in fact all I have to say about that. Oh wait, one more thing: Birthdays can suck it.
So, I'mma give it a shot. Perhaps it will be the spur I need to get back into the rhythm of writing.
Evidently lately I have felt not the smallest desire to go to work. And it's not because I hate my job, or anything. It's just that I do not want to get out of bed. So I'm very excited that apparently my life has returned to the same place it was three years ago and I find that the best use of my time is laying in bed, eating Junior Mints and watching A&E all day. Welcome back, SadMe.
Other things that are contributing to the return of SadMe, other than the fact that I have not been to the gym since the death of Jesus Christ:
1. The Denver Broncos have forgotten how to play professional football. It is entirely too much for me to sit through 16 excruciatingly annoying games. However, I have done it for the majority of my life, and will continue to do so. I in fact have seen far worse Broncos teams than this one.
2. The Colorado Rockies did not manage to win a single World Series game. This, I believe, is why I have not bothered to care about baseball in the last ten years. You watch 100+ games, get all excited, and then what? Nothing? Even when I was an avid Braves fan and watched them win Series', it still seemed anti-climactic when the season was over.
3. Have boys become more stupid in the last three years? I believe they have.
4. Also -- working at 0600 every morning sort of cramps my "I'll go to bed whenever I want/wake up whenever I want/go to work whenever I want" style. I am not a fan.
SadMe, however, turned into EcstaticMe for three days this past weekend when I had the chance to see my sisters and brothers and one Matthew A. Nathanson. There is no end to the amount of fun my family and I have together, ESPECIALLY when it involves Matt Nathanson concerts. LOVES the Matty Nay.
