Christmas 2006: Gifts and Ghosts

Every year this fateful holiday rears its head to reveal some new dimension of my both charmed and flawed existence. Whether it's been major family arguments, trips to the hospital because of some head wound, girlfriends deserting me in mall parking lots, or self inflicted and humiliating life crises... this season to be jolly always brings with it scenarios with which I am ill equipped to cope. This year was no different.
Now, to be fair, I did get my fair share a Hannukah goodies- a new cell phone, new glasses, a really cool fucking knife, visits and nights out with good friends- not to mention a mending of friendship that I would have sorely missed out on in this fair city of mine. But lets be reasonable here, I attribute these things to Hannukah- the light hearted non biblical Jewish holiday that celebrates olive oil and dreidels.
That being said, the Ghosts of Christmas Past and Present chose to visit me this year in the form of an awkward night out with a former significant other that turned into a fairly excrutiating realization and retaliation on my part. You see, sometimes we don't close the book on things that we should have years ago. Instead, we often move on to the next thing in our lives without properly mourning or putting feelings to rest. Ironic that this happened during the Christmas of a year spent putting a whole other set of feelings away. And now, my thunder has been stolen. What progress I've made this year is not all for naught- but I've really got a long way to go. I guess I can't dwell on this stuff too much... the Ghost of Christmas Future didn't even show up yet.


Any ghosts or gifts worthy of mention for you?

Top Ten Things I Learned in 2006...

As another crappy year draws to a close, out come all of our "top 10's, 5's and 8's"...
here are the top ten things I learned in 2006:

1) Never let Sam Craighead watch your cat.
2) The worst way to end a relationship is on myspace.
3) No matter what Chris Lutsko says,looking at pornography is not a hobby.
4) Like Obi Wan Kenobi and my ex-girlfriends suggest .... truth is a point of view.
5) The jury is still out on the evil skeletor vs. mumra the everliving
6) I should no longer use the n word. Thanks jesse jackson and kramer i forgot.
7) If you try, you can wake up early in the morning.It takes planning though.
8) No matter how bored and lonely you get, when you have loyal freinds and/or a message board , you'll always havepeople to complain about being lonely to.
9) I am not even close to being a grown up and i don't really ever want to be.
10) this thing (life_), though it may seem like it sometimes, is not one giant joke on me.


what did you learn this year?

Where have all these blogs come from?

this song was a collaboration between sam and melissa etheridge and jeff fernengel in honor of our new bloggers. Welcome aBOARD (hint hint hint)

Oh you get me ready in your 56 Chevy
Why don't we go sit down in the shade
Take shelter on my front porch
The dandy lion sun scorch,
Would you like a glass of cold lemonade
I will do laundry if you pay all the bills

CHORUS:

Where is my John Wayne
Where is my Prairie Song
Where is my happy ending
Where have all these blogs come from?

Why don't you stay the evening
Kick back and watch the TV
And I'll fix a little something to eat
Oh I know your back hurts from working on the tractor
How do you take your coffee my sweet
I will raise the children if you pay all the bills

Chorus

Where is my John Wayne
Where is my Prairie Song
Where is my happy ending
Where have all these blogs come from?

I am wearing my new dress tonight
But you don't, but you don't even notice me
Say goodbyes
Say goodbyes
Say goodbyes

We finally sold the Chevy
When we had another baby
And you took the job in Tennessee
You made friends at the farm
And you joined them at the bar
Almost every single day of the week
I will wash the dishes while you go have a beer

Chorus

Where is my John Wayne
Where is my Prairie Song
Where is my happy ending
Where have all these blogs come from?

Where is my Marlboro man
Where is his shiny gun
Where is my lonely ranger
Where have all these blogs come from?
Where have all these blogs come from?
Yippee I, yippee yeah

if you didn't like the song you'll definately love this. it's of me tripping kelsey grammer: