Bah-humbug

"You bought me a present? Why would you do such a thing? I know you think you're being generous, but the foundation of gift giving is reciprocity. You haven't given me a gift, you've given me an obligation. The essence of the custom is that I now have to go out and purchase for you a gift of commensurate value and representing the same perceived level of friendship as that represented by the gift you've given me. Ah, it's no wonder suicide rates skyrocket this time of year. Oh, I brought this on myself by being such an endearing and important part of your life..."

-Sheldon, The Big Bang Theory

(Amen!)

I am Ebenezer Scrooge this time of year. I have absolutely no problem with this. Maybe it has something to do with getting older. I don't know.
I do know that I've always hated Christmas music. Think I'm exaggerating? Ask my mom what I did to her Chipmunks Christmas music...
This makes my desire to shop even less then normal. It's not even December and I swear if I hear "Jingle Bells" one more time I might just snap. Combine this with the fact that I'm prone to panic attacks when crowds are involved and you'll understand why I might become a tab-bit bitchy this time of year.
*sigh*

Husband purchased an Xbox 360. I am now a widow. (As if I needed another reason to hate Microsoft!)

This is perhaps the greatest find of the last several weeks. I got a $10 coupon for Up, as well as an $8 coupon for Monsters, INC. They have an amazing upgrade program, all you have to do is enter the barcodes from previously purchased Disney VHS/DVDs and they give you a coupon for the Blu-Ray version (which also comes with a digital download version that you can import using iTunes). When they offer this for Toy Story 1 & 2 I might die from sheer happiness.

Which reminds me. Our laptop is off at the Best Buy repair center for the 2nd time in, oh let's say, 2 months. First they had to replace the motherboard and now the wireless card. This lead a very frustrated Husband and I to start looking for new laptops, preferably one that is a bit more reliable. This time we went with Sony because it has the Blu-Ray player (for Husband) and an awesome graphics card capable of playing the Sims (for me, obviously). I'm in love. Windows 7 is weird but other than that.

Right. My desktop has also gone crazy in the last 3 days. It now is taking 4 minutes to boot up. We have no idea what's wrong.
*sigh*

Technology, what a bitch.

I got a new book last night that I'm ridiculously excited about. The Kind Diet by Alicia Silverstone. She had blogged about the book over on Crazy Sexy Life and I was intrigued. Besides I need to build up my resources before making any seriously, life-alternating changes. I mean I have an awesome/supportive Husband, but even he has his limits.
(Barnes & Noble keeps throwing coupons at me.) (seriously, 40% off any book for using my mastercard!)(That's not mentioning the 2 15% off ones sitting in my wallet))

I have got to do something about my professional life. Seriously. This sucks. I hate being this unhappy. Ugh.

So in short, wake me up when spring rolls back around. Or at least when the holidays are over.

Ho-hum

I don't like the holidays. That doesn't necessarily mean I don't like Thanksgiving/Christmas, I just hate the holidays in a general sort of way. I hate the crowds, I loathe Christmas music, I hate the cold weather, I dislike the absence of daylight, I hate spending money on people who probably won't appreciate it anyway. So I'm done with that. Most of Husband's family won't get anything from us and he's fine with that. I'll just be happy when it's all said and done.


I got this jacket last night from Kohl's. It was originally $220, on sale for $66, I got an additional 10% off because of a small hole in one of the pockets (that is easily fixable) plus another 15% off because I had a coupon. Quite the bargain I think. I like it.

I suck at knitting. Even with a knifty knitter. I've been working on the same scarf for nearly a month I think.

I hate getting old. Husband bought me a pill organizer for all the vitamins I'm currently taking. Although I suppose I shouldn't complain because I haven't been half as sick this year as years previous so something must be working. I'm also digging the seregen my chiropractor gave me for stress. It's niiiice.

I hate AT&T. I'm pretty sure I've said it before but I'll say it again. They suck. They are taking away my free Flickr Pro account after the new year. Buttheads. So not awesome. Although I'm now trying out a new relationship with Picasa. We'll see how that goes.

This dog is afraid of her water bowl. Absolutely terrified. I found her in our bathtub the other night. I guess she was trying to find some non-scary water. Why can't I just have a normal dog for once?