Merry Christmas to Me?
Since I came back to work this week, I've been catching up and chatting with some of my co-workers. A good portion of the talking has been about Max, but I picked up on a bit of a disturbing trend. If it's not bad enough that the meaning of Christmas has been completely lost and commercialized, now it seems like people are buying gifts to themselves. What every happened to spoiling others?
I won't name anyone specifically, but one person mentioned buying themselves a new laptop, another an iPhone, and a third a new car. The one getting the iPhone brought it up rather humorously. He whips out his iPhone to show me. Then he says, it's a Christmas present, and that he bought it himself. So he bought it himself, and gave it to himself 2 weeks early. Sweet!
The girl who got the car totally needed it though. Her old car was such a piece of crap. We went out to lunch one afternoon and when we got back I had such a bad headache. I swear that car had a carbon monoxide leak. Amazingly she used that car to drive back and forth to Ohio dozens of times. So I guess if you could get past the mismatched paint, the dents, the overall loudness and oh yeah, the toxic fumes, it was a sweet ride.
I'm very excited about the return of American Gladiators. It will probably turn out to be a disappointment, but maybe not. I hope they learned a little something and added some Most Extreme Elimination Challenge type stuff in the show. I don't see Layla Ali and Hulk Hogan being as entertaining as Captain and Taneal of MXC. Oh and some hot gladiatorettes. I hope they didn't go the Nicole Bass/China Doll route. I did a short clip featuring a tall blond gladiator. She looked to be Scandavian or perhaps eastern European. She looked very healthy. And there appears to be water, lots and lots of water on the set. My guess is that the water will be chilly to, if you catch my drift.
Tracy Morgan was on a local radio show this morning promoting a local appearance. You gotta live Tracy. The answer to the first question they asked him as so classic.
DJ: So Tracy, is the layoff from the writers strike driving you crazy?
TM: I love cold weather, I'm a football player.
Ahhh Tracy. I think I'm gonna start answering questions like that. Give answers totally unrelated to the question.
R: Hey Mike, can you pick up a pack of diapers on the way home from work?
M: Habanera from Carmen is awesome!
I think the current president and some of the candidates are learning from Tracy as well.
Reporter: What do you plan on doing to reduce the US dependency on foreign oil?
GWB: Last night we ate some of tacos.
Reporter: What would you do to stop the increasing amount of housing foreclosures?
I [HEART] Huckabee: My three wives will agree with me when I say, a womans place is in the home.
Reporter: If you become president, what will you do help the people of the Sudan?
Hillary: I love pants suites!
Anywho, I'm off to buy myself a new iMac for Christmas!
I won't name anyone specifically, but one person mentioned buying themselves a new laptop, another an iPhone, and a third a new car. The one getting the iPhone brought it up rather humorously. He whips out his iPhone to show me. Then he says, it's a Christmas present, and that he bought it himself. So he bought it himself, and gave it to himself 2 weeks early. Sweet!
The girl who got the car totally needed it though. Her old car was such a piece of crap. We went out to lunch one afternoon and when we got back I had such a bad headache. I swear that car had a carbon monoxide leak. Amazingly she used that car to drive back and forth to Ohio dozens of times. So I guess if you could get past the mismatched paint, the dents, the overall loudness and oh yeah, the toxic fumes, it was a sweet ride.
I'm very excited about the return of American Gladiators. It will probably turn out to be a disappointment, but maybe not. I hope they learned a little something and added some Most Extreme Elimination Challenge type stuff in the show. I don't see Layla Ali and Hulk Hogan being as entertaining as Captain and Taneal of MXC. Oh and some hot gladiatorettes. I hope they didn't go the Nicole Bass/China Doll route. I did a short clip featuring a tall blond gladiator. She looked to be Scandavian or perhaps eastern European. She looked very healthy. And there appears to be water, lots and lots of water on the set. My guess is that the water will be chilly to, if you catch my drift.
Tracy Morgan was on a local radio show this morning promoting a local appearance. You gotta live Tracy. The answer to the first question they asked him as so classic.
DJ: So Tracy, is the layoff from the writers strike driving you crazy?
TM: I love cold weather, I'm a football player.
Ahhh Tracy. I think I'm gonna start answering questions like that. Give answers totally unrelated to the question.
R: Hey Mike, can you pick up a pack of diapers on the way home from work?
M: Habanera from Carmen is awesome!
I think the current president and some of the candidates are learning from Tracy as well.
Reporter: What do you plan on doing to reduce the US dependency on foreign oil?
GWB: Last night we ate some of tacos.
Reporter: What would you do to stop the increasing amount of housing foreclosures?
I [HEART] Huckabee: My three wives will agree with me when I say, a womans place is in the home.
Reporter: If you become president, what will you do help the people of the Sudan?
Hillary: I love pants suites!
Anywho, I'm off to buy myself a new iMac for Christmas!
