so for three years i worked at a paint on pottery studio in lenexa/shawnee. our boss was an extremist religious nut who only let us listen to 102.1. of course, this meant 24/7 holiday music during the holiday season (which could get very fucking annoying). this experience has made me quite an expert on christmas music (similarly, i consider myself an expert on rod stewart music as well).

this year i have not really been in the christmas spirit, so i decided to download three hours worth of christmas music hypothesizing that it might make me feel better. after three days of this experiment, i'd say that it has slightly positively affected my mood. the other thing that has positively affected my mood is the fact that i had a snow day today. this allowed me to sleep in until 11:00 and eat candy cane jojos and watch days of our lives. i am full of win today.

my current status and available time has lead me to list my top five christmas songs (not in any particular order because i'm not into showing favoritism):

1) Christmas in Hollis by Run DMC.


this needs no further explanation.

2) I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas by Gayla Peevey

i realize how silly this song is and that's why i love it. haven't you always wanted a hippo for christmas? that would fucking freak my parents out. i also like the thought of my parents saying that it would eat me, and my teacher countering that "hippo is a vegetarian." genius.

3) Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy by Bowie and Bing

fucking awesome. i like bing even if he, like, beat his children. so eff off.

4) Run Run Rudolph by Chuck Berry

this video is awesome, by the way. anyway, this is the best x-mas song to dance to and wasn't it in home alone? amazingness.

5) Father Christmas by the Kinks

i picked this one mostly because of how embarrassing this list has become. i am a pretentious dickhead and needed to repair my street cred. that's all.

close runners-up:
*blue christmas by elvis-- as much as i hate the douche for profiting off of racism, i love this song.
*mele kalikimaka by bing crosby-- loved because of its association with the greatest christmas movie ever
*all i want for christmas is you by mariah carey-- because it's mariah fucking carey.
*carol of the bells-- because it was my favorite x-mas song to sing when i was in choir.
*merry christmas, happy holidays by n'sync-- because i suck.

wow, now i have truly witnessed someone have one of the worst days ever. no, your boy problems and social issues caused by cattiness don't compare. no, my fights with my parents, forced loneliness and "money woes" don't compare. shut the fuck up and stop your bitching (this goes for me too).

i watched a women, who has breast cancer, a mother who is senile and just lost her OTHER leg to diabetes, has already been let go once this year, fucking walk out of our office smiling right after she was informed that her department had been shut down and she would be let go. jesus christ. that's the kind of attitude that you and i need to have. so let's fucking do something about it! stop being bitter, stop treating other people like shit because you are bored or "depressed" or whatever, and start fucking take action to make your life and other people's lives better.

that goes for me too.


on a totally different note, please get this for christmas. it's amazing.

it should be illegal to be this cold.

i keep seeing the most attractive men on the train. unfortunately i've been going through this thing where my nose/mouth region is so numb that i can't feel the snotsicles forming. i've never been one to impress men anyway and i'm sure the red chafed face and frozen mucus all over my face is not really helping.

i kind of like the video of barney decorating the white house:

i wish we had a christmas tree :(. i should be getting my car back early next week but that's probably too late to get a tree. oh well. maybe i'll get a wreath or something. i just don't feel very christmas-y right now.