Eat, Drink And Be Merry

One thing I've come to realize is that I'm useless at buying stuff for other people. I may have mentioned this before elsewhere; something about listening to other people's needs. Eh.

The other day I went to Greenhills to shop for other people and almost ended up with things exclusively for myself.

Getting self-gifts is easy. Yes I know it's too late for a wish list but there's little chance of me getting any of these this year anyway:

• A Mac. But I have a good reason for getting on the bandwagon. Because it's pretty.
  
• Clae McQueens! In pavement.

• Guitar effects and new cables. Haven't decided which effects in particular, but definitely something crunchier.
• Broadband internet access at the Condeaux.
  
• An abundance of free time and motivation to do something more than just sit at home watching MAXX.

There are a ton more but I've mentioned them here at one time or another. I actually checked off some items from previous wish lists when I was in the US earlier this year. There's one wish item that might materialize tomorrow: Celtics extend their winning streak to 20 at the expense of the, uh, aspiring-70-win-club Lakers.

Earlier...

The team went to a theme park for the third year in a row; this year we went back to Enchanted Kingdom for our Christmas party. I don't have pictures because I knew our resident "photogs" would adequately document the event.

Somehow even with a carousel pass I still ended up on two scary rides (the frantic ride home and the MRT). The highlight would have to be eating at Kanin Club for obvious reasons. Hello Christmas weight.

Earlier...

Oh, I have to talk about the "gig" during the *other* Christmas Party. I don't mean to sound like a prima donna but please if I knew that we'd be playing the Wherever You Will Go and something from Stonefree I wouldn't have suggested the idea of playing at all. Thank God for the Lisa Loeb number (I Do).

And OMG there have got to be a billion names better than what we called ourselves. If I had a band I'd call it The Infinite Monkey Theory.

Earlier...

Actually had a couple of nice night outs this month (the NSI thing, Wiiing at the client office.Sidebar and the impomptu Gesu concert). And for some reason they disappeared just as the holiday shutdown started. What's going on here?

Later...

If anyone came here looking for some deep Christmas insight, they're looking in the wrong place. In any case, have yourselves a merry little Christmas everybody, whichever version you prefer.