How very un-PC of me.

In this day and age, there is a lot of pressure placed on not offending people. I totally understand this, it comes from the spirit of acceptance and understanding of other people's feelings and cultures. However, is it just me, or is this taken too far? Instead of accepting and understanding, there is a feeling of intolerance, hostility, and misunderstanding. If I tell someone "Merry Christmas" and they get upset because they don't celebrate or believe in Christmas, isn't that going against acceptance? Why can't I wish someone a Merry Christmas, and they can wish me a Happy Hanukkah, or a Happy Winter Solstice, or a Happy Holiday, or a Happy Saturday?

I suppose it isn't that big of a deal, but it is frustrating to find myself at work, and unable to talk about Christmas shopping with customers unless they bring it up. And granted, this isn't a policy that has been implemented at my job (as far as I know), but it comes from my own experiences with ticking people off during the holidays.

Oh well. My rant is over...wait, no it's not!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!





Ok. Now it's over.

The Twelve Days of Christmas

Ah, sweet boredom!

Here's a youtube video that my friend David made before I knew him. It is a work of cinematic genius! The song is Creep by Radiohead.

Musical Artist of the week

Michael Kaeshammer is the best jazz pianist I have ever had the pleasure of listening to (live and on CD). He is extraordinarily talented, and a nice guy to boot. His music is awesome, and I love it. He came out with a new album this year, and it is on my Christmas list.

Here's a song from his new album Days Like These, "Cinnamon Sun"



Michael Kaeshammer

My 100th Post! (for real this time)

So, I have decided that I don't like apartment hunting. It sucks a lot, actually. I don't really know why, but I think it's the perils of choosing a place to live, being scared that it won't work out or that you'll hate it or whatever. But, I have triumphed! My friend Sarah and I found one that we want to move into, ans are going to fill out the paperwork. It is terribly exciting...or not.

On another note, this is my actual 100th post! Yay! (The other one was written to see if you would catch it...a shockingly few amount of people did - tisk tisk.) So, now that I've written a butt-load of entries, what am I going to do? Get a life, hopefully. But, until then, let's celebrate!

Ok, moving on. It is Christmas break (oh, sorry, I mean "winter break") and I am sitting in my bed, checking things online, and learning to play cribbage (I totally suck at it, by the way). This has been my last three days and it feels wonderful!! I have totally bonded with my bed (I'm sure that sleeping for 12 hours a day has totally helped) and I'm very content to sleep away my whole break!

But, alas, it is not meant to be. I really need to go back to work and deal with annoying, holiday-crazed weirdos. Whoot for that! Now I just have to wait for work to call me!

And that's all for my 100th post. I hope you all have a great Christmas! Happy Holidays!

Christmas Quotations!!

Yay!! My dad has a Christmas tradition as old as time, he sends us all a Christmas quotation a day. This year, he is doing it a bit differently, he's posting it to a blog! So now he can annoy all of us on the internet all the time, not only with quotes, but comics, songs, pictures and, of course, his own commentary. Very worthwhile, I know you'll love it!!

Christmas Quotations



Christmas is the one time of year when people of all religions come together to worship Jesus Christ.

Bart Simpson

Just some things I found...