In Which I Brag About All The Stuff I Got For Christmas

Hey all, I hope you've all had a great Christmas season.  At first, I was a bit worried that I wouldn't due to me not having any Christmas spirit at all.  Over the years, it seemed as if my capability of feeling good and having the so-called "Christmas spirit" has gone down.  The novelty of Christmas music has faded a long time ago due to having it crammed down my throat while working years of retail and customer service.  I'm getting to the age where I don't really want much that I can't get myself.  And even buying presents for others, normally I'd be glad to shop for my family (particularly my nieces and nephews) but I get down on myself wanting to get them more than I can afford.  Also, much like last year, I actually didn't have anything to do on Christmas Day due to my family's celebrations schedule being shifted around.  But thankfully I did get to spend time with my family.  And even though I wasn't expecting to get much, I received more than enough presents.  Of course, I couldn't get the things I really want in life: namely a better paying job and a decent girl that won't ignore me or run away whenever I try to talk to her.  But until those come, I guess I have plenty else to occupy my time with.

"African-American" Friday Madness Redux!

Yeah, no, I didn't go shopping early this morning.  I just felt the need to rehash this gimmick just like I did last year.  I was smart and did my shopping online again.  Actually, I literally just got most of my presents bought.  However, when I went to Amazon, I saw that Fallout: New Vegas and Fable III, two games I've been looking forward to playing well before they were released, were knocked down to $35 and $30 respectively.  So I decided to put New Vegas in my cart for the time being while I did the rest of my shopping, planning to just take it back out of the cart at the end once I realized the damage I've done.  But as I continued shopping, I was told that I had only 14 minutes or else New Vegas would go back up to regular price.  Yeesh.  So if there's an online shopping equivalent to just running around and grabbing random stuff, I did that.  Well, I did put SOME thought into my purchases, just not as much as I would've liked.  So I got most of my family taken care of with just a couple gifts left to go.  All in all, I only spent about $70, half of that on myself.  So I'm kinda proud, I guess.

The First (And Hopefully Only) Annual Christmas Day Horror-Thon!

So, as I had mentioned in previous entries, I decided that since I was going to be spending Christmas Day all by my lonesome (don't worry, all my Christmas celebrations were either last weekend or Christmas Eve), I'd be spending that time watching a few horror movies that I've been putting off of watching.  I just got done and let me say that doing nothing but spending roughly 6 hours in bed watching scary movies isn't the greatest of ways to spend your day.  I'd probably like to go into the movies in a bit more detail but I won't for two reasons: 1) I don't wanna ruin anything for people who haven't yet seen them and 2) I got a bit of a headache and am feeling quite lazy.  A part of me just wants to play a little game of New Super Mario Bros. Wii and bring out my inner Christmas child.  Of course, I'm typing this up, eating nachos and watching Wonder Showzen instead.  And people wonder why I'm a bad person.

Christmas Horror Movie Marathon, I Pitch A "Black Friday" Movie and Something Else I'm Having Way Too Much Fun With.

I mentioned it in passing in my last post entry but I'm a little more gung-ho about the idea now of running a personal Horror Movie Marathon on Christmas Day. As it turns out, due to the various juggling of schedules between families as to how to celebrate Christmas when, it seems that I may be spending Christmas Day all by my lonesome. But in the words of Patton Oswalt: "Don't go 'Boo', go 'Yay!' Christmas is a time to spend alone and drunk. I spent my Christmas watching Repo Man and Night of the Living Dead. Merry fuckin' Christmas!" I may not be drinking (unless I can get my hands on some fine casket-aged rubbing alcohol) but I do have a stack of horror movies looking me in the eye. As I mentioned in my Black Friday rundown, I bought Hellraiser, Behind The Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon and The Midnight Meat Train (heh, still can't stop giggling at that one). But when I went to Wal-Mart earlier today to pick up a few essentials, I perused the $5 bargain bin and picked up The Descent. I never really thought too much about that movie when it came out but I picked up a copy of HorrorHound magazine, who ran a list of the Top 20 Horror Movies of the Decade and they ranked The Descent firmly at #2, snug right between Shaun of the Dead and American Psycho, two of my favorite movies EVER, horror or not. So I figured if I don't like it, I'm only out a five spot. Also in the bargain bin, I found a 4-disc pack of Ringu movies, Ringu being the original Japanese version of what's known as The Ring here in the States. I didn't pick that up because I believe I've seen Ringu a while back and wasn't all that impressed with it. (Not to mention most horror buffs usually blow their load at Ju-On, which was remade into The Grudge, but I thought that was boring. Maybe Japanese horror doesn't affect me unless Takashi Miike is directing it.) Still 4 movies for $5 is a pretty good deal, though there's the possibility that some random customer could've just left that movie in the bargain bin and that it's not even $5 in the first place. Plus, I really should get around to watching Let The Right One In as well but I need to stop spending money as it is. Anyway, as it stands, I have 4 horror movies to watch. Though I'm not sure if I'll be able to sit down for 4 movies in a row in one day (I'll probably want to surf the net or play a video game after 2), I bet I'll have some time that weekend to polish off what I don't watch on Christmas Day.