Merry Christmas!!!

Merry Christmas!!!

For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. - Titus 2:11

Am I worth $1.99?

I just bought myself on Itunes. How cool is that? Actually I downloaded the newest version of Itunes and I bought the John Mayer "No Such Thing" video which I happen to be in several times. So if you want to see me, you too can pay $1.99 to Apple and Mr. Mayer.

In other news, journals are a good thing. Yes blogs are nice but real, paper journals are good for thinking to oneself.

End of the year

The work place is an interesting place this time of year. Thus far I've been given a really nice ornament from our attorney in DC and the office has received several food items ranging from a popcorn tin, to a cookie tin, to gift baskets, and a ginormous box of citrus fruit. The topper yesterday was when our department received a personalized 3 lbs Hershey bar from one of our developers. That's one big honkin' bar of chocolate. Here's a pic from the Hershey's website of a similar big honkin' bar of chocolate.



In other news, Jib Jab has an end of the year flash animation about 2005 that's pretty good. Check it out here:

Steak and Shake

Does my milkshake bring all the girls to the yard?


You taste like a milkshake. Your frozen malts send
a delicious thrill across the tongue. Your
sweetness and innocence are bared for the world
to suck up with a straw... and you love it,
baby.


How do you taste?
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Filling the fridge

Who wants real estate for Christmas? Me and Lucy Van Pelt that's who.

I went to Kroger tonight after work and after about a minute in the store I had a weird experience. I thought to myself, "Self (I didn't really say self) just get a few things because it's almost the end of the semester and time to go home for Christmas." I then came back down to reality and remembered that I'm not in school anymore and have to work the entire month and won't get to spend two or three weeks at home with family and friends being lazy. I like my job but definitely a shot of reality.

Deck the halls with boughs of horry

Tonight was the annual office holiday party. I was dreading the event tonight since the weather is terrible (36 degrees and raining) and I haven't been feeling well all day but it turned out to be a good time. The party was at Café Tiramisu, an Italian restaurant in a strip mall on Falls of the Neuse. I've never really understood the principle behind good/fancy restaurants in a strip mall but I guess that's what happens when there really isn't a good downtown area and regardless the food was good. When I walked in I was greeted by two co-workers who presented me with drink tickets and a door prize game similar to white elephant gift game. I ended up with a $20 gift card to Home Depot which should come in handy buying Christmas presents! Dinner started with lobster bisque, followed by salad, then my main course which was pork loin chop stuffed with prosciutto, provolone, mozzarella and fontina; lightly breaded and panfried. Finally dinner concluded with tiramisu which I'd never had but it was really good. I'm now sitting on my couch writing this and an entirely too full stomach. The evening was a lot of fun and I only got asked where my date was twice. Unfortunately nobody did the Elaine dance.

A Walk in the Woods

It's time! I haven't been excited about a new movie in a long time, actually I can't remember really being excited about a movie. This coming Friday The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobeis released! As many of you know, I've never really been a reader of fiction, but in fourth grade I was told to stop doing book reports about nonfiction books and the teacher suggested the Chronicles of Narnia. The series were the first fiction books that I remember ever really liking. I reread The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe this weekend for the first time since then and it was still great. I guess I now know how you LOTR fans felt when those movies were released. Another intersting aspect that I had no clue about in fourth grade was the theological perspective. I read the book this time with that in mind and it presented a new perspective. I'm going to have to keep readng the series now instead of waiting until the other movies come out because I don't really rmember many of the details and want to know what happens. Now I just need to find somebody to go with to see the movie on Friday night.

ATL Georgia, what do we do for ya

Going to Atlanta today to represent the company at Progressive Redevelopment's Annual Event. After that I'm going to the Pie Bar a cool new pizza restaurant on Monroe in an old bank. It's supposed to be cool but the reviews I've read have given the service very negative reviews, oh well, it'll be worth seeing the cool building. I'll be at home the rest of the weekend taking care of mom since she's been sick this week and am flying back Sunday afternoon.