what a day for a daybreak

it's frigid outside.  and i'm not talking "ooh, that's cold", i'm talkin "dang....the balls just headed up north!"  

christmas is around the corner and i haven't completed the severe task of purchasing christmas presents.  i'm usually pretty good with this in past years, but for some reason this year has been difficult.  don't get me wrong - the internet makes it so frickin easy for any fat man to sit on his couch, surf the web and buy stuff online.  but i think for me, it's been the hunt to find the "right" present.  unlike most "dudes," i put an overwhelming amount of thought into my present picking.  i think this saves on cost for me, because if you think about it - me buying a person that loves to cook a brand new, state of the art cuisinart spatula (for example), would probably be better than some expensive macy's hand towels or lovey dovey flower smelling hand soap.  ya catch my thinking?  it really is the thought that counts.  not the thought of me thinking of just giving you a present, but the thought of me actually putting thought into what i should be giving you.  

it shows that i actually do 'know' you and i actually give a daym about what you think is cool.  and that, my friends, is what's cool during christmas.  it's a good time to test who actually knows you, vs. who just wants to be close to you for when you win the lotto.  

tangent - when did it become professional unacceptable to randomly sing during work?  i thought offices always liked when employees kept a positive attitude and displayed good energy.  playing music and random singing has always been an emotionally associated action.  i can't really sing well, but to the people that really know me - i'm like this jukebox that can stay on random play for hours.  i just let it out.  it's funny cause it's completely random.  my head is always full of songs throughout the day and sometimes, i just wanna sing.  my girlfriend can vouche for the entertainment that i provide through the bathroom door during showers.  there's no theme, but i wish i knew more words to more songs.  yeah, yeah - i'm guilty of being that guy that only knows the refrain/chorus to songs.  but amazingly, if i'm on top of my game, i can pinpoint song names and the person/band that sings in within two or three notes into the song.  i swear this!  just something i picked up along the way.  

okay....i'm done killing time now.