This is a picture of a 6 pack a guy I work with brought me today for Christmas.
It’s a Festivus miracle!!!
Archive for December, 2008
I’ve been told this guy in this Discover Card commercial looks like me.
I’m not so sure…
This is a picture of what I wore to an ugly Christmas sweater party last night.
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Yes it does have lights on it.
I’m taking the ugly Christmas sweater to the next level.
Yesterday I started feeling kind of rough at work. It wasn’t a big deal, just more of a stomachache. Then as the night progressed, I started to feel worse and worse.
I assume that since I started having cold shakes and ridiculous hot sweats that I was running a fever. Not long after that, the whole getting sick thing started and continued throughout the night.
Around 2:00 this morning I woke up and really wanted some water. Although I was feeling terrible I decided to venture downstairs. As I made my way into the kitchen, I started getting really dizzy. About the time I got to the refrigerator I was having a really hard time standing up. While I’m not really sure what happened after that I know I was able to pour a glass of water before I dropped the pitcher and collapsed on the floor.
Luckily, I was able to crawl into the bathroom before getting sick again. Also, you’ll be happy to know that while I spilled the pitcher of water all over my kitchen floor, I managed to keep all the water in my glass.
That’s what I call skills!
This morning I found an old mix CD I had made, labeled, “Rock Mix w/ Extras”. Unsure of what was on this CD; I decided to listen to it on the way to work.
The rock mix was full of songs I really liked with heavy guitars rifts and hard bass drums. I was really impressed by this CD and my mixing abilities. Then for some reason towards the end of the CD the “Extras” started to come up. At first I thought the Bob Marley track was a little out of place, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Then you can imagine my surprise when it started playing Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Enrique Iglesias.
As I sat there laughing at myself, I couldn’t help but wonder why the hell I ever made this CD. Seriously it makes no sense to include these “extra” songs.
Although looking back on it the Enrique Iglesias song, Just Want To Be With You, is a pretty good jam.
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Since it’s almost Christmas, I would like to offer a copy of this random “Rock Mix w/ Extras” CD to anyone who wants it. Just send me an email (blake.roberson@gmail.com) and I’ll mail you a copy free of charge. It would go great in someone’s stocking.
Last night the future roommate came over to watch Hancock and hang out. Surprisingly she also brought a pumpkin pie she had baked.
While the movie wasn’t really that good, the pie was great.
I can’t wait until she moves in.
Unfortunately since my Thanksgiving weekend wasn’t completely sunshine filled, I decided to write this recap so you could see the whole picture of how I spent my time off of work.
Wednesday evening, my mother, my little sister, and I went to the Opry Mills mall to celebrate my little sister’s 12th birthday. Also, since that side of my family is somewhat small, we decided to consider that dinner our Thanksgiving as well. You’ll be happy to know that I now think the fish tacos I got from the Aquarium Restaurant would be a great addition to the standard Thanksgiving Day menu. Also, while we were there we decided to see the Christmas lights at the Opryland Hotel.
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Thursday (Thanksgiving Day), I ran a 5 mile run in Belle Meade called the Boulevard Bolt in 44 minutes and 28 seconds (an 8:54 mile pace). Afterwards I drove down to my grandmother’s house in Hohenwald for lunch, took a nap, and then drove to my Aunt and Uncle’s house in Bellevue to eat dinner and compete in my family’s first ever Thanksgiving Day cornhole tournament. Also, since my work girlfriend* couldn’t actually be with her family this year I was really happy that she took me up on my invitation and came and ate dinner with mine.
Friday (Black Friday) evening was spent among friends. However it eventually lead to the first not so good thing of the weekend. Long story short, I drove everyone (seven people) downtown. In the process of dropping everyone off in front of the bar, somehow my camera disappeared. Since I’m sure none of my friends are kleptomaniacs, I imagine it simply fell out of the car onto the ground. I’m hoping that it was able to find its way into herd of other digital cameras roaming free on America’s Great Plains. Perhaps even into the hands of a deserving homeless man who just needed that extra boost in his life to get him though the upcoming winter months. Either way I’m never going to see it again and the lesson learned is that accidents do happen and mistakes are made. My camera is my responsibility and I now know to be more careful. It still sucks though.
Saturday I went with a friend to her little cousin’s birthday party. Surprisingly it was a lot of fun. Since it was at the bowling alley she and I ended up slipping out of the party a little early, bowling a few games, and drinking a few beers. All and all it was really nice.
Sunday (today), I called the called the lovely redheaded girl and ended things between us. While I really like the lovely redheaded girl and enjoyed every minute we spent together; she and I have been dating now for right at about three and a half months and ultimately she didn’t want to be my girlfriend. Our relationship simply wasn’t going anywhere. I just felt that the whole thing was just the prolonging of us hurting one another. I know I didn’t want to have to come to her sometime down the road and tell her I was picking some other girl over her. Needless to say it wasn’t an easy decision and so far I am regretting it a little bit. I guess we’ll see…
On a positive note, I got my Christmas tree up:
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Also, No Shave November is officially over.
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*Work Girlfriend is defined as a colleague — your lunchmate, IM partner, email buddy, etc. Nonromantic, purely platonic.
