Irony is the Shackles of Youth

I went to Walgreen's today to pick up some diet cokes and, because it's after Thanksgiving, they are playing Christmas music.

Confession time: I do not like Christmas music. I use to love it. Then I worked in an office where the owner would put turn it to a station that would play non-stop Christmas music starting on Nov. 1st. Eight hours a day. Forty hours a week. Two months straight every year. The bulk of the music was the same 20-30 songs sung by different artists, with an occasional unusual song like Christmas in Sarajevo or the Grinch song. My crowning achievement was getting them to play the Hawaiian Christmas song just to listen to something different. How bad was it? When the owner switched it to a country station, I rejoiced, and I do not like country music.

Which is to say, as much as I would love to ignore Christmas music, I can't.

So imagine my surprise when I hear a Christmas song playing in the Walgreens that I don't recognize. The lyrics are hard to understand until it gets to the chorus. I freeze in the middle of Walgreens because I swear that it sounds like the woman over the speakers is singing about lusty Santa.

What. The. Fuck.

It takes me way, way too long to glean from the rest of the lyrics that the woman must be saying "Must be Santa." Not lusty Santa. Those were a few brain breaking moments that I wish had never occurred.

Okay, between hurricane, death plague, and miome getting the death plague I have done 0% of my Secret Santa shopping. I am so far behind! But all is not lost. I am determined to catch up this weekend (mostly because I will be traveling next week so won't be able to do it then).

I can do this. *insert determined music here*

We were in a restaurant eating, when The Little Drummer Boy came on. I wasn't paying much attention, but obviously the song was getting on miome's nerves. Right in the middle of our conversation, she busted out this line

Miome: Because Lord knows that's just what a newborn wants. A drum solo.
Tsaiko: *cracks up laughing* Now I'm picturing a rocker doing a drum solo for baby Jesus.
Miome: I think what annoys me most if the type of drum.
Tsaiko: Oh?
Miome: They always show... oh what is it called? It's the drum with wooden sticks and the sharp sound. A timpani?
Tsaiko: *snerk* Not a timpani. You mean a snare drum.
Miome: Yes, a snare. Like a kid wants to hear that. *pause* So what is a timpani drum?
Tsaiko: It's a big kettledrum. Like in the theme of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Miome: I was not even close to being right.
Tsaiko: Now I kind of want to hear a version of The Little Drummer Boy, only with a timpani drum instead of a snare.

You can tell which of us was a band geek and which of us was not. :D

8 inches of snow does not make for fun driving.

We made it back though.

I am so close to being done with Christmas shopping. SO CLOSE.

I think we've found three of the modern biblical disasters. These include:

- 2ft of snow
- fire
- five hour plane delay (getting into Atlanta at 3am is fun. Not.)

Luckily the rain of frogs never showed. Maybe that order was canceled, kind of like my sister's Christmas present. However, the actual visit was awesome. My mom has finally seemed to come to terms with that fact that I am in love with Miome and no, this is not a phase. That is good.

This is all capped by the fact that I am writing a Young Avengers AU that is right now titled "Teddy is a Therapy Vampire."

I don't even know folks.

I just added as many of the Time Life Enchanted World Series as I could find to my Amazon wishlist. I loved these books. I have a used copy of the Dragons one that someone gave me as a gift. The pictures and stories in them are awesome. Of course, they are all out of print, but that's even better because most of the copies can be bought on the cheap. I see a birthday gift to myself!

I'm so glad someone reminded me of their existence.

The last of the Christmas gifts I'm sending out are packed up.

OH THANK GOODNESS THIS WILL SOON BE DONE.

Gah, I am so tired. Do not think that I'll get any writing done. I didn't sleep well last night and it all caught up to me at once.

silverthunder, I got your card. Thank you!
skuldchan, I got your card as well. Thank you!

I also got a card from my sister and her husband. Not only did it have a picture of them, but it also came with a great picture of me with their English bulldog Charles. I am amused.

I got my Secret Santa package today (and obviously I fail at this whole "secret" thing because the package I sent out had my name all over it -_-). And since other people had already opened their package, I had to open mine. It was only fair.

OMG UNICORNS! I hadn't realized that Michael Green had put out an updated book with more drawings of unicorns, but he has, AND NOW I HAVE IT. I am thrilled. I didn't even know he was putting something new out which is strange because usually I keep an eye out for his stuff. I love his drawings. They are so pretty.

I also have a gorgeous unicorn print which I need to go buy a frame for so I can put it up on my wall. EEEEEEEEE!

Thank you!

PS - I told you I act like a five year old over unicorn. ^^

I'm having to ship my Secret Santa present(s) in two packages because of the size.

Er...

In other news, I still suck at wrapping. This is why I love gift bags and gift boxes. That way no one can see how truly terrible my wrapping skills are. In good news, one of miome's gifts is wrapped and pretty up under our tree. Yeah!

I'm going to rest a while and then make myself finish my take-home exam like I intended to do yesterday.

First day I'm back in Indiana, and there's at least an inch of snow on the ground. miome assures me it was sunny and mild while I was gone. I'm not sure I believe her.

In other news, our Christmas tree is up though it isn't decorated except for the lobster on top of it. We will probably be putting all the ornaments on sometime today or possibly next weekend.

I have part of my secret Santa's gift bought. Now I just need to find some other things to get him/her.

Today I need to at the very least get some of the Christmas cards done so I can get them out tomorrow.

Life is good, if busy.