manlycornhusk's blog post - Absence makes the heart grow...errr..no, it make people wonder

It's been a couple of months, people...bad Dougie... Tis the season and believe me...spare time is not one of the presents sitting under the tree right now. For someone like myself...prone to curl up in a quiet spot and hide for a while..this is like hell week on fraternity row. Constant stress and everything starts out in 3rd gear. What I wouldn't do to be sitting on a desert isle right now, lol.

Who knows if I'll get back before the Holidays really hit so, Happy Holidays, prematurerly for all my pervilicious friends.

I wasn't able to tell you about pumpkin bridge, thanksgiving, birthdays, funerals, etc. Perhaps I'll have to get back to those in the future. Right now...it's all about the tinsel.

I'm a fairly simple man, when it comes to needs. A place to sleep, good conversation over a fine meal, enough money to buy something small when I get the urge, enough underwear to get me through the week without doing laundry 3 times, women who know they're sexy as hell and don't mind me looking and admiring, care packages from Germany and you peeps. That said...Christmas is such a gluttonous experience when it comes to consumer goods. I will never understand the lure of Black Friday or the charm of standing on a frozen sidewalk with just the promise of a chance of an opportunity to pick up some ridiculous bargain. If I go to a crowded place..it's to people watch, not to shop. Unfortunately, I was talked into it this year. It took every bit of my strength not to foster an immense hatred of people in general. It make me wonder if Christmas shopping is not the main cause for the hermit's life. Pushing and shoving for what...overpriced plastic and electrical contacts needing accessories and a small pile of batteries before it can even begin to reach it's potential for short term entertainment..sheesh.

Ok..that's a bit heavy handed and selfish. I apologize. I realize that the smile and hugs make it all worth it but as soon as those are done with..you're planning for the next time. The hook is that you have to somehow outdo this years gifts in order to achive that "holilovin" state once more.

I've come to the conclusion..having one teen at home yet, that her first gift should have been a piece of paper, followed by a pencil, then an eraser. If I had done that, maybe now, most of her gifts wouldn't be in the triple digit range..grrrr.

Suddenly, a nice warm cave with internet access doesn't sound so bad.

Anyways, Peace and Love and Credit Cards w/ minimal interest..

Doug