Christmas Eve was busy at work, but it wasn’t anywhere near as busy to me as it was on the 23rd. That’s good and bad though. For some reason, I was more into it the previous day. After work, I found that my friend was also doing nothing that night, so I invited him over to hang out with my roommate and me. We drank some beers, played Donkey Kong Jenga, and watched Star Wars and Harold & Kumar 2. It’s good to hang out once in a while, and I had a lot of time. It was a much more fun way to spend Christmas Eve and the start of Christmas Day than usual.

 
On the 25th I went to my mom’s house. For Christmas my family gave me some money to pay some bills. That’s good, because I have a lot of bills. I also got some hand sanitizer, a pen, some candy, and some gum. Yay! It was super noisy all day with loud movies and some family yelling (along with the kids), so I escaped into Pete’s office to work quietly. I managed to write my review of ProtoGalaxy, a pretty cool arcade shooter.
There was a lot of terrific food! We had a buffet set up for most of the day. Look, food:

• Lox, bagel crisps, cream cheese, capers
• Minestrone
• Crackers and cheese
• Three types of cookies
• Salami, cheese, and bread
• Popcorn
• Marshmallows (I guess? I didn’t see them)
• Other tasty stuff

And then for dinner we had filet mignon and vegies! I was pretty damn full by the end of the day. Now today I’m looking forward to removing all the Christmas magazines, taking care of the newspapers, and zoning. I’m looking forward to it.

I haven’t really written here in a while. I might link to something or post a photograph, but it’s been a while for actual writing. I don’t think I even posted about getting newsstand lead position. Anyways, today was an exciting day at work. We had a very, very good night from a store standpoint. I expected that to be bad for me personally, but it was pretty exciting. I also enjoy being treated like I matter by the “higher ups,” which I have been lately. It’s a nice place to work. It’s also interesting to socialize with a large group of people who all know each other. It’s almost like high school or the dorms. I’ve been used to having disjoint groups of friends – not a “group.”
Christmas is almost here! I’m not seeing family Christmas Eve like I usually do because I work that day. It’ll be nice to go home and relax rather than feel the stress though. On Christmas day I’ll go to my mom’s. I already got my gift from them – money, which went straight to bills. You know, I owe $35k? At my current rate of pay, I’d have to work over 150 days straight (and I’m not calculating overtime here), 24 hours per day to make that much money.
I’ve been feeling pensive lately. I’m not really sure what about. Or rather, the ideas aren’t fully formed, and I wouldn’t want to talk about them in an open environment like a blog. Still, I suppose I wanted to share the fact that I don’t want to share!
So! Back on track, even though I clearly was never on a track at all. I’m not a damn train. Work was exciting. In just a couple days I’ll be able to actually zone the newsstand and get rid of all those damn Christmas magazines. I dream about magazines. Evil. Pure evil. But I’m pretty thankful, not that it’s Thanksgiving, for the people at work that especially make my day better. Not that I’m naming names. And not that they read this, because WebPageless usually gets 2-3 hits per day, and they’re usually me from my computer and phone.
Oh, and today I found two women standing in front of men’s and lifestyles magazines, holding up an open Playboy in front of their faces while reading in plain of sight of anyone who happened to be near, including children. Odd.
G’night.

Today I was scheduled as a cashier downstairs. Things were going fairly well except that I was asked to gift wrap but sucked at it. Near the end of my shift, the downstairs customer service person was on break, and someone was looking at Nook cases. I talked to her and ended up making the sale despite being as far from the Nook desk as I could be in the store. It was pretty cool!

Last night I worked customer service for a while. And I covered music twice. It was pretty horrible. It was overwhelming doing a bunch of new things all at once. Also, no one I knew was around. I closed, and the computers went down before I could punch out. I had to log it by hand.
It’s cold and rainy today. Normally I like the rain, but it’s not so desirable when waiting at a bus stop. It’s a bit warmer on the bus at least. I couldn’t find my headphones, so no podcasts for me, but I’m reading a Star Wars book on my phone. Okay, time to go read more.