So this is Christmas

And what have we done?

…Ok, I said to myself as soon as I wrote that that I wouldn’t rant on about not having done enough good in the world, such as John Lennon said in the song ‘So This Is Christmas,’ so I won’t, even know it’s actually true. Alright enough with the depressing stuff. Basically, I wanted to say “Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.” There. It’s said.

Now that that’s done with… I’d like to say, love sucks for everyone except those in love. Maybe it’s just me and I’m just an awful curmudgeon that can’t stand to see that sort of affection. I certainly hope not. I don’t FEEL like a curmudgeon, but it’s possible that I am one. I guess until the next time I fall in love I’ll be this strange semi bitter person. Sigh. That’s really all I have to say. I’m looking at the word count at the bottom of the page and I feel like I haven’t written enough.  Time to find another topic that doesn’t feel so thinly worn to me.

I have possibly a metric ton of snow on my deck. I moved most of it off today. I am now sore. Oh well, it’s much better than being hung over…

Anyways, Cheers!

-Louis

Movies

Movies are much better than TV. I love them for many reasons, but one of the more prominent reasons is the simple fact that there are no commercials. It’s so much better that way, there’s no one trying to sell you something every 11 minutes in a loud voice, telling you that you NEED the product. Some recent findings suggest that a section of the population (teens) are watching less TV than the previous generations have because they’re too busy surfing the internet. I’m afraid, though, due to this change, that the ads that aren’t getting to the target market are going to be transferred to the medium of film.

Picture this; an action star postpones a car scene chase to tell you the benefits of Sprint Mobile or using Microsoft Vista or even Mac, then resumes the story, but lets the camera take a good, long look at the back of the car he’s using, which is the new Dodge Thrust (yes, Thrust… I’m sure they’ll make a car with that name soon, Dodge likes their cars to sound manly.) and drives away past the Scotia Bank, which has a large ad on the window that is visible to the audience (Now with better insurance rates!!)

Wouldn’t that disrupt your movie experience? Of course it would. It’d be like watching tv, which is what we don’t want. Or at least, what I don’t want. Then I’d have to go watch plays to get a good story. At least Hamlet doesn’t promote deodorant…

On a lighter note, 7 days untill Christmas!

Cheers!

-Louis

Opening my eyes,

I sighed.  It was but another day in a series of days that are hopelessly uniform. Actually, that may be overstating it a little. At least I have different classes in each day. College offers that much for my days. That particular morning though, I just didn’t see the point of getting up. When the radio is playing something obnoxiously bad, you know the temperature outside your bed is going to feel like negative fourteen degrees, and your head is full of sleep, getting up seems like a terribly daunting task. Nonetheless, I rose, and set out to battle my day to the very end of it.

Being lonely can be depressing. Actually, for me, it sort of feels like it’s damaging somehow, like if you’re lonely too much you will never be repaired. Something like that, anyways. I don’t know how to handle it. It sucks.

Anyways, Cheers.

-Louis