Have I mentioned my love for Wicked? I’m sure it’s come up once or twice in this blog since I’ve now seen it an obsessive six times. I took Donald to see it tonight, and I swear it’s just as good the sixth time as it was the first. I’ve seen four women play Elphaba and my favorite by far is Eden Espinoza. She’s back in the cast now (she left last December to to New York to be in my second favorite play, Rent), though her understudy, Vicki Moon, played the role tonight. She did a great job, actually, and I’d say she’s my second favorite of those I’ve seen. Donald enjoyed it as well, though not as passionately as I did. His favorite play is still Phantom of the Opera, which just happens to be coming to LA in January. I’ve only seen it once, so I’ll be excited to go see it again.

Tomorrow I get to sleep in and be a bum until the early afternoon. Thanksgiving is my least favorite holiday (let’s just say I dislike it with the same passion the I love Wicked) so I’d love to sleep through the whole day. Sadly, I have to pretend not to be anti-social, so I’ll be going over to Donald’s sisters house to choke down a traditional thanksgiving meal. (I’m sure the food will be excellent for those people who actually like the food. I’m also sure his sister is a great cook, and my “choking down” of the food is not at all a commentary about her. I’ll only be choking it down because I don’t like the food, but I don’t want to cause a fuss.) I really like his family, so aside from the food portion, the day should be great fun. I hope every one of you has a great day as well!

Still sick, but I managed to make it through work today. Now I’m crashed out on the couch staring blankly at the computer screen. I finished my third book in as many days (trashy romance novels rule!) and I’m too tired to scrape my fat butt off the couch and get another to read. So the computer shall entertain me. I hope.

Tonight is the second night of Hanukkah. Have I decorated? Nope. Have I put the menorah up? Nope. It’s sitting in the box with the rest of the holiday decor. I’m just too lazy to take it out. I meant to do it last weekend, but sickness attacked me. The family Hanukkah shindig is this Saturday, so sometime before that I have to get gifts. Like I have the slightest clue what to get people. Wouldn’t life be grand if everyone had to make an Amazon Wishlist and I didn’t actually have to put any thought into a gift? Yeah yeah, I know. Defeats the purpose and all that. But really, my life would be so much simpler if when I asked what someone wanted, I didn’t get an "I dunno" every single time. Seriously, there has to be SOMETHING you want. Even if it’s way out of my price range, I’d be happy to get you a gift certificate to use toward it. I love gift certificates/cards. People say it’s thoughtless, but I really do love them. I asked for gift certificates this year, because I know no one will buy me the camera I want, so I figure I can pool all the certificates together and make myself a happy camper! Aside from that, I love being able to spend them on whatever it is I feel I need, whenever I feel I need it. Last year I used my Target gift cards to buy medicine when I was broke. Probably not the idea the gifter had in mind, but I loved it. It also saves me from pretending I like a gift that I really dislike, and then taking it back to get something I do like. Granted, I’ve received quite a few gifts that I actually liked. And that’s fine! But if you don’t tell me what you want, I don’t want to give you something you’re going to fake smile at, and then return. Or fake smile at, and leave in the plastic in the back of your closet for years to come. (You know who you are).

An for those of you who say celebrating Hanukkah AND Christmas is cool, think about this: As a kid, you get twice as many presents, right? (Our family didn’t do the one gift per night of Hanukkah. We just got one gift for the holiday) But as an adult, you have to BUY twice as many presents.  The celebration part is fine. I’m not complaining about that. It’s the monetary strain that comes with this time of year. It sucks.

So for those of you that I still need to get Christmas gifts for, your job is to tell me exactly what will make you happy. If I can’t afford all of it, I’ll give you something to help you get it. I’m completely ok with that. But if you say "I dunno," you’re getting cookies. Burnt ones. Maybe with a little mold on them.

I wish someone would tag me for a meme again, because I’m having a serious case of writer’s block. I haven’t done one productive thing today. I got up, taped a radio broadcast where my DJ friend in Louisiana said hi to me on live radio (total ego boost, btw), watched tv, and played some computer games. It’s funny. During the week, I’m always complaining I don’t have time to do all the things I want to do. Then the weekend comes and I can’t think of anything to do.

Oh look! I put in a load of laundry. i guess the day isn’t a total waste.

Today’s my half birthday. Hooray for being older!

And on that note, I promise something more interesting for tomorrow!

I’ve been super busy and haven’t had a moment to sit down and write anything worth reading. But I see some free time in my future, and I promise I’ll be back to entertain you sometime early this week!