Dreaming, not hoping. 

And not in a racist way, either.  That’s inappropriate.

I am so bored at work tonight.  It’s not completely dead; there are tables full of people coming and going and noise and frivolity and all the standard pomp and circumstance, but the overall picture is dull.  And the “band” playing tonight is awful.  God help me.  I’ve never been a big fan of them, but tonight they seem exceptionally terrible.

Christmas is next weekend.  OMG!  It totally snuck up on me.  I got the fiance one gift.  One.  And it’s not even a surprise.  I asked her beforehand “Would you like this?  I don’t want to waste my non-money on it if you wouldn’t enjoy it.”  How lame is that?  I’m going to make a lousy husband.

I am scheduled to work all of the undesirable days over the next few weeks: Christmas Eve, the night of the Company Christmas Party, New Year’s Eve.  We need to get some more managers so I’ll no longer be the guy at the bottom of the totem pole. 

I spent this morning in an IT nightmare.  I bought Inception on BluRay with bonus DVD and digital download, but the code for my download didn’t work.  So I e-mailed Warner Bros and they sent me a new one, but since I’d plugged the bunk one into iTunes so many times, Apple suspended my login ID for security purposes, thinking I was a thief or impostor.  So I e-mailed THEM and got a new ID and then decided “Hey, I’ll download the movie into my MacBook iTunes since its processor is faster”, then when I went to load the movie onto my iPod, it wouldn’t do it.  WTF!!!!!  So now I’ve enabled home-sharing and hopefully that’ll fix the problem, once I read the 267-page manual on how that function works.  Really?

In addition to that, a friend of mine has asked to release some of my recordings for digital download on his record label’s website.  So I’ve spent the past few days compiling all of my home-recorded music and typing out the lyrics to each song and the stories behind their creation.  It’s a lot of work, actually, but it’s for a tremendous end, so I’m excited.

Speaking of that, I posted one of my songs on YouTube for a buddy of mine and he liked it so much that he covered it. So, here’s my version:

And here’s his version:

I’m pretty flattered by the whole thing, really.  After everything’s all set with my solo debut on ZenWhisper Records, I’ll furnish the link for that, too.

I’m very much looking forward to the New Year.  So many exciting things are going to happen; have already been set into motion.  The only downside to all this anticipation is that it makes the present seem pretty lame by comparison.  Guess we’ll all just need to keep smiling, being thankful, and looking forward.

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