Away in a manger

It's a funny thing about the holidays - they make you reflect on the important things in your life: Soul Calibur. Bittorrent. My autographed copy of Fight Club. Pam from "The Office". My extreme hatred of My Chemical Romance. All of these things are crucial to me and enrich my life in countless ways.

But it also gets you thinking about all the things that aren't important, things that seemed important but never rose to the level of actionable items. Here is what I'm currently regretting:

Not Going To Movies. Oh, I saw a few this year, even a couple memorable ones. Departed was good. So was Dead Man's Chest. But I just couldn't work myself up over anything else. Borat looked funny, I probably should have seen that. Oh well.

Not Going To Concerts. Went to a bunch last year. This year - nada. Absolutely nothing piqued my interest. It helped that none of my faves toured, or if they did, it was as The Raconteurs *yawn*.

(BTW, I can't pinpoint the exact moment it happened, but I'm officially over Beck. His new album doesn't sound bad, it's just that I don't care anymore.)

Didn't Play Enough Video Games. It's always so much fun when I'm doing it, especially if my brothers are over or something. But it's just not something I think to do when I'm casting about for something to do. I'm sure this will be remedied when God Of War 2 comes out.

Geocaching. This was gonna be our Big New Hobby. Too bad it completely sucks balls. I wish I'd known this before I bought Rachel a GPS I could barely afford. For those who've never heard of geocaching, here's a step-by-step summary:

1. Spend an hour programming your GPS unit.
2. Drive out to middle of nowhere.
3. Walk around in random directions.
4. Look at indecipherable screen.
5. Walk forward, walk to the right, walk at a diagonal line to the trail.
6. Realize the X mark is right in front of you, 60 yards down a cliff.
7. Push some buttons at random.
8. Realize the X is actually in Spain.
9. Mutter expletives.
10. Walk back towards car.
11. Realize you don't know where car is.
12. Panic because it's getting dark and you hear bears.
13. Stumble across hunter's cabin and sleep there for the night.
14. Wake up spooning bear.
15. Feel awkward.
16. Leave a note for hunter apologizing for crashing there, and a note for the bear about why it wouldn't work out.
17. Go outside, walk in different direction.
18. Realize you were a block from home the whole time, and the bear was actually Rob, the guy in the neighboring apartment complex who sets off fireworks at 4 in the morning.

Not Updating This Blog Often Enough. It's so much easier, when something funny strikes me, to just go post it at Circvs Maximvs, where people will tell me instantly whether it was funny or not. I'll work on that this year too. Y'know, unless I'm playing God Of War 2.