Life During Christmastime

I've finished most (but not all) of my Christmas shopping. Since the day of the month begins with a one instead of a two, this is quite a feat for me. {g} My dad is going to be coming by next week, so I'll give him his present then. I'm still not sure what I'm going to be doing on Christmas Day, but it might well be staying home.

Okay, what else have I been doing, aside from watching TV and getting engaged? Well, for one thing, bethje bought tickets for us to see the Spice Girls in February, and pretty much forced me to listen to their music. I'd pretty much ignored them as much as possible back in the day, but I have to admit that their music is really quite catchy and addictive. They do mention themselves quite a lot, though. I think the Spice Girls' initial decline in popularity happened around the same time as Pokémon's rise, so I guess kids like people and things that say their own names. Anyway, while Beth and I have pretty similar musical tastes in general, it seems like I usually end up liking things that she's into, but not so much vice versa. I'm not sure why that is.

Other music I've been listening to recently includes Frank Black (he hasn't put out anything new since Bluefinger, but I've been playing his albums in order, which has reminded me of a few songs that I typically forget about) and the Christmas/holiday/winter music that I have. Maybe I'll share my holiday playlist with you, after I get it worked out.

And in the spirit of Christmas preparation, here's a survey that I got from punterschlagen:
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Random Band-dom

Here's a fun meme that I got from unclemilo:

"Go to the Wikipedia home page and click Random article. That is your band's name. Click Random article again. That is your album name. Click Random article 15 more times. Those are the tracks on your album."

Band: Leah Ayres
Album: T5

1. KEGS
2. 1882 Chicago White Stockings Season
3. Teresa Maria Languasco
4. Il Dolce Suono
5. McHenry County, Illinois
6. Saratoga Township, Minnesota
7. Kodak DCS Pro 14n
8. Haruko Arimura
9. Afro Psalms
10. Sir Percy Leads the Band
11. Justin Wheatley
12. Cycling at the 1955 Pan American Games
13. Ursina
14. Sinocentrism
15. Mobile Network Operator

Hmmm, I wonder if that's how Rasputina gets their song titles. And that last one is really quite similar to the name of a Sugarplastic song.

So there's more to this post than just the meme (not that any of you care, I'm sure, but I do), I'll mention that I inadvertently packed both a cup of peaches and some peach yogurt in my lunch yesterday. That reminds me of the time at the college cafeteria, when I had an apple, applesauce, apple juice, and apple pie all in the same meal. Today I'll try to remember to pack a different flavor of yogurt.

And hey, I get paid today! That's a good thing, right?