One of my friends asked me, “Hey man! When are you going to write another thrilling story about your pathetic life?”

At least someone cares a little about me.

So, after that meeting with my one and only fan, I worked up the courage to take another crack at it.

I’m sure most of you reading this enjoyed your restful and relaxing vacations by traveling, visiting friends and getting lots of sleep. I, on the other hand, had a different experience.

My vacation consisted of two children constantly waking me up when they needed something, my dad telling me that I had enough sleep for that day, mom telling my to clean up every inch of the house and a 16-year-old kid who expected to get an iPod touch, a professional DSLR camera and smart phone from The Omnipotent Santa and got mad when he didn’t.

In other words, I’m happy to be back at school and back to working at The Oakland Post.

My family discovered Netflix over this break.

It was a great addition to the family until we couldn’t decide what we wanted to watch.

My little brother complained about every show that we ever watched.

I couldn’t help yelling out, “There are people in Africa without computers let alone Netflix streaming to a Xbox through a Wi-Fi Internet router. Just sit down, shut up and be happy!”

On a related note, Happy (belated) Kwanzaa everybody.

So, after that run-on sentence outburst, I spent the rest of my vacation trying to be productive and try and pull myself to go and do something fun.

I thought about reading Twilight, because I had heard so much from about it in high school.  Then I decided that I’d rather watch the movie.

I really hope the book was better because I fell asleep within the first few minutes. I didn’t even watch enough to know if I am a member of Team Jacob or Team Edward — who ever the hell those two people are.

On the opposite and more manly side of my break, I involved my time in the newest addition to the list of reasons why girlfriends are second to video games. I, of course, am speaking about The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

I constantly yell “Fus Ro Dah!!” at random strangers that pass me by on the sidewalks and in stores. People who get it laugh and walk by.  The people that don’t look at be like I’m possessed by the devil.

My friend Rachel invited me to come over to her house on New Years. I was originally planing on going, but I ended up watching Taio Cruz singing about how he’s wearing all of his favorite brands brands brands brands.

Fun fact: It took four people to write lyrics for the song Dynamite. I  want to find all of the lyricists and slap them in the face face face face.

Even though I didn’t do very much and threw things at the TV after the terrible calls made in the Lions vs Packers, I still had a fun time over break.

I really need to get out more.

 

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