November no more.

Let’s see what else happened in November:

The majority of my Christmas decorations went up on November 1st. I barely lasted that long. Still no tree, but I’m planning on putting that sucker up tonight.

I have already watched Elf at least three times.

I have been to what seems like every Target store and Best Buy in the metro area searching for a video game that doesn’t exist. Then, when I realized my mistake, I went back to all of those Targets and Best Buys looking for the previous year’s version. I finally found it. Word to the wise: EA Sports isn’t making a college basketball game this year, and if you thought you saw a new version in the Target circular a couple weeks ago, you were sorely mistaken.

Thanksgiving came and went and was delicious. I like you, stuffing.

Gran Turismo 5 came out last Wednesday so what do you think I’ve been doing with every second of free time I have? Oh, yeah, writing a novel. Don’t worry, I’ve found plenty of GT5 time and it is ridiculously awesome. 1000 cars and 70 tracks? Yes please. Amazon also gave me a code for a free car for purchasing the game from them. The car is a Mercedes AMG Stealth and it rocks my face off.

Speaking of Amazon, I signed up for the free trial of Amazon Prime to get release day delivery of GT5, and I will never go back. No, I will not. There’s free two-day shipping on everything with no minimum purchase. How could I possibly say no to that?

Christmas cookie cutters arrive today. Then what little cookie dough I don't eat can be cut into shapes. Since I'm a relatively healthy eater and I don't dare keep anything that tastes good in my house (too much temptation) this year I will be mailing Christmas cookies.

My friend Andy went on vacation in southeast Asia and had me scared shitless during the stampede in Phnom Penh. Fortunately, he was on the other side of town, but for 12 hours of uncertainty I had myself convinced he was dead.

You’ll notice a new feature on the right sidebar of the ol’ blog, a Winter vs. H ticker. It hasn’t been TOO bad so far, but winter is already out to a 2-0 lead. Okay, winter, you win this round, but we’re not done yet.