Christmas
Dear Santa,
This year's Christmas list is going to be an odd one, a hodge-podge if you will. The request will feel more like a prayer that should be forwarded to your good buddy Jesus (as you share a holiday with his birth, don't you know). I'm sure you two are on speaking terms.
1. I would like to be important enough to not be ignored on a regular basis. I'm not talking about a rich mongrel, no, no. It seems that everyone I wish to gain the attention of (companies, friends, girls, work-related-interests) somehow find a way to 'miss' my messages, calls or inquiries. Now I wouldn't mind this happening once, twice, even five times. But nearly every single time I attempt to gain the attention (even just in friendly conversation via IM) I am summarily ignored. Am I an annoying git? If I'm an annoying git, please deliver a bomb instead of this present. I shall swallow it presently.
2. I want my brother to stop making financially stupid decisions. He's in debt. He's struggling. He makes very little money. He's getting married. He has, currently, rent-free living in our parents house with his fiancee. Yes, I know, that blows to live with parents while engaged. However, my parents have made every concession to attempt to make him feel like he might be secluded. They've reconstructed his room to make room and give them more space. They've offered to pay off their debts so that they could pay back my parents instead, interest free. Do they take these offers? No. Instead they lie to us all and say they're going off to shop for Christmas presents when they were, in fact, signing a lease to an apartment they can't afford. Why is this? Good question.
3. Wizards of the Coast has bumped my resume to the second tier of the hiring process. I want this job. I want to work for Wizards, it's the most amazing opportunity ever. I'm not very optimistic about actually getting this job, but I'm just asking you for a fair shot. See #1.
4. My iBook to stop sucking.
5. Inspiration for my thesis work.
6. Luck in gaining a job at a university and in academia. I hate corp life. I want out!
7. A new cellphone... one that doesn't die after 4 hours.
8. An end to my insomnia
9. An iPod. Yes, I'm a material boy, and I need my material world.
10. An iLightsaber. Know what that is? A lightsaber to kill idiots.
This year's Christmas list is going to be an odd one, a hodge-podge if you will. The request will feel more like a prayer that should be forwarded to your good buddy Jesus (as you share a holiday with his birth, don't you know). I'm sure you two are on speaking terms.
1. I would like to be important enough to not be ignored on a regular basis. I'm not talking about a rich mongrel, no, no. It seems that everyone I wish to gain the attention of (companies, friends, girls, work-related-interests) somehow find a way to 'miss' my messages, calls or inquiries. Now I wouldn't mind this happening once, twice, even five times. But nearly every single time I attempt to gain the attention (even just in friendly conversation via IM) I am summarily ignored. Am I an annoying git? If I'm an annoying git, please deliver a bomb instead of this present. I shall swallow it presently.
2. I want my brother to stop making financially stupid decisions. He's in debt. He's struggling. He makes very little money. He's getting married. He has, currently, rent-free living in our parents house with his fiancee. Yes, I know, that blows to live with parents while engaged. However, my parents have made every concession to attempt to make him feel like he might be secluded. They've reconstructed his room to make room and give them more space. They've offered to pay off their debts so that they could pay back my parents instead, interest free. Do they take these offers? No. Instead they lie to us all and say they're going off to shop for Christmas presents when they were, in fact, signing a lease to an apartment they can't afford. Why is this? Good question.
3. Wizards of the Coast has bumped my resume to the second tier of the hiring process. I want this job. I want to work for Wizards, it's the most amazing opportunity ever. I'm not very optimistic about actually getting this job, but I'm just asking you for a fair shot. See #1.
4. My iBook to stop sucking.
5. Inspiration for my thesis work.
6. Luck in gaining a job at a university and in academia. I hate corp life. I want out!
7. A new cellphone... one that doesn't die after 4 hours.
8. An end to my insomnia
9. An iPod. Yes, I'm a material boy, and I need my material world.
10. An iLightsaber. Know what that is? A lightsaber to kill idiots.