06.12.98 - Christmas card... schmistmas card!

I woke up really late today. I say 'today' rather than 'this morning' because it had actually just gone midday when I sat up in bed to look at the clock. I couldn't believe I had slept that long. I had stayed up late sure, but it was only until 1am or something and that means I got about 11 hours sleep! I must have needed it or my body would not have let me sleep that long so I guess it's ok but I just felt like I had wasted a great big chunk of the day and that always irritates me.

I got dressed and had breakfast and watched a bit of MTV and by that time my Dad was due back with my Grandma having just gone to collect her from the coach station. When she got back my Mum, Grandma and I all trooped into town because I wanted to look at Christmas cards and buy a CD... things that I could have done yesterday had the town not been heaving with a sea of people. I stopped off at Marks & Spencer's to get my Dad a bottle of Claret to say thanks for giving me a lift to and from the airport and waiting for me both times at the expense of paying a big car parking bill (airports charge way too much for only two hours parking!). I only got two christmas cards, although I intend to buy some more, however I am not going to buy loads of the damn things. Every year people at work go through this irritating ritual of giving everyone they know a christmas card. People I work with day in and day out insist on giving me a christmas card and then I feel obliged to reciprocate. I have decided that this year I am not going to do it. It's just a commercialised waste of time and money and if I want to convey a message to them at christmas time then I will go and do it in person by walking up to them and saying "Happy Christmas". If anyone says "bah humbug!" to me about this decision then they can piss off! They can be suckered into the commercialism of christmas by card companies but I refuse to do it this year. I will however be sending cards to people that I don't see often enough to wish 'Happy Christmas' because apart from a phone call there is really no other way.

Apart from the wine and the two cards, the only other thing I bought in town was the CD which was by a band called "Green Day". They had their moment of shining glory back in 1994 with a song called 'Basket Case' and at the time were branded a 'punk' band (I'm using way too many exclamation marks, apostrophes and speech marks in this entry. Sorry.) but their music just sounds like fast rock to me. Maybe that's what punk is? I did like the song 'Basket Case' when it first came out and had considered buying the album at the time but didn't because of the 'punk' label but the reason I got it now is because I know someone who is a Green Day fan. My friends aren't usually the sort to like heavy rock or punk or anything like that. In fact most of my friends like either classical, easy listening or pop music! Does that say a lot about the company I keep? Funny though that this friend likes classical music as well as punk like Green Day... and a band called 'Rancid' (never heard of them? Me either). Anyway, where was I going with this? I don't remember..... hahahaha.

I realise that mentioning my 'date' in the last entry was something of a tease and in a way I wish I hadn't mentioned it at all, but I did. I suppose the reason I want to keep the details to myself until afterwards are because I have been anxious recently about sharing too much information on my personal life and also because I really don't want to involve people in my relationships until they come to mean something more to me (and IF they come to mean something more). I've been hurt a couple of times previously where people have messed me around and got my feelings all mixed up and I am very cynical about things now and maybe will be for a while until someone proves me wrong about a few things.

Wow, that CD has finished already. It can't have been very long, so it's just as well it was a bargain bucket purchase... or maybe I have just been on the computer longer than I had thought. Hehehe. Well I'm off to have my bath now.

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