Holiday Spirit?

I just can't seem to find it this year. This month has been a collection of fairly ordinary days. Busy, but ordinary. I don't find myself caught up in all of this holiday stuff. I mean, sure, the vast majority of my holiday shopping is done & about 90% of the gifts I've purchased have already been wrapped. But it all has just felt like a chore this year...and to be honest, has felt like a chore for pretty much since I graduated college. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that funds have been tight since college. Whatever. I meant to go get some shopping finished up today, but never even made it out of my car. I drove to a couple of spots with grand intentions of finding that perfect gift, but just had a bad luck feeling about it all - I freakin' hate shopping...even for myself. So I ended up turning around without having set foot in a single store and making way for my couch. X-Mas is a mere week away & this year it just seems like a bigger pain in the ass than it has in years past.

How's that for holiday spirit for ya? Anyways, in other less ho-hum news, last night Randy & I went to his families Christmas Party. There were about twice as many people there as I was expecting (& I knew only about half who were there). There was a ton of food & it was a good time. Randy baked a cake from scratch (more than I've ever attempted to do). And it was awesome! I took a big plate full of my cookies and they were a hit as well. Thanks Casey...look what this has turned into...I get the feeling these cookies will be my signature dessert dish for the rest of my lifetime now. Oh well...there are worse things in the world.

I went to see Capote this afternoon. Phillip Seymour Hoffman is one of those actors that I will see any movie he's in simply based on the fact that I think he's a great actor. I've really liked him for 5 or 6 years now, but he always seemed to be in some sort of small supporting role. The first film I saw him play a lead role in was in a movie called Love Liza - a weird movie, but I loved it! In Capote, Hoffman comes through again! His acting was amazing!!! Definitely the best work I've seen him do thus far.

Hmmm...what else to tell? Well for those of you who have sent me Christmas cards, thank you! And I'm sorry that I didn't get around to sending any out this year. It's part of that whole lack of Christmas Spirit thing...just not in the mood ya know. But I do appreciate the fact that I've received as many as I have!

Well I'm off to get caught up on some reading & maybe write a letter or two later this evening.