Oh Ma Effin’ G, Shambot-kateers!  It’s thursday!?  How’d that happen???  I mean winter break just started 5 days ago.  How did already get to be so late?  There’s not enough time to do all the things I wanted to do!  It’s not fair!  It’s not fair! A-boooohhooooohooooooooooo.Oh god.  Ben’s home.  Excitement.  I’ve realized as of late, that this last semester I did not make nearly enough visits to people, and instead, relied upon them coming to me in IC.  Not a bad stance to have, however I certainly didn’t see some people as often as I would have liked to.  I think it stems from one of the last times I went to the “Apples” as certain Shamby’s have taken to call it, I had to drive home ENTIRELY sleep deprived.  I started hallucinating early that night, all by myself (this was the summer trip I made up to see you guys) and I was very scared for a variety of reasons.  A) I couldn’t sleep, ’cause I had to be at work in 5 hours; and B) I couldn’t stop seeing things, and caffeine can only do so much.  OH WELL.  Point of the story is that I now bring a wing man (or woman) on any trip I take.  Gotta play it safe, and to do that, you gotta play with a buddy.

Speaking of playing with a buddy, my video gaming habits are truly disturbing sometimes.  I bought Gears of War and Marvel Ultimate Alliance because I was excited about co-op possiblities.  This is not to say that the game is not a quality single player experience, but in the case of Marvel Ultimate Alliance, I had played all the X-Men Legends games with 3 other people, and I certainly did not intend to break the chain.  Playing with 3 people, lapsing into a cornocopia of nerdly joy as we pummel nameless bitches and suckers with our magic powers is sheer joy.  However, you also get to share in the fuckin’ dispair of an unfair death.  Eh.  In any case, I am UNABLE to play these games by myself.  Don’t get me wrong, I want to play them.  But the minute I attempt to place them inside my pearly white 3-6-0!, I find myself instantly wanting to eject the disc, as there is a distinct lack of other people.  I’m not sure what to make of it, other than I’m an idiot.
It’s funny, the reason I’m so excited to have everyone home is so I can see them, but everyone (myself included) has to go see family first.   Stupid Jesus.

Before I leave this puppy, I wanted to share the joy of kitties.  Kitties in sinks.
http://catsinsinks.com/HAPPY WINTER HOLIDAY SHAMBOT!