Sing a song

I need to learn the words to more songs. I'm discovering that I enjoy singing while I'm walking about, but I don't know very many songs, so I mostly sing "Accentuate The Positive," which is a nice cheerful ditty. :-)

Of course, now that it's Christmas season, I can sing the Christmas carols that I remember. I was singing "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" on the walk home from Baltimore's Penn Station tonight. I have an urge to find a group of carolers and wander the streets, singing. Then it occurs to me that I've never seen carolers on the streets. Hm. :-\

On a different note (no pun intended), I'm amazed at how good it feels to do a simple kindness for a stranger. I carried a woman's luggage up the stairs from the train platform tonight. I helped soothe the anxieties of a couple of young men in DC who were frantically trying to figure out on which track the train was leaving. I held the door for another woman struggling up the stairs with her bags, earning a heartfelt thank-you and a smile.

I don't think that many people know the secret -- a kindness takes only one or two seconds, but you'll feel the glow for a while longer.

Another secret -- a smile is a very powerful thing. It brightens a person's day. I try to smile in most of my interactions with cashiers, clerks, clients, etc. It feels good to smile, and it feels good to get a smile back. A sincere thank-you goes a long way too.

Right aligned

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Carols!

I found a pdf of a Victorian Carol Book! Songs that I know and songs that I've never heard of!

I wish I could read music; even some of the songs I'm familiar with I can't remember the notes very well. Still, I'll have more verses to learn to "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen!" :-)

Game night!

Arg. It's after 1 a.m. and I'm wide awake, so I might as well write something.

I worked from home on Wednesday, but traveled into DC to play games with heterodoxy. Last time I visited, we played Scrabble, but that game takes such concentration that it's not very conducive to conversation when there are only two players. I didn't want to upset Doug's concentration and he paid me the same courtesy, so it was a very quiet evening!

This time, we avoided Scrabble and played Phase 10 instead. I won the first hand, and I was surprised when he removed one of his shoes! So that's the game, is it? :-) Well, we played out the game with me the winner, but neither of us nude, so he introduced me to double Klondike, which he played with his family. This means that he mopped the floor with me and I lost all of my clothes before he did, but I literally beat the pants off of him in Phase 10!

While we played, he brought out stacks of DVDs and CDs that he wanted someone to take off of his hands. I specifically asked him if I should leave stuff for his other friends to paw through or gorge myself. He told me to gorge, so I came home with a small collection of DVDs, CDs and books.

After cards, he forfeited his remaining item of clothing and we snuggled on his air mattress while watching the first episode of Alias. Doug says it's cheesy, and he's right. Nonetheless, I think it's entertaining, which is all I really ask of my entertainment -- that it be entertaining. Sometimes I think that film critics are entirely missing the point. Films aren't always about messages and art and whatever. Sometimes they're just for fun!

Besides, programs like that fuel my fantasy life. I left his apartment feeling like a spy myself. :-)

He lamented that his fuck-me haircut didn't garner a fuck, but I had to scram in order to make the train on time. It was a very near thing, because the trains on the red line between Gallery Place and New York Avenue or whatever were running on a single track. It took forever to go from Gallery Place to Union Station! I consoled myself with the knowledge that I had plenty of books to entertain me if I had to wait for the 3 a.m. train, but I managed to catch my train despite the delay.

As I left, I impressed upon him that I can help pack and move. He and Tod don't have to move all his things alone. Of course, I'll be gone for a week starting December 22, but I'd be happy to help out when I'm in town.

Virtual Caroling!

Everybody can sing -- it's just that some can sing better than others. In the spirit of the season, I offer you my rendition of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen." I've posted other embarrassing things here, why not this? ;-)

EDIT: link to file removed.

Must... resist...

After grabbing some lunch (yes, and taking my pills), I wandered into the video game store at the Galleria at the Inner Harbor in Baltimore. I headed for the new PC games and picked up a copy of World of Warcraft (WoW). Like other games by Blizzard, the CD contains executables for Windows and Macintosh, one of the things I admire about the company.

I've been looking forward to the release of this game for quite some time. All of the game footage I've seen looks very nice and the things I read about it are intriguing.

So I stood there in the store, weighing this box in my hands, trying to decide whether to purchase it or not. I finally replaced it on the shelf, deciding that if I still want it when I return from Florida, I'll purchase it then. I don't want to waste a whole week of the month of access that's included in the price of the game. Perhaps my desire will cool by then.

I didn't escape the mall completely unscathed, however. The game store had a collection of used DVDs, and I found a copy of the second X-Men movie for $9.99 and another copy for $12.99.

I'm leery of purchasing used discs of uncertain quality, so I walked across the mall to the Suncoast video store to price the movie there. $19.00 for X-Men 2, but $21.00 for X-Men 2 and the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen packaged together. I bought the double DVD, despite what a crappy movie LXG was.

Still, better than spending $50 on WoW.

New Year's Resolution

The next time I'm snuggling with a naked man wearing a come-fuck-me haircut, we're not going to be watching television. Priorities, man! Priorities!