holiday update numéro trois: CHRISTMAS EVE!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE, HOLLA!!!

let's recap the past two days :

friday: went for an exciting run! holla. that was nice - school ended halfway for my siblings and my mom, so we all chilled. and my mom and I went out randomly shopping places for the afternoon, it was chill. and then I stayed home last night, wrote a new song, enjoying time with my family. I also did some weights, it was good. oh, and it was Thomas' 17th birthday, though we celebrated on thursday night.

saturday: did some weights while watching Much's very entertaining "2006 Holiday Wrap." the specific show I was watching was "Video On Trial: Totally 80's." SO DAMN AWESOME. especially when they reviewed Michael Jackson's "Thriller," and they reminisced (spelling?) about when M.J. used to be black... and male. And pretended to be interested in women. good times.

I chilled about the house all afternoon. my mom and I got into a huge fight... basically because my laptop got a virus, so she brought it into Staples for me. she then unknowingly signed a consent form so they could "format" my laptop, a.k.a. wipe it clean ... goodbye, all of my pictures, songs, and academic files! and this is where my "Joel's Empty Laptop Fund" comes into play. if you have Facebook, click on this link to find out more. basically if you have any cool songs / pictures / things you know I'd like (and even if you're not sure,) send it over to my hotmail account, y_me10@hotmail.com. that would be a MUCH APPRECIATED Christmas gift!!!

right, and then I went out for a walk around the neighbourhood at about 4:30 in the pouring rain - partly because my dad got mad at me and told me to take a walk for lashing out at my mother - partly because I was on a TOP-SECRET MISSION for my parents' 20th wedding anniversary on January 9th, 2007. it's soooo top-secret I will not even ELABORATE. YEAH.

annnd soooo then was time to eat a ton of food for my Dad's 49th birthday. (we called 97.3 the Wave this morning to announce it on the air,) and it was really great. he had a REALLY good birthday apparantly, as did Thomas, so I am really happy for them both. my house is birthday/food/good times CENTRAL during the holiday season!

and finally, this past evening I met up with the G.C.C., aka my friends hilary and robin. it's kind of a huge inside joke, we lounged, played "Balderdash" and "Mad Gab," ate, and watched some pedophiles on "NBC: Dateline." VERY interesting, though very unfortunate.

and that's it for now! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! I hope you and yours have a fantastic Christmas, filled with family, joy, food, and LIQUOR. Ho Ho Hollaaa!!!

yours,
Joel

P.S. - a special thank you to the following people who have already donated to the "Empty Laptop Fund."

-Shasha Nakhai
-Irene Phan
-Jenn Taylor
-Nathalie Perreault

THANK YOU!