so, i had a thought tonight. no, it’s not the first time.

this particular thought came to me a couple of hours after i received a call from a friend of mine who’s going through a difficult break up. and even though i’ve technically only been through one bad break up myself, i can relate to her situation. yes. break ups suck. i, however, do not draw on my experience from this bad break up, but in fact from a situation i went through several years ago with a girl i was totally in love with, but never actually dated. our friendship ended quite bitterly. i was completely shattered and took years to recover. some days i don’t think i’ll ever fully recover from it actually.

so, what’s this thought, you ask? well, let me try to lay it out for you….during our conversation this evening, my friend, through whimpers and tears, said she feels pathetic. she’s almost 30 and feels hopeless (she didn’t say hopeless specifically, but it was inferred) and alone. i can relate and sometimes feel the same way, but after we finished our conversation it occurred to me that i don’t actually feel any pity for her. yes, it sucks that she’s single again and the guy was arguably an ass. however, after having recently moved (back) to hawaii, she’s been in two relationships. she’s gorgeous and smart and has no problem ‘getting a guy.’ i have zero doubt that she’ll find someone else… and probably sooner rather than later.

…. it turns out i’ve decided not to post this entry.  if you’re really curious, i’ll consider sending it to you.  as for the reasons for not posting, sufficed to say, they’re numerous and complicated.  i guess all you need to know is that it would have been more of the same….

i can’t say i listen to a whole lot of country, though i will admit to having a few various country mp3s, as well as a copy of a dixie chicks album (i don’t recall which one).  having said that, i heard two country songs this weekend, that could not be mistaken to exist in any other genre:

ticks, by brad paisley

and

tequila makes her clothes fall off, by joe nichols

all i could do was laugh and shake my head.  (eventually, i’ll find the songs, or links to them, so you can have a listen, words alone can’t quite explain)

i’m at work.

the day after thanksgiving, while most of the people i know are still sleeping during this day off, i’m sitting here looking for things to keep me busy.  while reading some news this morning, i came across an amusing ‘article,’ in the style of the onion.  the article is quite entertaining and should amuse anyone who thinks waking up at 5am to fight crowds for christmas deals is insane.

but then, i got to thinking, why is it called ‘black friday?’  i mean, for something that is billed and the biggest shopping day of the year, it sounds a little morbid, don’t you think?  of course, i went to wikipedia to get the facts.  when entering black friday, you are first directed to a page listing numerous entries with that name.  of course, the very first one refers to the day after thanksgiving, so i click on it, but not before scanning the rest of the list.  among the black fridays in the list, there’s one that’s a song by megadeath, one that’s the title of a 1993 hindi film, one that refers to a massacre of protesters in iran in ’78, and last but not least, one that refers to an air battle over norway in 1945.

in case you’re interested, at the bottom of the page, there are links to “black days of the week.” the notion alone i find amusing, for some reason.

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday (no black saturday?  what’s up with that?)
Sunday

you can check out the ‘thanksgiving’ version of black friday here….

there may be more to come later, as i may post multiple times today, just out of sheer boredom.